St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-11-30
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on rhe Leading
Producers In Demand

and very firm. Northern creamery.
25@25Ac; western. 24A@25c; dairy
21@23c.
The cheese market is very firm
though prices are not quotably higher
Round lots, York state, 11A@12Ac;
Vermont twins, 11@11 34c.
Prices on eggs are on very high
basis; as high, in fact, as the trade
will stand. The demand, in conse-
| quence, is light, though receipts are
| small Of fresh gathered. Choice nearby,
| 40@42c; eastern, 33@35c; western, 28
@32c.
Beans are easier, with lower prices
| quoted on all domestic stock. Carload
lots, pea, $1.S0@1. 821zc; medium, S19O
| @1.95; yellow eyes, $2.40@250; red kid
neys, $290@2.95; California small
white, $25O@2.55; foreign pea, $3.50
LOO; foreign medium, $1.90@1.9 5; job
| bling prices, 1O@15c higher.
Generally speaking, it has been fair
| ly busy in the local wholesale mar
ket for fruits and vegetables Prices
| showed an advancing tendency under
the active trade before Thanksgiving
and have held up well since then,
| volume.
Receipts of apples have been large,
| and although the demand has been
| chiefly for the fancy table stock, prices
| are not much changed from week
ago. Cranberries are very plenty and
cheap, particularly the common grades;
only choice stock brings full quotations.
/ Grapes, oranges and grapefruit have
moved well at well sustained prices
Lemons are steady, but quiet. The
| season for pears is practically over, but
few are still offered. Fruit quota
| tons follow:
| Apples Macintosh reds, $2.5O035
| q bbI; No. ! Baldwins, $1.5O01.75;
| greetings, York state, 1.25@1. so; fancy
Vermont, 1922. rs; northern spies, COM
mon, $150; fancy colored, $25O@3:
! kings, common, $1.5O@1.75: choice, So
| @3.25; SHOWS, common small, $3.50
It's; choice large, $3@3.5O; hubbard
stons, $1.5Om.75; tolman sweets, S1.75
| az; pound sweets, $1.75@2.2 %; Bald
| wins and greetings in bulk, open head
| bbls, 9Oc@$1. Is; common varieties, $1.25
| @1.5O.
| Cranberries- Cod choice early
varieties, S5@5.25 Dbl; choice late va
rfeties, $5.50@6 a Dbl; crates, S1.65
OPS.
Pears-Native anjous, S2.25@3 blu;
beurre bose, So 5000; seckels, 1898. so;
kelfers, $3.50 double head Dbl.
Grapes-Western New York varie-
ties, pony bskts, 7016c each; western
New York concords, 10000 S-lb bskt;
California emperors, S24O@3.6O a crt;
almerias, S3.5O0S a key.
Onions are firm, as supplies are not
large. Cabbages are steady in the face
of large offerings. Southern string
beans are scarce and hold up well. Tur-
nips have fair sale at steady prices.
Hubbard squashes continue dull and
rather low. Potatoes are a few cents
higher. Sweet potatoes have ruled
firm, owing to limited offerings. Vege-
table quotations follow:
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, 6O062c a bu; hebrons, 59@6Oc;
Dakota reds, 53@55c; sweets, Norfolk.
$2.75 a Dbl; Jersey, 1926 a Dbl; vine
land, $3.50 bbl
Onions-Native, 81 a bu; Spanish.
$3.50 crt; 1eeks, 4Oc doz bchs.
Turnips-Yellow. eOc a Dbl; white,
5O@75c bu; French white, $3.50 bag.
+ Spinach, etc-Spinach, SOC a bu;
cabbages, 85c Dbl; Savoy cabbages,
75c a Dbl; red cabbages, 75c a box.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, 75c@
$1.5O a box of three dozen; chicory, SOC
a box; mint, SOC dozen bchs; water
cress, soc a dozen bchs; parsley, Soc
bu.
observation-disclosures, $4,000 blu;
carrots, SOC a bu; parsnips, 75@S5c a
bu; cucumbers, $1.75@85O box; egg
plants, So dozen; marrow squash, 75c
Dbl; turban squash, $15@16 a ton;
celery, 65@9Oc a dozen bchs; Pascal,
S1.25@1.5O dozen bchs; Boston market
celery, $1.25@175 box; caulifower, So
box of s to 10 heads; pumpkins, SOC
box; brussels sprouts, 1O@12c a
quart; oyster plants, 75c dozen; arti-
chokes, $1.5O box; okra, $3.50 crate.
Pork provisions are steady at the re-
vised prices. Short cut and heavy
backs, $16.75; long cuts, SIS; medium,
SIG; lean ends, $1s.75@19.75; bean
pork, 13.25@13.75; fresh ribs, 9A@
3-4c; fresh shoulders, Csc; smoked
shoulders, s 3-4c; corned shoulders.
SIC; hams, 10 1-4@13c; skinned hams,
10 3-4@11 1-4c; boiled hams, 16 lao
10 3-4c.
Fresh beef has been quiet, with prices
steady on the best cattle and easy on
light stock. Choice heavy cattle, 30
&c; light, 51z@71sc; heavy kinds, 11@
12c; light, 61A@9c; heavy fores, 5A@7c:
light, 4@5c.
There is an easy market for lambs.
with a quiet holiday trade; veals are
firm. Western fall lambs, 7@Sc; spring
lambs, S@9c; yearlngs, 6@7c; muttons,
6@61zc; vea1s, 9@11c.
The Thanksgiving poultry trade has
been very peculiar, to say the least
On Tuesday prices on turkeys were
very high, with short supply. Very
heavy receipts on Wednesday morning
broke the market, and, although the
arrivals were taken care of, prices
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