Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-12
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

lots and packages, 20LsM2lc; northern
fresh, round lots, 2oM2O1ac; western
, Doe: eastern, 2Oc; dairies, 17m1Sc; tirsts
16@l7c; ladies', l4MlGc; jobbing, iaM1o
more.
Cheese Is dull, but prices are steady
and unchanged. Round lots, new, ga
10c; jobbing yale higher.
Eggs are firm for choice. nearby, fresh
with others casy At marks, fresh
western, 13n1lc eastern. 15dIl lie: near.
by ana fancy, la 10 and up; jobbing,
lMl12c higher
Beans are in fair demand ut tirmeI
prices. Carload lots, pea. and medium,
$40; yellow eyes, S325; red kidneys,
$40; California small white, scarce,
S3.75M3.9 90; jobbinS, 10c more.
Old apples are out of the market. and
are no longer quotable. Some new are
coming forward.
There has been Il good supply of Cali
fornia deciduous fruit, the jobbing
prices being: Apricots. Sl.256i 30 per
crate; plums, Sl.25M2,50; peaches, Sl.25
| also. California peaches have been in
especial profuson.
| Georgia peaches have been in fair sup
ply, and sell at S1.2JM2 per 6-Tate car
rier. The crop is said to be one of fine
quality, but not large.
| Strawberries are still in ample supply,
though the natives have passed the
height of the season. The best berries
are now coming from New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia, though the Oswegocs
are still fine. Quotations are: Native,
| case; Oswegoes. Sd13c; New Bruins
| wick and Nova Scotia. sable.
Other berries are coming in freely and
| the season is now in full swing. Ma
| tive bluebcrrics, sell at 1SM2Oc, with
North Carolina berries at 1oM he
Hudson river raspberries sell ut 4M5c
for thirds. and Sc for pints. Currants
are in full supply and easy at 3M5c.
Some blackberries are offering at llM
14c.
The receipts of all kinds of berries
for the week were S445 crates. against
13.O4S crates for the same week last
year.
There is a little firmer market for new
potatoes: old potatoes are nominal. EX-
ira rose. S2M225 per barrel; red and
white. S125M1.15; old, G5MI5c per
bushcl.
Rhubarb is quoted dull at soc per box.
Onions are steady at S1.1J for Egyp-
tan Bcrmudas are getting out of the
market. but are still on hand in limited
quantities, at 81 per crate. Bunch
onions are quoted at 5oc per box.
Celery is sold at 50cMS1 per bunch
for big punches. Spinach is higher at
25c per bushcl. Lettuce is quoted At
25c per doz heads. Radishes are sold
at I5c per box.
Cabbages are in full supply and cheap
at $50 per barrel for Baltimore; Nor
folk. S1M121 per Dbl, as to quality
Marrow squashes are sold at Sl.I5 per
crate. summer squasheS are sold at
5OcNS1 per package, as TO quality, va
riety and style of package.
Cucumbcrs sell at seas per 100 for
good to best, with seconds at half price.
Tomatoes are sold at Sl.IoM2oo per
crate for southern. Native dollhouse
sell at zoe per pound.
Yellow turnipS continue firm at S3per
barrel; white fiat. 15c per bushel, as 10
quality; white French. 81 per Dbl.
Bunch beets are quoted at 90 each. Car
rots are sold at $50 per buShcl: bunch,
SOC per dozen.
Green peas are firm at STA 10 per
bushel String beans are sold at S2.oo
for green. and at $50 per basket for
wax. Baltimore. 75cMSl.25.
Watermclons have been more plenti
fuI, and have sold at 4On50c for choice
large Floridas; Georgia melons. running
smaller, have sold at 2Wu25c by the
board.
There is a firmer market on pork pro-
ducts. and prices are marked up on
shoulders. and some other cuts.
The hot weather restricted trade in
fresh beef, but the cooler weather helped
matters somewhat, Choice beef was
firm. but anything else was dull and
weak. Prices are fairly steady with the
above modification.
The market for muttons and lambs
has been very dull, owing to the hot
weather. There was n little better
feeling later but the relief came too
bate to have much effect Veals are
very steady. Spring lambs, loMl212c;
fall lambs, 1M9c; Brighton and fancy.
s1gibc: muttons. 5M7c; fancy and Brigh- |
tons. Ease: veals. 5G9c; fancy and
Brightons S010r.
Poultry is quiet and easy. with the |
demand small. Iced fowls are steady. |
Iced turkeys. 9M10c; frozen. sale; |
fresh native chickens. 20N3Oc; western, |
1SGo5c: fresh fowls, 11GI13c; iced fowls, |
abm 101ac: live fowls, 9l2ml Zoe: live /
chickens, 2ONi32c; choice spring ducks, |
14M15c.
The unfavorable crop reports have |
the market for corn. TAX |
inc the crop as whole. the recent hot !
spcIl has done very little permanent !
damage to the crop. it is said but at |
present a large portion of the crop is in |
4 critical condition, by reason of dry, |
hot weather.
Tho market for oats has strengthened |
IN the west, owing to unfavorahle crop |
reports.
There is only quiet demand for old |
hay Mt steady prices; straw is quiet and |
millfecd is steady. Hay,
s136f1S; fancy and jobbing, S1SMl9;ryc,
straw, S19d20: oat straw, SlOMll.
A most noteworthy feature connected
with the now well aScertained increased
mport requirements of the United King
Iom and continental Europe. and the
increased call upon America