St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-11-16
IN HUg3 MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, Nov. 14-Butter has gained
In strength, receipts being moderate,
but the high prices have checked the
demand to some extent. Northern
creamery, 25@25Ac; western. 24AQ
25c; dairy, 21@22c.
| Cheese is firmer and an advance Of
| nc has been recorded during the week.
Liverpool mas also advanced. Round
lots, York state, 11@11Ac; Vermont
twins, lO1z@11c.
| Eggs are in moderate supply for
choice fresh gathered, and the market
| is very firm. Average western stock is
| still easy. Storage eggs are not on a
parity with fresh gathered, quality con-
| sidered. The quotations are: Choice
nearby, 3S@40c; eastern, 2S@3Oc; west
ern, 24@2Sc.
| There is a little frmer market on
| beans, but prices in wholesale way
| cannot yet be advanced. Carload lots,
pea, $1.SO@1. So; medium, $1.95@2; yell
| low eyes, $2.S5@2.90; red kidneys, So
| @3.O5; California small white, $2.5O@
255; foreign pea, $1.S5@1.9O; foreign
medium, $1.9O@1.95 jobbing prices, 10
@15c higher.
The wholesale fruit and produce
market does not change much. Bust
ness is still limited, but as receipts of
| the various products have been moder-
ate prices have ruled firm. Dealers look
for some Improvement on account of
the Thanksgiving trade.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
| tains, 55c a bu; Hebrons, 53c; sweets,
| Norfolk cloth-heads, $2@2.25 a bbl;
eastern shore cloth-heads, 1925 bbl;
Jersey double-heads, So a Dbl.
Onions-Native, 75@85c a bu; Span
ish, $3.50 a CRIT; leeks, 4Oc doz bchs.
Turnips-Yellow, S5c a Dbl; white,
5O@75c bu; French white, $3.50 Big.
Spinach, etc-Spinach, 35c bu; cab
bages, 1904 per 100; Savoy cabbages,
65c Dbl; red cabbages, soc box.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 25@5Oc a box;
| dollhouse lettuce, $1@1.75 box of three
doz: chicory, SOC a box; mint, SOC doz
| bchs; watercress, soc a doz bchs; par
sley, SOC a blu.
Miscellaneous-Beets SOC a gu; car
rots, SOC bu; parsnips, 75@S5c bu,
| cucumbers, $1.5O@5 box; egg plant,
| $3.50 a doz; marrow squash, 6O@75c a
| Dbl; turban squash, 75c a Dbl; Hub
bard squash, $50 ton; celery, 50c@$1
| dozz bchs; Boston market celery, $1.25
| a doz bchs; radishes, $1.5O box; cauli-
| flower, 81 .25@1. so box of s to 10 heads;
| pumpkins, soc box; brussels sprouts,
! S@1Oc quart; oyster plants, 75c doz;
artichokes, $1.5O box; .okra, $3.50 CRIT
Trading in apples has fallen off ma
terially and only the fancy varieties
seem to be wanted. These grades are
rather scarce and command high prices.
Offerings Of the ordinary varieties are
heavy and they are easy. Cranberries
| are in better demand, but only choice,
sound stock brings top quotations.
Pears are fairly active and steady.
Grapes are moving fairly well, with
| prices but little changed.
Apples-Mackintosh reds, $4,000 a
Dbl; No. 1, Baldwins, $1.5O@1.75 green
| ings, York state, $I.5O@1.75; fancy
Vermont, $2@2.25; northern spies, COM
mon, $1.5O; fancy colored, $25O@3;
kings, common, $1.5O@1.75; choice,
$2.75@3; SHOWS, common small, 81.
@1.75; choice large, $3@3.5O; hubbard
stons, $1.50@1.75; Tolman sweets, $1.75
@2.25: pound sweets, pI.75@225; Bald
wins and greetings in bulk, open
head barrels, 9Oc@$1. Is; common
varieties, $1.25@1.50.
Cranberries-Cape God choice early
varieties, $4.5O@5 Dbl; choice late va
rieties, $5.5O@6 a Dbl; crates, $1.65@
225.
Pears-Native anjous, $2.5O@3 bu;
beurre bose, $2.75@3.5 so; sheldons, $3@
$50; seckels, $3.5O@5; keifers, $2.25@
3 Dbl.
Grapes-Western New York varieties
pony bskts, 1O@1Sc each; western New
York Concords, 16@1Sc S-lb bskt;
cornichons, $1.5O@3.75 a crit; emperors.
$1.75@2.5O a crt; almerias, $3.5O08 a
key.
Quinces-Natives $3@3.5O a bu;
York state, $4@6 Dbl; California, $3.50
| box.
Pork provisions have been somewhat
irregular. There is a moderate gain
in the market offerings of hogs.
There has been quiet but steady
market for fresh beef, with low and
medium grades still in oversupply
Choice heavy cattle, S@Skc; light, 51k
@71ac; heavy kinds, 11@12c; light, 61k
@9c; heavy fores, 51s@7c; light, 4@5c
There is a steady market for muttons
and lambs, with the market fairly well
cleaned up; veals are still firm, with
moderate supply. Western fall la mbs,
7@Sc; spring lambs, S@9c; yearlings,
6@7c; muttons, 6@61ac; veals, 9@11c.
Receipts of poultry are small again.
but prices are still generally easy, es-
pecially on fowls and medium chickens.
Choice young turkeys and broileI
chickens are scarce and command high
prices. Western turkeys, 1S@20c;
northern turkeys, 23@25c, chickens,
northern, l214@16c; western chickens,
11013c: northern fowls, 12@14c; west
ern fowls, 10t@12c.
Hay is quiet but steady. Receipts
are moderate. but fully up to the de-
mand; straw is firm with a good de-
mand; millfeed is steady and un-
changed. Hay, No. 1, $17@18; low