Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-08-18
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS.


To make the appended quotations Of value
alike to buyer aud seller, the resume OF the
market, prefacing the quotations, should De
carefully read In market or this charac'
ter 1t Is impossible to give prices for every
day Of the week. Noting however. the
curate quotations Will be given on which
Sealers can safely base their transactions
owing to % Srts of crops being
ruined by hePS too much rain, the
vegetable market has taken on a slight
price advance. Beef and poultry show
. ratbc hheasler tone, as do also the
y TaFto,t I ,EtiyeFYGk products. ,,..,.. 49,.
: Receipts OF butter are light and the
market is firm. The proportion OF
strictly fine stock among the arrivals
is small, and such goods are firmly
held at full quotations. Dealings are
fairly brisk There is no change In
the cheese market from recent reports.
There IS a good Arm market on hen
merry and choice eastern and western
egss, but there is large accumula-
tion of other kinds which are offered
freely at low figures.
FLOUR-Mill shipments, spring pa
tents $425@4.SO, winter patents $3.50
@410.
BUTTER-Creamery, extra Ver-
mont and New Hampshire 20 1-2@24c,
northern New York 23 12@24c, west
ern 23@23 1-2c, northern creamery
hrsts 21@22c, western creamery flrsts
21@22c, creamery seconds 10000,
creamery thirds 15@17c, eastern
creamery best marks 22c, fair to good
19@21c, dairy extras 2O@21c, common
to good 16@19c, western imitation
creamery 1908 1-2c. western ladies
15@17c, packing stock 14@16c, reno
waited butter 17@19c, boxes and prints
15024 1-2c.
EGGS-Fancy hennery 26@28c, east
ern extras 2S@25c, common to good
18920c western best marks II 1-2@
19c, choice 17@17 1-2c, fair to good
15@16c western dirties 10@13c.
PROVISIONS-He backs $1925,
medium short cuts $3.50, long cuts
$21.25, lean ends $225O@23, bean pork
315.75@16.25, loose salt pork 93-4c,
corned shoulders 10 1-2c, smoked
shoulders 10 3-Sc, fresh shoulders
10 3-Sc, fresh shoulders 10 1-2c, fresh
ribs IL 3-4Q13c, pressed hams IL 1-2@
1S 1-2c, skinned hams 16@16 1-2c, reg
ular small hams IA 7-8@15 5-Sc, boil
ed hams 2SQ23 1-2c, bacon 33-4@
1S 12c, briskets II 1-2c bologna 1-2c,
frankfurts 91-2@1O 3-Sc, fresh sau-
sage 10@13 1-2c, sausage meat 1-2c,
tongues $3.50 bbl, raw leaf lard
10 3-8c, rendered leaf lard In
bulk II 1-2c, in pals IL 1-2@
II 3-4c, pure leaf lard in bulk 10 1-2c,
in pals IL 1-4@11-1-2c, country dress
ed hogs 1903 3-Sc.
FRESH MEATS-Beef, choice so
S3-4c, good 6 1907 3-4c, hindquarters,
choice 11@11 1-2c, common to good 7
@10c, forequarters, choice &c, common
to good 1-2@5 1-2c; mutton, extra
western SC, good to choice, 7@8c, year
lings, good to choice, western 6@9c,
fall lambs, western choice 1Oc, COM
mon to good 7@9c, spring lambs, east
ern choice lac, common to good 100
73c, western choice 10@13c; veal,
choice eastern 1O@11c, fair to good
SQ9c, common 6@7c.
DRESSED POULTRY-Fresh killed
northern and eastern fowl, choice 15c,
common to good 13@14c, chickens 20
@22c, green ducks 12@12 1-2c; chick
ems, nearby broilers, choice 1-2to
lbs per pair tic per ID, fair to good
15@16c; pigeons 31@175 per doz,
squads $1.25@1.75 doz; western ice
packed turkeys 14@15c; fowls, choice
1-2@14c, fair to good 12 1-2@13c,
broilers 14@16c, old cocks 1-2c, west
ern frozen turkeys, No. l 18Q19c, No.
14Q15c; chickens, choice soft roast
Ing 14Q15c. fair to good 11@13c. broil-
ers 12@16c; fowls, choice 13@14c,
common to good 10012c.
LIVE POULTRY-Fowls 13c, spring
chickens lac, roosters 809c
BEANS-Choice hand-picked pea
N.55@1.60, screened $1.40@1.5O, sec
onds Sl.30@140 choice hand-picked
mediums 81, small white California
E2.4O, choice hand-picked yellow eyes
$15OQ1.55, common to good 1880
las, red kidney $3O5@3.15.
FRUIT-Apples, Williams, 1908 Dbl,
astrachans 32@2.75 Dbl, sweet bough
$2Q25O, gravensteins $25O@3.5O, pip
pins $l.75Q2, box stock 5Oc@$1;
blackberries S@12c at; blueberries II
Ql6c qt; cantaloupes, Arizona STAN
dard crates 81, North Carolina 500
ESQ crate, Baltimore gems $1.5O6l. rs
crate; grape fruit, California $500
$50 box; lemons. moari S708.5O box,
other kinds S5@65O; oranges, Cali
fornia late Valencias S5@6.5O box, st.
Michaels 34@5.5O, Mediterranean
sweets $4@4.50; peaches, Georgia choice
$3.5OQ4 a 6-basket carrier, Delaware
Rl.25@1.75 basket, California 32.25@
2.6O box; pears, California bartletts
$2.25Q2.50 box, Georgia 10 comte,
choice sound $3.5O@425 Dbl; pineap-
pies, Florida smooth cayennes $500
4; plums, California varieties $2@2.75
4-basket crate; watermelons, as to
size and quality 15@SOc apiece; grapes,
North Carolina Delaware 81 an 8.
basket crate.
POTATOES-New Bristol Ferry
stock 32@2,25 bbl Jersey cobblers
S2,25 bbl and 75@SOc bu, sweets, North
Carolina yellow 33.50@425 Dbl.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S4@5 a
hundred, string beans 31@125 bu,
butter beans Sl@125 bu, shell beans
31.75Q2 bu, peas 3191.5O bu, cucum-
bers 5Oc@S2.5O box, carrots $1@1.25
bu, lettuce 2O@35c box, romaine SOC
doz, escsrolle soc doz, chicory 25c doz,
onions S0@90c bu, spanish onions $50
$50 crate. leeks SOC doz, yellow tur-
nips &1@1.5O bbl white turnips 500
75c bu, radishes 5O@75c box, spanish
25c bu, beets SOC bu, squashes, south
ern marrow l1@125 Dbl, native sum.
mer 2@Sc apiece, peppers 81 bu, egg
plants %1@1.25 crate, celery 75c@1.25
doz, parsley 26c bu, mint Csc doz,
watercress 35c doz okra 50 crate. to-