Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-09-18


| fresh fowls, 12@14c; western iced chick
ems. 1O@13c; fowls, 11@12c; fresh ducks,
| 11@16c; live fowls, 1O@111sc; chickens, 10
| Q10Rc.
Potatoes have been ruling easier of
late, and the market is still rather
weak, under full supply. Sweet pota-
toes are also rather easy: Barrels,
81 4O@1. so; bulk, 40@45c per bu; Norfolk
and eastern shore sweet, $1.50@2 per bbI
Onions continue plenty and are quoted
at 81. 25@1.5 so per bbl By the bushel they
sell at 50@6Oc. Picking onions sell at
a wide range of prices, all the way from
$3.50 to 81 per blu for silver skins, and at
75c@$1.50 per bu for yellow.
Tomatoes are in very full supply, and
sell at 25@50c per blu. Cucumbers bring
S1@2 per bx, the latter for northern
Squashes are in over supply. The job
bers quote marrows at 5O@75c per Dbl;
turbans, 75c@$1; Bay State, 75c. Egg
plants sell at 75c@$1 per bx, ~ doz in bx.
Green corn is in great abundance and
sells at 25c and up to 6Oc per blu, for poor
to good.
Celery is quoted at 81 per dozen by the
jobbers. Spinach is sold at 25c per
bushel Lettuce is quoted at 4O@5Oc
per box, as to size and quality. Radishes
are quoted at 50@60c per box for round
Caulifower sells at 50c@$1 per box.
Cabbages are very plenty. and sell
from the farmers wagons at 3@5c per
head, as to quality. The jobbers quote
60c@$1 per barrel.
Turnips job at 25@50c per busheI for
white, with yellow at 50@60c, or 81 per
barrel. Beets sell at 40c per box; car
rots, 60c per box; parsnips, 81 per box.
OF d0o int
40c per dozen; cress, 35c per doz; parsley,
he per package.
String beans are still on the market,
and sell at 35@75c, the latter for choice
in a jobbing way; butter beans sell at
about the same prices. Shell beans sell
at 5Oc@$1 per bushel, as to quality.
Cantaloupes are selling at 50c@$1.5O
per package, as to size and quality.
Genuine Rockyfords would bring more
if at hand.
Apples are certainly doing better than
a week ago, and better prices are the
result. Still, there are some lots Of
poor trash at hand. Good lots are quot
able at: Pippins, $1.50@2.25; Porters,
$4,000; 2O-ounce, $2@2.50; Duchess, $40
$50; pound sweets, 1902. so; gravensteins,
$2.50@3 per Dbl; mixed varieties, $1@125
per Dbl; jobbing and fancy lots, 50c@$1
per Dbl more.
Apples have begun to go abroad, and
considerable export trade is promised.
From this port for the week 20 bbls went
to Liverpool. The week before the
steamship New England, for Liverpool,
took 26 bbls, which were not reported.
This makes the total shipments from
this port to date $50 bbls, all to Liver
pool
Pears are plenty and the market is
easy. California pears are still on the
market, and are quoted at $4,000 per
bx, the latter price for fancy in jobbing
lots. Native Bart1etts sell at s2.50@3.50
per Dbl, and at $1@150 per blu. Common
pears are quotable at $1.50@2 per Dbl,
with bushels at 10000.
Jersey peaches continue to come for
ward slowly, with good lots bringing
$1.25@1.5O per bskt, as to quality. Cali
fornia peaches are quoted at $1.25@1.50
per bx, the upper price for choice and
jobbing.
Blueberries are still on the market,
and sell at 6@8c for case lots. Cranber-
ries sell at $1.5O@1.75 for crts, with bbls
quoted at $3.50@5.
The receipts of berries for the week
were 2661 crts; same week a year ago,
80