Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-08-04
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

quiet, With the tone of the market a
little bearish. Still buyers have not
had things all their own way, and
prices are better sustained within a
couple of days. Extra creamery, small
pkgs, 22@221ac; northern fresh, round
lots, 21AM22c; western, 21!a022c;
eastern, 211ac; firsts, 1S1a@19 IL; job
bers, 1ac to lie more.
Cheese is quiet, and only fairly steady
in prices. Still Liverpool has just
shown further advance Of 3d. JIere
quotations are steady. New, $40
10 1-4c; old, 12@121kc; sage, 12@131ac;
Jobbing, 7a@1c higher.
Eggs are in fair request and I'M
changed, with fine stock firm, and other
stock easy. Western fresh, 1S02Oc;
eastern, 20022c; nearby and fancy, %
Q23c and up; jobbing, 1c to 11zc higher
The bean market has continued firm
at full quotations, with firm reports
from the country. Carload lots, pea So
@2.05; medium, $2@2.O5; yellow eyes,
S2.35; red kidneys, $2.45M2.50; Cali
fornia small white, 2.2O02 30: jobbing,
10c more; Lima. &c per ID.
Apples are coming in very freely, for
so early in the season, and some varie-
ties seem to be especially early. y few
native astrachans are already being re-
ceived, and selling at $2.50Gf3 per Dbl.
The supply Of sweet apples is large,
with cooking apples of good size not
as plenty. Native astraclarS. $".5"t0
per Dbl; other lots. 50c1$1.5o per bu
bx, with very few choice 1T the upper
price; smaller packages, 40075c.
A few strawberries are still coming
from Nova Scotia. They sold last at
10000, as to quality, for crt lots.
Blackberries are still rather high at 10
@1Sc, as to quality. Raspberries are
fairly plenty and sell at S@10c for
pints; cups, 405c. Blueberries are
more steady, with some very fine lots
coming in. They are quoted at 11@16c.
Currants are plenty and rather easy at
10@11c. The receipts Of all sorts of
berries for the week were 1850 crts;
same time a year ago, 1853 crts.
California cherries are about done,
and are quoted at S1.25@1.5O per crt.
California peaches sell ct 75c0$1.
Georgia peaches sell at $202.50 for
carriers. Apricots are about done.
Prunes are plenty and lower at 75c@
$1.50; plums, 75c$1.25, as to variety
and quality.
Watermelons have somewhat in
creased in supply. They sold at 20@
Soc. Canteloupes are still in full sup
ply, and sold at $1.50@2.5O per crit.
Potatoes are easier. Bristols, $1.75
az per Dbl; Jerseys, $1.75@1. s71A; Nor
folks, $1.25@1.75; yellow sweet, $3.50
@4.5O; red, $3@3.5O.
Onions are pretty steady. Egyptian,
So per bg; Bermuda, $2.75d3 per crt;
Kentucky, $2.5O@2.75 per Big; native,
75c per bu; new bunch, 25c per doz or
So per 100.
Celery is quoted at 81 per doz. Cauli-
flowers bring $1@2 per bx. Lettuce is
sold at 15c per bx; radishes, Doc per bx;
cabbage, SOC per Dbl; cucumbers, $3.50
a. per bx; tomatoes, Norfolk, 50c@$1;
Jerseys, 75c per bskt; native, $2I4 per
bx.
Squashes are not very plenty and sell
at about $3.50 per Dbl for marrow;
summer, $3.50 per 100; yellow turnips,
$1.25 per Dbl; white turnips, SOC per
bx; bunch, 50 per 100. New carrots
are quoted at 81 per bx; bunch, $3.50
per 100. Beets bring 4Oc per bx, with
new bunch at $3.50 per 100.
Mushrooms continue very scarce at
81; leeks, 75c per doz; egg plants, 1.50
per crt; native, $2@3 per doz; mint, 25c
per doz; cress, 35c per doz; parsley, 10c
per blu. String beans sell at 25c per bx,
with wax beans the same; shell beans,
$1.50@2 per bu. Green peas are quoted
at 75c@$1 per bu, as to quality.
The pork position is firmer. Locally,
fresh ribs are very scarce, with the
quotations higher.
Here the beef market is easier. though
the supply is limited, and sellers well
cleaned up. But trade is exceedingly
SMALL with everybody economizing in
the use of beef as far as possible. At
the same time the west is positively
firmer, with choice cattle very scarce
and higher.
Lamb is lower than week ago, with
mutton about the same as a week ago.
Veal is we'll sustained, with prices
little higher. Lamb, 11M12c; year
lings, 7@Sc; mutton, case; veals, 100
10kc; fancy and Brightons, 1O@11c.
Poultry is pretty steady, though the
receipts have been larger But ur der
the high prices of beef, pork and NUT
ton, consumers have been buying more
poultry. This kept the market from
declining. Iced turkeys, 15016c; iced
fowls, 121k@13hc; fresh native fowls,
13@15c; south shore and eastern
broilers, 19@21c; western, 15M17c;
fresh ducks, 13@16c; live fowls, 1l@12c;
chickens, 15016c.
Hay is very steady on the best, which
Is in small supply, with medium and
ordinary plenty and easy. Rye straw
is barely steady. Millfeed is easier.
Hay, $14@1S; fancy and obbing. $3.50
@19; rye straw, $16@17; oat straw, $40
Oil.