Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-01-06
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Boston. Butter continues
quiet, with little change in prices
quoted. Trade has been dull since the
holidays. Extra creamery, small pkgs,
Z4RQ2oc; northern fresh, round lots,
R4Q24hc; western, 23k624c; eastern.
23hQ24c; diaries, 2O@21c; firsts, 2O2
221Ac; ladies', 15@1Sc; jobbing, kc to
&c more.
Cheese is in fair demand at steady
prices. Round lots, 11@11Kc; sage, IL
Q12zc; jobbing, 12Q1c higher.
Eggs are pretty firm for fresh, with
storage steady. Storage, 19021c; fresh
western, 2SG30c; eastern, 25635c;
nearby and fancy, 3504Oc and up; job
bling, 1c to 11ac higher.
Beans are in quiet demand. with the
local market fairly steady. The west
is still firm, with options selling at high
prices.
Apples have been in better demand Of
late, and the market is firmer. Quota
tons are stronger. Fancy Baldwins
and greetings, $3.T5@4.25; ordinary to
good, $2.15M3.50; Ben Davis, $3.25GQ
3.75; pound sweets, $3.5Od4; Tolman
sweets, $363.50; No. 2, all varieties
$2.25@3; mixed lots, $275d3.25; very
choice and jobbing lots, 5Ocd$1 more.
Cranberries are steady, with the de-
mand fair and the quality excellent.
They sell at $5.5O0S per Dbl; per CRIT,
$2.2563.
Comb honey is quoted at 1561sc per
lib.
Potatoes are easier, with easier
prices, except that sweets are very firm
for good. Scotch magnums are still at
hand, but it is suggested that lower
market here will prevent their coming.
Green mountains, S5c; Hebrons, S3Gl
Soc; Dakotas, 7Sc; New York round
white, 73dI5c; Scotch magnums, 500
Q2.25 per bg; Z. Il. 1. Chanangoes, 7j6l
soc per bu; Jersey sweet, $3635O for
choice; fancy, S3.5Od3.75 per Dbl; poorer
grades less.
Native onions continue easy ut $50
3.25 per Dbl; bushels, $161.25; Valencia,
large cs, 1925; Cuban, small crts, $3.50.
On celery the market is weak and de-
moralized. Boston market, S3.5O64.5O
per dOz; Pasquale, $2.5003. Spinach is
frmer at $2.2004 per Dbl for Norfolk;
native, $1@1.5O per Blu. Beet green's
are scarce, and bring high prices. Cau-
lihowers sell at 1915 per bx.
Lettuce is very firm at 5O6T5c per
doz. Radishes are quoted at 4Oc per
doz bchs.
Squashcs are rather firm at 5O675c
per ton for the best western. Native
are quoted by the jobbers at So. 2502.5O
per Dbl; western, SO per 100 lbs. Gu
cumbers are firm at $10614 per 100, as
to quality; seconds half price. Toma-
toes are firm ut soc per lb for dollhouse,
with southern crates at $2.50d3.
Cabbages continue firm at $50 per
Dbl; red, $3.50 per bx. Brussels sprouts
are in short supply at about 15c per at.
Egg plants are very firm at $50G per
CRIT. Leeks are quoted at soc per doz;
hrtichokes, $1.25 per bX. Southern
string beans are firmer at S365 per cs
for green, with no wax beans on the
market.
Turnips continue easy at 750S0c per
Dbl for yellow; white French, $1.25 per
Dbl; white flat and globe white, 4Oc per
bu. Beets job at SOC per bu; carrots
Doc; parsnips, 75c. Mint is firm at 81
per doz; cress, Csc; parsley, 50 per bu.
The pork market is little changed.
except that fresh ribs are higher. Lard
seems to be sustained at the advance.
In beef trade is rather unsatisfactory.
rs it has been since the holidays be-
gan. The market is rather easy. with
title nominal change in quotations.
Very light receipts were a feature Of the
week; well sold up. It is suggested that
he market will be more settled after
he close of the year. At present prices
favor the buyer.
The position of lambs and muttons is
pretty firm, with the supply better in
hand than for some time. Lambs are
lrm, with muttons 'firmer, and veals
very firm. Lambs, 9G10c; fancy and
Brightons, 914@1O1ac; yearlings, SAFE;
buttons, 507c; fancy, 7d71ac vcals, 8
It1OEc; fancy and Brightons, 101z0
1kc
Poultry has continued to be we'll sus-
aimed, with the supply not excessive.
Northern turkeys, package lots, 1G0
Sc; western, 13615c; fresh native
chickens, 14d16c; western, 1O012c:
fresh fowls, 10612c; live fowls. 0t791bc:
i've chickens. 9d10c; geese, 1O013c;
lucks. 13d15c.
The supply Of game here is small and
lnimportant. with the exception of rab-
bits. which have been coming forward
Freely of late. The supply is full and
he market easy at about 15c per pair
Tor western; eastern, 166l7c. BIG
acls are just beginning to come in and
re quoted Mt 81 per pair Venison is
rug and sells very slowly, with quota
ions entirely nominal. Pigeons sell at
1@1. % per doz; squads, $202.25 per
oz: black ducks, $101.25 per pair:
Iallards. 75c0$1; canvasback ducks.
364: wild geese, $1d2 each; Brant 81
II 20 per pair; quail, $3.50d4 per doz
Grouse are very scarce at $2.25Q3.5O
|er pair.