The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-04-27
BOSTON MARKET review
prepared ey u Bureau OF Markell
and c<op Estinatssl
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
/ Offerings In heavy volume. with mod
srate buying demand and Q generally
downward price tendency. several lines
declining sharply. South Carolina aspsr-
esus was steady at so0-s.IO a crate. ac-
cording to quality, while some fancy.
large green New Jersey asparagus sold
as high as 500 q dozen punches. Ala
bama cabbage .7b-i00 lower at 2V0-2.ke
q crate. Florida celery steady at too-t.bo
a crate for the best sizes California and
Arizona Iceberg lettuce i.00-lower at
2O0-2.50 crate. Texas onions 400 lower
at 3.0o-s50 a crate. Egyptian onions sell
ing 5.00-6.5o per 100 ID. sack. Florida or
anges lower at s.00!.5o a box Maine
potatoes zoe lower at i25-1.to per 100 ID.
sack. New Florida potatoes 7.50 bar
rel Norfolk spinac active and higher
at 3.50-400 a barrel. Florida tomatoes
slightly lower at l.50-2.50 a crate Ma
tive dollhouse vegetables mostly lower
at the following prices a bus. box:
Beet greens .50-I.00 cucumbers 400
100 dandelions 100 toutdoor dande-
lions l.l0-l.25); lettuce L75-2.Oo; radishes
200-3. 90. Native root vegetables steady
to firm. selling per bus. box: beets l.25-
l.50 carrots I.25-l75, parsnips l.7b-2O0
per cellar stock and 2.0o-2.25 for spring
dug stock; turnips I.00-1.25.
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The continued scarcity OF fresh butter
under active demand has held the market
firm and caused prices to advance TO SIC.
Many users OF storage butter have
turned. at least partially, 10 fresh be-
cause OF the difficulty Of securing storage
of desirable quality. Available supplies
OF fresh have been cleaned up daily with
some buyers running short the first Of
week Toward the close Northern butter
was offered quite freely at $3.50 with
western goods cleaning up readily at
about the same levels. Small lots stor-
Age butter have been active 1850.
Movement OF CARROTS not active because
OF scarcity OF quality some moved A-35c.
Because Of lower New York and Wiscon
sin primary markets. fresh cheese has
ruled weak under light demand. AL
though supplies are not heavy dealers are
free sellers at concessions. Twins can
be purchased 1871 -i9c. daisies i9-1shc.
Cured cheese has ruled about the same.
Quality is in demand at fun prices, 2i-25c.
Egg market has not been active during
the week but dealers have held quite
firmly to their asking prices. Current
arrivals Of firsts have generally moved
at 26h 27c with quality Bringing premi-
ums In many cases. Southern eggs
mostly at 2525h Dirties ranged 23-24c,
trades 23k -24c. Storage packed eggs
diab MT a1ANtf HfsAS must So1E GSNF w
interest In the finer grades. Nearby hem
neries have been firm but starting TO ac-
cumulate. moved from 30-33c. Live poul- |
Try Is in light supply but Is also limited |
Chickens range 23-25c fowls 32-34c. Of |
ferings OF fresh killed light fowls 32-36c, |
chickens 25-29c. Frozen poultry slow, |
fowls 30-32c, chickens 25-33c.' Maple |
syrup and sugar in more liberal supply |
with demand very slow. Syrup per gall |
Ion 1.50-1e5; sugar ALICE.
BRIGHTON LIVE STOCK AND
DRESSED MEAT MARKET
Receipts on all classes were light on
account Of the holiday Wednesday, with i
hardly enough to test the market. while /
prices tended firm on those sold.