St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-08-03
IN HUB markets
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, Aug. 1.-Butter has been
steady, with the demand moderate
for all grades. Receipts are liberal,
with buyers and sellers apart North
ern creamery, 19@191kc; western, 18h
@19c; firsts, 17@18c; dairy, 17@171zc.
Cheese continues in light demand and
prices are easy. Receipts of medium
grade stock are large. Round lots, York
state, S@S 3-4c; Vermont twins, 71a0Sc.
Eggs are very firm for choice nearby
stock, but much of the supply from the
west is in bad order and sells low.
Choice nearby, 2702Sc; eastern, 23@
25c; western, 1920.
Beans are in light demand for all
kinds, with prices steady and I'M
changed. Carload lots, pea, 81 .S5@1 80;
medium, $2@2.O5; yellow eyes, $2.75@
$50; red kidneys, $3.1Od320; Cali
fornia small white, S2.3O@2 35; foreign
pea, $1.85@1 .95; foreign medium, $1.90
@1.95; jobbing prices, 1O@15c higher.
The receipts of potatoes have been
moderate and prices have ruled firm.
Trade was good. Norfolk sweet pota
toes are here in a small way and offered
at $3.50 a barrel.
Vegetable quotations follow:
Potatoes-Jersey new, 50 25@2.5O
barrel; 750S5c bushel; Norfolk sweets,
$3.50 a barrel.
Onions-Native, 81 bushel; bunch
punches.
Turnips-Yellow, $1.25 barrel;
white, 5O@75c a bushel.
Spinach, etc-Spinach, 25c a bushel;
native cabbage, $2@3 per 100.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 40@50c a dozen
heads; mint, 25c a dozen punches;
watercress, 35c a dozen punches; par
sley, 121Ac bushel.
Tomatoes-Hothouse, 5@1Oc pound;
Jersey, 35@5Oc a crate; Norfolk, 50c@
$3.50 a crate.
Miscellaneous-Beets SOC a bushel;
carrots, $1.5O a bushel: bunch pars-
nips, SOC a dozen lunches; cucumbers,
25c@$1 a box; egg plants, native, $3.50
a dozen; southern, 50 crate; peas, ma
tive, $1@125 a bushel; peppers, 81
crate; marrow squash, $1.25 a barrel
crate; native string beans, green, 500
75c a bushel; wax, 5OM75c a bushel;
shell beans, $1@1.5O a bushel; native
celery, $101.5O dozen punches; rad
ishes, SOC a box; caulifiower, $25O@3
a dozen; native green corn, 75c0$1. %
a box.
There is a fair supply of apples. The
demand is good, the quality better and
prices are somewhat higher. Black
berries are firm under moderate re-
ceipts. Blueberries have been coming
in more freely and are lower. Very
few good raspberries are arriving.
Catalogues are in good supply and
selling fairly well at steady prices.
Watermelons are plentiful, but with
good demand prices hold up well.
Fruit prices follow:
Apples-Native astrachan, $203 a
barrel; Jersey, $203 barrel; Jersey
pippin, $2.25@3.25 a barrel; Jersey
sweet bough, $2@2.5O a barrel; Jersey
southern green, 5Oc0$1 a half barrel
bskt.
Observation-Disclosures river, 12@15c;
York state, 12@15c; Jersey choice, 10
@13c.
Blueberries-Native, 11@12c qt; New
York, 9@11c qt; Pennsylvania, 9@11c
qt; Nova Scotia, 12013c.
Cantaloupes-Cali 45s $3.50 a
crate; 54s $3.50 crate; southern, SIG
$50 a crate.
Observation-Disclosures, $15@25
hundred.
Peaches Georgia, $2@2.5O carrier.
Pears-California bartlett, $1.7502 a
box; southern lie conte choice, S45O a
barrel; common to good, S2@3 a BARREL
Plums-California, $1.2502.75 a car
rier
Raspberries- 5@8c pint;
Hudson river, 3@4c 1-3 cup; 5@Sc
pint cup; Delaware, 5@8c pint.
Gooseberries- Green, 7@Sc a quart
Currants-Large red, S@1Oc at.
Barrel pork and some cuts were adj
vanced, the whole market being firm.
The la Dor disturbances have further re-
stricted packing operations. Prices
are about the same as week ago, in
dicating an average of about $40 per
100 pounds for prominent markets.
Prices Lave slowly advanced on
fresh beef, owing to the strike. The
trade is, however, sedulously avoiding
any appearance of a boom, and there is
no doubt there is beef enough avail
able in the market to supply all rea-
SOnaDle demands. A still better supply
is promised later. It is reported that
there is considerable Brighton-killed
beef in the market. Choice whole cat
tie are quoted at 1O15@1O 3-4c, the
latter being an extreme price. The
bulk of the best beef sells at 1O@1O1Ac.
Kinds are quotable at 12@13c and fores
at S@S1ac.
There is no change to note in lambs
and muttons, both supply and demand
being light; veals are steady. Western
fall lambs, 10@12c; spring lambs, 100
14c; yearlings, 9@1Oc; muttons, S@9c;
veals, SAGE.
There is only a quiet demand for
poultry at steady prices. Frozen west
ern turkeys, 1S019c; chickens, native
| broilers, 20G22c; western broilers, II