Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-03-17
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand
Butter is in quiet


d29c; eastern, 2SQ29c; June extra,
231aM2I1aC; diaries, 221AM24c; tirsts,
23taM24c; ladies, 15019c; jobbers, 1ac
to lc more.
Cheese is firm i'm the local market
with a fair demand. Round lots, liz
@121ac; sage. 121a@131ac; jobbing, 12Q
1c higher.
Eggs have made most decided drop,
with as low as tSc mentioned although
no sales could be confirmed at that
price. Quotations are nOminally at:
Fresh western, 20022c; eastern, Pa
22c; nearby and fancy, 2502Sc and up;
jobbing. 1c to 11ac higher.
Beans have continued in quiet re-
quest, with little change in prices.
Apples have been selling better, with
the market more steady. Quotations
are nominally unchanged. Fancy
Baldwins. $425M4.75; ordinary to
good, S3.25M3.75; greetings, $3.75M
$50; Kings. $4256I5.50; TOlman sweets.
S303.15; No. 2, all varieties, $2.1503.25;
mixed lots, So .25@375; very choice and
jobbing lots, 5Oc0S1 more.
Cranberries are pretty firm at $65OM
10 for bbs, and at $2d3.J0 for cases.
Strawberries are still rather slow
about coming forward. They sell at
3O6l4Oc per box in refrigerator lots, and
retail at 2OG50c per box, as to size of
box and quality of fruit.
Rhubarb is more plenty and sells at
4@6c per Id in large lots. Honey is firm
at lie for choice Vermont comb with
other grades at 15M1Gc.
Potatoes have been ruling firmer,
with sweet potatoes very firm. Green
mountains, 9O092c; Hebrons, SS6i0Oc;
rose, SO0S5c; DakOtas, 1501Sc; 2. E.
1. Chenangoes, 70M75c per bu; mag
NUNS, $202.15 per Big; Belgians, S1.9O;
Jersey sweet, 81 per Dbl; Vinelands,
S5@5.5O. New Bermuda potatoes sell
at SIS; bushels. SO.
Onions continue very firm. Native
S4.JOM5.5O for bbls; bus, $1.75@2.5O;
Valencias, S3.75 per cs; Havanas, 1918;
Spanish small cs, $1.15.
Celery is in limited supply at S102.5O
per doz, as to quality. Spinach is
quoted at S1.5O per Dbl for Baltimore
and at S2.7J for Norfolk. Beet green's
job at 75c per bu, with dandeliOns
S1.25. Lettuce is quoted at 75c0S1.2J
for long boxes of three doz. Caul-
flowers are quoted at $2.2502.75 per
CRIT
Cabbages are still pretty firm at 81 so
for eastern; Danish, 81 .6Jtd1.7 per Dbl;
red, $3.50 per Dbl. Cucumbers sell at
SHOP per 100, for firstS and seconds,
rs to quality. Tomatoes are rather
scarce at S2.2562.65 per crt. Peppers
sell at S3Gt3.JO per crit. Egg plants are
not plenty, at $3.50 per crt.
Squashes are still most remarkably
firm at 500 per ton. with the jobbers
obliged to ask $5M5.5O for 100 lbs.
Then. if they get caught with one or
two rotten ones at hand, all their prof
it's are gone.
Brussels sprouts are quoted at 2Oc
per ut; satisfy, $1.25 per doz; articholles,
scarce at So per bX; leeks, G0c per doz
Canadian yellow turnips, 9Oc per Dbl
st. Andrews, 750S5c per Dbl; white
French. 81; white fiat and globe white,
zoe per bu.
Beets job at 81 %: carrots. 75c6S1 per
bu; parsnips. S1.75M2 per Dbl; mint,
75c per doz; cress, 75c per doz; parsley,
81 per bu
Southern string beans sell at S405
per crit for green. with wax the same.
Pork and lard are steady, with little
change in prices, although hogs have
been ruling higher.
Beef sold better toward the last of
the week, but at prices that favored the
buyer, especially in low and medium
grades. Very choice steers are still
scarce and pretty firm.
The supply of mutton and lamb has
been ample and trade has dragged q
good deal. Lambs, S1a010c; fancy an(
Brightons, 9@1Okc; yearlings, G09c
muttons, 7M9c; fancy, 71509hc; veals
9010Kc; fancy and Brightons, 1O1a0
11Ec.
Poultry has been ruling rather dull
but with the supply not excessive
Hence prices are pretty well sustained
Western turkeys. 1601Sc; fresh nativ,
chickens. 15@1Sc; western. 12Gt15c
fresh fowls. 11M12c: live fowls. 110
a11Ac; capons. 15@1Gc; geese nominal
12Gt13c; ddcks, 13d1Gc.
There is very little in the wholesal,
game market. The supply is mostly il
the refrigerators of the retail trade
Wild ducks are about out of market
There are Il few pigeons at hand. am
shey sell at S1.250t1.4 per doz. SQUAD
are scarce at about $3.50 per doz.
Hay is in only fair request. with hes
hay steady in price. and low grade
easy Straw is in quiet demand an
little changed. Millfeed is dull an
ensE. Hay. $11.5O@17.5O; fancy an
jobbing. SIS: rye straw, $15Q165O; ga
straw. S1tM12.
Crop advices have been less assurin
and the wheat market has quickly re
flected the turn in stronger prices.
Flour is firmer. with milers' agent
put up Sc and 10c per Dbl. This ha
seemed To check trade somewhat, Will
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