St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-01-27
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Products In Demand
Boston, Jan. 25.-Butter is dull, with
buyers taking hold very sparingly.
Prices are easy and some concessions
have been made to induce buying, but
without much effect Storage butter
holds steady. Northern creamery.
round lots, 241kc; western, 23sa@z4c;
Vermont dairy, 19Q21c; renovated but
ter, 17@18c-
The cheese market holds along very
steady, without change in prices. Tie
demand is light. Round lots, Vermont
twins, 111z@12c; New York twins, L.
012Ac
Eggs have been in light receipt, but
the demand is quiet and prices have
ruled steady. Refrigerator eggs are
about cleaned up. Western fresh, 80
@32c; eastern, 34@35c; nearby, 35037c;
refrigerator, $4,000.
Beans are quiet at quotations. Car
load lots, pea, So. 1902 20: medium, So 10
G2.2O; yellow eyes, $2.8O@2.85; i ed kid
neys, $2S5@29O; California small
white, S2.4O@2.5o; foreign pea and me-
dunn, 50; iobbing prices Higher.
There is a fair demand for apples, and
prices are steady. The leading foreign
markets are very firm, and there is g
good demand for export. Kings, $3@i;
Baldwins, $2.25@3: greetings, $2.250
S; Hubbardstons and Hurlburts, $1.50
@2.25; pound and Tolman sweets, $1.5e
@2.25:J northern spies, $2@S; Vir-
ginia York imperials, $3.50@4.
Cranberries are in fair receipt and
hold firm at $25o@2.75 Ter bx and 81
as per Dbl.
Table nuts are steady and are selling
at: Walnuts, 12A@15c per lib. cas-
tanas, 10@11c; pecans, Zoe; hlberts,
Zoe: almonds, 13@15c; hickory, $1,000
per bu.
Vegetables are in steady demand and
prices show few changes from those ot
week ago. Cabbages continue firm
and in light supply. The supply of
string beans is also light, and prices
take Il wide range, as n good deal of
stock has been coming frozen. Lettuce,
celery and parsley are steady and i'll
good demand. Choice cucumbers are
frmer. Spinach is scarce and high. To-
matoes are steady and i'll good de-
mand.
There is steady demand for squash
es, and the market holds very firm on
choice stock. Elephants are scarce.
Onions have been coming in more free
~ and choice sound stock is firrner, but
a large proportion of receipts have beer
Beets, carrots and turnips are firm and
in good demand.
Potatoes are in moderate movement,
and the market has firm tone. Sweet
potatoes are quiet and dull. Vege-
tables ere quoted as follows:
York state Green mountains are sell
ing from store at abou. Toe, the high
prices H. the country preventing ship
ments. Aroostook hebrcns. 73@75c;
Green mountains, 7S@2Gc: sweets, Jer-
sey, double heads, $2@250.
Celery is selling at: Pascal, 1904 per
long bx: Boston market, $4@6 pei long
bx.
Onions are quoted at: Spanish, large
crts, $2.75; natives, SIPS per bu; bbls,
So.
Cucumbers sell at S1.5O07 per bx.
Yellow turnips are selling at $1.25 per
bbl white French, $3.50 per Dbl; white,
SOC per bu; beets, $3.50 per Dbl; car
rots, 75c@$1 per bu; parsnips, $1.25
per blu.
Marrow squashes are quoted at 50
per Dbl; Bay state, $3.50 per Dbl; tur-
ban, $3.50 per Dbl; Hubbard, per ton,
$50
Cabbages sell at $3.50 per Dbl for ma
II III
per Dbl.
Lettuce is quoted at 5oc@$2 per bx:
radishes, 35c per doz; mint. SOC per doz;
cress, 75c per doz; 1eeks, 4Oc per doz;
oyster plants, $1.25 per doz.
String beans sell at $4Q5 per bx for
green.
Spinach is quoted at Sc per bu; beet
greens, $1.25 per bu; parsley, 1925 bu;
peppers, $4,000 per bu
Brussels sprouts sell at 1O@12c per OF.
Caulif1ower sells at $3.50 per crit for
California.
Miscellaneous-Rad 25635c a
doz; peppers, $2@3.5O per crt; cauli-
flower, $3.50 per crt; Philadelphia
mushrooms, $1@2 a Alb bskt; natives,
75c pound; sprouts, iO@121kc per crt;
artichokes, $1.5O per bx; parsnips, $1.25
per bu.
Lard is higher and other pork pro-
visions are frmer. The marKetings of
hogs continue fairly liberal, being
slightly less than the preceding week
last year, so that the total for the sea-.
son to date has overtaken the total for
the corresponding time last year.
There is a quiet demand for fresh
beef, receipts being large and prices
easy.
Lambs have declined somewhat I'M
der full receipts; muttons and year
lings are easy; yeals hold firm. West
ern fall lambs, S1z@9Ac; spring lambs,
9@1Oc; yearlings, 7@8c; muttons, 607c:
veals, 9011c.
Poultry is quiet, with prices steady
on choice. The arrivals are mostly
ordinary grade. Turkeys, western, IS