News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-04-28
IN BOSTON MARKETS
Quotations on Leading Pro-
ducts In Demand

slronS market for all choice lots OF
eggs, and a further advance has been
registered. There is a good demand,
both for consumption and in a specu-
Iatiye way. Choice hennery and near
by, 25@2Gc eastern extras, 23B0
23hc, western, 23@24c.
Butter receipts are increasing but
are still moderate. Jobbing quota
tons are: Choice northern creamery,
2S029c; western creamery, 27h@
2Shc.
Cheese is firm and unchanged, with
limited supply of choice old stock
York state, 15A@1Gc; Vermont, IA
@14H.
Business in fruits and vegetables
has improved somewhat, but the in
crease in the supplies has been
enough to prevent much, if any ad-
vance in prices.
Potatoes are still firm and the indi-
oations are that they are going higherj
Tie demand has been somewhat less
Urgent since the quotation reached
- 10 per two-bushel bag for Green
mountain at the yards, and the re-
ceipts have proved quite ample for the
decreased wants, but owing to the
strength of the primary markets the
dealers here have not been tempted
to lower their quotations.
Apples do not change much, but
really fancy fruit is scarce and is in
ciued toward higher prices. Straw
berries are getting more plenty and
cheaper every day, but the supply Of
auyles is 50 small that it is doubtful
if abundance of berries would affect
the prices. Of apples.
Lettuce has been rather scarce and
high but there has been a good supply
Of all other kinds of truck, especially
spinach, kale and dandeions. Gu
culubers are plenty, and Texas onions
are coming along freely. Choice,
sound old onions are scarce and high.
Apples-Baldwins fancy, 5000, so
barrel; No. l, $5@5.5 so; No. 2, $40
4.5O; Ben Davis, $4@5; russets,
fancy. Sc; choice, $5@5. so; common,
SO .5904; western box apples, spitzen
burgs, $685. winesaps, $2.75@
3 SO. Rome beauties, SO.
Suawberries-North Carolina, l20
zoe quart.
PUtatOes-ArOOstOOk green noun
taius, $40 two-bushel bag; central
Maine gTeen mountains, $2.1O; Ber-
muda potatoes, $500 barrel; Flori-
das. $5p5. so; sweet potatoes, vine
land-. S202.25 basket; Jersey, $40
2.25; North Carolina, 1908. so crate.
Beans-String beans, southern
green, $202.50 basket; wax, $40
ESQ.
Cabbage-New southern, $2.75@3
crate.
Celery-Florida $1.25@1.5o dozen
punches.
- Observation-Disclosures, extras. $50
6 u No. 1, $404.50 medium,
$ 4, No. 2, So. 50@3.
spinach 75c@1,25 barrel;
kala, 5oG075c barrel; dandeIions, 400
6oe aashel; beet green's, 75cQ$l
bu.hlL
Lettuce, etc. Lettuce, 75c@S1, Is
box; Iomaine, 75cO$1 box; escarol,
50c0$l dozen heads chicory, 5000
81; mint, 40050c dozen punches; wa
tercress, 75c@$1; parsley, $1.25@
so 6ashel.
Onjous-Native, $1.25@1.50 bush
ell; Connecticut valley, New York and
western, $2.25@2. so 100 ID. bag;
Ten 81. 5002 crate; Spanish, large
craze, $4Q4. 50; small crates, $3.50
D5; .eeEs, 75c0$1 dozen lunches;
15025c dozen lunches.
Sgo hes-Marrow and turban, Use
@Sl barrel; Hubbard, $12@l7 ton.
Tgrtoes-Hothouse, 40450c ID;
$202.5O crate.
TUuips-Yellow, $1,25Q1.5o bag;
white capes, 81. 5O02 bag; white eggs
and fats, 50075c bushel.
M.acenaneous-Art $2d2.5O |
box; radishes, 81. 25@1.75 box;
bees, 5o075c bushel bunch beets,
i'OlAHISes 9lUl l.. ~ uOHtu DuhO''O1' |
$161.25; carrots, 75c@$l |
5usasI; bunch carrots, 75cO$1 dozen
ounchas; parsnips, 75cQ$1 bushel;
aggpIauts. $500 crate; oyster plants,
Sl@l.Z5 dozen bunches okra, $3.50
03 crate; mushrooms, 81. 5003 bas-
let; HUBBARD, 9@1Oc pound; peppers,
81 .50o3 crate; peas, $2.5O@3 bas-
let.
There is a very firm market for pork
PRODUCTS, owing to the small run ana
Ugh prices of hogs in the west, ana
rices show a further advance.
There has been very little change in
he prize of fresh beef, the market
eing dull and easy, though tops have
een pretty well sustained Extra
ides, SM 09Hc; good, S1a@SAc;
git, Sa8hc; heavy binds, 1oA@
1c; good, 1O01OAc; light, 9A Q1Oc;
eavy fores, IA @71ac; good, 10 |
1Ac; light, ga Q7c.
Lambs are slightly easier, but other
-esh meats are steady and un-
hanged. Choice lambs, 11@1214c;
aarlipgs Sm91bc: muttons, $685.;