Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-07-23
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, July 20 Butter has been
steady, with a fair demand at prac-
tically unchanged prices. Northern
creamery, round lots, 21ha re; wet
ern, 21d21hc; Vermont dairy, 'NG2pc;
renovated butter, 1Gd10c; JobhiaS, IA
1c more
Cheese is quiet with the tallmcy
downward. Liverpool conduu's 'c'
cline. Round lots, new. lO(Il0iac; Job
bling, 1z@1c higher.
Eggs are firm, with large part OF
the arrivals of poor quality. There is
a good summer demand for choice
marks. Western fresh, 17MiSc; east
ern, 2Od2Gc; nearby, 23d25c jobbing,
1Q1hc higher.
Beans are quiet, with a moderate de.
mand. Prices are unchanged. Car
load lots, pea, S235@2 10; medium, $2.3j
Q2.40; yellow eyes, S2.SOu2.S5; red
Kidneys, $3.40a3.5O; California small
white. S2.GOa2.6j: foreign pea and
medium, 81 25a2.30; jobbing, lOc more.
Apples have been in full receipt
from the south during the week.
Prices are irmer, but large arrivals Of
poor stock forced them down again.
Old apples are very quiet, With only
few offering. Baldwins r,om cold
storage, $3.50; No. ?, all kinds. S1.25Gt
so; russets, S2@3; southern. new,
bskts, 75cd$1 80; bbls, seas. Small
lots and jobbing 50c6S1 per Dbl more
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still in the market They are fine large
berries and sell at ia ne. Other her
ries are in full supply and scll at:
Blackberries, 9d15c; bluehesrics, 10m
13c; raspberrles, cups, 4c; plnts. s'd10c;
currants, Gal he; goOseberrieS, 7QSc.
Georgia Alberta peaches are Iobblng
a. $1.5Od3.25 per G-bskt-crt
Watermelons are more plentiful and
sell by the load at 2Od30c each, accord
ing to size.
Canteloupes are quoted at S1.25d2 In
a jobbing way.
California cherries sell ut $tSJtd2.b0
per bx; apricots. S1.75d2.2J per bI;
plums, 81. 25d25O.
Potatoes have been In heavy supply.
The quality. however, has improved.
some choice Jerseys coming forward
Prices closed fairly steady. Fancy, So
03.25 per Dbl; low grades, S250G2T5.
Bunch celery is selling Mt 25cdS1
per bch.
Onions are easier at: Egyptian, bgs,
S1.75d2; Bermudas S1.75 per crt;
bunch onions, SOC per bx.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted NJ 10
d15c per ID: southern. S1.5Hd2 per crt.
Cucumbers sell at 75cd$S per bx for
all sizes.
Yellow turnips sell at 50 per Dbl:
bunch turnips. SN4c; new hects. 5Olt
T56 per bu; bunch beets, nc: carrots
S1.25 per bu.
Cabbages sell at S16I1.50 per crit.
Marrow squashes bring 81 per crit;
crookuecks, Soc per crit; white, SOC per
crit.
The market for lettuce is quoted at
Goa soc per bx, 1Iz doz in bx. Eadlshes
sell at 35c per bx; mint. 10c per doz;
cross, 35c per doz; leeks, SOC per doz
String beans are quoted at Soc for
both green and wax. Green peas sell
at 75cd$1.25 per bu for native.
Spinach is quoted at DC per bu for
native; parsley, dollhouse, 81 80 per bu;
romaine, zoe per bu; beet greens. 25c
per bu; bunch carrots, soc per doz. rhu-
barb, 20 per ID; peppers sl.1Va9 per
crt.
Hay Is dull, with the market gen.
orally weak, Receipts are liberal and
buyers are holding of expecting lower
prices. Poor grades are slow OF sale
and easier; straw Is Etendy and I'M
changed; milIfeed is quiet at the decline.
Hay, No. l. SPACES, lower grade, Sl7
G22; rye straw. S21d24. oat straw.
S10d1l.
There have been some sharp fiuctua-
tons in lard during the week. though
part OF the advance was lost at the
close. Other pork provisions hare also
changed. though not to such marked
degree as lard.
Although the receipts Of fresh beef
have not been fully up 10 the previous
week, the supply has still hern large
and prices have ruled easy. The de-
mand is quiet
Lambs are doing better, with the mar
ket well cleaned up; muttOns and veals
are steady. Western fall lambs, 1Od |
lie; spring lambs, 1901 &c; yearllngs,
SG10c; muttons, case; veals. 7Mgc.
There is a quiet market for poultry,
with prices generally steady Western
turkeys, frozen, 1SQl0e; ICED. l5dl6c!
western fowls, iced, 13d13hc; western,
frozen chickens, 14d18c, fresh killed
northern fowls, 14Gt15c; broilers. lstG |
zoe; western broilers, 159i1Sc: spring
ducks, 1GG17c; pigeons, S1.750a per
dos; squads, S2.50a3.JO per doz.
A Highly Interesting Rutnor
Wellington, n. H., July Is. A rumor
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