News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-12-06
III HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, Dec 1.-The butter market is
very quiet, and prices are steady, with
out change. Northern creamery, 23!aM
24hc; western, 2302312c; dairy, 2O@.2c.
Cheese is firm and unchanged in the
local market but Liverpool is cabled sd
higher York state, 1312Gl14c; Vermont
twins, 10 1-4Q131ac.
Eggs are quiet, but choice lots arc
firmly held without change. Choice
nearby eggs are scarce, but medium and
low grade western are plenty, with the
market in buyers favor. Choice hen
merry and nearby, 400i5c and up; east
ern, 36038c; western, 2SQ32c; refrigera
tors, 21@23c.
Dealings iRapples have not increased,
and though quotations are not much
changed they favor the buyer rather
more than they did. The season OH
SHOWS is over and Harveys, Hubbards-
tons and pippins will probably pass out
for this year during this week.
Crauberries continue to sell slowly,
owing to the high prices at which they
are held. Foreign grapes now have the
market to themselves, the season on
California and York state fruit is over
and but few of either kind are to be had.
Potatoes have continued to work low
err under Il quiet demand, and rather
large offerings Receipts of sweets are
altogether too great for the call and
dealers are forced to sell at low prices.
The range on southern stock is wide.
because much of it is very poor. Onions
are firm and cabbages hold steady.
Celery is comparatively high for this
time Of the year. Cucumbers, lettuce
and SWlaShes are unchanged. Turnips
are steady, in spite of large supplies, and
only Il moderate active inquiry. Rad
ishes, peppers and parsley have had
rather sharp advances. String beans
are firm, owing to limited arrivals.
Apples-Kings, $3@45O a barrel;
Baldwins, fancy No. 1, $2.75@3,25 No.
/, $2@2,50; No. ., $1.5O@2; greetings,
$2.5003.25; Harveys, $25003; Tai
man sweets, %203; pound sweets, $3.50
$3.50; common sweets, S1.2501.75:
Hubbardstons, $250@3; nodheads, $3.50
@3.25; northern spies, $2.50M35O; pip
pins, S2d2.50; middlings, $2.5O@3; com
mon sour varieties, $1.50Q2; box stock,
50cd$125 a bushel; fancy, $3.50.
Cranberlies-Cape Cod choice large.
dark, $11MG2.50 a barrel; common to
good, $9Ql0 barrel; crates, $3.50@
$40.
Pears-BoScs, $3.50 a bushel; anjous,
$3@3.50 a bushel.
Nuts-Peanuts, No. 1, j Sic a pound;
jumbos, &c a pound; shellbark walnuts,
50 250250 a bushel; English walnuts.
14@15c a pound; almonds, 12@15c
pound; castanas, 9011c a pound; fl
berts, 10@12c pound; pecans, 9M12c
pound; California walnuts, 16c a pound;
hickory nuts, So bushel.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains, 6S070c a bushel hebrOns, GJGl
Csc; Dakota reds, 63@65c; chenangoes,
60@62c; sweets, Jersey double heads,
50 a barrel; Vinelands, $3.50; Virginia
cloth heads, 50c0$1.50 a barrel.
Beans-String beans, $3.50 a basket;
butter beans, $2@3 a basket.
bbages-Drumhead, S1.121a0i125
a barrel; savoy, 81 a Darrell red cab
bages, 60c box.
Celery-Natiye white, $1@1 % doz-
en- punches; pascal. $1.35@1.5O a dozen
lunches; Boston market, $1.5O@1.75
dozen lunches.
Cucumbers-No. 1, Sc box; No. 9
S1@3.
Lettuce etc-Lettuce, 25035c a doz-
EN- heads; romaine, Toe a dozen heads; |
ascarole, lac a dozen heads; parsley,
S1.5OM2 a bushel; mint, 40c a dozen
watercress, Doc dozen bunch
rs.
Onions-Native, Toe a bushel; west
arn Massachusetts, roc bushel; Span |
sh, So crate; leeks, 100000 a dozen |
punches.
Squashes-Native marrow. 75c a bar |
eel; turban, 81 barrel; western Hub |
BARD, $15@20 a ton; pumpkins, 4Oc
1oX.
Turnips-YellOw, 90c Il barrel;
French white, $1.25 barrel; white
eggs and purple tops, SOC bushel.
MiscellaneOus-C 50075c a
)ushel; parsnips, Toe bushel; rad
shes, S2M250 a box; spinach, 40c a
)ushel; beets, ST bushel; peppers, s.
1850 a box; elephants, southern, $3.50
% crate; okra, 81 a crate; brussels
prouts, 1214@15c a quart; tomatoes,
dollhouse, 20c a pound; Cuban, $3.50 Il
basket crate; mushrooms, $2.5003 Il
,asket artichokes, $1.50 a bushel.
The provision market is rather quiet,
nd pork products of all kinds are
teady.
There is a little firmer market for
resi- beef, though prices have not vet
,een advanced. 1t is reported to be
he purpose of shippers to get about 15c
lore for the best cattle. There are very
ew really choice steers Offering The
uotations are Extra heavy sides, 7G1
&c; good, Gk@7c; light, 51a06c; heavy
inds 9M9hc; good, S1a@9c; light,
@SAc; heavy fores, 5@5kc; good
1k05c; light 4d41ac.
There is a moderate supply of lambs,
ut the demand is light and prices are
teady; muttons and yearlings are
uiet; veals are firm. Fail lambs, S1AM
c; spring lambs, 10h@11hac; muttons.