News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-04-19
IN HUB MARKETS
quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, April 17.-Butter has been
h HSht receipt and a firmer tone has
developed, though buyers still hold off.
Nortnern creamery, 3o@31c; western,
29QoOc; dairy, 2G@2Sc.
cheese is in moderate demand, but
prices are firmly held without change.
Liverpool is quoted lower. York state,
14014hc.
Eggs have held steady, with the
range On the different sections nearer
together than Ior months. Choice
western receipts are selling within &c
OF hennery eggs. The quotations are:
Cholce nearby, 21@21hc; eastern, 100
l9hc; western, 1Sh@19c.
Business in the local market for
fruits and vegetables has not increased
much. The volume Of trading is very
disappointing for this time of the year.
Inc market is plentifully supplied.
Lettuce is almost the only product that
is as high as usual. Receipts of green
garden truck have been large, and the
returns to the grower, especially in the
case of spinach, must have been very
unsatisfactory.
Asparagus is in good supply, but
not moving very we'll. Apples are dull
and no immediate improvement is
looked for. Fancy selections are well
cleaned up; most of the storage stock
Is coming out in poor condition. The
outlet for apples is limited both here
and abroad, and it is believed that
dealers who have them in storage will
suffer severe losses.
Potatoes are plenty and easy under
light demand. Cabbages are steady,
but onions have declined. Cucumbers
and turnips are lower. String beans
are rather scarce and choice fresh Of
ferings readily bring top quotations.
Florida tomatoes are bit easier than
they were. Rhubarb and squashes hold
at about the prices of a week ago.
Sweet potatoes sell well. Vegetables
are quoted as follows:
Asparag us-C Charleston, extra fancy,
S450d5 a doz bchs; other South Caro-
lima offerings, $2.5Od4; California ex-
ira fancy, So; fancy, $4G4.5O; other
California offerings, $3@35O.
Cabbages-Drumhead, $11O a Dbl.
Celery-White, $101.25 a bch.
Beans-Southern string beans, $3.50
crt; butter beans. $3.50 a crt.
Onions-Native, $1@1.25 a bu; Ber-
muda, $2.25 a CRIT; leeks, 0Oc a doz bchs
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, $1.50
62.5O a box of three doz heads; mint
81 doz bchs; watercress, 81 a doz
bchs; parsley, $1.50@1.75 a bu.
Spinach, etc-Norfolk spinach, 5Oc@
81 a Dbl; dollhouse dandelions, 5Od75c
a bu; beet green's, 35td5Oc a blu: Nor.
folk kale, 75c a Dbl.
quashes-Marro@ SIZE Dbl; hub
bard, $2O025 a ton.
Iomatoes-Southern, $3.5Od4 a crit;
dollhouse, doc a pound.
PotatOes-ArOostook green noun
tains, 3S04Oc a bu; hebrons, 33035c;
Dakota reds, 3O032c; rose, 4OM45c;
sweets, Vinelands, 1925 bskt.
MANIFESTATIONS, SOC Il Dbl; white,
50@T5c a bu; French white, 50 a bag.
Miscellaneous-Cu cumbers, $30G
box; carrots, 50075c bu; parsnips. 81
G1.2J a bu; radishes, 40M5Oc a doz
bchs; old beets, 5O060c bu; new bunch
beets, $1.50@1.75 a doz heads; southe;o
peppers, S1.75 a crt; elephants. 81 so
dOz; oyster plants, 81 Il ,!Oz bchs;
dollhouse rhubarb, &c Il pound; Cali
fOrnia, 81 a box.
Fruit quotations follow.
Apples-NOrthern spies, 'Grcy, seas
a Dbl; good, $1.25 a 2; bald wins, fa1 cy,
sea-. %; No. /, S1.50@2; common. 81
1.25; No. !. %; russets, ROxbury
fancy. So. 25@2, 80; comrnon to fair, 81. so
@1.75.
Crarherries-Fancy late varieties, So
$3.50 Il Dbl; other late varieties. $4.5U
1850; soft stock, $1@2; crates, fancy,
Sl.75@2; common to good, $1.25615O.
Observation-Disclosures crates, 20G30c
at; Charleston refrigerator, 35d4Oc
at.
While the market for pork provisions
is still very firm, no furthc" advance
in prices has been made.
Fresh meats-Beef, choice. 9691kc;
good to choice, case ID; year
Zoe; good, 71a@9c; headquarters, choice.
1112M12 1-4c; common to good, 9d11c:
forequarters, choice, 71A07 5-4c; CONF
non to good, Gaze ID; muttons, extra,
9d915c; good to choice case; lb; year
lings, eastern good to choice Gd7c:
western, 70Shc; fall lambs, eastern.
common to good, S@10c h. WESTERN,
good to choice, 1O0111hc lb. spring
lambs, choice, 2S to 80 lbs, $500 each:
common to good, $5@7 each; veal,
choice eastern, Toe; fair to good, S091Ac:
common, G67c.
Fresh iced poultry is in fair supply.
but the quality is poor and prices are
easy. Choice lots of frOz, stock are
in demand and bring full prices. The
quotations are: Fresh killed western
iced turkeys. zoe; northern chickens.
2Od21c and upward; northern fowl, 10
016c: western fowl. 14hGt15c: frozen
western turkeys, 21@22c; western
chickens, 15017c; western fowl. 14G
141ac; ducks, 14@16c; geese, 12aI4c.
Choice hay is in light supply and
holds firm, but low and medium grades
are dull and easy; straw is weaker for
rye and steady for oat; millfeed is
steady. Hay, No. l, $1Gd17; low
grades, S11d16; rye straw, S2O021; oat
straw S1O011.
The movement in May wheat in the
Chicago market eliminated Thursday