The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-08
In BOSTON MARKETS.
Quotations ON the Leading Products Tha
Are In Demand.


Boston. Sept Butter is firmer on
all desirable grades, with tue demand
fair at tie advance in prices. Northern
creamery. 2lm22c; western. 2oss@2 lAc;
nrsts. lsal9c dairy. l7szUiac.
Cheese il III moderate demand. with
d frmer feeling prevailing Hound
lots, YORK state. D l-4@9 s-4e Vermont
twins. sla@9c.
Eggs are still iii liberal supply from
the west and prices are steany Choice
nearby are nrm Choice nearby. 2SGl
zoe; eastern. al26c; western, i9@22c.
A duh. easy market still obtains lor
cally for fruits and vegetables. sup
plies OF almost everything are large,
and as the demand is light, prices con-
tinue low.
Vegetables have not changed much
Onions have declined a little under
larger offerings. Beets. corn and cur
cumbers are bringing very low prices.
Peas are in rather short supply and
prices are iirm Squasl are plenty and
cheap. Tomatoes are selling well, but
al low prices Turnips are lower. Po-
tatoes have held up wei, though the
demand has been only fair. Sweets
are lower. with trade moderate.
Vegetable quotations follow:
Potatoes Fancy hehrons and noun
tains. 62c a bushel; long white, sic a
bushel; native stock, 52u57c busheIs
sweet. $1IId2 d barrel
Onions Native, S00IS5c bushel;
1 Spanish onions, S2.75 d crate; leeks, soc
dozen punches
Turnips Yellow. SfM125 a barrel:
white. 50n60c d bushel.
Spinach, etc l5n25c a bushel; cab
bage, S2Gl3 per 100; red cabbages, soc
box.
Lettuce, etc Lettuce. 15a35c dozen
heads: mint, 25c dozen bunchess
watercress. 35c dozen lunches. par
sley. 12lzc a bushel
Tomatoes Native. 25T75e bushels
dollhouse. T5cd$1 a box.
Beans String beans, green, T5cd$1
a bushel: wax. 75cMS1 a bushel: shell
beans, Sl@2 a 5ushel; Lima beans, TIE
| 0Si bushel.
Miscellaneous Beets, 256l35e a
bushel; carrots 50Q60c bushel: par
ships, SI6l1 % a bushel. eucumbers, 50e
6S1 box; picking cucumbers, $16l3
a box; eggplants. 75casl dozen; peas,
| Sf50a175 a bushe; peppers, 40M50e
busheI; marrow squash. 75GS5c a
| .l4 ~
celery, 75@90c a dozen punches: rad
ishes, soc box: caulfiower S1G11 90
a dozen. green corn, 40a60e a box.
There has been slightly better
movement Of apples during the week.
but without material Improvement
in prices. Apples Of choice quality are
scarce Cranberries are In the mar
ket, but it is too early for any great
demand and prices are low
4 Peaches are in short supply and good
demand and prices as result are
higher. The shipments from Delaware
are almost over and as Michigan
peaches have not begun to arrive IN
great quantity the local supply viii be
largely dependent upon Connecticut,
where this years crop is said TO be
4 small
The season for blueberries is prac'
tically over. but a few consignments
are still coming IN from the provinces,
there II a surprisingly good Inquiry fol
them.
There is not much doing IN plums
but prices hold up we'll Grapes are
having fair sale A steady demand is
noted for cantaloupes. Colorado stock
4 Is plenty and lower. Watermeions are
lii fight supply and higher
Fruit quotations follow:
Apnles Gravenstelns. S1.T5n2 d bar
/ rel: duchess, Sl.50al75 d barrel: com
mon sour 75cnSl 70 barrel; COLDER
sweet. $lM1. rs d barrel; average mixed
varieties, ST 25fila0 barrel
Cranberries Cape Cod S15od2 i
crate,
Peaches Maryland and Delaware
yellow, $lai35 a basket; white. SacN
s1.lo basket Connecticut SiGi % I
basket
Pears California hard ripe $1,000
"a box green. So 25a2. 75 d box: NATIVE
Bartlett, SiMlT5 n bushei and S3M4
barrel, Maine and New Hampshiri
Clapps, Sf75d2 barrel.
Piums California Kelsey So. 5C6T3 s. 4
a case. mixed varieties. Si11.75 a case
York state. l5M20c sib basket
Hay continues quiet. but the bette
grades are doing little better. kre
! dunn and poor grades are coming for
ward more freely and prices are easy
rye straw is quiet, with moderate 81
ferings, while oat straw Is duh and tn
changed Hay No. / Sl6.50a1s 80
low grades. SllMi6: rye straw, s2lG