Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-29

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coming in to affect the market much.
Prices are nominally steady: Eastern
rose. $4,000 per bush; hebrons S0@85c;
Green mountains, 75@s5c; northern end
/ western, 7O@75c; Dakota red, 70@75c;
| North Carolina sweets, $1.25D150 per crit
/ and S1@125 per bbl new Bermudas,
| s6@65O per Dbl; per BUSH $2@2.50; new
southern, So 5000.
| Onions are pretty well sustained, with
| few natives offering. Egyptians are
! fairly plenty and quoted at $2@2. so per
| bag at wholesale, and at SOL. 25 per bush
by the jobbers. Bermudas are doing
better and are quoted at $1.40@1. so per
| crit.
Asparagus is less plenty, with native
| quoted at So. 5O@4.50 per bx. There is
still some coming from southern direc-
lions that is off in quality and is sold
low.
Spinach is easy and jobs at 25@50c per
BUSH as to quality. Some lots have
lately been sold as low as 50@75c per Dbl.
There is but little kale offering, and it
sells at about soc per bush by the jobbers.
Dandelion greens sell at Csc per bush;
beet green's, SOC.
Lettuce jobs at 50@75c per doz heads.
Radishes are plenty and job at 15c per
doz bchs for round and at SOC for long.
New bunch beets are frmer and job
bling at 81 per doz.
Cabbages have been scarce and high,
and have sold up to $3@3.50 per CRIT for
new southern. The Norfolk steamer
Monday will have $50 crts of cabbages.
String beans are decidedly firm, some
good wax having sold at $50 per CRIT at
wholesale. The jobbers are quoting at
1904 per CRIT or bslxt, according to quality
and size. Green peas have been irregu-
lar, and selling at all prices, according to
quality.
Squashes are plenty and job at $1.25@
1.50 per Dbl. New turbans sell at SIG
1.50 per bskt or bush, as to size and quail
ity. Cucumbers are easier at $4@5 per
100, with new southern selling at al
prices by the crit. Tomatoes are still
rather scarce and sell at high prices.
Turnips sell at $1.25@1.50 per Dbl for
yellow, with white at 75c@S1 per bush.
New bunch turnips sell at 81 per doZ.
Rhubarb is in abundant supply AMI
sells by the jobbers at 1c per lb. Mint
is quoted at 81 per doz, with watercress
the same.
The market for Goldfish has been quiet
and steady, with supplies ample for the
demand. Trade is fully as good as usual
at this season. and most of the whole fish
offered are taken by cutters to be made
into homeless. Most of the distributing
trade is now in homeless fish. Glouces-
ter dealers have signed an agreement to
sell their whole fish by the 100 pounds in
stead of by the quintal (112 pounds), as
heretofore.
Cod and haddock have been in good
supply. There were 80 arrivals, with
1,005,60O pounds. The liberal receipts Of
mackere1 have put considerable life into
trade and prices have been more &C
ceptable to buyers. The arrivals from
Nova Scotia kept Boston we'll supplied,
along with receipts from the fleet Blue
fish have been quite scarce and high.
Eastern shad very plentiful. Eastern
salmon are coming in more freely and
prices are low.
Dealers selling prices ranged as fol-
lows: Steak cod, to cents; market
cod, IL to 21a cents; haddock, 2 to Az
cents; halibut, 10 to Is cents for gray and
white; roe shad, Is to % cents, and Dusk
shad, to 10 cents each; hake, ~ to
cents, and pollock, 2 to cents per pound;
bluefish, II cents; mackerel, 20 to 25
cents each; eastern salmon, 81 to So cents
per pound.
The cool weather has made a little more
demand for oysters, and sales are keep
inc up we'll for May. Sales of standards
at 81 per gallon and Providence rivers at
S125. There has been some inquiry for
CLAIMS, but trade will be light until the
beach season opens. HOLSTERS in less re-
ceipt and prices have ruled firmer, with
sales at u cents for raw and IA to Is cents
for boiled.