Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-08-05
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Boston Butter holds firm,
with the market in good shape, es-
pecially on the best creameries. Extra
creamery, small packages, 21A022c;
northern fresh, round lots, 2115c; west
ern. 21G211zc; eastern, 216I2114c; diaries,
a71k619c; firsts, 161a@19c; ladies, 110
16c: jobbing, 1zG1c more.
Cheese is very steady, with holders
firm. Trade is fair. Round lots, new,
N p1A61O1zc; sage, 10Q11c; jobbing, 1AG1c
higher.
The supply of good eggs is not large,
and prices are firm. Early storage,
15616c: fresh western, 13M1Gc; east
ern, 15G11c; nearby and fancy, no
2Oc aud up; jobbing, 19114c 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 $1@1.25 per bu
basket. \ few have sold by the barrel
at $2.5O03.
California pears are in better supply
and selling at S1.75@2.25 per box by the
jobbers. California peaches are sold
at S1@2, according to quality. Georgia
peaches are in fair supply, and sell at
$1.5O62 for 6-basket carriers.
The supply of bIueberries is abundant,
and the market is rather easy. They
are quoted at 1O613c. Blackberries
are also in pretty good supply, and are
quoted at 1OG12c. RaSpberrieS are in
good supply, and sell at S91Oc for pints;
cups. case. CurrantS are yet in very
full supply, though the season is near
the close. They sell at case in case
lots. Gooseberries are in small supply
and sell at 6@9c, as to quality. Straw
berries are mainly over, though a few
came in, and sold at 15@1Sc.
Potatoes are very high, with cry
of scarcity 1t is claimed that the crop
of Jerseys and Bristol Ferries is linn
tied, the yield being small. Damaging
reports also come from the home crop,
with only a few in the hill Aroostook
reports mention a small crop. Added
to these reports comes a report of de-
cided shortage in the west, with Chi
cago buying from the Atlantic coast.
Prices are very firm, at $4@4.5O per
barrel for extra; fair to good, $4,000
3T5. Red sweets have sold ut $45O@5,
with yellow as high as So per barrel for
choice The supply is yet limited.
Onions are easier, with Egyptian
quoted at $202.25 per bag; western,
So. 25d2.15 per barrel; native, Toe per
bushel Native punches are sold at 25c
per dozen.
Celery is at wide range, from S1.5O@
2 per dozen, as to quality. Spinach is
quoted at SOC per bushel. Lettuce jobs
mt SOC per box. Radishes are quoted at
35G50c per box.
Southern marrow squashes sell at
81. 2j61. 80 per barrel. Summer squasheS
are quoted at scar er 100, as to variety
and quality. Cucumbers are quoted at
So per box for good native, with a lot
of southern and Jersey on the market
at 81 per package. Tomatoes are quoted
at 15c per pound for dollhouse, and at
$1G2 per crate or package for good.
There is a full supply of Jerseys on
hand that have to be sold at low prices.
Turnips are still scarce at $2@2.5O per
barrel, with bunch at 50 per 100, and ma
tive fat at SOC per box. Cabbages are
low at 75c@$1 per barrel. Beets are
quoted at soc per bushe1; carrots, 50.
Mint sells at 25c per dozen; cress, Soc;
parsley. 25c per bushel.
String beans are quoted at roc per box
for good. Shell beans are ON the mar
ket at $1.5002 per box. Green peas are
firm at 81 per box for good. There are
some lots that have to be sold lower.
Green corn is quoted at I5c0$1 per
box. Leeks sell at 75c per dozen
punches. Peppers are at wide range;
all the way from $1.50Q3.50 per crate.
Cantelopes are quoted at $1.5003 per
crate for Rockyfords, as to quality.
Other varieties are at hand by the bar
rel and in large crates. They sell at Il
wide range. Watermelons are quoted
ut from 25G50c, as to size and quality.
Pork products are rather easy, with
fresh ribs off &c.
The beef market is firm. Dealers were
universally better sold up. Prices are
firm.
Trade in lambs and muttOnS has been
Better since the cooler weather, and the
market is fairly we'll sold up. Feals are
in lessened supply, with firm market.
\ Spring lambs. 1O012c; fall lambs. 90
10c; muttons, TG9c; veals, 1Q91ac; fancy
NJ and Brightons, 9Cr10c.
Poultry has lately been selling pretty
N well, with the market better sustained
Iced turkeys, 9G11c; frozen, 90f11Ac;
N fresh native chickens, 2002Sc; western,
I16G1Sc; fresh fowls, 1201Jc; iced fowls,
1OG11c; iced chickens, 1S020c; live
fowls, 10011c; live chickens, 15017c;
spring ducks, 13Q14c.
Hay continues dull, with an album
dance of old hay at hand. New rye
straw is at hand. Millfeed is easy.
HAY. S12N17; fancy and jubbing. $3.50
ais. so; rye straw, old, nominal, SO;
new. SIC; oat straw, S1O@11.
For the weeks end there was very