News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-03-17
IN BOSTON MARKETS
Quotations on Leading Pro
ducts In Demand

Boston, March 15.--There is an
easier market for eggs of all grades,
prices showing decline of l02c.
Receipts are very heavy compared
with last year. Choice hennery and
nearby, 23@24c; eastern extras, 22@
S3c; western, 21@ 22c.
Butter is quiet, but prices are fair
ly steady, though receipts of choice
fresh maze are increasing. Jobbing
prices are; Choice northern creamery
3O@Slc; western creamery, 29030c
Cheese is steady and unchanged i,
with good demand, especially for
the medium grades. York state, Is
@15Rc; Vermont, 14@141ac.
Green truck is more plenty than #
has been, but string beans are still
very scare. Receipts Of southern cab
bages are larger and they are some
what cheaper, but native and York
state cabbages are still scarce, high
and firm. Onions are firm; very few
remain in the storehouses along the
Connecticut river and the supply of
domestic stock during the next few
weeks will be from New York and
the west. Cucumbers are too plenty
for the demand and prices, conse-
quently, are lower and easy. More
southern tomatoes are coming along
and there is larger supply of as
paragus than there has been.
Squashes, turnips and root vegetables
continue plentiful and easy
Apples-Greeningl, 81 5O@5 Dbl;
Baldwins, fancy, $6; No. 1, $505. so;
No. 2, $4@4 SO; northern spies,
81. 50@5. so; Ben Davis, $4GQ4. so;
rusets, common, SO 1904; golden
and roxbury russets, $500; starks,
$4@4. SO; black oxfords, $4@4.5O
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains, $1.S5@1.9O two bushel bag;
central Maine Green mountains,
81. S5@1. 80; Bermuda potatoes, $7@S
Dbl; sweet potatoes, Jersey, $1.75
basket; Vinelands, $175@2.
sparagus-California $7@12 doz-
en- punches; Chicago dollhouse, 500
3. SO.
Beans-String beans, southern,
green, "a. 50@5.50 basket; wax,
81 5O@5. so.
Cabbages-Native drumhead, $50
1925 Dbl; savoy, $1.50@2; red, 81. so
o. box; York state danish seed, $50
3 so; new Floridas, So 1903 crate.
Celery-Native, $2.5O@3 box;
California, $1.75@2 dozen punches.
Cucumbers-Hothouse, extras, $12
@13 box; No. l, $10@11; medium,
$500; No. and stubs, S5@7.
Greens-Spinach, southern, 81. 50@
rs Dbl; kale, S5c@$1 Dbl; beet
green's, dollhouse, 75c@$1 blu; dande-
lions, dollhouse, 81. 5O@1.75 blu.
Lettuce, etc. Lettuce, 5Oc@$l
box; romaine, 75c@$1 box; escarol,
75c@$1 dozen heads; chicory, 81, so;
watercress, 65@75c dozen punches;
mint, 5O@75c; parsley, $1.25@1. so.
Z Onions-Native, S1.1001.25 bu;
Connecticut valley, New York and
western, $2@2.25 1O0-lb bag; Span
ish, large crates, s5@5. so; small
crates, $2.5O03; Cuban, $4@4. rs
crate; leeks, 5O@75c dozen punches.
quashes-Marrow and tn'ban, S5c
@$17 Dbl; Hubbard, $12@16 ton.
Observation-Disclosures, 100000 ID;
southern, 50. 5000. so crate.
Turnips-Yellow, S1.2501.50 bag;
white capes, 81. 50@2 bag; white
eggs and flats, 50@75c bu.
Miscellaneous = Brussels sprouts,
$4,000 qt; articholles, 81 5002 box;
$1.20@1 so box; beets, 80
M65c bu; bunch beets, dollhouse,
81 50@3 dozen lunches; southern,
75c0$1 carrots, 50060c bu; bunch
256D75c dozen lunches;
parsnips, 5O@75c bu; elephants, $40
1 so crate; oyster plants, $1@1.25
lozen lunches; cauliflowers, $3.50
crate; okra, S2.5O@3 crate; mush
'ooms, $2@3 basket; chives, 81 doz-
on lunches; rhubarb, S010c 10; pep
1ers, $2@2 so crate.
The position of the fresh beef mar
let is very unsatisfactory, for not
only are prices easy, but the demand
S very light Extra sides, 9191ac;
good S1a@SAc; light, 71a@Sc;
leavy kinds. 1O% 011Ac; good, ~
01O12c; light, 9091ac; heavy fores,
"a @7%c; good, 61a light, 6
g61ac.
Lambs and yearlings are slightly
,asier. but muttons and veals are
teady. Choice lambs, l1Q12c;
earrings, 9@9hc; muttons, 9@1Oc;
,eals, 11@13c.
Receipts of poultry continue moder-
tie, but there is fair demand, and
,rices hold steady, except on western
turkeys, which are quoted lower.
Western turkeys, 22025c; native
casting chickens, 23@27c; native
rollers, 25@2Sc; northern fowl. II |
D19c; western chickens, 20Q22c for |
lrge and 1916 for medium; western
owl, lie for large and 15016c for
nedium; native pigeons. 81, 1901. 20 |
oxen; squads. s404 so doz
Hay is dull but steady; straw is
cry firm; millfeed is firm. Hay, |
hoice, $40; No. 1, s17. so; No, 2,
Is. SO: No. 3, $13. 50@14; rye straw,