St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-04
IN HUB MARKETS
Ouotar,ons on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, May THE J0Db1ng price on
butter is &c higher than week ago.
Vermont and New Hampshire extra
creamery 23c, northern New York 23c,
western 23c, northern firsts 21@22c,
eastern best marks 21@22c, eastern fair
to good 17019c, creamery seconds IL
019c, western firsts 21@22c, storage
extra 191a@20c, firsts 17@1Sc, seconds
15016c, New York and Vermont dairy
firsts 1S@19c, seconds 15c, western imi-
tation creamery extra 1sc, frsts 15c.
ladle firsts 14c, seconds 1870, packing
stock 12@12Ac, renovated 12@17c,
boxes extra northern creamery 23c,
firsts 21@22c, extra dairy 21c, firsts Is
@19c, common to good 15@16c, prints
15@23c.
Cheese-New York and Vermont twin
extra 1O@1O1ac, firsts 9@91zc, late made
S1z@9c, sage 1Oc, Ohio flats 8@9c.
Eggs-Fancy hennery zoe, Maine,
Vermont and New Hampshire extras
19c, firsts 1870, York state f1rsts 1870,
western extras 19c, frsts 1870, fair to
good 1Sc, dirties tic, checks 16@161kc.
Kentucky firsts 1Sc, Tennessee and
other southern 17hc, storage packed
western firsts 181k@1S 3-4c.
Beans are little firm, but not quot
ably higher. Carload lots, pea, $1.95
az; medium, $1.95@2; yellow eyes, $2.75
@2.SO; red kidneys, $3.1O@3.2 0;. Cali
fornia small white, $2.3O@2.35; foreign
pea, $1.S5@1.95 foreign medium, $1.9O
@1.95; jobbing prices, 1O@15c higher.
Choice lots of apples are held at
somewhat higher prices, with fair de-
mand. The export movement is small,
as home markets now give better re-
turns than the English markets. Rus
sets, $2@3; Kings, 1904; Baldwins,
$2.5O@3; northern spies, $4,000; No.
2, all grades, $1.50@2.
Though the poor weather of last
week hurt business in the local whole
sale market for fruits, dealers in
vegetables report a very fair trade.
Prices of many products are much
lower than week ago. The outside
quotation on new cabbage is SO cents to
the crate lower. The supply Of string
beans is larger and prices are more in
favor of the buyer than they were last
week. The offerings of peas are light
and prices are relatively firm.
There is steady demand for tomatoes
at full prices. Cucumbers are much
lower. Carrots and parsnips are a
shade higher. There is little market
for native and Spanish onions; Bermu-
das and Egyptians are firm. Turnips
rule steady. Spinach and beet green's
hold up wells but dandelions are lower
and kale is out of the market Beets,
squash and celery are little changed in
hut ~, or1,i cy
lower. A good trade is reported in pota-
toes with prices slightly above those Of
a week ago. Quotations follow:
Potatoes: Aroostook hebrons, 81. %
@1.3O; Green mountains, $1,000. 35;
Dakota reds, $1.2O; rose, $1.35@1. 40:
silver dollars, $1.2O; sweets, $4,000
for North Carolina and $3@3.5O for
Delaware.
Boston market celery is done, but new
white from Florida is arriving, and sells
at So per doz bun.
Onions-Bermuda crts are quoted at
$3.50, with a few Egyptians selling at
| $3@3.sO per bg. Native onions are no
longer quotable, except in retail way.
Cucumbers are quoted lower at SEQ
$50 per bx.
Hubbard squashes are selling at $50
| per ton; new southern white, 81 per crt.
New southern cabbage sells at So
| @2.25.
Lettuce sells at 6O@SOc per doz;
| radishes, zoe per doz; mint, 75c per doz;
cress, 75c per doz; leeks, 81 per doz.
String beans are quoted at $1.5O@1.75
| per bx for green and $2@2.25 for wax.
| Green peas are in fair supply and sell
| at So per bskt.
| Spinach is selling at $1.25 per Dbl.
Beet green's are quoted at Csc; dande-
lions, 4Oc per bu; parsley, $1.@1.2 % per
blu; peppers, 81 per bu.
Rhubarb is quotable at &c per Id.
Hothouse tomatoes are quotable at
25c per Id for choice; southern crts,
| $1.25@1.75.
Bunch beets are selling in small
way at $3.50 per doz.
| North Carolina asparagus is in good
supply and sells at $2.5O@45O per doz
| bun.
Maple sugar is in quiet demand, and
| prices are easy at 13@14c for small
cakes, 12@13c for large cakes and 100
lie for pals; maple syrup, 100000 per
| gal, with some fancy higher.
| Prices on pork provisions are steady,
with fair demand. The marketing OF
hogs has become more liberal in num-
bers. The quality is from fair to good,
the latter predominating. Prices are
lower, prominent markets avera ging
about $3.50 per 100 lbs
The market for fresh beef is easier
under full supplies and lower prices are
indicated.
There is a steady market for fall
lambs; mutton and yearlings are quiet;
veals. are in full supply and easy al
lower prices. Lambs, 9@10c; yearlings,
S@9c; muttons, SQ9c; veals, 7@9c
Dressed poultry-Northern and east
ern fresh-killed fowls, choice, 15c; com
mon to good, 13@14c; nearby broilers
to 31z lbs to pair, 25@2Sc; SQUAD
broilers, Lib each, $4,000 pair; pigeons