St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-15
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

buyers have been operating in con-
sentative way, but receivers have been
putting some stock into the warehouses.
Prices show a slight decline: Northern
creamery, 1901912c; western, 1S1AQ1Oc;
frsts, 17@1Sc; Vermont dairy, 171a@1Sc.
New cheese is now quotable but at
low prices. The demand is limited
both for new and old, with anything be-
low the best grades slow of sale: Round
lots, old, S@91Ac; new, S@9c;
For choice nearby and eastern eggs
the market is irmer, but western stock
is plenty and still sells on a low basis:
Choice nearby, 21@22e; eastern, 20@
21c; western, 1S1a@1914c;
Apples are selling steadily for choice
fruit, with prices unchanged on any
variety. Russets, $2@3; Baldwins,
$2.25@3: northern spies, $25O@4; No. 2,
all grades, $1.50@2.
Beans hold firm both here and in the
country, but the market is still quiet.
Carload lots, pea, $l.95@2; medium, So;
yellow eyes, $2.75@2.SO; red kidneys,
$3.1Ot03.2O; California small white,
$2.3O@2. 35; foreign pea, $1.S5@1.95;
prices, 1O015c higher.
Strawberries have been arriving in
good condition, owing to cool weather,
and satisfactory prices have been OBJ
tanned, especially on Gaudies and other
choice fruit. The receipts now coming
in are from Maryland and Delaware,
with a fair amount of Jerseys. Re
ceivers are selling at 12@15c for eau
dies, and 9010c for Jerseys. North
Carolina blueberries are arriving freely
and sell at 6@12c.
Watermelons are coming forward
quite freely, and are now down to a
summer basis at 1S@3Oc each by the
load.
California cherries are in good sup
ply and are selling low at $1.5O@2.5O
in a jobbing way.
There is a very firm market for pota
toes, both old and new. Aroostook
Green mountains, $1.25@1.35; Dakota
reds, $1@1.1O; new southern, $5@6 per
Dbl; Bermudas, $3.50 per Dbl.
Bermuda onions are steady at So per
crt, with Egyptian f1rmer at $2.25@
$50 per Big.
Yellow turnips are firm at So per
Dbl; white French, So per Dbl; carrots,
$1.75 per blu.
Cucumbers are selling at $15O@3.5O
per bx.
New southern white squash sell at 81
az per pkg; marrow, $3.50 per crit.
New southern cabbage is quoted at
$3.50 per crt.
Lettuce is lower at 121k@2Oc per doz;
radishes, 35c per bx; mint, 121zc per
doz; cress, 35c. per doz; leeks, 81 per
doz.
String beans are quoted at $1.5O@2
per bX for green and $1.75@2.25 for
wax. Green peas are firm at $3.50 per
bskt.
Spinach is selling at 15@2Oc per blu;
beet green's, 1Oc per bu; dandelions, 25c
per bu; parsley, $1.25 per bu; peppers,
$3.50 per crt; chives, 75c per bx.
Southern tomatoes are quotable at
$1.75@225 per crt for Florida and Soc
for Mississippi.
Rhubarb is steady at 15c per bX.
Native asparagus is steady at $1.5O
@2.5O per doz.
Bunch beets are selling at 5O@s5c per
bunch turnips, 5Oc@$1 per doz; bunch
onions, SOC per bX.
Hay is a little weaker, receipts being
heavy and the demand light, especially
in medium and low grades; straw is
quiet; millfeed is dull, but very firm for
shipment. Hay, No. I, $2O.5O@21; low
grades, $13@19; rye straw, $25@26; oat
straw, $1O@11.
Pork provisions are generally frmer,
and prices have been marked up, espe-
cially on barrel pork. Considera BILE
heavy buying of the provision options
by stockyard interests has tended
toward a higher level of prices. The
Armour clique is believed to now con-
troll the July delivery in pork, lard and
ribs and ultimately much higher prices
will prevail, according to good au-
thority.
Fresh beef is in very firm position,
with prices 34c higher. A determined
effort is being made to force prices on
to a paying basis, the first result being
to restrict trade somewhat, notwith-
standing small receipts intended for
the local market.
The. market for lambs and muttons is
fully supplied, and trade is rather quiet,
though prices are fairly steady, the
same being true of veals. Western fall
lambs, 11012Ac; western spring lambs,
15M16c; eastern springers, $5@7 each;
yearlings, 9@1Oc; veaIs, S@9c.
Poultry is in moderate receipt and
prices rule steady, except on western
fowls, which are easy. Frozen western
turkeys, 18@19c; chickens, native
broilers, 3O@4Oc; frozen western, 14@
Ice; fowls, northern, 15@151zc; western,
13@131Ac; spring ducks, 19c.
Wheat has slowly declined during the
week, under the influence Of the gov
eminent report, which showed an i'm
proved condition in winter wheat in
accordance with advance predictions.
Many of the wheat bearing states have
issued individual reports, the majority
of which were generally favorable.
Michigan's estimate, however, showed