News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-22
IN HUB MARKETS
Cuot1tions on the Leading
PRODUCTS In Demand

Boston, Feb. 20.-Receipts of choice
fresh-made creamery butter are very
small. and consequently prices are We y
firmly held at a substantial advance. In
fact, about all that is offering is s.0r-
age creamery, and sales are made on
condition rather than age. The new
quotations are: Northern creamery,
321aM331ac; western, 32Q33c; dairy, 20
Q3Oc.
Cheese is firm and higher, with choice
York state twins in demand. Buy rs
are showing more disposition to re
spOnd to the advance, though the
actual movement is still light. York
state, 13a14c.
Eggs have taken on a stronger tone,
owing to the cold weather, but off lots
are plenty, and sell at low prices.
Choice nearby, 35036c; eastern, $40
35c; western, 33034c; storage, 30M31c
Beans are very firm in all markets,
and prices show substantial advance
Carload lots, pea, $2M2G5; medium,
81 2002 %: yellow eyes. $40; red kid
neys, $4,000: California small white,
$250G2.55; jobbing prices, 10@15c
higher
The local fruit and produce market
does not change much. Business Las
continued at a very low ebb and
changes in prices though numerous
have not been large. The weather is
once more blamed for the dullness.
Receipts of potatoes have been
smaller, and though the demand has
not been active, the tone of the market
has been very firm. Southern garden
truck is not very plenty and in most
cases brings high prices. Spinach and
kale are in light supply, and string
beans are very scarce. Sweet potatoes
are dull and easier. Onions are quiet
and steady and cabbages are unchanged
except for savoys, which are higher.
Beets, carrots and parsnips have adj
vanced and turnips are firm. SquasheS
have fair sale. Celery continues
steady. Rhubarb is cheap.
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, 45d47c q bu; hebrons, 4O643c;
Dakota reds. Csc; York state white
stock, 40c; sweets, Jerseys, $3@3.50 Il
Dbl; vinelands, $4GI4.50
Onions-Native, $1M12 20 a bu; Ber-
mudas, $2a2.25 a CRIT; leeks, soc a doz
bchs.
Turnips-Yellow, 81 a Dbl; white. 30
@75c a bu; French white, 50 bag
Spinach, etc-IIothouse spinach, 50
bu: Norfolk. $3d4 a Dbl; Norfolk kale,
$3.50 a Dbl; dollhouse dandelions, $40
225 bu; beet green's, 4Old5Oc a bu.
bages-Drumhead, 81 q Dbl; sa-
voy, $1.35 a Dbl; red, 81 a box.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, 75c@
$175 box of doz heads; chicory,
$3.50 a doz heads; romaine, 81 a doz
heads; mint, 75c a doz bchs; water.
cress, 75c a doz bchs; parsley, $125 .
bu.
Celery-White, 81 a doz bchs; pascal,
$1.25@1.75; Boston market, $2@2.5O.
Beans-Southern string beans, $6@S
bskt; butter beans, So bskt
quashes-Turban, Toe a. Dbl; mar.
row, Toe Dbl; hubbard, $1,000 a ton.
MiscellaneOus-Beets, 60(67Oc a bu.
carrots, 50@60c bu; parsnips, 75c0$1
bu; cucumbers, $4014 a box; egg.
plants, $1@15O a doz; radishes, 25c a
doz bchs; brussels sprouts, 12@15c a
| Qt; oyster plants, $1.25 a doz bchs;
| artichokes, $1.25 box; tomatoes, Flor.
| ida, So a CRIT of six bsktS; dollhouse, SOC
a pound; southern peppers, So a CRIT;
dollhouse rhubarb, 405c pound.
Apples-Kings, fancy table, $465 a
| Dbl; common, $1.5O02. so; northern
spies fancy, $45G05; ordinary, $1.75@
$50; haldwinS, fancy, $2@2.5O; COM
mon, $1.25li1 80; No. 3, SIPS; green
ings, New York good to fancy, $1.50@
1.75: mixed sour. S1.50@2; tolman
sweets, fancy. So 25@3.5O; common,
| S.25M1.75; rusSets. ROXbury fancy,
$2.5O@2.75; common to fair, $1,5OM2
Cranberries-Fancy late varieties. $!
| 67.50 a Dbl; other late varieties. $GFl
$50; early varieties. $566; soft stock,
| seas; crates, fancy, $2.50@2.75; com.
mon to good, S1.5002.
Smoked shoulders and skinned hams
are 1-4c higher, while other pork pro-
visions are steady and unchanged.
Fresh beef has been quiet, but prices
are steadily held, with the market well
supplied. Choice heavy cattle, 71a0l
SEC; light, 51a@7c; heavy kinds, 1O6
lie; light, 61a@9c; heavy fores, so
5hc; light, 4@41Ac.
Lambs are very firm; muttons and
yearlings are steady; veals are firm,
with fancy selling readily at top quo.
tations. Spring lambs, 11@12c; win
ter lambs. 1OA@11c: yearlings, Sd9c;
muttons, S@9c; veals, 10011c; fancy,
12a12Rc.
Poultry is firm for choice receipts,
Which are moderate. Turkeys are sell
ing rather better for small sizes, but The
supply is email. Capons are firm, the
receipts being mostly from the west
Western turkeys, small, 21@22c; mixed
sizes, 20d21c; western capOns, small,
1601Sc; large, 1920; northern chick
ems, large, 19@21c; medium, 15016c;
western chickens, large, 150I7c: me-
dunn, 13616c; northern fowls, 140l16c
western, 13@15c; geese, 11Q13c; ducks,
13616c.
Hay is still in liberal receipt, espe-
cially of low and medium grades. The
demand is quiet and prices are easy,