St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-08
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

considerable has gone into cold stor-
age, for receivers account. Receipts
are larger, and prices are easy at the
decline. Northern creamery, 19@2Oc;
western, 1S1k@191kc; firsts, 11hQ1Sc;
Vermont dairy, 1701Sc.
New cheese is coming in little more
freely, but the demand is limited. Old
cheese is quiet at the lower prices
quoted. Round lots, Vermont twins,
S1zM9c; New York twins, 9Q91Ac;
Liverpool is quoted unchanged at BIS
for new white and colOred.
Eggs are firm for eastern fresh gath
cred, and full prices are being obtained.
Western are still in full supply, though
receipts are falling off. The quotations
are: Choice nearby, 20@21c; eastern,
1902Oc; western, 1S1a019c.
There is a slow demand for apples,
prices being steady on choice lots. Re
ceipts have fallen off largely. Russets,
$203; Baldwins, $2.25@3; northern
spies, $2.5O@4; No. 2, all grades,
$1.5O02.
Beans are firm, but the demand is
moderate, sales being mostly in small
lots. Carload lots, pea, $1.9502; me-
dunn, 50; yellow eyes, $275@2.SO; red
kidneys, $3.1O@3.2O California small
white, $2.3O@2.35; foreign pea, S1.S5@
195; foreign medium, $1.9O@1.95; job
bling prices, 1Ot015c higher.
The supply of strawberries is now
pretty we'll sustained. The cool weather
has helped to keep up the condition
of the fruit, and the settlement Of the
hoc
the difficulties resulting from delayed
arrivals. The Norfolk berries are about
done, but Baltimore, Maryland and
Delaware fruit is in full supply. Some
Jersey berries are also offering, but
the season in that state is not yet fully
under way. Low prices have prevailed,
the receivers quoting 6MSc on ordinary
fruit, with choice at 1O012c.
Watermelons have sold slowly for the
few here, about SOC being the price
asked.
Potatoes are in steady demand at I'M
changed quotations.. Aroostook he
$1.15@1.2O; Dakota reds, 75@S5c; new
southern, $5@550 per Dbl.
Large punches of new southern celery
are selling at $1@1.5O per bch.
Bermuda onions are higher at So per
crit, with Egyptian lower at 1925
per Big.
Yellow turnips are firm at So per Dbl;
white French, 50 per Dbl; beets, So per
bu; carrots, $3.50 per blu.
Cucumbers are selling at $2@4.5O
per bx.
New southern white squash sell at
$1@2 per pkg; marrow, $2@2.5O.
New southern cabbage is quoted at
$1.S71a@2 per crt.
Lettuce is lower at 15@35c per doz;
radishes, sc per doz; mint, 25c per doz;
cress, 35c per doz; leeks, 81 per doz.
String beans are quoted It So. 5O@3. so
per bx for green and $2.5O@3.5O for
wax. Green peas are firm at So per
bskt.
Spinach is selling at 1562Oc per bu
and kale at 1Oc per blu. Beet green's
are quoted at 25c per bu; dandelions, 3Oc
per bu; parsley, $1.25 per bu; peppers,
1915 per crt; chives, 75c per bx.
Southern tomatoes are quotable at
So per crt.
Rhubarb is steady at Csc per bx.
supply and sold at $1.5O@2.5O per doz.
Bunch beets are selling at 5O@S5c per
doz; bunch carrots, 75c@$1 per doz;
bunch turnips, 5Oc@$1 per doz; bunch
onions, soc per bx.
Bermuda potatoes are selling at So
per Dbl, with new southern at $505. so
per Dbl; new sweets are quotable at
S1.25 per pkg.
Hay is quiet but steady, with only
a small supply of strictly choice. On
the medium and low grades prices favor
the buyer, the supply being large
Straw is steady with light supply.
Feed is firm, with a quiet demand at
full prices. Hay, No. I, $2O.5O621; low
grades, $13@19; rye straw, $25@26; oat
straw, $1O@11.
Barrel pork is marked up and some
cuts are also higher. The marketing
of hogs is without special change The
quality is generally good. Prices aver
age about Zoe per 100 pounds higher
than a week ago.
There has been further advance in
fresh beef, though the demand is still
light. 1t is said the shippers have
made a loss on every car sent to this
market, as high as $75 per car in some
cases, while export beef has shown a
profit. The high cost of cattle in the
west, and the low prices ruling here are
given as the reason. The receipts have
been smaller for Boston, though large
for export.
There is firm market for choice
lambs at slightly higher prices; NUT
tons and veals are steady. Western
fall lambs, 11@121sc; western spring
lambs, 15@16c; eastern springers, $50
Z each; yearlings, 9@1Oc; muttons, Ga
Zoe; veals, S@9c.
There is a quiet market for all kinds
of poultry, with western fowls in full
supply and easier. Fresh killed north
ern and eastern chickens and fowls are
steady. Frozen western turkeys, 100
19c; native broilers, 3O@4Oc; frozen
western chickens 146116c: fowls north