News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1904-03-23
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leadin
PRODUCES In Demand


fancy makes not usually quoted. Stor-
Aee creamery forms large proportion
Oi recent receipts ana it is dl1hcult to get
run prices. Northern creamery, Z41sa
IJC; western, 2402412c; Vermont dairy,
100 2Uc; renovated butter, lIMlSc.
Cueese still holds quiet with prices
barely steady except for very cnOice
los. Round lots. Vermont twins. 1l@
l@c; New York twins, 111a@12c.
Eggs have been in very heavy re-
ceipt both here and in New YORK, and
prices have gradually sagged to sub
srHntially seasonable basis. While
tie larger part of the receipts are west
eIn. there IS a good supply of eastern
and nearby. Prices are easy on the
lower basis Choice nearby, 21@24c;
eastern, l9Q20c; western, 1Sd19c.
Beans are quiet and unchanged. Car
! load lots, pea, 81. 2O02 %; medium, 81. 20
J GL2.25; yellow eyes, $2.S0M2 50; red kid
neys, $3.3003.40; California small
white, S2.45M2.5O; foreign pea and me-.
dunn, 81; joDbing prices higher.
! Apples are i'll full supply, especially
| for los not ranking as extras. The con-
! tlnutd easiness in foreign markets has
still further tended to longest this mar.
ket, and prices have declined on sew
eral popular varieties. Exports are
small and likely to continue so while
! foreign markets rule low. The quota
tons are: Russets, $2M3; Kings, $3d4
Baldwins, S202.75; greetings, $2.25@
200; HubbardstOns and Hurlburts,
$1.5O02.25; pound and TOlman sweets.
$150Q2.25: northern spies, $2@3; Vir-
ginia York imperials, $3@3.25: No. ?,
all grades, $1.50Q2.
Vegetables are in fair demand. Re
ceiptS are on the increase, and prices
are ruling lower on several varieties.
Southern produce is meeting with a fair
sale at prices that take wide range,
according to the condition of the lots
offered.
Cabbages are a little more plentiful
and easier. CucumbeTS are weak.
Spinach is in moderate supply and
firmer, under good demand. Good
fresh string beans are in steady demand.
Lettuce is easier. There is fair sup
ply of tomotoes offering, but the pro-
portion of fancy stock is small and
prices are firm on such lots. Celery
continues in good demand at steady
prices.
The market is well supplied with do
nestle onions and the demand is not as
active as it was a short time ago
Fancy stock, however still brings full
prices. Squashes are firm and in good
demand. Beets, turnips, carrots and
parsnips are steady.
Receipts of potatoes are fairly liberal
and there is a steady, moderate demand
with prices ruling firm. Sweet pota-
toes are in goo,s supply and having
slow sale. Vegetables are quoted as
follows:
Potatoes are in good movement at
steady prices. AroostoOk hebrons. J;}Cu
soc; Green mountains, 93M95c: Dakota
reds, soc: sweets, Jersey double heads,
$20350.
Celery is getting scarce, prices being
very firm at: Pascal, 81 per doz; Bos-
ton market, 81 per doz.
Onions are firmer at: Spanish, large
crts, $3.50; natives, Sl.G21a per bu: Dbls,
$4045O.
Cucumbers sell lOwerat $3012 per bx.
Yellow turnips are unchanged atS1.5O
per Dbl; white French, 50 per Dbl;
white, 75c@$1 per su; beets $1.75 per
bu; carrots, 75c@$1 per bu; parsnips,
$3.50 per bu.
Lettuce is higher at 25@GOc per doz;
radtshes, 40c per doz; mint, Toe ner dOz;
cress, 4Oc per doz, leeks, $1@1.5O per
dOz.
Marrow sQuashes are quoted at So per
Dbl; Hubbard per ton, $G00SO
Cabbages are firm at $3.50 per BIOL for
natives; Savoy, $2025O per bbl; red,
$3.50 per Dbl.
Barrel pork and some cuts are lower
with the market quiet There has been
a fair total marketing of hogs for the
time in the year.
The receipts of fresh beef have been
smaller, but the supply is still ample
and the market is easy. The demand is
slow, the bulk of the sales being at Ga
@7c for whole cattle, though a very
few choice heavy steers will bring
Z lie, and occasionally perhaps
even 71Ac
The supply of lambs is little better
under control, and the market has stiff |
fened up appreciably; muttons and
yearlings are steady; veals still hold |
firm. Lambs, 9@91ac; yearlings. ga
6Ac; muttons, G@7c; veals, sale.
Poultry is in smaller receipt for west |
ern and choice fowls are little firmer.
but other grades are quiet and nomi |
nally unchanged. Turkeys. western, Is |
02Oc; chickens, northern, 15c; fancy. Is |
@2Oc; western, 14ld15c; fowls, northern, |
141aM15c; western, 131ad14c; ducks, |
14d15c; geese, 11M12c.
Only now and then a choice car of |
hay will bring 500, most of the arrivals |
being of low grade. Receipts are heavy.
Straw is tirmer for both oat and rye. |
Millfeed is unchanged. Hay, No. l,
$1,000; low grades, S1301S; rye straw.
$25d26; oat straw, $12@12.5O.
The Minneapolis -four output last