St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-07-22
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, July 20.-Butter has been
steady, with fair demand at prac-
tically unchanged prices. Northern
creamery, round lots, 21k122c; west
ern, 21@211sc; Vermont dairy, 'nG2')c;
renovated butter, 16@19c; johhing, 40
1c more.
Cheese is quiet with the .sn1 Tcy
downward. Liverpool CONTINUES . de-
cline. Round lots, new, 100l0lac; job
bling, h@1c higher.
Eggs are firm, with large part OF
the arrivals Of poor quality. There IS
a good summer demand for choice
marks. Western fresh, 17W15c: east
rrn, 2O626c; nearby, 23@25c: jobbing,
1@1kc higher.
Beans are quiet, with moderate de.
mand. Prices are unchanged. Car
load lots, pea, S2.35@2 40; medium, $2.35
@2.4O; yellow eyes, $2.S00..S5; red
kidneys, $3.4O@3.50; California small
white. $26O@265; foreign pea and
medium, 50. 25@2. 80; jobbing, 10c more
Apples have been in full receipt
from the south during the week.
Prices are firmer, but large arrivals OF
poor stock forced them down again.
Old apples are very quiet, with only
| few offering. Baldwins from cold,
storage, $3.50; No. 2, all kinds, $1.250
| $50; russets, $685. southern, new,
bskts, 75c@$1.5O; bbls, $2@S. Small
lots and jobbing, 50c@S1 per Dbl more.
A few Nova Scotia strawberries are
still i'll the market. They are fine large
berries and sell at 17@22c. Other ber-
ries are in full supply and sell at:
Blackberries, 9@15c; blueberrles, LOG
13c; raspberries, cups, &c; pints. S(9loc;
currants, Gal 12c; gooseberries, 7GSc.
Georgia Alberta peaches are jobbing
at $1.5O@3.25 per 6-bskt-crt.
| Watermelons are more plentiful and
sell by the load at 20@30c each, accord.
ing to size.
Canteloupes are quoted at 81 .25@2 in
a jobbing way.
California cherries sell at 1S502.50
per bx; apricots, $1.75@2.25 per bx;
plums, $1.25@2.50.
Potatoes have been in heavy supply.
The quality, however, has improved,
some choice Jerseys coming forward.
Prices closed fairly steady. Fancy, SD
@3.25 per Dbl; low grades, $25062.I5.
Bunch celery is selling at 25c@S1
per bch.
Onions are easier at: Egyptian, bgs,
$1.75@2; Bermudas, $1.75 per crt;
bunch onions, SOC per bx.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at 10
disc per lb; southern, $1.50@2 per CRIT
Cucllmbers sell at 75c@$S per bx for
all sizes.
Yellow turnips sell at 81 per Dbl
bunch turnips, 3@4c; new beets, 500
75c per bu; bunch beets, 1Mc; carrots
$1.25 per bu.
Cabbages sell at $1@1.50 per crt.
Marrow squashes bring ST. per CRIT
crooknecks, 35c per crit; white, 35c pei
CRIT.
The market for lettuce is quoted a
2065Oc per bx, ~ doz in bx. RadisheS
sell at 35c per bx; mint, zoe per doz
cress, BIC per doz; leeks, SOC per doz.
String beans are quoted at Doc fol-
both green and wax. Green peas sci
at 75c@$1.25 per Blu for native.
Spinach is quoted at Zoe per bu fol
native; parsley, dollhouse, 81. 80 per bu
romaine, SOC per bu; beet green's, 20
per bu; bunch carrots, SOC per doz; rhu
barb, I'd per lib; peppers, $1.5oG2 pc
crit.
! Hay is dull, with the market gen
orally weak. Receipts are literal ant
! buyers are holding off expecting lowe
prices. Poor grades are slow of sal
E and easier; straw is steady and TN
changed millfeed is quiet at the decline
Hay, No. 1, $24@25; lower grade, ST.
@22; rye straw, $21@24; oat straw
$10@11.
t There have been some sharp fuctua
/ tons in lard during the week, thoug
q part of the advance was lost at tn
: close. Other pork provisions have ais
o changed, though not to such marke
3 degree as lard.
y Although the receipts Of fresh bee
= have not been fully up TO the previou
week, the supply has still been larg
/. and prices have ruled easy. The d.
r. mand is quiet.
Lambs are doing better, with the MAJ
ket we'll cleaned up; muttons and veal
are steady Western fall lambs, 10'
lie; spring lambs, 1301tc yearling
S@1Oc; muttons, 6@Sc; veals. 700c.
y There is a quiet market for poultr,
:, with prices generally steady. Wester
u turkeys, frozen, 1SGll9c; iced, 1906,
western fowls, iced, 13@13hc; western
e frozen chickens, 14@16c, fresh kille
northern fowls, 14G15c; broilers, 49,
K zoe; western broilers, 15M1Sc; sprin
n ducks, 16@17c pigeons, $1,75@2 pc
d doz; squads, $2.50@35O per doz.