Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-30
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.


quiet. Extra creamery, small pkgs,
24Ad25c; northern fresh. round lots.
24d241kc: western, 23k024c; eastern,
2314d2ic: dairies, 2Oa21c; firsts, goa
221zc: ladies, 15d1sc; jobbin=. nc TO
1c more.
Cheese is in quiet demand. with the
market firm. Round lots, 11G11szc;
sage, 12G121zc; jobbing, kn1c higher.
Eggs are very firm, and Ut least 1c
higher, the result of cold weather all
over the country. Storage. 21G22c;
fresh western, 2Td3Oc; choice Michigan.
3Oa35c; eastern, 2JQ35c; nearby and
fancy, 35d4Oc and up; iobbi IL 1c to
1lzc more.
Beans are reported scarce on the spot,
with the market very firm. They are
also selling for forward delivery at very
strong prices.
The demand for apples has not been
quite as good, though quotations are
pretty full sustained. Fancy BaldwIns
and greetings, S3.5Od4; ordinary to
good, S250d3. %; gravensteins. $500
425; Ben Davis, S3G3. so; pound sweets,
$3.5Od4; Tolman sweets, S3@3.50; No.
2, all varieties, $2d2.50; mixed lots,
$2.5Od3; very choice and jobbing lots,
50cGS1 more
Potatoes are reported firm, with some
foreign on hand. Good sweet potatoes
are firm. Houlton Green mountains,
9Oc; Hebrons, SS@9Oc; Dakotas, SOC;
Scotch magnums, $225 per Big; p. E. /.
Chenangoes, 75c per blu; Jersey sweet,
$2.50d3 for choice; fancy, S3.2J@3.5O
per Dbl; poorer grades less.
Native onions are easy, with foreign
rather easy: Native, bbls, $685. bli,
S1Q1. %; Valencia, large cs, 1925; Gu
ban, small crts, S1.5O01.75.
Celery is firmer Boston arket,
$4d5 per doz; Pasquale, $2.J0d3; white,
75c. Spinach is firm a t15c per bu, with
choice Norfolk quoted at So per Dbl.
Caulifiowers sell at $1.50 per doz.
Lettuce is firmer at SOC per doz. Beet
green's are quoted at 81 per gu. Rad
ishes sell at 25d35c per bx.
Squashes are easier ut about $50 per
ton, which makes the price per Dbl of
100 lbs at S2.50d3. Pumpkins are still
on the market at 75c per bx. Cucu ubers
are firm at $Sd12 per 100, as to quality.
Tomatoes are firm at 15d25c per Id for
dollhouse, with southern crates st S3@4.
Cabbages are firm at $1.!10 per Dbl;
red, S1.50 per bx. Brussels sprouts sell
at 7G1Oc per qt. Egg plants are very
high at So per doZ. Leeks are quoted ut
soc per doz; artichokes, 81 per bX.
Southern string beans are easier It $3.50
per cs.
Turnfps are easy at S5d3Oc per bl for
Canadian yellow; st. Andrews. Gc@7Oc;
white French, 90c per Dbl; globe white
and white fiat, 4Oc per blu. Beets job at
5Od6Oc per bu; carrots, 5Od60c; par
ships, 6OdT5c. Mint is higher at 81 per
doz; cress, Csc; parsley, $50 per bu.
The supply of pears in cold storage is
reported to be small. Only n few have
come out for the Christmas trade. They
sell by the jobbers and dealers at $3.50
63.50pe bu, as to quality.
Native grapes are virtually ont OF the
market, with no demand, although there
are still a few Catawbas offering at II
d15c per bskt.
Cranberries are steady. with the oral
ity excellent. The offerings are pretty
liberal, however. They sell : SJ0S per
Dbl; per crit, s.. 25d3.50.
A refrigerator or two of Florida
strawberries have been received.
against 3 refrigerators for the game
week a. year ago. Some California
Strawberries have also been rec, ived.
The Florida berries sold at Sl..0lI2 per
bx. and the California berries ut SO
1.5O.
a firmer market on lambs is noted.
with muttonS more steady. The uar-
ket on veal is very firm. Lambs, S15Gl9c;
fancy and Brightons, 9G914c; yearlinss.
5tG61lc; muttons, 5G61ac; fancy. 7@71ac;
veals, Sd1O1ac; fancy and Brightons,
1OkG111kc.
There is n firm poultry market, with
a good demand. The supply is rot ex-
ceSsive. Northern turkeys. package
lots. 16td20c; western, 1401Gc; fresh
native chickens, 1461Sc; western, 100
12c: fresh fowls, 10012c; live fowls, o
@91zc; live chickens, 9d1Oc; geese, 10
@13c; ducks, 13G15c.
The game supply here is unusually
small. Venison is practically out of
market. except what the dealers have
in cold storage. Nominally it is quoted
at 1O612c for whole deer, with sad
dies at 12d16c. Pigeons are quite
plenty, and are quoted at 81 p per tioz.
Squads sell at S2G2.25 per dOz. Black
ducks sell at S1d1-25 per pair; Mai
Iards, 75c6S1: canvasbaak ducks, $50
4; wild geese, S1d2 each; Braut. S161.25
per pair; rabbits. western, 20tG25c per
pair; eastern, 25d30c per pair. Quail
sell at Sc. 50td4 per doz. Grouse are very
scarce at S2.50G3.50 per pair.
The beef outlook is declared TO be
better, with trade somewhat improved
Quotations are unchanged.
The pork and lard market is little
changed here.
The firmer wheat market is due, not