St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-08-24
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


Products In Demand
Boston, Aug. 22.-Butter has al
vanced for the better grades under
good buying and a moderate supply.
Northern creamery, 2O@201ac; western,
19@20c; firsts, 171z@181zc; dairy, 171z
@1Shc.
Cheese is also firm and higher, with
the receipts falling off. Round lots,
York state, 9@9hc; Vermont twins,
$4,000.
Eggs are firm for choice nearby and
hennery stock, but western receipts are
still large and prices are barely steady.
Choice nearby, 2S@29c; eastern, 24@
26c; western, 20@22c.
| Beans are firmer and going still
higher. Carload lots, pea, $1,000. 95;
medium, $2@2.O5; yellow eyes, $3.50
2.90; red kidneys, So. 1O@3.30 California
small white, $2.3O@2.35; foreign pea,
$1.85@1.95; foreign medium, $1,000
1876; jobbing prices, 1O@15c higher.
Business in the local fruit and pro-
duce market was no better during the
past week than it was during the
previous week. AS has been the case
for some time past the supplies Of the
various products were much in &C.
cess of the demand and prices con-
tinued easy.
There have been a few important
changes in the prices of vegetables
during the week. Native tomatoes have
had sharp decline under free Offer
ings, but otherwise quotations are not
far from where they were a week
ago. Potatoes are slightly lower.
Vegetable quotations follow:
Potatoes-Jersey, new, 50 a barrel
and 60@7Oc a bushel; Norwalk sweets,
$2.5O@2.75 a barrel.
Onions-Native, 9Oc@$1 a bushel;
bunch onions, soc box; leeks, SOC
dozen punches; Spanish onions, $2.75
@3 crate.
Turnips-Yellow, $1@1.25 a barrel;
white, 5O@6Oc bushel.
Spinach, etc-35@4Oc a bushel; cab
bages, $3@4 per 100.
The apple market is still dull, with
prices entirely in the buyers favor.
The supply is extremely large; the out
let is chiefly local, and, according to one
of the best posted men Of the trade, no
great change is expected for two or
three weeks. Pears are bringing fair
values, and as the present indications
point to a light crop, prices are ex-
pected to hold up well. Peaches are
high at present, but with the beginning
of shipments from Delaware lower
prices are looked for. Grapes are sell
ing well at slightly lower prices.
Cantaloupes are bringing better prices.
Fruit quotations follow:
Apples Native astrachan, $1.5O@2
barrel; Williams, $1.5O@2 barral; Sc
lected Williams, $1@1.25 a bushel; Jer-
sey gravenstein, $1.75@2 a barrel; ma
tive sweet bough, $1.75@2.25 a barrel;
golden sweet, $1.25@1.75 barrel; ma
tive green stock, $1.25@1.75 a barrel;
duchess, $1.5O@1.75 a barrel.
Peaches-Georgia. $2.5O@27 a crate;
Delaware, 75c@$1.5O basket.
= Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 25@75c dozen
heads; mint, 25c a dozen punches;
watercress, 35c dozen punches;
parsley, 121sc a bushel.
Toma toes-Native, 75c0$1.25
bushel; dollhouse, 5@6c a pound; Balti-
more, 100000 a crate.
Beans String beans, green, 75c@
$1.25 a bushel; wax, 81 a bushel; shell
beans, $1@1.25 a bushel; Lima beans,
$1.5O@2.5O bushel.
Miscellaneous-Beet 25035c
bushel; carrots, 65c bushel; bunch
parsnips, 4Oc dozen punches; cucum-
bers, 5O@75c a box; picking cucum-
bers, $1@3 a box; elephants, 75c@$1 a
dozen; peas, $1.5O@2 bushel; peppers,
SOC a crate; native, 4O95Oc a bushel;
marrow squash, native, 81 a barrel;
southern, 25@5Oc a barrel; celery, 75@
90c a dozen lunches; radishes, SOC a
box; caulifiower, $1.50Q2 a dozen;
green corn, 5O@75c box.
Pears-California Bartlett, hard ripe,
.$1.25@1.5O a box; green, $1.9O@2.25
box; Jersey Bartlett, extra selected, 81
a barrel; common to good, $203 a bar
rel
Blueberries-Native, 6@1Oc a quart;
Nova Scotia, 7@11c quart.
Cantaloupes-A Arizona, $3.75@4
crate; Maryland, $1.50@2 a crate.
Grapes-Delaware, $1.75@2 a case;
champion, $4,000 case; Moore's early,
90c@$1.25 a case.
Provisions-Heavy backs, $1725;
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cuts, SIPS; medium short cuts,s SIG;
long cuts, $1S.25; lean ends, $1s.5O@
1880; bean pork, $13.75@14.25; loose
salt, 8 34c; corned shoulder, 8 Use;
smoked, 10 5-Sc; fresh, 9 7-Sc; fresh
ribs, II 1-4@121kc; pressed ham, 1O. IA
@13 1-4c; skinned hams, 14015c; regu-
lar and small hams, 121k@14c; boiled,
10 1-4@2Okc; bacon, 13 3-4@151Ac. !
Fresh meats-Choice beef, S1z@9Ac;
good, 6@Sc; headquarters, choice, 1O1a
@111c; common to good, 6@8c; fore
quarters, choice, 1-4@7 3-4c; common
to good, 5@6c; extra mutton, Sc; COM
mon to good, 7@715c; eastern, 607c;
western, 6@7c; spring lambs, eastern
choice, 11@12c; common to good, 9@1Oc;
western, good to choice, 10(012c; veals,
eastern choice, 1Oc; fair to good, 8@9c;
common 6GD7c