News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-03-18
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, March 16.-The receipts Of
butter, cheese ana eggs are again light,
and under fairly active demand prices
hold steady. Strictly fine fresh cream
cry butter, in assorted sizes, is &c a
pound. Large western ash tubs are -
ace. Fine boxes and prints are in
steady demand at Sc
Fine northern fall twin cheese gen.
orally sells at 14Hc a pound, but occa-
sionally a dealer gets more for ali ex,
ira fancy lot.
Eggs have recovered from the break
Of a few weeks ago, and fresh gath
cred western are decidedly stronger.
Western fresh, 20u21c; storage, 1l@
1Gc; eastern, 22o23c; nearby and
fancy, 24Q25c; jobbing, 1c to 11kc
higher.
Beans are quiet and rather easier.
Carload lots, pea, $2.3002.35; medium,
$2.30@235; yellow eyes, $2.o0M2.85;
red kidneys, $3.1OM3.15; California
small white, $2.GO@2.65; jobbing, Toe
more.
Apples continue very dull, With
| prices easy. The demand is for the
choice lots and yet buyers grumble at
the prices. Fancy Baldwins, $202.5D.
No. Baldwins, $L2501.75; No. 2, 81;
greetings, 81 25d1.75; russets, $t.5O@
>; northern spies, S1.50M2,5o; Kings,
$203, Tolman sweets. $1.50U2.5O.
Small lots and jobbing, J0c0$1 per Dbl
more.
Cranberries are jobbing at $4l4.50
per crt, and $13@15 per biol.
Strawberries have been in full receipt
during the week, the total receipts be-
ing 119 refrigerators and 11S crts,
against 121 refrigerators last year.
Jobbing prices are from 3Su45c per
bX, according to size of box and quality.
New maybe syrup is in the market
and sells at 81 per gal can; new sugar,
| 16M1Sc per Id.
Potatoes are flrmer, an advance hay
ing been made during the week. HOul-
ton Green mountains, S30S5c; Pride of
| the South, Coo; bebrons, 75M7Sc per bu;
York state, Green mountains and
round white, 72075c; western, G50Ghc;
Dakota reds, Coo; sweets, $3Q4, white
sweets, $150@2.
Boston market celery is firm at $517
per long bX; California, So.
Brussels sprouts are quoted at 15c
per at by the crt.
Onions are selling at S125G2 per
Dbl, with jObbers by the bushel higher;
| Spanish, long crts, 1915.
| HOthOuSe tomatoes are Quoted at 25c
! per ID; southern, 81 so per crit with
mushrooms at $1,50M2 per bX. Rhu-
barb sells at Sc per ID.
Cabbages sell at soc for natives and
81 for Savoy.
Squashes are quoted at $40 per ton
for Hubbard.
Yellow turnips sell at 90c per Dbl:
white French, $101.50 per Dbl; white.
fat, SOC per bX; beets, SOC; carrots, soc;
| parsnips, 25050c; egg plant, So per crit.
Lettuce sells ut GGM90c per doz; rad
ishes, 40c per doz; mint, 40c per doz;
cress, soc per doz; parsley, $l5O for
dollhouse, per bu; satisfy, 81 per doz:
leeks, S5c per doz.
Southern string beans sell at 81 per
bskt for green.
Spinach is quoted at $10250 per Dbl
| kale, 90c per bbl articbokes, $125
| per bu; dandelions, 81 per blu; beet
| green's, 75c per bu; chives, 75c per bx.
Bermuda potatoes job at So per Dbl
Florida potatoes, $25C03.5o; horse
radish, So per Dbl; peppers, SO per crt.
| Prices Oh pork products have beer
somewhat irregular, lard having adj
vanced, and prices having been re-
vived on the balance of the list.
| Fresh beef has been dull and easy
and lower prices are predicted this
week. Very few steers will sell
above &c.
There is a quiet market for muttons
and lambs, but prices hold steady;
veals are steady and unchanged. Spring
lambs, 96I10ac; yearlings, 70Sc; NUT
tons, 7MS1ac; veals, 10m11c.
| Western fowls and chickens are
easier and lower prices are quoted for
fresh killed. Very few northern fowls
are offering, but some chickens are
coming out of cold storage. Western
turkeys, fresh killed, 1701Sc; frozen,
1S420c; northern fowls, 146l15c; west
ern fowls, 12@131ac; chickens. western,
13@15c; northern, 1S@22c; capons, Is
| 020c; geese, 12G14c.
Venison is in light supply from cold
storage and prices rule high. Game is
in moderate supply and sells slowly at
unchanged prices. Mallard ducks sell
at $3.50 per pair; red headed ducks, So
| $3.50; widgeon, 81; Philadelphia
squad are firm at $404.5O per doz, with
natives at $3.5003.75; quail, 81 ,25G4. sc
per doz plover, $5d6 per doz.
Hay continues firm for choice grades
but the poor grades are slow and sell
at easy prices; straw is selling well at
steady prices; millfced has declined
sharply, closing easy. Choice hay, $21
022; No. 1, $17@19; low grades, SIG
Is and up; rye straw, SIG; oat straw,
5000.
The weather recently has been mild
and springlike, with plentiful raj lfall
over the winter wheat belt. The grow
ing crop, taken as IL whole, continues in
promising condition. During the win
ter there were practically no con-
| plants of winter killing, and now The