Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-09-09
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

quiet at the slight decline which took
s place early in the week: Extra cream
cry, small pkgs, 21G21 1-2c; northern
fresh, round lots, 20 1-2G21c; western,
% lie; eastern, 20 lie; dairies, 170
IS LIE; frsts, 1GQ17 lie; ladies', 110
Ice; jobbing- 1-2c to 1c more.
Cheese is easier. Round lots, new, 8 IA
610 1-4c; sage, 10 IA 011c; jObbing, lie
TO 1c more.
Eggs have been in rather quiet re-
quest of late, with fresh firm, and ordi-
nary only fairly steady: Early storage,
15G11c; fresh western, 14617c; choice
Michigan, 19c; eastern, 17@22c; nearby
and fancy, 2O@23c and up; jobbing, 1c
10 1 LIE higher.
Beans are yet reported firm, with new
beans still some time away.
Apples have been coming forward
much more freely, with the market now
fully supplied with fall stock. Prices
are rather easy, unless on the very
choicest lots of best varities.
Pears are in OversuppIy. The crop IS
reported to be large, and prices, except
on choice varieties, are very low Bart
let's sell at 2.J0I4 per Dbl, according to
quality and condition. Clapp'S favOrites
are druggy. and sell at low prices. Some
lots of Clapp's and other common varie-
ties have been cleaned out rs low as 81
per Dbl. By the bushel pears range all
the way from see to 50, the latter price
for very choice in a jObbing way.
California pears are about done dOmes-
tic varieties now beginning to take
their place.
The peach season is now at it's best
Basket peaches are quotable at 1000
S150 for good to choice, with fancy
large even higher. Georgia peaches are
still at hand, and sell at 1852. 80 for
carriers. California peaches are about
over. the few Offering being quoted at 81
01.25 per bx. &.
Grapes are in pretty good supply.
with Delawares quoted at $1.7JG2 for
S-bskt carriers; Niagaras, $1CI1. %;
3Ioore's early, 81.
The market is fully supplied with sew
eraI varieties Of domestic plums. They
sell at 1JGI25c for lob bskts and at 40
GJ0c for larger pkGs. California DIums
and prunes are still at hand and sell at
S1.2JG2 per cgt or carrier according to
variety.
There IS still pretty CO0d supply Of
blueberries on the market. They sell
ct 10013c, as to the quality and condi-
ton. s few cranberries have come to
hand thus early, though they are stiIl
very pale and Upripe. They are quoted
Il $2G2.J0 Per crt, though none have vet
been sold.
Potatoes are down to quite reason
able prices, and are likely to stay so, at
least SO long as the supply is as large
IS II is at present. HebrOEs. 72II 75c
per bu; green mountains. 73E75c; rose
and prideS. 10IIT3c; barrels. &2H2 %:
red and White sweet, $202. &c; yellow, s.
Q3.25.
Celery is getting cheaper, and is
quoted at 7Jc per doz. Spinach is very
low at Toe per Bu. Lettuce sells at soc
per bx.
Caulifowers are not plenty, and sell
ut 50c per BIZ. Cdbbages are pretty firm
for tie season Of the year and sell at
$4C5 per 100. CUcumbers are still III
pretty full supply ana sell at S1.5O02
per bx for good. Inferior sizes and
shapes bring less.
Tomatoes are still in very. full supply.
and sell at GCs75c per Tx. Squashes are
steady at S1.5O per bbI for marrow: tl1r-
ban. $202.50 per Dbl. Egg plants sell at
$50 per doz.
TUrnips are still lower ct 1875 per
Dbl for yellow: whites. ST 80: fat. 25n
doc; per bU. Beets are quoted at Soc
per bu; carrots, soc; parsnips, 81. Mint
sells ct soc per dCz; cress, 35c; parsley,
soc.
String beans are frIner at 40075c per
bx, with wax or butter beans rot COM
mon on the market. Sheu'beans bring
25d13c per bX. as to quality. Cfvy
beans sell at $1.50Q2 per bx; lima beans
sell at 81.
Green peas are not plenty, and bring
s. 1902 per bX. Green corn is very
plenty. and sell at 25140c per bx, ac-
cording to quality.
Leeks sell at 75c per doz Peppers
are plenty and lower, at SOC per bx.
Canteloupes are plenty. Colorado
ROckyfords are on the market and are
NJ pronounced very fine. They sell at
$2.50G3 per crt for the real thing. Other
rOckyfords bring all sorts of prices, from
N 5Oc0S1.5O
The mutton market seems q little bet
ter, some Of the surplus having been
q worked off. Veals are also in rather
moderate supply. Quotations are about
steady. Lambs, 1-201Oc; yearIings. Ga
Sc; muttons, car 1-2c; veals, S01Oc;
fancy and Brightons, S1z0l10hc.
Of iced poultry the supply has been
smaller Of late, and the market is firmer
in consequence. Fresh is not in excess
sive supply: Iced turkeys, 11@11 Lee;
frozen. 9IJ11 1-2c; fresh native chick
ems. 13019c; western, 13@17c; fresh
fowls, 11615c; iced fowls, 10 1-20111kc;
iced chickens, 11G15c; live fowls, S0
Zoe; live chickens, 9Q12c; spring ducks.
Hobo.