St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-07-15
IN HUB MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, July 13.-The butter market
has been fairly steady, both in tone and
prices Some special lines have gone
into cold storage, but there Is very
little speculative demand. The quota
lions are: Northern creamery, round
lots, 21h@22c; western, 21@21hc; Ver-
mont dairy, 18@20c; renovated butter,
16@19c; jobbing, h@1c more.
Cheese continues to settle down
slowly, the demand being quiet and the
supply liberal. Round lots, new, 10 "a
@11c; jobbing, A@1c higher.
Eggs are in quiet demand, though
choice fresh laid are scarce and wanted.
Prices show very little change. West
ern fresh, 16@1Sc; eastern, 10000;
nearby, 23@24c; jobbing, 1@1Kc higher.
Beans are firm, both here and in the
country. Receipts are light. Carload
lots, pea, $2.35@2.4 40; medium, s2.35@
24O; yellow eyes, $2S002 85; red kid
neys, $3.4O@3.50; California small
white, $2.6O@2.65; foreign pea and
medium, $225@2.30; jobbing, 10c more.
Old apples are very quiet at I'M
changed prices. New apples are in full
supply, but the quality is still far from
satisfactory. Baldwins from cold stor-
age, $2.5O@3; No. 2, all kinds, $1.25@
$50; russets, S2@3: southern, new,
bskts, 75c@$1.25. Small lots and lob
bling, 5Oc@$1 per bu more.
Some Nova Scotia strawberries are
in the market and sell at 14@1Sc but
the season is about over. Other Der.
ries are plenty and sell at: Black
berries, 7@1Oc for southern and 100
15c for Hudson rivers; blueberries, s
@12c; raspberries, cups, 4@4hc; pints,
T@9c; currants, 9M12c; gooseberries,
7@Sc.
A few choice potatoes are held at
1925 per Dbl, but the bulk Of the
offerings are selling at $2.50@3. The
quotations are: New rose and he
brons, bbls, S2.5003. %; white Bliss,
bbls. $2,25@2.5O; red Bliss, 1902 %.
Cucumbers are in over supply and
the market is weak. Lettuce is in good
demand and trife easier. Celery is
active at 25c@$1 large bunch. Pars-
ley is 25c lower than it was last
week. Rhubarb is having steady
sale at Goo box.
Native string beans are coming in
freely and have demoralized the market
for southern stock. Peas were in light
supply earlier in the week, but at the
close there was full supply offering.
with prices considerably lower. Re
ceipts of tomatoes are liberal and the
demand is fair. Southern stock is SOC
crate, and native &c a pound lower
than it was week ago. Asparagus is
higher, but Is about out Of the market.
Spinach is easier and in small sup
ply. Beet greens are dull at 35c a
bushel. Cabbages are in better supply
and lower. Marrow squashes are more
plenty and are active in $3.50 barrel.
Southern yellow and white are out Of
the market, but there is small sup
ply of native white, which are held at
81 dozen. Native crookednecks are
weaker
Onions are generally quiet and easier.
Turnips are in limited supply and firm.
Old beets are steady at SOC bushel,
but new stock is weak, selling at 1hc
bunch. Radishes are plenty and
cheap. Carrots are steady and I'M
changed.
Vegetables are quoted as follows:
Cabbages, $15O@1.75 a barrel. parsley,
S1.25 a bushd; beet green's 35c a
bushel; hothorse lettuce, 25@5Oc box:
brook waterGess, 35c; mint, zoe a
dozen; native asparagus, $1.5OI3 n
dozen bunchg; cucumbers, 50c@$250
box: southern string beans, wax, %
@50c a crate green, 25@50c: new ma
tive green and wax, $l@1.25 box;
peas, 75c1$1.:5 bushel; radishes, 25c
a box; rhubar,, Coo a box; Philadelphia
mushrooms, 9sc pound; natives, 25c a
pound; peppers, $1@1.50 a package:
marrow squa,h, $3.50 a crate; native
white, 81 a dozen; native crookneck, ST
| a dozen; celey, white, 25c0S1; large
bunch; beets, old, Soc bushel; natives,
11ac bunch: carrots, SLIPS bushel; new
carrots, 263c bunch; romain, 5Oc
q dozen.
The wet Weather In June radically
improved the hay crop and it is now
estimated tina, two-thiris crop will
be harvested in Canada and Maine
Prices have defined about 81 per ton
in this marka from the top, but the
demand is quiet; straw is quiet. with a
downward tendency; millfeed Is steady
Hay, No. 1, $4@25; lower grade. S170
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