News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-04-14
IN BOSTON MARKETS
Quotations on Leading Pro-
ducts In Demand

small decline Jobbng quotations
are: Choice northern creamery, 200
zoe; western creamery, 2S@29c.
Cheese holds firm, with all lots OF
choice cleaning up well at full prices
York state, 15@15hc; Vermont, 14@
14Bc.
Eggs have held steady, the market
being quiet, and the receipts moderate
for the season. Choice hennery ana
nearby, 22@23c; eastern extras, 210
zee; western, 21@22c.
Receipts of potatoes have begun to
diminish and prices, in consequence,
are firm and about sc per bag higher
than they have been. Advices from
the country state that only small lots
are moving and that prices at the
shipping points are Advancing be-
cause of these conditions, local re-
ceivers look for small receipts from
now on and higher prices. Some bust :
ness has already been done in this
market at So per 2-bushel bag, and
81 95 is now a low quotation even for
large lots.
Texas onions have taken a drop un-
der large shipments, but old stock is
scarce and firm. Cucumbers have had
better sale lately and have gone up
a little. Green truck, with the eX-
ception of spinach, is plenty and easy
and southern cabbages are cheaper
than they have been. Native celery
is all gone, but there is good supply
of Florida celery. Rhubarb is not
plenty and is rather high.
Apples-Greenings, York state,
IS. 5006 barrel; Baldwins, fancy, IS
@6.5O; No. 1, $5G5. so; No. 2, $40
4.50; Ben Davis, $4@4 SO; russets,
fancy, Sc; choice, $5@5. so; common,
SO. 1904.
Cranberries-Cape Cod, $12@13
barrel and S4 SO crate.
Strawberries - Florida, 25035c
quart.
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, S1.95@2 two-bushel bag; cen
trail Maine green mountains, 81. 95t+
2; Bermuda potatoes, $7@S barre;
sweet potatoes, vinelands, $2@2. rs
basket; jerseys, $2@2.25.
Asparagus-California, $4@6 dozen
punches; South Carolina, $4@6.
Beans-Stroing beans, southern
green, $3@4.5O basket; wax, $50
$50.
Cabbage-Native, $2@9 barrel;
New York Danish seed, SO. 1904; sa-
voy, ST. 5O@2. so; red, 81. 5000 box;
new Florida cabbages, 1908. rs crate.
Celery-Florida, 81 1851. SO dozen
punches.
Cucumbers-Hothous extras, $40
8 box; No. /, 5000. so; medium,
81 5O65. so; No. 2, 1904.
il Greens-Spinach, $2@2.50 barrel;
kale, 75c0S1 barrel; dandelions, 75c
0$l bushel; beet green's, 6O@75c
bushel.
Lettuce, etc. Lettuce, 50c@$1
box; romaine, 75c@$1 box; escarol,
5Oc@$1 dozen heads; chicory, 5000
81; mint, 40@6Oc dozen lunches;
watercress, 6O@75c: parsley, $1.25@
1.50 bushel.
Onions-Natfve, s1.25@1. so bush
ell; Connecticut valley, New York
and western, 50. 50@2.5 10O-fb bag;
Texas, $2@2.25 crate; Cuban, $2.75
@3; Spanish, large crates, 81. 5O@5;
small crates, 50. $685. leeks, 75c0$l
dozen lunches; scallions. $1Q1,75
basket.
Squashes-Marrow and turban, 75c
@$1 barrel; hubbard, $12@17 ton.
Tomatoes-Hothouse, 100000 ID;
southern, $2@3 crate.
Turnips-Yellow, 81. 25@1. so bag;
white capes, 81 5O@2 bag; white eggs
and flats, 5O@75c bushel,
Miscellaneous - Artichokes, SEQ
2 so box; radishes, 81. 25@1.75 box;
beets, 5O@65c bushel; bunch beets,
hothouse, 81. 25@2 dozen punches;
southern, 75c@$1; carrots, 75c@$l
bushel; bunch carrots, 75c@$1 dozen
lunches; parsnips, 75c@$2 bushel;
egg plants, $500 crate; oyster
plants, s10125 dozen punches;
okra, $2.5O@3 crate; mushrooms,
81. 5O@3 basket; ihubarb, 90lOc
pound; peppers, so tOa3 crate.
Comparatively few changes have
been noted in pork provisions and
those changes have beer generally in
an upward direction.
Fresh beef has been very quiet, |
though prices have beeL nomlnally
sustained. Very little beef has been
good enough to bring top prices. and
with the slack demand has come a |
weaker tendency. Extra sides, go
9Ac; good, S1aQ9c; light, 7k0Sc;
heavy kinds, 10R@11c; good, lO@ |
1ORc; light, 9@9Rc; heavy foles,
7A@71ac; good, 7@7Ac; light, 90
Size.
There is a firm market for year
Iings and lambs, with veals steady at
slightly lower figures. Choice lambs,
l1013c; yearlings, S@9Ac; muttons,
5010c; veals, 12@13c.
There is only a limited supply OF
fresh killed poultry coming forward,
and prices are very firmly held, with
IN upward tendency Frozen stock
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