St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-21
BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


zoe; western, 2S@2S1sc; eastern, 24G25c;
jobbing, 1Ac to 1c more.
There is very firm market for cheese,
with prices steady and unchanged.
Round lots, 131a@14!zc; sage, 14@15c;
jobbing, 15@2c higher.
Eggs are firn:, with prices higher than
a week ago. Western stock is firm,
with only moderate supply. Western
fresh, 2S@o0c; storage, 20023c; eastern,
29@31c; nearby and fancy, 33@35c and
up; jobbing, lie to 1kc higher.
Beans are firm, with a fair demand.
Carload lots, pea, $2.45@2.5O; medium,
$2.45@250; yellow eyes, $2.90@3; red
kidneys, So 25@3 80: California small
white, $26O12 65; jobbing, 10c more.
Apples are very quiet, with prices
barely maintained. Fancy Baldwins,
$225M2.75; No. 1 BaldWins, $1.5002;
greetings, $1.50a2; No 2, all kinds. 81
@125; Hubbardston. $1.25@2; pound
sweets, $1.5062; northern spies, $1,50@
225; Kings, $2@3; Tolman sweets, $1.50
@2.50; common apples, 75cI$1.2
Small lots and jobbing from soc to 81
per bbi more.
Beurre Bose pears are selling at $3.50
from cold storage.
Cranberries are jobbing at $4,000
3.75 per crt and $11012 per Dbl.
Nuts are quiet but steady at: Wal
nuts 11k@14c per lb; castanas, 11M12c;
filberts, 11112c; Texas pecans, 10012c;
almonds, 13Gl14c for hard and 15017c
for soft shells.
The market for potatoes is quiet. but
steady at quotations. Houlton Green
mountains, S00S3c; hebrons. Toe per bu;
York state, Green mountains and round
white, zoe; western, 65070c; western,
6506Sc; L. e. 1. reds and Chenangoes,
65070c; sweets, double heads, $2.50M
275: Vineland, $303.50.
Boston market celery is frmer at s.
per long bx; Paschal, $3@4.
California caulifoWer is offering 81
per CRIT; Brussels sprouts, S01212c per
at by the CRIT.
Onions are unchanged at $3.50 per Dbl,
with jobbers by the bushel higher:
Spanish long crts, $3.50.
Cucumbers are selling at $40 for fancy
long green; good, $500: medium, $51G,
No. =, $2.50M3.
H0thouse tomatoes are quoted at u
G25c per lb, with mushrooms at $3.50
per lib bX.
Danish cabbages sell at S5c per Dbl;
native, SOC per Dbl; Savoy, SIC.
Squash remain quiet and unchanged.
Marrow squash, $50 per ton; Hub
bards, $20a25; turban, $20Gl25; pump.
kins sell at soc per bx.
Yellow turnips sell at 90c per Dbl.
white French, Sl@1.5O per Dbl; white
fiat, SOC per bx; beets, soc; carrots. SOC.
parsnips, Coo; egg plants $3G4 per crit
Lettuce sells at 50cr0s2 for long bxs:
radishes 35c per doz; mint, 81 per doz.
cress, 75c per doz; parsley, 81 for hot.
house, per bu; satisfy, S5c per doz.
leeks, 40c per doz.
COulhNlh suing bSlllo SCIi 1T tcVtI
per bskt for green and wax, according
to quality.
Spinach is quoted at 81 80 per Dbl,
kale. 75c per Dbl; eskro. $50 per bu
romaine, $3.50 per bu; artichokes, $1.2j
per bu; dandelions, $3.50 per bu.
Owing to the advance in western hog
markets, pork provisions are very firm
and generally advanced in price.
There is very quiet trade in fresh
beef, with only few choice cattle
bringing top quotations.
There is very firm market for lambs
with muttons and yearlings steady,
veals are quiet. Spring lambs, S011c.
yearlings, ease; muttons, 60SKc,
veals, Nl11c.
There is very firm market for poul
try, with choice turkeys scarce and
wanted, though not quotably higher.
Western turkeys, 1S020c; northern
fowls. 14@15c; western fowls, 13014c.
chickens, western, 15@17c; northern, IL
Q20c; ducks, 15G17c: geese, 12613c.
Venison is still in moderate supply, |
with whole deer selling at 15120c, with
saddles at 25@2Sc; skins on, and legs at
30495c. Bear meat is in moderate sup
ply, at 15020c. There is fair supply Of |
game, prices being steady ard un
changed. Black ducks sell at S1.150l1
per pair; red headed ducks, $3.50 |
widgeon, 81; teal, $1.10. Philadelphia
squad are firm at $404.5O per dozen,
with natives at $5.50Q3. rs; quail, 81 %
@4.50 per dozen; plover, $5@6 per dozen
There is an easier market for hav.
though choice lots are still scarce and !
firmly held; straw is quiet and IN.
changed; millfeed is firm, Choice hay
$20l21; No. 1, $17@19; low grade, $40
l15 and up; rye straw, $14@15; oat
straw, $J010.
Wheat has strengthened largely on !
the increased export demand, much of |
which is for forward delivery, and does
not appear in the weeks report The
crop situation, however, continues very
favorable, and the feeling is that the |
present firlnness cannot be long main.
tanned.
Flour has been rather quiet, with buy.
ers taking on enough for pressing |
needs. Prices, however, are firlncr