Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-22
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


market is firm at the advance. Extra
creamery, small pkgs. 23@231ac; north
ern fresh, round lots, 23c; western, 2211z
J@23c; eastern, 221a@23c; firsts, 19@21c;
jobbing, Zee to Ic more.
The cheese market is firm, with the
demand fair. Liverpool has lost Cd for
the week. Round lots, 1O1z011c; sage,
10 3-4@11Ac; jobbing, 1z@1c higher
Eggs continue firm and inclined to
stronger prices. The feeling in the
trade is that the season of cheap eggs
is over. Western fresh, 1S@22c: east
ern, 23025c; nearby and fancy, 25@30c
and up; jobbing, 1c to I've higher.
Beans are very steady for pea and
medium, with yellow eyes and red kid
neys advanced. Carload lots, pea, So:
medium, 81; yellow eyes, $2.45@2. so;
red kidneys, $2.75@2.S0; California
small white, $22O02.25; jobbing, Zoe
more; Lima, 4d5c per Id.
The market on apples is in rather bet
ter shape, with prices better sustained
although the receipts are still large
Quotations are steady Astrachans,
75c@$1; Williams, $1@2; pipplns, SIG
1.5O; sweet boughs, $1@1.25; craven
stems, S202.25 per Dbl; common ap-
pies, 5Oc4S1; box apples, 25@75c.
Fears are scarce and high. No varie-
ties, except Bartletts, have come for.
ward yet, and dealers believe that other
varieties are especially short Bart
let's sell at $685. per Dbl, as to quality.
By the bushel they are quoted at 81 70
as, as to quality. California pears are
still ON the market generally in cold
storage-at $2@2.75 per bx.
Peaches are not in excessive supply,
with Delawares getting near to the end
of the season. Delawares are quoted at
$191.50 per bskt, with fancy more
Connecticuts, Jerseys and natives sell
at $1.5O02, with small at $10l1. so.
Michigans, in bushel bskts, are quoted
at $2Q2.75.
Plums are still in fair supply, with
CALIFORNIA; sold by the jobbers at 81
Q1.75 for 4-bskt crts. Prunes sell at
about the same prices, with the supply
running short. Native plums sell at
7@Sc per at, in CRIT lots, with damsons
and cages at 50M75c for 1O-lb bskts.
Cranberries are in full supply for the
time of year, with crts quoted at 81 %
@2.25; bbls, $5@6.
Blueberries are still on the market
and are pretty firm at 1O016c, as to
quality.
Grapes are in fair supply, but are not
nearly as abundant as year ago. They
are quoted at 20@25c for Delaware
ponies; Concords and other varieties,
13015c; carriers, $101.sO, as to
variety and quality. California To-
per CRIT of four bskts.
Celery is in full supply and quoted at
4O@50c per doz; spinach, 1910 per bu;
lettuce, 20@25c per doz; radishes, 25c
per bx; caulifiowers, 2O@25c for short
bXs; long, 10000.
Native onions are quoted at 75c per
bu, and at $225@25O per Dbl. Spanish
onions are sold at $101. % for short
crates; long, So. 25G2.5O.
Cabbages are plenty and easy 1t $3.5
| "a per 100. Cucumbers are easy at
$1.5O02 for No. 1; No. 2, 75c0$1 per bx.
Squashes are easier at 75c@$1 pei
Dbl for marrow; Turban, $1500175;
Bay State, S1.5001.75. Summer
| squasheS are about done for the season.
| though there are still a few offering.
Yellow turnips are sold at $101.2 %
per bbl white, fiat. SOC per blu; beets,
4OQ50c per bu; carrots, 4O05Oc; leeks,
/ 40c per doz; parsnips, 75c per bu; mint,
/ 3O035c per doz; cress 25030c; parsley
1214c per Blu. Egg plants sell at 50075c
per doz; peppers 50@6Oc per bx. Small
onions for picking are at wide range
$1.50d2.50 per bX. Gerkins are not in
full supply, and sell at all the way from
So to $S a pkg, according to quality
and size CT the pkg.
Potatoes are steady. Green noun
tains, 55@5Sc bu; hebrons and lone
white, 4SM50c; Virginia sweets, SITE
OPS; Jersey double heads, $4,000. e
| per Dbl.
String beans are steady at 50M75t
! per bu; lima beans, 15c0S1; improved
! $1.50; sieva beans, $1.25@1.5O; greer
peas are sold at 75cM$1.5O as to cual-
ity. Green corn is very plenty at e
05Oc per bx, as to quality and condi
ton.
Hay is still in fairly strong position
with offerings of good to best not ex
cessive. Rye straw continues rather
quiet and unchanged. Millfeed is I'M
changed. Best hay, $1,000; No. 1, ST.
OILS; low grades, $13 and up; rye straw
$15@16; oat straw, $10@11.
The pork and lard markets are
stronger. following the advance in
hogs. Hogs in Chicago were quoted a
$500 per 100, while the highest point
since 1892, reached few weeks ago
was but $3.50, only zoe below the high
est point for many years. Here quota
tionS are flrmer.
The beef market is oversupplied with
light and medium stock, while the bes
heavy is really scarce and firm. Bu1