Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

better supply, but prices hold firm, the
advance Of early last week being main.
tained. Northern fresh, round lots, %
@23he; western, 2SQ2Sisc; Vermont
dBiry, 2Od22c; renovated butter, Is@
l9c; jobbing, lkQ1c more.
Receipts Of new cheese are increasing.
end prices are easy; old cheese is quiet
and Unchanged. Round lots, old, 141k0
15c; new cheese, 121hQ1Sc; jobblnR, "a
&c higher. Liverpool is quoted at 6ss
for old white and Solored, and Cos for
lew white and colored.
Eggs are steady in price for strictly
choice. Western fresh, 16h617c;
storage packed, 17d17hc; eastern, II
Q1sc; jobbing, 1c to lhc higher.
Beans are very firm In the country
and this market is strengthening in
sympathy. Carload lots, pea, S2a5;
medium, S2.S5; yellow eyes, $2.7O4i2 TO:
red kidneys, s3.15QS.2O; California
small white, $3.50; 1obblnR. 1Oc more.
Apples are still In fair demand, with
prices holding steady on choice lots.
The supply is narrowing down, cold
storage fruit being substantially all
that is Offering now. Baldwins from
cold storage, S25ca3; No. Baldwins,
S2G2.75; No. 2, adj kinds, S1.5OQl1. "a;
russets, $2a3; northern spies, S2ds;
Maine Ben Davis, S2q2.75. Small lots
and jobbing, 6OcdS1 per Dbl more.
Strawberries show some increase, but
are still in much smaller receipt than
a year ago. Norfolks have sold at about
1OQ13c, with a few Marylands quoted
at 12d13c.
There is firm market for potatoes
at the recent advance. New potatOes
are still In light supply and quoted
firm. Green mountains, 9Od95c; heb
rons, soc per bu; York state, Green
mountains, T5QS0c; western round
white, 70aT5c; Dakota reds, zoe; new
Floridas, $450d5 per Dbl; Jersey sweets,
bskts, S1@1.25; southern white sweets,
S1.5OQ2.
Bunch celery is Offering at 75cQs1.5O
per bch.
Onions are firm at: Egyptian, bgs, 50
q3.25; Bermudas, 81 perNrt.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at Is
G20c per ID; southern. S2.50d3.50 per
CRIT, with mushrooms at So per Tx.
Rhubarb sells at 1c per ID for native.
Cucumbers sell at S15Od4.5O per bx
for dollhouse. all sizes
Yellow turnips sell at $3.50 per Dol;
white French, $3.50 per Dbl; white flat.
81 per bx; beets, 50d75c: carrots, 5Oa
Toe; parsnips, 5OG75c; egg plant, So
per crt.
Cabbages, new southern, sell at sI25
also for large crts; Norfolk, bbls, SLIPS
also.
Squashes are quoted at $40 per ton
for Hubbard.
Lettuce sells at 500S5c per doz; rsd.
ishes, 25c per doz; mint, s5c per doz;
cress, SOC per doz; satisfy. 81 per doz:
leeks, soc per doz
New string beans sell at S3d4 per
crit for wax and S1.75d2.75 for green.
Asparagus is quoted at $3.50 per hbl
for southern, and 4Oc per bx for native;
kale, lJc per bx for native; artiehokes.
$3.50 per bu: parsley, dollhouse, 50 per
hx; dandeliOns, soc per bu; beet greens,
4Od50c per bu; new native beets, $3.50
per doz bchs; bunch onions. SOC per bx.
Bermuda potatoes job at S5d5.50 per
Dbl; Florida potatoes, $4.5O6T5; horse
radish, So per Dbl; peppers. 81 per crt.
Hay is tirmer for choice grades, with
offerings small; straw is n small sup
ply and firm for choice: nillfeed is
tirmer. Choice hay, S2t; No. /, SlTa
10; low grades, Sl3d15 and up; rye
straw, S1Gd17; oat straw, S0GIO.
There is slightly easier. market
on pork provisions, at revised quota
tons. There is considerable enlarge
lnent in the aggregate marketing Of hogs
and the total for the week is p excess
of last year.
Therefs firm market for fresh beef,
with the demand good. Receipts, how
ever, were very large for the week.
Choice lambs are very firm, with only
moderate offerings; muttons and year
HhBS are steauyi YealS are quiet Spring
lambs, 14q15c; yearlings, 1Oet11c;
muttOns, 9hG10hc; vealA 1OaI1c,
with some fancy higher.
There is a quiet demand for poultry,
with prices generally showing little
change Western turkeys, frozen, 1871
zoe; ICED, Ice; western fowls, iced. 1881
@14c; frozen western fowls, 13dI3kc:
western frozen chickens, 14d1Gc; fresh
killed northern chickens. 2Ota25e; fresh
Killed northern fowls, 1JIl6c; brbilers,
30d35c; squad brollers, per paic, iJ6a
50c; spring ducks, 22d25c.
During the past week there has been
moderate shifting of condition of the
growing winter wheat erop, some i'm
provement here and some deterioration
there, and on the Whole the condition
has been barely maintained. Generally
warmer weather is considered favor
able. Rains in Texas. Oklahoma.
Kansas aud Nebraska were liberal
but helpful Warm rains are becoming
needful in the rest Of the winter wheat