Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-02
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

creamery, small packages, 2li.M2oc;
northern fresh, round lots, 2l1ac: west
ern. 2ltt21 &c; eastern, 2lM21tac: diaries,
1iia@l9c; iirsts, l6ia6tl9c; ladies, 1l9
tie; jobbing, l2M1c more.
Cheese Is very steady, with holders
firm, Trade Is fair. Round lots. new.
Hl2n lOiac: sage, 10tillc; jobbing, 20 lie
higher.
The supply of good eggs is not large,
and prices are firm. Early storage,
l5al6c; fresh western. 13M lie: east.
crn, l5Ml7c; nearby and fancr. Ira
poe and up; jobbing. 1MlHc higher.
Beans are reported firm on reports of
drought in the country. Quotations are
firm.
Apples are in larger receipt. New
southern are quoted at SlMl.25 per bu
basket. y few have sold by the barrel
at S2.JOc3.
| California pears are in better supply
and selling ut Sl.15M2.25 per box ty The
| jobberS. California peaches a. sold
mt SlW2, according to quality. Georgia
peaches are in fair supply ana sell at
S1.5Odi2 for G-b2skct carriers.
The supply Of blueberries is abundant,
and the market is rather easy. They
are quoted ut 10013c. Blackberries
are also in pretty good supply, and are
quoted at 10Ml2c. Raspberries are in
good supply, and sell at SGi Toe for pints:
cups. 6MSc Currants are yet in very
full supply, though the season is near
the close. They sell at GfaSc in ease
lots. GooSeberres are in small supply
and sell at GGl9c, as TO quality. Straw
berries are mainly over, though a few
came in, and sold at l5nlSc.
Potatoes are very high, with a cry
of scarcity. 1t is claimed that the crop
Of Jerseys ana Bristol Ferries is lin
tied. the yield being small. Damaging
reports also come from tue home crop,
with only a few in the hill. ArOostook
reports mention small crop. Added
TO these reports comes Il report of n de-
cidcd shortage in the west, with Chi
cago buying from the Atlantic coast.
Prices are very firm, at S4ni.D per
barrel for extra; fair to good, $4,000
80. Red sweets have sold ut S4.50Iu1,
with yellow as high as So Per barrel, for
choice The supply is Yet limited.
Onions are easier, with Egyptian
quoted ut S2I;22J per bag; western,
s.. 2Jd275 per barrel: native, 75c per
bushel. Native punches are sold AT DC
per dozen.
Celery is at wide range. from Sl.30n
2 per dozen. as TO quality. Spinach is
quoted at 5or per buShel. Lettuce jobs
ut SOC per box. Radisbcs are quoted ut
3JGIJ0c per box.
southern marrow squashcs sell NJ
81. 2JM / 80 per barrel. summer SquaslicS
are quoted at $6li1 or 100, as to variety
and quality. CucumberS are quoted Il.
So per box for good native. with lot
of southern and Jersey on the marke,
at 81 per package. Tomatoes are quoted
at l5c per pound for dollhouse, and at
S1N2 per crate or package for good.
There is full supply of Jerseys on
hand that have to be sold a low prices.
Turnips are still scarce ut S26i2.50 per
barrel, with bunch at 81 per 100, and ma
tive fiat at SOC per box. Cabbages are
low at I5cuS1 per barrel. BprtS are
quoted at SOC per buShcl; carfots -.
Mint sells at 25c r"r dozen; crcsS, 30;
parsley. 25c per bu%iIel.
String beans are quoted at ,5r per box
for good. Shell beans are on the mar
ket at $1,000 per box. Green p,aSarr
firm at 50 per box for good There are |
lots that have to be sold lower
Green corn is quoted at 15cUSl PER
box. Leeks sell at Toe per dozen
punches. Peppers are at wide range; |
all the way from S1.5ON3.50 per crate.
Cantelopcs are quoted nj Sl.50a3 per |
crate for RockyfordS. as to quality, |
Other varieties are at hand by the bar |
rel and in large crates. They sell AT a
wide range. Watermelons are quoted |
at from 25M50c, as to size and quality.
Pork products are rather easy, with
fresh ribs off 12c.
The beef market is firm. Dealers were
better sold up. Prices are
firm.
Trade in lambs and muttons has been
better since the cooler weather, and the
market is fairly well sold up, Neals are
in lessencd supply, with a firm market
Spring lambs, loMl2c; fall lambs, %
l0c; muttons, 7M9c; veals, TG3lac; fancy
and Brightons, 9M10c.
Poultry has lately been selling pretty
we'll. with the market better sustained.
Iced turkeys, 9Mi1c: frozen. 9Ml1Ac;
fresh native chickens. 2Olt28c: western,
lGI1Sc: fresh fowls, 12M l5c; iced fowls.
lOM11c; iced chickens, $4,000: llv"
fowls. 1OG11c: live chickens, 1J0lIc;
spring ducks, 13M14c.
Hay continues dull. with an album
lance of old hay at hand. New rye
straw is at hand. Millfeed is easy.
Iay. s12n17; fancy and jobbng, $3.50
J1S.5O: rye straw, old, nominal, SD;
lew. SIC: oat straw, SlOAl1.
Far the weeks end there was very
yeak wheat and indifferently sustained
.oru market. Light rains and cooler
Weather have been general over tn.
front h sections. and traders in corn are (
,ot so eager to buy, and many are en- {
10 save what profits they ID
,.vn Those who bought heavily At !
ba advance. and had cheaper purchases !
N hand. find it hard to do so. rs their
verara is well up around present mar
of prices. The situation in the north :
,-ost il unchanged. What damage has ,
,acn done is yet to be determined. Da- 1
OF, il about the only place where any :
o,hts are EXPRESSED. and they are sim {
,,r d,ubts. aud not sustained facts.