St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-11
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


Boston, May 9.-Butter is easy and
lower for choice creamery, with the
demand light. and the receipts large.
Northern creamery, 21A@2219c; west
ern, 21@22c; Vermont dairy. 19G2Oc;
renovated butter, 16Q17c.
Cheese is quiet, with prices favor1ng
buyers Round lots, Vermont twins, 10
@1O1hc; New York twins, 1014@11c.
Eggs hold very steady, with many lots
going into storage. The consumption
demand is moderate. Choice nearby,
2O@21c; eastern, 191A@2Oc; western,
18AM19c.
Beans are firm, without change in
quotations. Carload lots, pea, 1880
2: medium, $195@2; yellow eyes, $2.75
@2sO; red kidneys, $3.1o@3. 20; Cali
fornia small white, $230@2.35; foreign
pea, $1.S5@1.95; foreign medium, $190
@1.95; jobbing prices, 10@15c higher.
The warmer weather has hurt the
apple trade and prices are somewhat
easier Russets are in full supply and
top prices are off somewhat for choice
lots Russets, $2@3; Kings, 1894;
Baldwins, $2.5O@3; northern spies,
$2.5OG4; No. 2, all grades, $1.50@2.
The warmer weather has brought
about a marked improvement in bust
ness in vegetables. But though the
weather has helped trade it has also
caused larger receipts of green vege-
tables, and quotations in most instances
are lower.
Small lots of native asparagus were
received and sold at So a dozen
punches. Southern grass is in good
supply and slightly lower, though there
is a good demand. New cabbage is
plentiful and cheaper. Cucumbers are
quiet, but choice grades meet with
ready sale. A little easier feeling is
noted in onions Peas are firm, with a
very light supply. There is lot OF
rhubarb on the mark I'd it is cheap.
Dandelions are verv being quoted
at 15c bushel. of spinach
are moderate, and 1t >aady. Pota-
toes have been fairly active and prices
rule firm. Vegetable quotations fol-
low:
Potatoes -Hebrons, $1.25@1.3O per
bu; Green mountain, $1.25@1.3O; Da-
kota red, $1.1O@1.15; sweets, 81 per
bskt.
Onions-Bermuda, So per CRIT; Egyp-
tan, $3.25@3.5O per bg; leeks, 81 per
doZ bchs.
Turnips-Yellow, $3.50 per Dbl;
white, 50; flats, 81 per Blu.
Spinach, etc.-Spinach, 81 per Dbl;
dandelions, 15c per bu; beet greens, 75c
per bu; cabbage, new, $1.50 per crt.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, 300
75c per doz heads; dollhouse watercress,
30@5Oc per doz bchs; parsley, 1925
per blu.
Observation-Disclosures, 25@4Oc per
pound; fancy Florida, S1.2501.75 per
crt.
Strawberries are now in full supply,
with the quality constantly improving.
Receivers quote 12@16c per bx for
choice. The arrivals are now mostly
from North Carolina, with a few from
Norfolk.
New southern white celery is in fair
supply and sells at 75c per doz.
Lettuce is firmer at 3Om75c per doz;
radishes, 25c per doz; mint, 75c per doz;
cress, 3505Oc per doZ; leeks, 81 per
doz.
String beans are quoted at $1.25 per
bx for green and $1.25 for wax. Green
peas are in small supply and sell at
$3.50 per bskt.
Native asparagus is beginning to
come forward and is quotable at So per
doz. Jersey is in full supply and sells
at 50 5O@4.50 per doz, as to size and
quality.
Observation-Disclosures native,
So per doz; southern, 1894; beets, $3.50
per bu; dollhouse bunch beets, $3.50
per doz; carrots, $1.25@1.75 per blu;
parsnips, $1.50 per bu; cucumbers, $40
4 per bx; elephants, $2@2.5O per crt;
peas, $3.50 per bskt; peppers, So per
crit; rhubarb, native, 3@4c per pound;
Hubbard squash, $50 per ton; summer
squash, 5O@$1.25 per crt; string beans,
fat wax, $1@1.75 per crt; green, 5Oc@
81 per crt.
Beyond. few trifing changes in
prices there is nothing new to note in
pork provisions.
There is an easier market for fresh
beef, with prices a little off from the
extreme recently ruling. The demand
is light, with the supply ample.
Lambs are easier; muttons and year
lings are quiet and unchanged; veals
hold steady, with the supply still ample
| for the demand. Western spring lambs,
| 13@16c; fall lambs, 9k@1Oc; eastern
springers, $40S each; yearlings, 7@Sc;
| muttons, 7@8c; veals, 6@9c.
| There is a quiet demand for poultry,
| with prices easier, except on choice
fresh killed Fresh killed western t11r-
| keys, 16018c; frozen western, 1S@19c;