Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-26
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

bNAlblAs Ift1s ~ - 1~%&
rather quiet. though prices hold firm
.t the recent advance. Choice fresh
lots are scarce. Storage stock is offer
ing freely at steady prices. The quo
tations are: Northern creamery, 26hM
pc: dairy. 21d25c; storage creamery,
2Jd26.
While prices are fully maintained,
especially on choice fall York state
twins. the cheese market is quiet, and
purchases are confined to immediate
wants: Round lots, York state, la
12lzc: Vermont twins, 11G11 3-4c.
Beans are quiet and unchanged in
this market, but country advices are
frmer. Carload lots, pea. $1.15d1.S0;
n.edium. S1.9Od1.95; yellow eyes, $3.50
m2.4O: red kidneys. $2.90d2.95; Cali
fornia small and white, $2.50d2.j5;
foreign pea, S1.S50I.9O: foreign me-
dunn. $1.9Dd1.95; jobbing prices, 100
15C higher.
The local wholesale fruit and produce
market continues very quiet. 1t is
well supplied, the demand is slow, and
quotations in many instances are nom
lnal. As one dealer puts it, There is
too much stuff in the market, the buy
ing is III lighter volume now than for
many years Mt this time, and we have
been forced TO meet the views of buy
ers.''
Potatoes are very plenty. and as the
demand is light. prices are materially
lower than they were a week ago. Cab
bages are in good supply and steady,
though very active. Onions are firm.
String and butter beans are dull and
lower. Turnips are in better supply
but steady. Lettuce is lower. Spin
ach is easier, and celery has declined
Squashes, particularly hubbards, which
are not as plenty as they were, are
irmer. Receipts of sweet potatoes
have been rather light and prices hold
up well. Vegetables are quoted as
follows:
Observation-Disclosures green noun
tains, 53M55c a blu; hebrons, 4SM51c;
| Dakota reds, 4SM5Oc; New York rurals.
4SdJOc: sweets. Jerseys, $2.T503 a Dbl;
Vinelands, $3.50.
OniOns-Nattve. S1M1.2O q bu; Span
ish onions, $3.50 a crt; leeks, SOC a doz
bchs.
Turnips-YellOw, ST a Dbl; white, 30
@75c a bu; French white, $1.5U a bag.
Spinach. etc-Native spinach, 25d40c
a bu; Norfolk, $101.25 a Dbl; Norfolk
kale. Soc a Dbl.
Cabbages-White. 81 "A Dbl; savoy, 81
a Dbl; red, 75c0$1 a box.
Lettuce, etc-HOthOuse lettuce, 2JM
75c u box of three doZ; chicOry, 81 a
box: mint. 81 a dOZ bchs: watercreSS,
SOC Il dOZ bchs; parsley, 81 Il bu.
Celery-White, 50G90c a dOz bchs:
pascal. $1G1.25: Boston market, $1.75.
Beans-SOuthern string beans. $2G3
a bskt: butter beans, So a bskt.
Squash-Turban, 75c a Dbl: hubbard,
$15d1S a ton; pumpkins, soc a box.
Miscellaneous-Beets. 5Od6Oc a bu:
carrots. SOC Il bu; p~arsnips, 750S5c a bu;
cucumbers, $1.2509 a box; egg plants,
81. 5O61.75 a doZ; radishes. S101.25c a
box: c%aulihOwer. $2N3 a Dbl: brussels
sprouts. 10Sc a at: oyster plants, 15c
a dOz: artichOkes, $1.25 a box; okra, 81
a CRIT.
The weather has interfered with the
shipments of apples lately and they
have brought better prices. Cranber-
ries have a moderate sale, but do not
change much. The few pears left in
the market are selling in a desultory
way. Fruit quotations follow:
--IA. Lvs fA1- &aHIa .4oatx
S. .5O04 a Dbl; common. $1.5Od2: SHOWS
fancy. 81 a Dbl: common. $1.25M1.75
northern spies, fancy, $3.5OG4; Ordin
airy. S1.50d2: baldwins. fancy, $3.50
$50: common. $1.25M1. rs: No IS, $10
l.25; greetings, S2d2.50; common sour
S1d1.75 talman. sweets. S2.2J02.50
baldwins and greetings in bulk, 9Oc0
$1.25 a Dbl.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES late varieties
SGdG.5O a Dbl: choice early varieties
$5d5.50: common to good, $405: crates
$1.5Od2.2J each.
Pears-Native ANGUS. $2G3.JO a blu
beurre bose. S304 Il bu.
GrapeS-Western New York bskts,
Q13c each; malagas, $3M7.50 Il keg.
Lambs are tirmpr, the market clean
ing up we'll: veals hold firm and un
changed. though some fancy calves
have sold as high az 12c: Sprin!
I lambs, 10aG11hc: yearlings, 7@Sc
muttOns, 1MSc: yeals, 9Q11c.
Poultry is in full supply for every
thing except choice turkeys, which ar
. attracting more attention. Only a fey
o northern turkeys are offering and ar
quOtable at about 25c. for the besI
Western turkeys are In better suppl,
but are firm: Western turkeys, 1920
U northern. 23d25c northern chickens
large. lGQ1Sc: medium. 13@15c; ives
ern chickens, large, l4d15c; medium
12G13c; geese. 12d14c; ducks, 15d1Gc.
Il Fresh beef is generally quiet and Ill
hanged aS far as the ordinary run &
stock is concerned. AS usual at TIL
season a little Christmas beef is Offe
. Ing and selling az high as Zoe. Med
UNI and low GRADES are still plenty an
cheap: Choice heavy cattle, Sd9h'
light, 5l2d lee; heavy kinds, 10012,
light, 614d9c; heavy fores. 51z@Tc; ligh