St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-07-06
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, July 4.-The demand for but
ter continues quiet, prices quoted
steady. Northern fresh made cream
cry, assorted sizes, 19c; western spruce
tubs, 19c; ash tubs, 1S1s@19c; northern
creamery firsts, 171a@1Sc; eastern
creamery, 17A@1Sc; best Vermont
dairy, 17@1Sc; New York dairy, 16@
tic; imitation creamery, 16@16hc;
ladle, 131s@14c; renovated butter, t51s
@16c; creamery, boxes, 191kQ20c;
dairy, boxes, 1Sc; creamery, prints, 1917
@2Oc; dairy, prints, 1Sc.
There is quiet trade in cheese, with
New York twins quoted at 8@9c and
Vermont at 71k@S1Ac. Old cheese is
nominal
The demand for eggs is yet moderate,
with prices quoted about steady. Fancy
nearby hennery are quoted at 23@24c,
with best eastern at 21@22c; fancy
Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, 19c;
western fresh, 171A@1S1Ac.
Fruit-The demand for apples is
quiet, with prices about the same.
Spies, $2.5O@4 per ~bl; Baldwins, $3.50
@3; russets, $2@3; No. 2, all grades,
$1.50@2. Florida grape fruit sells at
$3.5O@4.5O per bx. California navel
oranges, per bx, $3@3.5O. Strawberries
are selling at 6@10c, some fancy higher,
with blueberries at S@1Oc, as to quail
ity, and blackberries at 8@1Oc, while
raspberries command S01Oc per pint bX.
Southern WA termelons, 2O03Oc, some
fancy higher; cantaloupes, per bx, $1@2.
The demand for potatoes continues
quiet, with prices quoted nominal at
5O@6Oc for old stock. New southern
potatoes are quiet at So. 25@2.5O per Dbl
for best, with the range down, as to
quality.
Vegeta bles-The demand continues
quiet; prices steady. Spinach is selling
at 1502Oc per bu for native; ca bbages,
new southern, per Dbl, $1@1.25, with
CELEBRATES at $1@1.15; onions, Egyptian,
per Big, $1.5O@2; dollhouse tomatoes are
selling at 1OQ2Oc per lib; lettuce, per 11A
doz bx, 25c; Bermuda onions, per crate,
$1.75. Norfolk string beans are selling
at 5O@75c per bskt for green and 500
75c for wax; tomatoes at $101.15.
Hothouse cucumbers, per 100 count, So
@2.50; asparagus, per 3-doz bx, 500
$50, with giant higher; native peas at
85c@$1 per bu: fancy, $1@1.25. Hot
house bunch beets sell at &c, with car
rots at Sc and turnips at &c per bunch.
Trade in fresh beef is quiet, with the
cost of steers quoted at 500 3-4c per
lib, as to quality, with headquarters
ranging from 1O@12c and forequarters
at GOT 1-4c.
Supplies of veal are fair, with best
calves selling at Sd9c per Id, and COM
mon ranging down to 5@6c, as to quail
ity and condition.
Lambs are in fair supply and steady
in price. Choice fall lambs range at
quoted at 12k@13c per Id. Mutton is
quiet at 6QSc per Id, with yearlings
quiet at 6G8c per lb.
The poultry trade is quiet, with prices
about the same. Native broiler chick
ems, 23025c, with western at zoe; west
ern chickens, frozen, 14@16c; fowls,
northern fresh killed, 14015c; western
iced, 12@12hc; live fowls, 11h@12c;
live chicks, zoe. Choice fresh killed
western frozen at 1S619c.
The demand for pork continues quiet,
with prices quoted SOC lower for most
cuts Lard values are quoted steady
and unchanged. Hams are quoted firm
at 12013kc, as to size. Skinned hams
are quoted steady in price at ID 1-4@
10 3-4c; boiled hams, Is 3-4019 lac.
Bacon is quoted steady at 12Q131hc
per lib.