News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-24
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

|
changed. Extra creamery, small pkgs
| 23h024c; northern fresh, round lots
23@23Ac; western, 23@2314c; eastern
23@231Ac; firsts, 19@22c; jobbing, VT
| lie more. SOC
Cheese is firm, with a good demand
Liverpoolis unchanged. Round lots,11
M11Ac; sage, 11k@12c; jobbing, 1aWlt
Eggs are pretty firm, with the ten
| dency believed to be upward. Western
| fresh, 19Q22c; eastern, 23025c; nearby
and fancy, 25@30c and up; jobbingp1e
to 1hc higher. tTBM
Beans hold steady in prices, with the
market rather quiet. Carload lots, pea,
50; medium, 50; yellow eyes, $2.45@2.50;
red kidneys, $2.75@2.SO; California
small white, $220Q22 %; jobbing, @ 0c
more; Lima, 465c per lb. g pJi
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 large surplus. Quo
tations are steady to little firmer, as
follows for round lots: Williams, 81
12; pippins and porters, $1.25@1 80;
gravensteins, $2.25@2.50 per Dbl pound
sweet, $202.50; 2O-ounce, $1.75q225;
common apples, 50c@$1; bx apples, %
075c. IN,
Pears are in small supply, with native
varieties at wide range, all the way
from So to So 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 tirmer at $3Q3.50 per bx, by the
jobbers.
Native prunes sell at 40@45c per 10
lb bskt; Damsons, SOC for 10-lb bskt;
plums, 45c; cages, 45@55c. The supply
Of damsons is small.
Cranberries are little firmer, with
barrels quoted at $4.50Q5.50; cases,
$1.5002. so; jobbers more.
There are still a few blueberries on
the market and they sell all the way
from 10c for poor up to 14c for good to
best. a
Grapes are coming forward in, only
fair volume. They sell at 16c for pony
Delawares; Concords, 121a@13c; Word
ems, 12c; Niagaras, 12013c; Marthas,
Zoe; Salomes, 12c. Jobbing prices are
&c to &c more. od+
Canteloupes are in pretty full supply,
and sell at $1.50@2.25 per crt for the
best Rockyfords, with other lots and
poorer at from 75c to 81 per crit.
Celery sells at 65@75c per doz by the
dealers; spinach, 15c per bu;r~cauli-
flowers, 25c for short boxes and at soc
for long; lettuce, 25c per doz; radishes,
40c per bx. o.
Native onions are quoted at S0dS5o
per bu, and at $2.75 per Dbl; Spanish,
New York, short bxs, $2.50d3; Phil
adelphias, $2.75; long bxs, $275. Cab
bages are easier at $305 per 100, as to
quality. Native cucumbers, outdoor
raised, are quoted at $2Q2.5O per bx;
hothouse, $4@5. Tomatoes are plent,
and cheap, selling at 5O@75c per bu for
nice lots. Green tomatoes, for pick
ling, sell at 50G60c per blu.
Squashes are in fair supply and Job
at SIPS per Dbl for marrow; turbaN,
$3.50; Bay state, $3.50. Pumpkins sell
at 50@60c per bx. 5srli
Yellow turnips are easier and at
wider range, as to quality. They are
quoted at 9Oc6$1.25 per Dbl; white
fiat, SOC per bx; beets, 35@40c; carrots,
soc; parsnips, 65@75c; leeks, 40c per
doz; mint, 4Oc; cress, 35c; parsley, 25c
per bu; egg plants, 5O@75c per doz;
small onions, for picking, $2.5o@350
per bx; peppers, Coo per crt. Gerkins
and other picking cucumbers are at
very wide range. Bushels sell mt
$1.5005, as to size and quality; smaller
pkgs, 50c@$2.
Potatoes are in steady demand at
steady prices, with sweets rather easy.
Jersey Green mountains, 60GB5c;
Houlton, 5S@60c; Houlton hebrons, 81
@5Sc; Virginia sweet, $1.75Q2 per Dbl;
double heads, $2.50@2.75.
String beans are in fair supply at 75c
per bx; wax beans, T5c; Lima beans, Toe
@$1; improved, $15O; sieva beans, 81
@125; green peas are nominal at 75c@
$150 Green corn is plenty at 40150q
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, I'M
der a full supply. Rye straw is firm for
good to choice, but there is considerable
cheap straw on the market. Millfeed
is about steady. Best hay, $1,000;
No. 1, $1T@1S; low grades, $13 and up;
rye straw, $15@16; oat straw, $10Ql1
Pork products continue very firm, nm
der the strong price Of hogs, and limited
supply. Fresh ribs, shoulders and
bacon are higher. re9
Choice heavy beef is in very limited
supply and firm. But there is fair
supply of light and medium, and on
such beef the market Is easy. Still, the
market was pretty well cleaned up for
the week, and some of the trade Is
looking for better demand and strong
err position
The mutton and lamb position is a
little firmer, with the supply somewhat
reduced from that on hand a week ago.
Veals are not in oyersupply and are
we'll sustained. Spring lamb, 61a610c;
fancy, 91a@10hc; yearling, 50Tc; NUT
ton. 5d7c; veals, 9Q10Mc; fancy and