News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-07-15
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

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 :
tions are: Northern creamery, round
lots, 21b@22c; western, 210211hc; Yer.
mont dairy, 1S@20e; renovated butter,
1Ga19c; jobbing, 1z@1c more.
Cheese continues to settle down
slowly, the demand being quiet and the
supply liberal. Round lots, new, 10 g, 4
Gle; jobbing. MG1c higher.
Eggs are in quiet demand, though
choice fresh laid are scarce and wanted.
Prices show very little change. West
ern fresh, 16@81Sc; eastern, 10000;
nearby, 23Q24c; Jobbing, 1011hc higher
Beans are firm, both here and In the
country. Receipts are light. Carload
lots, pea, $2.35G2. 40; medium, $3.50
2.40; yellow eyes, $2.S012. 50; red kid
neys, $3.4003.50; California small
white, $2.60@2.S5 foreign pea and
medium, 50 25Q2. 80 jobbing, 10c more.
Old apples are very quiet at un-
changed prices. New apples are in full
supply, but the quality is still far from
satisfactory Baldwns from cold stor-
age, $2.50Q3; No 2 all kinds 81 256
$50; russets, a2Q3 southern, new,
bskts, 75cd$125. Small lots and Job
bling, 5Ocd$1 per hu more.
Some Nova Scotia strawberries are
in the market and sell at 1401Sc, but
tho gtAoc &c alNoI1t nthar.
ries are plenty and sell at: Black
berries, 7M10c for southern and l2@
15c for Hudson rivers; blueberries,
012c; raspberries, cups, 4041kc; pints,
TG9c; currants, 9@12c; gooseberries,
7dSc.
A few choice potatoes are held at
1929 per Dbl, but the bulk of the
offerings are selling at $2.5063. The
quotations are: New rose and he
brons, bills, 50. 5OG13 %; white Bliss,
bbls. $2.25M2 so; red Bliss, $26225.
Cucumbers arc in over supply and
the market is weak. Lettuce is i'll good
demand and a trif1e easier. Celery is
active at 25cdS1 a large bunch. Pars-
ley is 25c lower than it was last
week. Rhubarb ia having Il steady
sale at Coo 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 toma toes are liberal and the
demand is fair. Southern stock Is SOC
crate, and native 4c a pound lower
than it was a week ago. Asparagus is
higher. but is abeat out Of the market
Spinach is easier and in small sup
ply. Beet green's are dull at 35c a
bushel. Cabba 9es 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 a dozen. Native crookednecks are
weaker.
Onions are genera lily quiet and easier
Turnips are in limited supply and firm.
Old beets are steady ut soc bushel,
but new stock is weak, selling at 11ac
bunch Radishes are plenty and
cheap. Carrots are steady aud I'M
changed.
Vegetables are quoted as follows:
Cahbages. $l,50Q 10 a barrel. parsley,
S1.25 a bushel; beet green's, 35c
bushel; hothouse lettuce, 25Gl50c box:
brook watercress, Soc; mint, 2Oc a
dozen; native asparagus, $1.5Oai3 q
dozen punches; cucumbers, 50cGi$2 30
@ box; southern string beans, wax %
assoc crate; green, 25M50c; new ma
tive green and wax, Sl@125 a box;
peas, 75cGi$12 5 a bHshel; radishes, 25c
box; rhubarb, Coo box; Philadelphia
mushrooms, soc pound; natives, 25c n
pound; peppers, S10l.50 a PACKAGE
marrow squash, $3.50 a crate native
white, 81 dozen; native crookneckoS1 |
a dozen; celery. white, 25cGS1: large |
bunch; beets, old, SOC bushel: natives,
1hc bunch; carrots. 81 % bushel; new
carrots, 203c a bunch romain, 5Oe
a dozen.
The wet weather in June radically |
iillIIlONON thc nay NIOl anu IL rs HOW |
estimated that two-thirlS crop will |
be harvested in canada and Maine. |
Prices have declined about 81 per ton |
in this market from the top. but the |
demand is quiet; straw is quiet. with |
downward tendency; millfeed is steady |
Hay, No. /, $24@25: lower grade. SRA |
%: rye straw, $21Q24; oat straw, $40 |
oil
Pork provisions have tended steadily |
down and a decided mark down has
taken place. The demand is quiet.
Fresh beef has been in full supply,
and prices have relied easy. The de-
mand is dull, owing to the hot weather.
Arrivals of muttous and lambs have
been full, with much of the stock in
poor order Prices have therefore ruled
easy; veals are steady. Western fall
lambs, 9Q10c; spring lambs 10@12c;
yearlings, SQ0c; mHttons, 7@Slsc; yeals,
race.
There is fair demand for poultry,
with prices steady and unchanged.
Western turkeys, frozen, $4,000: iced,
15G16c, western fowls, iced, 13613hc:
western frozen chickens, 14Gl6c.
South Shore chickens, 20G23c: fresh