St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-09-21
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

advance. Northern creamery, 21h@
221zc; western, 21@22c; firsts, 1s@19c;
dairy, 171z@19c.
The cheese market is very firm, but
the demand is quiet Round lots, York
state, 1O@1O 1-4c; Vermont twins, 91k
@1Oc.
Eggs are firmer for choice lots and
the market is pretty well cleaned up.
Choice nearby are firm, with good de-
mand. Choice nearby, 29@3Oc; east
ern, 24@26c; western, 19@22c.
Beans are easier. Carload lots, pea,
$1.75@1.80; medium, $1.9O01. SO; yellow
eyes, $2.9OM2.95; red kidneys, $500
800; California small white, So 3O@2. So;
foreign pea, $1.85@1. 90; foreign me-
dunn, $1.9O@1.95; jobbing prices, 10
@15c higher.
Business in the fruit and produce
market has been of moderate pro-
portions during the past week.
Changes in prices have been few, but
these have been mostly advances.
There is a brisk demand for onions,
but only choice stock brings full quo
tations. Green corn is not so plenty
as it was, but the price has not adj
vanced as the demand has fallen off.
Elephants are quiet and easy. Squash
es are selling fairly WELL Tomatoes are
in steady demand, and as the receipts
have been smaller prices are higher.
Pears are no longer quoted. Cucum-
bers have advanced. Supplies of tur-
nips are light, but last weeks prices
rule. Receipts of potatoes have been
large, and prices are easier. Vegeta BILE
quotations follow:
Potatoes-Hebrons, 4504Sc a blu;
Green mountains, 4S@5Oc a bu; cloth
head sweets, S1.62@1.75 a Dbl; double
heads, $2@225 a Dbl.
Onions-Native, 75@95c bu; Span
ish onions, 1915 a crit; leeks, SOC doz
bchs.
Turnips-Yellow, $1@1.25 a Dbl;
white, 5O@75c a bu..
Spinach, etc-Spinach, 15c a bu;
cabbages, 1904 per 100; Savoy cab
bages, 75c a box; red cabbages, SOC
a box.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 15@35c a doz
heads, mint, 25c a doz bchs; water
cress, 35c a doz bchs; parsley, 12Ac
a blu.
Tomatoes Native, 75c@$1 a bu;
green, 4O@50c bu.
Beans-String beans, green, 75c@$1
a bu; wax, 75c@$1 a bu; shell beans,
S1@1.5O a bu; Lima beans, 75c@$1 a
bu; imported Lima beans, $1.75 Blu.
Miscellaneous-Beets 25@4Oc a bu;
carrots, 6Oc a bu; parsnips, $1@1.25
bu; cucum bers, 5Oc@$1. % a box; pick
ling cucumbers, $1@5 box; elephants,
75c@$1 a doz; peppers, 75c bu; mar
row squash, 75@S5c a Dbl; turban
squash, $1.25 a Dbl; celery, $4,000
doz bchs; radishes, 25@4Oc box; cauli-
flower, $1.5O02 a doz; green corn,I 400
SOC a box.
There has been a good movement in
apples at well sustained prices. Gran
berries are in liberal supply and bring
very low prices as there is little call
for them. Pears have been selling
more freely. Plums are moving fairly
well. Grapes are not as plentiful as
they were and are slightly frmer;
choice fresh stock sells readily. The
citrus fruits are unchanged. Fruit
quota atoms follow:
Apples-Gravenstein $2@2.75 a Dbl;
Macintosh reds, $2.75@3 a Dbl; Alex
anders, $2@2.5O a Dbl; duchess, $3.50
az a Dbl; common sour, $1.25@1.75
Dbl: pound sweets, $1.5O@2.25 a Dbl;
average mixed varieties, $1.25@1.75
Dbl; native crabapples, $1@1.25 Blu.
Cranberries-Cape Cod, $5@5.5O a
Dbl, and S1.5O@1.75 a box.
Peaches-York state, 75c0$1.15 a
bskt; Connecticut, $1@1.25 a bskt; ma
tives, $1@1.5O a bskt; CALIFORNIA;, $1.15
@1.5O a box.
Pears California bartletts, S1.25@2
a box; native bartletts, $1@1.z5 a bu;
native bartletts, refrigerator stock,
S1.7502 a bu; cooking stock, 75c@$1
bu; sickles, $1.5O02 bu.
Plums-California kelseys, $2.50t0
$50 a case; mixed varieties, $1.25@2 a
case: York state, 2O@3Oc S-lb bskt;
damsons, 2503Oc S-lb bskt; green gage,
2O@25c S-lb bskt; California German
prunes, $1@1.50 a CRIT.
Blueberries-Nova Scotia, 12@15c a
qt.
CantaIoupes-Colo Rocky Ford,
S101, % a standard CRIT.
Grapes-Hudson river varieties, SOC
@$1 a case; pony bskts, 11@13c each;
western New York pony bskts, 12@20c
each; California tokays, $1.5O@1.90 a
crt; California malagas, $1@1.25 CRIT.
Fresh meats-Beef, choice, 7@91kc;
lb; good, 5@7c lb; headquarters, choice,
11@12c ID; common to good, 6@9c Id;
forequarters, choice, 6@7c ID; common
to good, 4@5c lb; mutton extra, &c Id;
common to good, 5@6c ID; yearlings,
eastern good to choice, 607c Id; west
ern good to choice, 8@1Oc Id; yeals,
choice eastern, 1O@11c Id; fair to good,
6@9c Id; common, 6Q7c Id.
There is little change to note in the
prices of pork products, the demand
being quiet. There is moderate move
ment of hogs into market channels.
Prices are higher, prominent places in
dicating general average Of about
1918 per 100 pounds.
There is steady demand for poultry,
prices being firm for choice lots of