Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-10-13
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, : The butter market
Is well sustained, with a fair demand.
Extra creamery, small pkgs, 23k@24c;
northern fresh, round lots, 23@23kc;
western, 23Q23hc; eastern, 23@231sc;
firsts, 19@22c; jobbing, 1kc to lie more.
Cheese is firm, with a good demand.
Liverpool is firm. Round lots, 100
121kc; sage, 121k@131Ac; jobbing, 3k@1c
higher.
Eggs continue in firm position, with
no prospect now of cheap eggs this year.
The season has been a peculiar one,
with eggs ruling the highest the trade
has ever known. Western fresh, 21M
24c; eastern, 25@27c; nearby and fancy,
27@3Oc and up; jobbing, 1c to 1Ac
higher.
Beans have made a very sharp ad-
vance within a few days, on adverse
crop stories, the result of continued
rains in the crop country Carload lots,
pea, $2.45@2.5O; medium, $2.4502.5O;
yellow eyes, 1915; red kidneys, So. 15@
800; California small white, $2250
2.30; jobbing, 10c more; Lima, 4@5c
per ID.
Apples are easier, under heavy re-
ceipts. Quotations are not quite as
firm. Gravensteins, $225@25O per
Dbl; choice, $2.5O@3; pippins and
porters, $1.5O@1.75; Hubbardstons,
$1.5001.I5; pound sweets, $1.75M2;
20-ounce, $1.7502; SHOWS and wealthies,
$20250; Maine Harvies, $2@2.25 COM
mon apples, 75c@$1.25; bx apples, cook
ing, 3o@50c; choice eating, $10175.
The above prices on barrels are for
round lots; small lots and jobbing from
soc to 81 per Dbl more.
The crop of pears is SMALL and the
present supply is smaller than usual.
Quotations are firm. In wholesale
way they are quoted at: Beurre Bose,
$2@2.75 per bx; Beurre d'Anjou, SIG
1.75; Sheldons, $1.75@25O; Seckels,
$1.50Q2. so; Bartletts, out of cold stor-
age, $2M2.50. Such are about the
prices OH round lots; jobbing lots higher.
Peaches are still somewhat of a drug
on the market, with rather low prices
realized; say, from SOC to 81 per bskt.
Grapes are not in full supply, the re-
port being that the crop is small. They
are quoted in a wholesale way at 16@
1Sc for Delawares; Concords, 9012c;
Niagaras, 12@14c; Salems, 13014c;
with jobbing prices 1@2c more Cali
fornia Tolays sell at $1.75@25O per crt
of four bskts.
Ounces are quoted at 50 per bx.
Native plums and prunes are still in
small supply. Prunes, 100000 per 1O-lb
bskt; damsons, 10000 for 1O-lb bskt;
plums, 45M50c; cages, $4,000. The
supply of damsons is small.
Cranberries are still firm, with barrels
quoted at $500; cases, $1.75@2; job
bers more.
Potatoes are rather easy, with sweets
easier. Houlton Green mountains, rs
Q50c per blu; hebrons, 45@4Sc; York
state, Green mountains and round
white, 4S@50c; Virginia sweet, $1,000
LIS per Dbl; double heads, $20o.25.
Canteloupes are in lessened supply at
S1.7592 per crit for genuine Rocky
IOruS; OtnerS, S1.Z0I2.
Celery is very plenty at 25@l40c per
bx; spinach, 10c per bu; cauliflowers.
25050c per bx; lettuce, 15c per bx;
radishes, 25c per bx.
Onions are in pretty full supply for
the season, and quoted at S0QS5c per
Big or bu; per bbl $2.75; Spanish, short
crts, SIPS; long, $2.75.
Cucumbers sell at $507 per 100 for
No. 1; No. 2, $1M3; both as to quality
Squashes are quoted at SIS per ton for
marrow; Hubbard, 500; turban, $25;
Bay state, $50. By the Dbl or 100 lbs
they job at various prices. Pumpkins
sell at 4Oc per bx.
Cabbages are quoted at 5O06Oc per
Dbl. Tomatoes, $75c@$1 per bx; green
tomatoes, 25c per bX. Yellow turnips,
S5c@$1 per Dbl; white fiat, 4Oc per bx;
beets, 35c; carrots, 4Oc; parsnips, Coo;
leeks, 40c per doz; mint, 35c; cress, 35c:
parsley, 15c per bu; egg plants, 75c per
bX; small onions, for picking, white, So
$3.50: yellow, $1@2 per bx; peppers,
75c per bx.
Gherkins or picking cucumbers are
still at very wide range as to size and
quoted at $10S per bx, with small pkgs
at wide range. Satisfy is sold at roc
| per doz
String beans are quoted at 50cM$1 per
bx; wax beans, 81; Lima beans, 5O0175c;
improved, $1@1.50; sieva beans, $1.5O.
| Green corn is sold at about SOC Der
bx for good.
Chestnuts are on the market at 81. sc
! as per bu.
Reports on hay show a steady mar.
ket on good to best, with low grades
rather easy. Rye straw is in fair sup
ply, steady and unchanged. Millfeed is
pretty well held, with little change
Best hay, $1,000; No. 1, $17@1S; low
grades, $13 and up; rye straw, $15@
16; oat straw, $10@11.
Pork is firmer and higher.
The arrivals of beef are very small
compared with year ago, and if the
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