News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-08-05
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

| cline, and buyers are taking hold
"oFe freely, especially for the better
ades. Low grades are in light de.
I'D and easy: Northern creamery,
and lots, 21c; western, 20 1-2c;
1lmont dairy, 10000; renovated
outer, 16@1Sc; jobbing, 1-2@1c more.
Cheese is barely steady in price,
with the demand quiet: Round lots,
new, 93-4@1O lac; jobbing. 1-2@1c
higher.
Eggs are in good demand for choice
grades, with full prices being OBJ
tanned. There is, however, much off
stock in the market which sells at
easy prices: Western fresh, 17@1Sc;
eastern, 20@22c; nearby, 23@25c;
jobbing, 1@1 1-2c higher.
Beans are steady and unchanged
with the demand light. Prices are
unchanged: Carload lots, pea, $3.50
2.40; medium, $2.35@2.40; yellow eyes,
$2.S5@2.9O; red kidneys, $3.45@3.55;
California small white, $2.60@2.65;
foreign pea and medium, $2.25@2.30;
jobbing, 10c more.
Apples are still in full supply. Some
choice Hudson river stock is now com
ing forward and sells at good prices
Common stock is quoted at 75c@$1.25
for bskts and 5000 for bbls, with
Hudson river apples at $3@3.50o<
Late berries are still in full supply
Blackberries, IA912c; blueberrie3, 90
13c; raspberries, pints, 7@10c; cur.
rants, 12013c.
The Georgia peaches are about done.
A few Delawares have been in the
market during the week, but the sup
ply has been limited. The Delawares
sell at $2.25@2.5O per crt.
Watermelons are easier and sell by
the load at 15@25c each, according
to size.
Cantaloupes sell at 75c@$2.50 fol-
common varieties, with fancy higher.
California plums sell at $1.75@2.5O
per bx; peaches, $2@225; Bartlett
pears, $3.50
Southern Delaware grapes are in
the market and sell at $2.25@250 pei
carrier.
Potatoes are steady, with the mar
ket fully supplied: Fancy, $3.50 pei
Dbl; low grades, $2W225; sweets,
$2.50@2.75.
New native celery is in the market
and sells at S1.75 per doz. punches.
Onions are steady at: Native bbls,
So; blu, S5c; Egyptian, bgs, $2 Ber-
mudas, $1@2 per crit; bunch onions,
soc per bx.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at
zoe per ID; southern, $1@2 per crit;
natives per bx, $3W4.
Cucumbers sell at 50c@$2 per bx
for all Sizes
Yellow rurnips sell at SIZE per Dbl;
bunch turnips, 1-2c; new beets, Csc |
per bu; bunch beets, lie; carrots, |
$1.25 per bu; bunch carrots, 3@4c; |
bunch parsnips, Use per doz.
Cabbages sell at SITS per crt.
Marrow squashes bring $1.25 per
Dbl; crooknecks, SOC per doz; white,
SOC per doz.
The market for lettuce is steady at
40075c per bx. Radishes sell at Csc
per bx; mint, Zoe per doz; cress, Csc
per doz; leeks, soc per doz.
String beans are quoteu at $1@2 for
green and 81 for wax. Green peas
sell at $1.25 per bu for native.
Spinach is quoted at Csc per bu for
native; parsley, dollhouse, SOC per bu;
romaine, Use per bu; beet green's, 15c
per blu; rhubarp, &c per Id; peppers,
$1.50@2 per bu.
Green corn is coming in quite freely,
and sells at SIC per bu>
Shell beans are quotable at $1@175
per bu; elephants, $4,000 per blu.
Pork provisions are steady at re-
vised prices. The marketing of hogs
is falling off moderately, but is still
larger than a year ago
The quality is mostly good though
at some points it is only fair. Prices
have declined, prominent points aver
aging at the close $40 per 100 lbs.
Lambs and muttons sagged off, but
the market is fairly well cleaned up.
Veals are firm: Western fall lambs,
9@10c; spring lambs, HOP lie;
yearlings, S@9c; muttons, S@9c;
veals, 9@11c.
Poultry is generally quiet, though
fowls are comparatively firm and in
demand: Western turkeys, frozen,
lS@19c; iced, 15@16c; western fowls,
ced, 14@15c; western frozen chick
ems, 14@16c; fresh northern fowls,
l5@16c; broilers, 10000 western
16@1Sc; spring ducks, ITO
LSc; pigeons, $1.60@1.75 per doz;
squads, $2.50@3 per doz.
Hay is weaker owing to light de-
nand and heavy receipts. Quotations
ire normally about the same, but top
prices are more difficult to obtain. II
Straw dull but steady; millfeed is un%
hanged: Hay, No. /, $21@22; lower
grade, $14@2O; rye straw, $1S@21;
1t has been a bull market in wheat,
Ind more interest is being taken in
he course of prices by the outside
public. There has been a better ex- =
,ort demand, while other favorable in t
luences have remained about as previ-
,usly noted. There has latterly been
disposition among western farmers !
o sell wheat more freely, but it will