Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-24

| with the supply only DIerAte: North
ern chickens, 1S@23c; broiiers, 2O@25c;
| western iced chickens, 15@17c; fowls, 100
1115c; live fowls 91a@1015c; chickens, lao
lie.
New apples are Sewhat abundant,
and prices are easier. About ST. 5002 so
per Dbl is all they can be quoted, with
very few that will bring above So. By
the bushel they are quoted at 75c@$1,
while there are several styles of pack
ages selling from soc to $3.50. For the
week the receipts of apples were 2512
pkgs; same week a year ago, 1883 pkgs.
California fruit continues abundant,
with receipts Of 24,S80 pkgs of California
peaches for the week; same week a year
ago, 1876 pkgs. But the peaches are
generally good, and are selling fairly
well. They job at s1.25@1.5O for COM
mon Ha1es; Crawfords and Fosters, S1.25
Oils per crt.
The supply of blackberries at hand is
large, and prices are rather easy, Jer-
sey blackberies selling in case lots at
S@9c. Raspberries are not very plenty,
the idea being that the drought has
shortened and damaged the crop in
6-Markets.
Potatoes are in decided oversupply.
They are easier in prices at $2.5O@2.75
per Dbl for the best, with fair to good at
$1.50@2. so. Very few sweet potatoes are
seen on the market, and prices are I'M
certain.
Onions are steady to f1rmer, with
Egyptians quoted at $2@2.25 per bag.
Native "sets" are in the market and
quoted at $1@1.25 per blu. Bunch onions
are quoted at Csc per doz.
Celery is at very wide range; say, from
$1.75 up to Sc per doz bchs. Some native
is in the market, and quoted at 1904, as
to quality. Spinach is jobbing at SOC
per blu. Lettuce is in full supply at SOC
per doz heads.
Green corn is in the market from the
south, and sells at 81 per bx. Green peas
are scarce and went up as high as SIS per
Dbl for best. They are jobbing at $1,000
ESQ per blu, as to quality. Green beans
are fairly plenty, with butter beans
quoted at $1@1.5O per bx; green, 50c@$1.
Beets are jobbing at SOC per bu, with
bunch beets at 11ac. Turnips are sold at
81 per Dbl for yellow, with bunch turnips
at 2@4c, as to quality. Carrots sell at
81 per bu; bunch carrots, Csc per doz.
Radishes are jobbing at 50c@$1.50 per
bx, as to quality. Peppers sell at 81 per
blu for green. Mint is quoted at 40c per
doz; cress, 4Oc per doz; parsley, Csc per
doz.
Oc1OOoSSo Die p1CA1Iy, ctAu SCH ctI S1
per Dbl, with natives at wide range, as
to quality. Marrow squashes sell at 75c
@$1.25 per Dbl, with summer squashes
plenty and cheap.
Tomatoes are at wide range, with
southern, both Florida and Mississippi,
about out Of the market, though there |
are still good many lots of the former
unsold. They are quoted at 50@75c per |
crit, as to quality, with very choice up to
81. Natives are on the market, and are
quoted at $2@2.50 per blu.
Native cucumbers sell at 81 per 100 for !
good; but there are good many inferi- |
or southern lots on the market at almost |
any price.
The market is in bad shape on canta- |
loupes, with good many carried over. |
Watermelons have continued plenty, |
while some very fine lots have been at |
hand. They have sold at 12c for small |
up to 35c for melons that would average |
SO lbs. Such are scarce, however, and |
the best are selling at about Csc. Re
jceipts have been very large for the week, |
making a total of 103,917 same week a |
year ago, 70,0 900. |