Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
T.. HUB rlARKETS
QUOT N on the Leading
roducrs In Demand


Boston, Butter is MAIN
tanned at tie recent slight advances in
prices. New York has fuctuated
somewhat, but has not greatly
changed. Extra creamery, small pkgs,
231A@24c; northern fresh, round lots,
23M231zc; western, 23M231kc; eastern,
23@231zc; firsts, 19@22c; jobbing, " to
lie more.
Cheese is firm, with a good demand.
Liverpool is unchanged. Round lots, IL
@11hc; sage, 11A@12c; jobbing, 1aW1c
higher.
Eggs are pretty firm, with the ten
dency believed to be upward. Western
fresh, 19022c; eastern, 23025c; nearby
and fancy, 25@30c and up; jobbing, 1c
to lie higher.
Beans hold steady in prices, with the
market rather quiet. Carload lots, pea,
So; medium, So, low eyes, $2.4502.50;
red kidneys, S2.75M2.S0; California
small white, 50 20d2. %; jobbing, 10c
IuoIC, ftlDOC pei ~.
The demand for apples is fair for the
season. though the supply is large. But
the movement into export is sufficient
to take care of a large surplus. Quo
tations are steady to a little firmer, as
follows for round lots: Williams, 81
az; pippins and porters, $1.25@1 so;
gravensteins. $2.25M2.50 per Dbl; pound
sweet, $2@2.5O; 2O-ounce, $1.75@2.25;
common apples, 5Oc@$1; bx apples, %
@75c.
Pears are in small supply, with native
varieties at wide range, all the way
from SD to Sc for barrels, the latter
price for very choice from cold storage.
Bushels are quoted at $1@3 as to quail
ity and variety. California pears are
also firmer at $3@3.5O per bS, by the
jobbers
Native prunes sell at 40@45c per 10
lib bskt; Damsons, soc for 1O-lb bskt;
plums, 45c; cages, 45@55c. The supply
Of damsons is small.
Cranberries are little firmer, with
barrels quoted at S4.50@5.50; cases,
$1.50@250; jobbers more.
There are still few blueberries on
the market and they sell all the way
from Zoe for poor up to 14c for good to
best
Grapes are coming forward in only
fair volume. They sell at 16c for pony
Delawares; Concords, 121a@13c; Word
ems, 12c; Niagaras, 12@13c; Marthas,
10c; Salomes, 12c. Jobbing prices are
lie to &c more
Canteloupes are in pretty full supply,
and sell at $1.5O@2.25 per CRIT for the
best Rockyfords, with other lots and
poorer at from Toe to 81 per crt.
Celery sells at 65075c per doz by the
dealers; spinach, 15c per blu; cauii-
| flowers, 25c for short boxes and at SOC
for long; lettuce, 25c per doz; radisnes.
40c per bX.
Native onions are quoted at S0@S5c
per bu, and at S2.75 per Dbl; Spanish,
New York, short bxs, $2.50@3; Phil
adelphias, $2.75; long bXs, $2.75. Cab.
bages are easier at $3M5 per 100, as to
| quality. Native cucumbers, outdoor
raised, are quoted at $202.50 per bx;
dollhouse, $405. Tomatoes are plenty
and cheap, selling at 50@75c per bu fof
nice lots. Green tomatoes, for pick
ling, sell at 5O@60c per blu.
Squashes are in fair supply and job
| at S125 per bbl for marrow: turba'l,
$3.50; Bay state, $1.50. Pumpkins sell
at 50G6Oc per bx.
Yellow turnips are easier and at
wider range, as to quality. They are
quoted at 9Oc@S1.25 per Dbl; white
fiat, soc per bx beets, 35@40c; carrots
soc; parsnips, 65M75c; leeks, 4Oc per
doz; mint, 40c; cress, 35c; parsley, 25c
per bu; egg plants, 5Q@75c per doz
small onions, for picking, $2.5003.51
per bx; peppers, Coo per crt. Gerkins
and other picking cucumbers are nj
$1.5005, as to size and quality; smaller
pkgs, 5Oc@$2.
Potatoes are in steady demand at
steady prices, with sweets rather easy
Jersey Green mountains, 60G65c
Houlton, 5S0G0c; Houlton hebrons, So
@5Sc; Virginia sweet. $1.75@2 per Dbl
double heads, $2.5O02.75.
String beans are in fair supply at 75e
per bx; wax beans, 75c; Lima BEANS 75c
0$1; improved, S1.50; sieva beans, 81
M1.25; green peas are nominal at 75c0
$3.50. Green corn is plenty at 40M50t
per bx, as to quality and condition.
Hay is firm on good to choice, which
qualities are still in limited supply
Low and medium grades are easy, un
der a full supply. Rye straw is firm fol
good to choice, but there is considerable
cheap straw on the market Millfee(
is about steady. Best hay, $1,000
No. 1, $17@1S; low grades, $13 and up
rye straw, $15M16; oat straw, $10011.
Pork products continue very firm, I'm
der the strong price of hogs, and Limited
supply. Fresh ribs, shoulders ant
bacon are higher.