News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-10-21
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations or the Leading
Products In Demand

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lots, 224&2Mc; western, 2112Q. PC, er
mont dairy, 20Q21c: renovated butter
1T019r; jobbing, 1a@Ic more.
Cheese is quiet and easier. found
lots, Vermont twins, 11M11Mc; New
York twins. 11h@12c; jobbing1 .4Q1c
higher.
Eggs are firm for choice fresh, with
poorer grades slow. Western fresh, q
@24c; eastern, 25@2Sc; nearby, 3UM
Bic; iobbing, 1M11ac higher.
Beans are quiet, but prices are very
steadily held Carload lots pea, $2.35
@2.40; medium, $2.30Q2.3G;y yellow eyes,
S3.15@3.25; red kidneys, S3.40u3.45;
California small white, 81 .G5U275; for
eign pea ana medium, 50. 20@225; job
bins. 10c more.
There is a steady demand Tor apples,
with prices firm on choice rcd stock
and easy on common grades. Maidcn's
blush, S202.5 50; Maine gravensteins. SO
a; Maine pippins and Portcrs, SID
d225; IIarvies, $2.2502.50; wealthies,
$2.5G03.5O; SHOWS, $2,5003.50.
York state peaches arc selling at g.
assoc per bslt, and $1.5002 per ear
rier.
/ Cranberries are unchanged at S202.5O
per bX and S6,5O07.50 per Dbl.
Domestic grapes sell at 14ml3c per
bsIlt for Concords, 22023c for Nagaras.
13M14c for Salems. 22d23c for Della
wares and lac for CataWbas.
California peaches are quoted at 81 30
Oils; 1Okay grapes, S1.50M1.75.
Potatoes are firmer with GOc being
asked for choice lots. AroostOoIl he
brons, 550G0c; Green mountains, IS
G6Oc Dbl stock, $1.75; sweets, Norfolk,
cloth heads, s., Jersey double heads,
$2.25M2,50.
Native celery is selling at 60c per doH
bchs; Pascal, So per bx, doz in bx
Onions are quoted at: Spanish,
large crtS. $12502 $50; native, soc per
bu- hbs 50 80.
Tomatoes are quoted at: Native, per
bX. $16l1.50; green, 35Q50c per bu.
Cucumbars sell at 81 .50MG per bx.
Yellow turnips are selling at 81 per
hbl white French, So per Dbl; white,
Soc per bu; beets, Toe per bu; carrots,
75c per bu; parsnips, 75c per bu.
Marrow squashes are quoted at 81
G1.25 per Dbl for native. Bay state,
$1.25 per Dbl; turban, $125 per Dbl.
Cabbages sell at 3M5c each for native;
Savoy, 75c per Dbl; red, 75c per bx.
Lettuce is quoted at 1OGt25c per bu
bx; radishes. 35c by; mint, 25c per
doz; cress, pc per doz; leeks, Zoe per
doz.
String beans sell at S1ll1 % for green
and S1Q'l % for wax.
Spinach is quoted ut 15c per bu for
native; parsley, dollhouse, 25c per hu;
peppers. 81 per pkg.
Green corn is selling Mt StGi1.-0 per
by. She'll beans bring $2M2.5O per In;
lima beans, S2a3 per bu; eggplant, $I7:j
per dOz for native.
CauIflowcr is quoted at Toe per t7.
Hay is little firmcr, especially in
the best grades. The demand, however,
is moderate, and prices are strong. Low
gradesNnra easy and slow of sale. Straw
is higher for choice rye, which is
scarce; millfeCd is steady and I'M
changed, Hay, No. I, S19M10; lower
grades, $lGnlG; rye straw, $2O0t21; oat
straw, $1M11.
Pork provisions are easier and lard
and many cuts are lower. The Boston
packers made Il smaller kill of hogs
than for tie previous week.
Fresh beef is in fair demand, with
some choic" cattle bringing full quota
tons. The arrivals of fresh beef have
again been heavy for local c0nsulnp-
ton, though for export there has been
decrease.
There has been an easy market for
lambs and mutt0ns, the market being
fully supplied and the weather I'M
favorable; veals are steady. Western
fall lambs. NU7c; spring lambs. 869c;
warnings, 506c; muttons SAGE; veaIs,
9d11c.
Poultry is steady. with quiet de-
mand. Turkeys, northern. iced, 1SGr !
2Gc; chickens, northern, large, lGGriSc:
medium, 12013c; western, large, l3t1 |
15c; medium, 11@12c; fowls, northern.
14M15c; western, 13M014c; ducks, |
15616e.
All markets have shown strength in |
wheat, bringing December nearly to the |
seasons highest point May has been |
the weakest month in the list, being now |
about 11ac below December. The spec |
ulative trade has shown a broadening |
tendency on the advance; foreign mar |
kets have responded fairly well, and |
Europe has been a buyer of options |
in New York. The weak point in the |
situation, however, has been the lack |
of substantial export demand. With |
Russia ana India till furnishing large
quantities weekly to Europe; with Rus |
sian port stocks heavy and increasing |
rapidly, and with Argentine adviees |
predicting an export surplus of $1,000
900 bushels this season, the foreign buyer
of cash wheat continues in a compla. |
cent frame of mind. On one or two Oc-
casiols fair orders appeared here, but
at prices too low for business.
A conservative scare arose over the
Argentine crop, which was reported
damaged by frost While no direct con