St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11
BOSTON MARKETS.
Cuotations Oh the Leading
Products In Demand

fresh creamery butter offered, but the
demand was quiet and most sales were
at 2G15c a pound. The receipts OF
cheese for local account continue small
and with a fairly active demand, rlces
are easily maintained.
Fresh western eggs are firmer, after
an advance of , to Sc. The supply is
limited. Eastern and nearby eggs are
steady and unchanged. Western fresh,
zoe; storage, 12M14C; eastern, 2(N0Zlc;
nearby and fancy, 22M23c; jobbing, 1c
to 11ac higher.
Beans are easy and lower III this
market, though country markets are
still firm. Carload lots, Yea, S2.3o@
2.4O: medium, $2.3jM24G: yellow eyes,
S2.S502.90 red kidneys, $3.20@3. %;
California small white, S2.G0U2.65;
jobbing, Toe more.
Apples have been iull, though prices
have not materially changed. A few
choice lots are still being sold above
quotations. Fancy Bald@i IS, 81 250
$50: No. 1 Baldwins, 81 3002; green
ings. 81 .3002; No. 9, all kinds, SIGt1. .;
russets, $1.5O02; Hubbardston. $1.23@
2; pound sweets, $150M2; northern
spies, $150M250; common III pies, zoe
@$1.25. Small lots and iobbing from
SOC to 81 per Dbl more.
Cranberres are iobbing st $404.5O
per crit and $12M15 'er hDl. The re-
ceipts for the week were 10 bb!s; last
year, 445 bbls.
Strawberries have bee in fun receipt
during the week Retail prices are
from 35c050c per bx, according to size
of box and quality.
Nuts are steady at: Walnuts, Ia
1jc per lb castanas, 12c: ,llbcsts, ia
PC; Texas pecans, l0T1 &c; almC1 DIS,
13@15c for hard and 14M;6c for soft
shells; peanuts, No. l, ale; jumbos.
GM615c.
Potatoes are quiet in demand, but
prices are steadily held. Houlton
Green mountains, 7SGiS0c; hebrons, 70
@75c per bu; York state, Green noun
tains and round white, GS0770c; v estern.
65@6Sc; Dakota reds, G3M65c; sweets,
$3.50.
Boston market celery is firm at sea
s per long bX; Paschal, $406 per long
bX; California, $3.50.
California caulitlower is Offering at
So per CRIT Brussels sprouts, soc per OF
by the CRIT.
Onions are selling ut $125d2 % per
Dbl, with jobbers by the bushel igher.
Spanish, long crts, $2.73; Bermuda, So
per crit.
Cucumbers are selling at S9@11 for
fancy long green; medium, $CGlS; No.
2, $406.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at 35c
per lb; southern, $203 per CRIT, with
mushrooms at 81 per bx. New rhubarb
sells at 10c per ID.
Cabbages sell at SOC for native and 81
for Savoy.
Squashes are quoted at $40 per ton
for Hubbard
Yellow turnips sell at 90c per Dbl;
white French, $1@1.50 per Dbl; white,
flat, SOC per bx; beets, soc; carrots, soc;
parsnips Coo; egg plant 81 per crt.
Lettuce sells at 25d75c per doz; rad
ishes, 35c per doz; mint, 75c per doz;
cress, 75c per doz; parsley, $3.50 for
dollhouse, per bu; satisfy, 81 per doz;
leeks 75c per doz.
Southern string beans sell at So per
bskt for green and wax.
Spinach is quoted at $3.50 per Dbl;
kale, Soc per Dbl; eskro $3.50 per bu;
endive, $1.50 per bu; rOmaina, 81 so per
bu; artichokes, $1.25 pei bu; dande-
lions, $1.25 per bu; beet greens, 75c per
bu; chives, 75c per bx.
Bermuda potatoes job at sc per Dbl:
Florida potatoes, $3.50: horse radish,
$6 per Dbl; peppers, $3.50 per crt.
The market on pork products is very
nrm, with prices generally adval ced.
Fresh beef has been easy. a few
choice heavy steers sell above PC, but
the bulk of the supply sells 1T 707 lac.
Beef arrivals are again very large.
There is a firm market for ,auttons
and lambs at unchanged prices veals
are steady Spring lambs, GG11c:
warnings, I@Sc; mutto IS, .GiSAc; veals,
10011%c.
There is an easier market for poultry.
especially for western .resh killed
stock. Some frozen stock is coming
out and selling fairly well. The quo
tatlons are: Western turkeys, fresh
killed, 1701Sc; frozen, 1Sd20c: north-
ern fowls, 14M15c; western fowls, 1914
l4c; chickens, western, 13M1Gc; north
ern, 1SM22c; capons, 1SM2Oc; geese.
12M14c.
Nenison is still in fair supply from
cold storage, though prices rule high.
Game is in moderate supply and sells at
firm prices. Mallard ducks sell ut ST 80
per pair; red headed ducks, S303.tO:
Widgeon, 81; Philadelphia SQUAD are
firm at $4@4,50 per doz, with natives at
@50d373; quail, $1.23@4.50 per doz;
plover, $5M6 per doz.
The market for hay shows very little
change, though there is a better tone
noticeable, and supplies are cleaning ID
somewhat better on the medium grades.
Fancy lots commanded tull prices,
straw is in improved demand. with
prices steady; millfeed is steady. Choice
hay, $20@21; No. l, $l7Gll9: low grades.
S12M1n and lid. rye StlaNn D11nl1r "a.