Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-16

tinued abundant, and they have BROUGHT
better prices. being quoted at Sd1Oc. as
to quality. 1t is worthy of note that the
quality so far has continued very fine.
DOUBTLESS due in a great measure To rhe
continued dry weather. But now comes
the idea that the native crop. about be-
ginning has been badly pinched by the
same dry weather that has heluod the
shipping and handling of the southern
berries. For the week the receints nf
Strawberries We're Al $50 crts; same week
year ago. SIG crts
The market on potatoes is quiet. with
a fair supply of southern new of fairly
good quality. Old are rather easy. and
have declined somewhat under the in
fluence of new. Sweet potatoes are duh.
easy and of uncertain quality. New
Bermudas are in small supply: Eastern
hebrons, per bu 7O1 75c; northern Green
mountains 60d65c; northern white. 550p
Soc; Dakota red, 55@6Oc; North Carolina
sweets, $l.25@2 per crt and $1.25d2 per
Dbl; new Bermudas, S6.50d7.5O per Dbl;
per bu, $2@2.5O; new southern, fair to
good, $2.50G3; extra, S35Od4.
onions are irregular Egyptians are
talrly sustained at $2d2.25 per bg. and
1obblng at $3.50. But the supply of Ber-
mudas has been increased by a schooner
cargo that was not in the best of order
and the market has broken to 75cdS1 per
crit at Wholesale, with choice jobbing at
$1.25d1.5O
Spinach jobs at 35 cents per bu. AS
paragus is plenty and Jobs at $3.5Odi
per bX, as to quality. Beet greens are
in full supply and job at % cents per
| bu-
Lettuce is in good supply and Jobs at
70 cents per bx. RAdishes sell at so
cents per dozen punches for round. and
at 81 for long.
| Cabbages continue in short supply and
sell at S2.50Q3 per crt for southern. New
caulifiower is on the market and sells at
| SO per cs.
Cucumbers are at wide range, with the
best native jobbing at S. per 100. But
sol thern are on the market and selling
in all sorts of packages at low prices.
Southern tomatoes are in fair supply
and job at s2.5O1$3 per cs.
| Squashes are in fair supply and sell
at Slq15O per Dbl, as to quality. Sum-
mer squashes are at hand in full sup
ply and sell at all sorts of prices, as
to quality and size of package.
Green peas have continued in rather
short supply with the native crop being
pinched by the drought They are
jobbing as high as SO per bskt for good.
String beans are also somewhat injured
by the dry weather as to the native crop.
Good Norfolks sell at $2d2.5O for half
Dbl bskts, with natives selling at Sl.509
l.15 for smaller pkgs.
Bunch beets are plenty and sell at
4GiG cents; bunch turnips. 40 cents per
dozen. Bunch onions are a wide range
as to quality Mint sells at % cents a
doz bchs; cress, 40 cents.
Rhubarb is very plenty, and sells at
low prices; say, 50c@$1 per 100 lbs.
Watermelons are here from the far
south. and are selling at S5Q45 cents. as
to quality and quantity.
The trade in commercial fertilizers in
Vermont approXmates $500 600 yearly.
This sum buys nearly 100000 pounds
of plant food. The same plant food
might be bought. however, for not much
more than $25O,OOO were better methods
of purchase in vogue.
This somewhat sweeping statement is
based upon the yearly report made by
the Vermont experiment station of its
inspection of the commercial fertilizers
OF the state. This work has just been
finished and the results are about to be
published in regular bulletin form.
Mixed goods sell lower this year than
ever before, yet the costs due to the credit
and agent systems are so high that it
pays intelligent farmers to consider other
methods of purchase. Home mixing and
buying on special order are particularly
to be commended.
Home mixing consists of the mixing by
the farmer of raw materials bought OF
manufacturers. These articles are mat
tiers of common everyday trade just as
are sugar and shoes. They are as readily
bought, and may be easily mixed. For
mulas for all grades have been published
many times, and are furnished by the
Vermont experiment station for the ask
ing. Several Vermont farmers report
that the goods are quite as satisfactory
as the commercial brands and that they
are cheaper.