St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-18
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston. May 16.-Butter has eased
off little under full receipts and light
demand: Northern creamery, 20 a. 21c;
western, 100000; Vermont dairy, Is
@19c; renovated butter, 16@17.
Cheese is quiet and lower. Old cheese
Is slow of sale and new cheese is not
yet quotable. Round lots, Vermont
twins, 91k@10c; New York twins, 1O@
10kc.
Eggs are steady in demand, with
prices frmer on choice nearby stock.
Western eggs are plenty and easier.
Choice nearby, 21@22c; eastern, 19@
zoe; western, 1S019c.
Beans are quiet, but prices are firmly
held. Carload lots, pea, $1.95@2; medi-
UNI, $1.95@2; yellow eyes, $2.75Q2.So;
red kidneys, $3.1Od3.2O; California
small white, $2.3O@2.35; foreign pea,
81 S5@1. 90; foreign medium, $1,000
1.95; jobbing prices, 1O@15c higher.
The wholesale market for green vege-
tables has been fairly active, and
prices, generally speaking, are steady.
Most dealers report a good business,
though not quite up to that of the pre-
vious week A few vegetables are
quoted somewhat lower than week
ago, but most products are as high as,
and in some cases higher. than they
were last week. The receipts of native
asparagus have been fairly large, but
the demand is very good, and the price
is only a shade below what it was
week ago. The advent of the native
product has hurt the call for southern
grass, and the latter has had a very
slow sale. Cabbage is plentiful, but it
rules steady.
Bermuda onions have been coming
forward freely, but good demand pre-
vents lower quotations. Egyptian
onions are steady and in fair demand.
Peas are in better supply and conse-
quently rule slightly lower. Rhubarb
continues to grow cheaper with the ap-
proach of warmer weather. Spinach is
plentiful The supply of string beans is
good, but prices hold up under fairly
good demand. Tomatoes are having a
fair sale. Turnips are quiet but steady.
The potato market has been rather
dull. Prices are lower all around. The
| receipts of the lower grades have been
rather large and they are cheap. New
| potatoes are steady, with both the sup
ply and the demand small. Vegetable
quotations follow:
| Potatoes-Hebrons, $1.15@1.25
bushel; Green mountains, $1.15Q1.25;
Dakota red, $1@1.o5 Canadas, $l@1O5;
Bermuda, new, $5.50@6 barrel; Flor
ida, new, $5@5.50.
Onions-Bermudas,$ 50 a crate; Egyp-
tan, So. 25@3.5O bag; leeks, 81 dozen
punches.
Turnips- $3.50 barrel;
white, So; flats, 81 bushel.
Spinach, etc-Spinach, 25@35c a
bushel; dandelions, 25c a bushel; beet
green's, 81 a bushel; kale, 81 barrel;
cabbage, new, $1.75 a crate.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, 300
75c dozen heads; dollhouse watercress,
35@5Oc a dozen punches; parsley, 75c
@$1 a bushel.
Tomatoes-Hothouse, 25c a pound;
fancy Florida, $1.75Q2 a crate.
Miscellaneous-Aspa natives,
ST. 25Q2 dozen; southern, $3@4; beets,
$3.50 a bushel; dollhouse bunch beets,
81 a dozen; carrots, $3.50 bushel;
parsnips, $3.50 a bushel; cucumbers, 50
"a box; eggplants, $2@2.50 crate;
peas, $3.50 a basket; peppers, So a crate;
rhubarb, native, 81 per cWt; Hubbard
squash, $40 a ton; summer squash, SOC
@$1.25 a crate; string beans, 1925 a
crate; butter beans, 1925 crate; white
celery, 5O@75c bunch.
The receipts of apples have been
| light during the past week, but the sup
ply is far greater than the demand,
and prices are easy. No. 1 Maine Bald
| wins are quoted at 50 to $3.50 barrel.
| Other kinds are very quiet. There have
been liberal receipts Of strawberries,
| but the choice lots meet with a ready
| sale at good prices. The arrivals from
| North Carolina have been rather poor
| in quality The best lots brought IL to
| II cents, but most of the consignments
sold at prices that hardly paid the ship
| ping expenses.
Hay is firm for the best grades, with
| a good demand. Receipts are moderate.
| Straw is quiet. Millfeed is steady.
| Hay, No /, $2O.5O@21; low grades,
/ $13@19; rye straw, S25@26: oat straw,
$1O@11.
Some cuts are higher, but generally
! pork provisions are steady and un-
| changed There is less liberal move
ment of hogs than for the preceding
week, but the supply is fairly good in
| numbers. The quality is fairly good
| as a rule. Prices al prominent markets
| average about $4.7O per 100 pounds.
| Fresh beef is easier, prices having
| declined about lac from the top and
| about 1sc within two weeks. The de-
| mand is light and the supply ample.
| -.t;e n ~
| week, and veals are also frmer, with
| the supply better in. hand. Muttons
| and yearlings are steady. Western
| spring lambs, 14@15c; fall lambs, liz
| @12kc; eastern springers, $5@7 each
yearlings, 8@81sc; muttons, 7@8c;
| yeals, 9@10c.
The demand for poultry is still quiet
| and prices show little change. Fresh