Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-20
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

ana pretty well nelQ. Extra creamery,
small packages, 191a02Oc; northern
fresh, round lots, 19@1914c; western.
1S15G19c; eastern, 1SG1S1ac; firsts, 100
lie; ladies, 14d15c; jobbing, 1k01c
more.
Cheese is we'll held for old, with new
rather easy, the quality not being of the
best. Round lots. 111aG1215c; new, 90
Toe; jobbing, 1201c higher; Liverpool,
As for white, and 46s for colOred.
Eggs are really quite firm. Storing
is not yet all done. and the best lots,
suitable for that purpose, bring full
prices. At marks, fresh western, 1870
14c; choice Indiana, 141ac; eastern,
15G16c; nearby and fancy, 1601Sc;
and up; goose eggs, 2502Sc; duck, 1S0
zoe; jObbinS, 1d11zc higher.
Reports from the bean country men
ton little stronger market. New York
reports are also firmer.
Apples are still coming and selling
well. Baldwins are about done, but
still few are coming. Russets are in
good shape, but the arrivals of Ben
Davis have been small in size
Cranberries are in small supply and
very firm for good. Crates, $25O04;
present.
The receipts of strawberries have
been large, and prices have been easier,
selling at 15d20c, with fancy 25c. in
crate lots. The quality is much better,
and good berries retail at 25c for full
boxes. Still the croD is very slow about
ripening; none coming yet Of any conse-
quence from farther north than North
Carolina.
RhuDarb is now more plenty and low
er, and liable to a further decline before
the week is out. 1t is quoted at &c per
Id in wholesale lots.
Potatoes are very steady, with a fair
demand. Quotations are pretty firm.
Hebrons, 63d65c: rose, 6J070c; Green
mountains, 6S6T2c; York state and
northern white, 50G5Jc; Dakota reds.
53@55c; double head sweets, $202 %;
southern crts, $2d2. 80.
Egyptian onions are steady at 1926
02.75 per bag. Bermudas are easy at
$3.50 per CRIT
Celery sells at S1.75G2 per doz.
Spinach is quoted at $3.50 per Dbl for
best. Kale sells at 65GI75c per Dbl
Beet green's are quoted at 60c per Blu.
DandeliOns are lower at 25c per bu.
Lettuce is still pretty firm at 75c per
doz; radishes, soc per doz for round;
long. 50GiT5c; Norfolk, low at 601Oc.
Satisfy is sold at 75c per doz bnchs.
Cabbages are quoted at $2.5O02. 60
per Dbl for Norfolk; southern crts. s.. 80
G3. Cucumbers are easier at $4GlG per
100 and down. as to quality. Tomatoes
are quoted at zoe per Id for native hot
Yellow turnips are very firm at $3.50
per Dbl; white fiat, 81 per bu; white
French, $3.50 per Dbl; globe white. 81
per bu.
Beets sell at SOC per bu; new bnch,
$50 per dOZ. Carrots sell at Joe Der
bu; new bnch. 81; parsnips, SOC per bu;
mint, 50GG0c; cress, 40cWS1; parsley,
$3.50.
String beans are still scarce and firm
at $3.50 per crt for good, either green or
wax beans
Asparagus is much more plenty. with
the range of prices wide, $1.50GI4 per
doz bnchs-
Squashes are frmer at $50 per ton for
good, and to job at $2.5O02.75 per pkg
of leo lbs. Artichokes are quoted at
S1.25 per bU. Mushrooms are sold at
soc per Id.
Green peas are much more plenty and
sell at S1.2JU1.75 per bskt for bUsheI
baskets. They retail at 25GI3Oc per pix.
Maple sugar is about done. but there is
little Offering at 12d14c. Maple syrup
cleans up very slowly, even at 75d9Oc
per gal, the price asked for wholesale
lots.
Pork products are somewhat easier,
with slightly lower quotations.
For beef the demand has been rather
better for q few days, with prices Il
little firmer. Some of the sellers are
very we'll sold out.
Muttons and lambs are in fair demand,
though the supply is ample. Veals con-
tinue very easy, with a full supply
Spring lambs, S2.5OQ1 each; fall lambs,
T@91kc; Brighton and fancy, S01Oc;
muttons, Td9c; Brightons and fancy,
S61Oc; veals, SAGE; fancy and Brigh-
tons, S610c.
There is a fair demand for fresh poul-
try, with iced steady in demand. Prices
are little changed. Frozen turkeys, 8
ale; iced, 9d10c; chickens, 9d13c;
fresh fowls, 11@13c; iced fowls, 100
1O12c; frozen, 91k@10c; live poultry, 100
101zc.
Hay is rather easy, except for the very
best. Rye straw is scarce and higher.
Millfeed is at wide range, with feed to
arrive easy, but with spot and nearby
firm and commanding premium of SOC
per ton in some cases. Hay. $135O@
10; fancy and jobbing, $40. 5OG2O; rye
straw, S2f622; oat straw. S1O611.
Cornmeal is easier, under the easier
n
reals are little changed.
At present, it is reported that the |
growing wheat is in most excellent con- !
dition. while the acreage is the largest
ever known. But it is we'll known by