News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-04-29
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


prices. Receipts are gradually increas
ing. Northern fresh, round lots. 25II
26c; western, 25026c; Vermont dairy,
21@24c; renovated butter, 18020c; job
bling, K01c more.
Cheese holds steady with a fair de-
mand. Stocks are being steadily re-
duced. Round lots, II 3-46115c; sage,
| 15015hc; jobbing, 1AQ2c higher.
Eggs are firmer under smaller re-
ceipts and an increased speculative de-
mand in the west. Western fresh, 1G0
16kc; eastern, 1T017hc; jobbing, 1c
to 11ac higher.
Beans are firmer in the country, but
quiet and unchanged here. Carload lots,
pea, $3.50; medium, $3.50; yellow eyes,
$2S0@2.S5; red kidneys, $3.05G3.1
California small white, $2.55@2.60;
jobbing, Toe more.
There is a steady demand for choice
apples at unchanged prices. Baldwins
from cold storage, S262.75; fancy Bald
wins, S1.7502.75; No. Baldwins, S1.25
| Oils; No. 2, $1012J; greetings, $1I
LOO, russets, $1M2; northern spies. S1.50
Q2,5O; Kings, $203; Tolman sweets,
%.50025 80; Maine Ben Davis, $l.T50
2.25. Small lots and jobbing, 50cI$1
per bu more.
Cranberries continue to sell in Il small
way at So per crt, and So per Dbl,
though the season is about over.
Strawberries are in full supply, and
are quoted at 12015c for North Caro-
lima and 15@1Sc for Norfolk by the
load. Some fancy sell higher
New maple syrup is scarce and sells
at 90cd$1 per gal can; new sugar, 13
015c per lb for small cakes; bricks, 10
gle; pals, Toe.
Potatoes are quiet but steady in
price. Houlton Green mountains So
@S5c; hebrons, 75@ISc per bu; York
state, Green mountains, roc; western
round white, 6S070c; Dakota reds, 60
063c; Pride of the South, 60665c; Vine
land sweets, $3@3.5O; Jersey bskts,
$3.50; southern white, So
Boston market celery is practically
done. California sells at $1@1.50 per
bunch.
Onions are firm at $3.50 per Dbl. With
jobbers by the bushel higher; Spanish,
long crts. So; Egyptien, bgs, $3.50; Ber
mudas, SLIGO per crt.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted ut Soc
per Id; southern, $3.50 per crt, with
mushrooms at 81 per bx. RhubarD
sells at &c per Ii for native, and S1Gl
1.50 per crt for Chicago.
Cucumbers sell at $3@6 per bx for lot
house, al. SIZES.
Yellow turnips sell at SD per Dbl:
white French, $1.5002 per Dbl; white,
fat, 75c per bx: beets. 25c: carrots. soc;
parsnips, soc; egg plants, SO per crt.
Cabbages sell at $1.25 for native; new |
southern, large crts, $202.50.
Squashes are quoted at $40 per ton |
for Hubbard.
Lettuce sells at 50fdS5c per doz rad |
ishes, round, zoe per doz: long, 40c per |
doz; mint, 75c per doz; cress, SOC per
doz; satisfy, $3.50 per doz; leeks, SOC
per doz.
Spinach is quoted at 50 per Dbl for |
and Toe per bx for native: |
kale, 35c per bx for native; artichoies,
81 per bu; parsley, dollhouse, SO per
bx; dandelions, 6Oc per bu; beet greens,
Zoe per bu; new southern beets, 75c
per doz hchs; native, $1@1.50.
Bermuda potatoes jolt at $5@6 per
Dbl; Florida potatoes, $202.50; horse
radish, Sc per Dbl; peppers, 50 per crt.
There is a steady market for pork
provisions, with the western markets
firm and the local kill small. The
local trade is quiet on account of the
high prices ruling.
The market for fresh beef is rather
easier though few choice cattle are
still bringing Sc when cut up.
Muttons and lambs are steady and I'M
veals are quiet. Choice spring
lambs, 5000 each; spring lambs, 110
l2c, with a few fancy at 13c: yearlings,
kd10c; muttons, 10011c; veals, S0l0c,
with some fancy higher.
There is short supply of iced and
frozen fowl, and prices are firm. with
other grades steady and unchanged.
Western turkeys, iced, 15017c; frozen,
lG01Sc; northern fowls, 14k0161ac;
western fowls, iced, 14h@15c; frozen
western fowls. 13@14c; western frozen
13@16c; northern, 20@25c;
spring broilers, 2S@3Oc; lib broilers,
Der pair, $101.25; capons, 1S620c.
Millfeed is very firm and lots On the
spot or in nearby transit sell at a
premium of $1@150 per ton. Hay is
n lighter receipt, but the market is
still well supplied and dull. Choice
lay, sol; No. 1, $17@19; low grades, SO
115 and up; rye straw, $16@17; oat
straw, $901O.
The report is very favorable from all
sections on the winter wheat crop,
which is an unusual condition. The
weather of late has been rather cool
,ver the winter wheat belt, which has
operated any rapid growth of the wheat
)lant but this is regarded as favorable
II maintaining the high average condi-
lion without causing too forward
yrowth. The spring wheat crop is gem
rally reported to be going into the .
ground in favorable condition, with an
creage in the aggregate slightly larger
han last year.
The wheat markets were sustained
Turing the past week, mostly by ma
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