Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-03-09
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IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


fresh creamery. Good firsts sell well
at 2jN20c. but there is little doing in
undcr grades. Some Of the finest held
creamery sold at DC. but most lots
changed hands at 23sl2ic Northern
dairy is generally poor and cheap. Imi-
tation creamery and ladle goods are
quiet and unchanged.
The local supply Of cheese is small.
and prices are firm, despite n limited
demand
Eggs arc plenty and unsettled. Fancy
western. free from frost. would easily
bring lie a dozen, but there is none
such TO be had. The best marks on the
market arc selling at about i6izc lower,
according 90 the condition OF stock Re
frigerators are cleaning up slowly at
10013c
Beans continue easy ut the decline.
Carload lots. pea, $40; medium, 50. 40;
yellow eyes. 81 SJG2 %. red kidneys.
S3.2j; California small white, $2G0ll
2.f5; iobbing. l0c more.
Apples are doing better, especially for
choice Baldwins. some of which are
selling above quotations. Fancy Bald
wins. $2.2Jfi2JO, No. / BaldHlns. $50
az: greetings, S1.5Od2: No. 2. all kinds.
SlMl2j; IlubbardSton. $1.25d2 pound
sweets. Sl.j0W2; northern spies, $3.50
$3.50; Kings. S2M3; Tolman sweets.
$l.5On2.JO; COMMON apples, T5cliS1 20.
Small lots and jobbing from soc to 81
per bill more.
Cranbcrries are jobbing at $465 per
crt and S13@15 per Dbl.
The receipts of Strawberries were
much smaller for the week. the total
receipts being 16 refrigera tors, against
"a last week and 2G last year. Prices
range from 3jGiJOc per bX, according
20 size Of box and quality.
There Is very quiet market for no
tatoes, with prices steady and un-
changed. Houlton Green mountains.
ISdSOc; hebrons, 73u75e per bu; York
state, Green mountains and round white,
dOc; western, 6J@GSc; Dakota reds, G3
GGJc; sweets. $50
Boston market celery is firm at ST0l
per long bx. raschal, $Gd7 per long
bx; California, 81.
California caulihower is Offering at So
as per crt; Brussels sprouts, 25c per
at by the crit
Onions are selling at 81 5Od2.5O per
Dbl, with iobbers by the bushel higher
Spanish. long crts, $3.50; Bermuda. 81
per crit.
Cucumbcrs are selling at S12T15 for
fancy long green; medium. $Sd1O; No.
., S5u7.
Hothousc tomatoes are quoted at zoe
per 10; southern, $3.50 per crt, with
mushrooms at 81 per bx. New rhubarb
sells at S01Oc per Id.
Cabbages sell at Soc for native and 81
for Savoy.
Squashes are quoted at So per ton for
Hubbard
Yellow turnips sell at 9Oc per Dbl:
white French, S1@1.50 per Dbl: white
fiat, 50c per bI; beets. soc: carrots, soc:
parsnips, GOc; egg plant. $3.50 per rrt.
Lettuce sells at 25G6Oc per doz: rad
ishes. Hoe per doz; mint. 81 per doz;
creSs, Zoe per d0z parsley, S1.5O for
dollhouse, per bu; satisfy, 81 per doz:
leeks. 40c per doz.
Southern string beans sell at 81 Der
bskt for green and wax
Spinach is quoted at 50 per Dbl; kalc.
15c per Dbl; eskro, $1.5O per bu: endive.
S1.50 per bu; romaine, S1.5O per bu:
art1chokes, Sl.25 per bT: dandelions,
~ % per bu; beet green's, T5c per bu:
chives, T5c per bx.
Bermuda potatoes job at Sc per Dbl:
horse radish, So per Dbl; peppers, S102
per crit
Receipts of hay are not quite so free
rs previously noted, and q better feeling
prevails, though prices show little
rhange. The demand is still slow, and
ow grades are neglected. Straw is In
good supply. with choice comparatively
scarce; millfeed is firm and unchanged
Choice hay, S20d21: No. /, S176l9: low
grades, $l2dl5 and up; rye straw, Si4
10: oat straw, $9d1O.
Hogs continue very firm in the west
he market being dominated by specu
atire manipulation. Here prices are
gain advanced, with trade rattle,
ulet In consequence.
The market for fresh beef continue,
asy. with a very few choice heavy cat
e selling slightly above quotations
he bulk Of the heavy cattle. however
ell at Td7iAc
There Is a firm market for ,nutton,
nd lambs. with vcals slightly higbe
nan week ago. Spring lambs. adI1c
earlings, 7eiSc; muttons. case: veals
IM1tLc
There Is a quiet market for poultry
18th receipts not large. Some ice,
ocl Is coming on the market westcr
irkeys. lSN2Oc; northern fowls. 1.a
&; western fowls. 14G15c; chickens
cstern. lj6t17c; northern, 1Sd22c
iclls. 1Gd iSc: geese 12tj1ic.
There is still fair supply Of vcniso
ON cold storage, and being sold a
lchanged prices. Game is still 4