News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-08-30
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, Aug. 2S.-Thp butter mar
ket was very firm at higher prices for
few days, but later an easier feeling
developed and values receded a)Iittle.
Northern creamery, 22AaM23c; western
12d221ac; dairy, 19@21c.
Cheese advanced sharply in sympa,
thy with butter and held the advance
till the close. York state, 11@12c; Yer
mont twins, 11M11Bc.
Receipts of eggs continue liberal for
the season, but only small proportion
are suitable for the best trade, and,
therefore, choice fresh gathered are
very firm at advanced prices. Choice
nearby, 2S030c; eastern, 25M2GcI west
ern. 2l0t-oc.
Business has been rather slow in thu
local fruit and vegetable market dur.
ing the past week. The last two weeks
in August every year are accounted
dull and heavy, and this season is no
exception. Farm truck has been Off
fered in large quantities, and as the de-
! mand is somewhat limited. the market
has been well loaded down.
Dealers in fruits have not been so
flooded with supplies, but the arrivals
have been numerous and prices moder-
! ate.
Opinions as to the apple crop are
| widely divergent Some say it will not
be over 50 percent, while others say it
will be far above that figure. If one
can believe the farmers the crop is to
! be light one. No one, however. pre-
diets shortage of apples in the states.
Plums are in fair supply and grapes
are arriving more freely. Pears are
| plenty ard Of good quality. Choice
cantaloupes from Arizona and Colo
RADIO are in the market at good prices
Sweet potatoes are of nice quality
and there are plenty of them. Green
corn is being offered more freely. The
caulitiower looks very nice and is sell
ing well Other garden truck of ma.
tive production is plentiful and prices
are moderate.
Apples-Native Williams, 50 5Nd3.j0
a barrel; native stock in bushel boxes,
50c@$125; Maine astrachans, $2.5OM3:
Jersey pippins. S2.5O(d3 a barrel; .Jer-
sey collins, S303.5O a barrel: Jersey
gravensteins. $2.50M3.5O barrel; ma
tive porters and pippins. $202 %; crab
apples, 50M75c a bushel.
Observation-Disclosures Halle a quart:
backberries, 14@16c a quart, and So
10c pint.
Plums-California Kelseys. S15OGG
crate; Satsumas, $1.5O02; gross
So, 50d3.25; Hungarians 50 37HG1
2,S71a; Bradshaws, $3.50; German
prunes. 81 .50M1.75 a crate
Potat0eS-New Maine stock. 65M67c
a bushel; Bristol Ferry, r. l.. 50 a bar
rel; Jersey, 81 barrel and 65@67c
bushel sweets, southern, $2.25M2.371a |
a barrel.
Beans-String beans. 75c@$1 a bush |
ell; butter beans, 75c@$1 bushel; shell |
beans. $101.75 a bushel; lima beans, |
$2d2.50 a bushel.
Cabbages-Native, seas a hundred.
Lettuce, etc-HothOuse lettuce, 250l |
40c Il dozen heads; romaine, 25d35c
dozen heads; escarole, SOC dozen |
heads; mint, 25c a dozen punches; |
watercress, 40c a dozen punches; pars- |
ley 10U2oC 4 DuSlel.
OniOns-Native, 65075c a bushel; |
Spanish, $2.75Q3 a crate; picking
onions, $2d3 a bushel; bunch onions, |
SOC box; leekS, COO Il dozen punches. |
Squashes-Native summer white |
and yellow, 15c a dozen; native mar
row, $101.25 barrel.
Peaches-California $1.5001.75 a
box; western, $35O@4 a bushel basket;
Delaware, 81. 25d2,75 a G-basket car
rier; native u bushel basket, $1@1.50;
Michigan, $1.5OM25O a bushel.
Pears-California bartletts $4@5 a
barrel; native clapps favOrite, 81 .25Gt |
1.50 bushel; native bartletts. $2M2.25 '
Il busheI; Jersey bartletts, $4Q5 a bar
rel.
Grapes-Maryland and Delaware, J
DelaWares, $3.50 a carrier; Moor's !
early, 1501Gc small pony basket; Hud-
son river Delawares, $3.50 a carrier;
champion, 1OM15c small basket; NAL
aga, $2.50@3; muscat. $2.50@3.
Tomatoes-Natiye, 15c0$I25 bush
= Ell; dollhouse, 3@4c Il pound.
Turnips-Yellow, 81 barrel; white,
75c0$1 bushel..
Miscellaneous-Peas, 81 .J0@2 bush
ell; green corn, 4OlJOc a box of dozen;
cucumbers, No.-1, $L25@1.75 a box;
No. ,, 50M75G; carrots, new, 75c@$1 L
bushel bunch carrots, 2Jc dozen
punches; bunch parsnips, Toe dozen
punches; radishes, 4005Oc box; spi4-
ach, 45050c Il bushel beets, soc bush
ell; bunch beets, 1502Oc a dozen bunch
es; peppers, 5O075c a box; elephants,
Toe dozen; native celery, 75c@$1 doz-
en- punches; rhubarb, 25c bushel box;
caulitlOwers 50M7Jc a box.
Pork products have been very firm,
with decided advances in lard Barrel
pork advanced 250J0c.
Fresh beef is dull and easy, the effort
to advance prices having failed. The
quotations are; Extra heavy sides, S6l
1-4c; good, 71a@Sc; light, 7@7Ec;
heavy binds, 1OK@11c; good, 10d1Ohc;
light 7@9hc; heavy fores, 5Q5hc;
light, ) 1-4d4 3-4c.
The supply of choice spring lambs is
decidedly short and prices have ruled |
higher in consequence; muttons and
yearlings are quiet; veals are firm, with