News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-08-12
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


but other kinds are in full supply and
quiet: Northern creamery, round lots.
21@21 lie; western, 21c; Vermont
dairy, 18@19c; renovated butter, 16@
1Sc; jobbing, 1-2@1c more.
Cheese is quiet and steady here.
though firmer in the country Low
grades are in over-supply and very
slow of sale: Round lots, new. 1-2@
10 1-2c; jobbing, 1-2@1c higher.
Eggs are very firm for all choice
fresh stock, especially nearby: West
ern fresh, 46@18c; eastern, 20@23c;
nearby, 24@26c; jobbing, 1@1 1-2t
higher.
Beans are very steady with mojer
ate receipts. The demand, however, is
light: Carload lots, pea, $2.35@240;
medium, $2.25@2.4O; yellow eyes
$2.S5@290; red kidneys, $3.45@3.55;
California small white, $2.60@265;
foreign pea and medium, $2.25@2.30;
jobbing, 10c more.
Some choice early Jersey and Hud
son river apples are now coming in
and sell at good prices, but common
stock is plenty and cheap: Common
stock, bskts, 75c@$1.25; Dbl, $z@2.5O;
Jerseys, Dbl, $2.5002.75 Hudson river
bbls, $27503.
The market is fairly we'll supplied
with late berries, prices being some
what firmer: Blackberries, 10@14c;
blueberries, 12@15c; raspberries.
pints, 12@14c.
Delaware peaches have been in mod
crate supply, but are not of the finest
quality. The quotation is $1.25@2, as
to quality.
Cantaloupes sell at $1@1.75 for com
mon varieties, with fancy Arizona at
$5.50@7.50 per crt.
California plums are quoted at $1.7o
@2.50 per bX; peaches, S1.25@1.75;
Bartlett pears, $2.25@2.50.
The receipts of grapes are increas
ing. Southern Delaware grapes are
quoted at $1.50@1.75 per carrier, with
Niagaras at $1.25@1.50.
Potatoes are in full supply, and are
selling at steady prices: Choice
Jersey stock, $3.50; Rhode island and
Bristol Ferry, $2.25@25O; sweets, vel
low, 1904; white, $2@2.25; red, $3.50
OF.
New native celery is selling at s1.7j
per doz punches.
Onions are quoted at: Native bbls
$3.50; bu, 75c; Egyptian, bgs, So;
bunch onions, soc per bx and 9Oc pei
bu.
Hothouse tomatoes are lower, at 15c
per lb; southern, $1@2 per crt; native.
per bX, 1904.
Yellow turnips are quoted at 1925
per bbl bunch turnips, Sc; new beets. |
75c per bu; bunch beets, 1c; carrots. !
$3.50 per ou; bunch carrots, &c; bunch
parsnips. 75c per doz.
CabbageG are selling at $3.50 pei |
CRIT; native. $8@12 per 100.
Marrow sQuashes are quoted at 81 |
per Dbl; crooknecks, 25c per doz;
white, Csc per doz.
Lettuce is lower at 10@25c per bu |
box; radishes, soc bx; mint, Csc per
doz.
String beans sell at S1.25@1.75 for
green and $3.50 for wax. Green peas
bring $12502 per bu for native.
Spinach is quoted at SOC per bu for
native; parsley, dollhouse, Csc per blu;
$1.50@2 per pkg.
Green corn is in good supply and is
selling at $1@1.50 per bu.
Shell beans sch at $1@2 per blu; egg
plant, s1@250 per pkg.
Pork provisions are generally
steady, though prices are revised.
There is quiet demand for fresh
beef with prices rather easy Choice
heavy cattle are quoted at 8 3-4@9c
but there is very little selling above
8 SAC.
Lambs are in full supply, and very
low prices are quoted; muttons and
yearlings are steady; veals are firm:
Western fall lambs, S@9c; spring
lambs, 10@11c; yearlings. 7@9c; NUT
tons, 7@9c; veals, 9@11c.
The market for poultry is quiet, with
the tone generally easy Broilers are
lower: Western turkeys, frozen, 1870
lJc, lc6u, l0U1O W6SlSIu lOWlS, ICSu, |
l4@15c; western frozen chickens, 14@
Ice; fresh northern fowls, 15@16c;
oroilers, 16@1Sc; western broilers, 10
016c; @16c; spring ducks, 17@18c;
pigeons, $1.60@1.75 per doz; squads,
S250@3 per doz.
Hay is in heavy supply and trade is
very quiet Some new hay is offering
out is slow; straw is steady; millfeed
S frmer: Hay, No. l, $20@21; lower
grade, $14@19; rye straw, $4,000; oat
straw, $1O@11.
The wheat market has been nervous
md irregular. Rains in spring wheat
states have led to complaints of de-
aged threshing; some authorities have
'educed their estimates, and the
rade at large has about come to the
conclusion that the Northwest crop
will be no larger than last year, at any
ate. OF winter wheat conditions
title has been heard apart from as
;urances that yields continue to show
disappointment Millers in all parts
If the country find the grain excellent
or milling purposes and have bought
RELY. The movement, partly because
If rains, has dropped off little, caus-
ng more or less apprehension among
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