Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-14

Aull supply, ana JODblng at 4Oc per dOz
heads. Beet greens are quoted at 4Oc
per bu. Spinach sells at 60c
Asparagus is rapidly coming toward
the end of the season, and sells slowly
at 50 per doz. Mint is quoted at 4Oc per
ooz; cress, 4Oc; parsley, $1.25 per bx.
string beans are not very plenty and
sell at better prices for good Wax are
quoted at Sld1.50 per bx, and green at
SlQ2, as to quality. Green peas are not
very plenty, with choice natives selling
at $2@25O per bu.
tomatoes are very plenty, indeed, and
sell at low prices. Georgia, 6-bskt car
riers, sell at 75cd$1; Mississippi. 4-bskt
trays 5Oq6Oc. Watermelons are plenty.
and the quality is getting better They
are selling at 15Q25c, as to quality. For
the week the receipts of watermelons
were 1888; same week year ago, II, 621
Cantaloupes are plenty and at wide
range; say from 81 to 81 per crt or Dbl,
wholly as to quality and condition.
Choice Rockyforts, in small crts. sell at
$2Q25O.
Caulihower sells at S1@1.5O per bx.
Cabbages are more plenty, with Dightons
selling at 75cQ$1 per Dbl. and others at
$1@1.50 per crit or Dbl
selling at 75c@$1. so per 100. as to quality.
Turnips are jobbing at S1.5O@2 per Dbl
Tor yellow, with bunch turnips at &c.
Beets are jobbing at Coo per blu. with
punch beets at &c. Carrots are sold at
SOc@$1 per bx.
The fish trade has been light and the
situation is without much change Mack.
erel continue in light receipt from the
fleet. and tha advance bo. hoo.
tanned, with further upward tendency.
The Cape Shore catch has practically
proved a failure and the vessels have
nearly all returned to waters on the
American coast
There has been a quiet market for cod
fish, with no change in prices. Offerings
have been light from first hands, and no
orders of any consequence have been re-
ceived by dealers. The only transactions
to note have been in homeless, which is
steady at previous rates.
There has been a fair trade in fresh
fish and prices have varied somewhat
The market fleet landed 965, 250 pounds
of ground fish, mostly cod and haddock,
and these kept dealers pretty well sup
piled. Steak cod ruled lower. Halibut
run along at about previous prices.
Bluefish scarce and higher. Eastern
salmon advanced, but declined again.
Large mackerel have become very scarce
and high. Swordfish have been on the
market for the first time this season.
HOLSTERS have been arriving more
freely from Nova Scotia, but no more of
any consequence are expected during the
summer. Sales by the crate have been
at SIS to SIG, and from dealers at 16 to Il
cents per pound, including boiled and
raw. CLANS in steady demand for the
beach trade Nothing of consequence
doing in oysters.
The cherry growing business has beer
Investigated by the horticulturist of the
| vermont experiment station, who finds
that all those varieties known in pomol-
ogy as Dukes and Morellos can be sue.
cesstully grown anywhere in the state
The sweet cherries (Hearts and Biggar-
eaux) are not hardy enough for this
| climate.
The experiment station has also tested
large number of the varieties recently
/ imported from Russia and other parts
| of northern Europe. These all belong
to the Morello, or pie cherry" class, and
are perfectly hardy. Some of them are
intrinsically valuable and win secure a
| permanent place in American horticul-
ture.
The varieties specially mentioned by
the experiment station as suitable for
planting in Vermont are Early Rich.
mond, Morello, Montmorency, Brusseler
Braun and Bessarabian. The two last
are among the new Russian varieties re-
ferred to above. All are perfectly hardy
in the coolest sections of Vermont. They
belong mostly to the Morello class, which
furnishes the best fruit for canning,
cooking and pie making. All are pro-
life bearers and but little subject to the
attacks of insects or fungi. All of them
have been successfully and profitably
grown in orchards in northern New Eng
land and can be depended on from every
point of view.