St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-08-17
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


tanned. The demand is fairly good at:
Northern creamery, 1S1z@19hc; west
ern. 1sA@19c; frsts, 17Q1sc; dairy.
17@17Ac.
The cheese market is a little firmer,
but prices show little change except
on the very tip-top. Round lots, York
state, 8@9c; Vermont twins, 71z@Sc;
Liverpool is quoted at 39s Sd for white
and Ais for colored.
Eggs are firm for strictly choice, but
medium grades are coming in freely and
hurt trade. The quotations are:
Choice nearby, 27@2Sc; eastern, 24@
26c; western, 2OQ22c.
Beans are still quiet, with prices
steadily held An advance is predicted
Carload lots, pea, $1.S5@1 90; medium,
$2@2.O5; yellow eyes, $2.S5@2.90; red
kidneys, So. 10@3.3O; California small
white, $2.3OQ2.35; foreign pea, $1.85@
1.05; foreign medium, $1.9O@1.95; job
bling prices, 1Oa15c higher.
The past week has continued unsat-
isfactory in the local fruit and produce
market. The supply of most everything
has exceeded the demand, and prices
have accordingly been low. There has
been a slight improvement in the .vege-
table trade.
Most of the vegetables are in very
good condition. There has been a large
supply of green corn of good quality.
Cucumbers are ridiculously low. Sweet
potatoes are arriving in good lots and
the price is coming down.
The fruit market, while not glutted,
is stocked up to the brim, and prices
are made low to move the goods.
Georgia peaches are here in large guam
tity, with quality nothing to brag of.
Some have come over-ripe. Vegetable
prices follow:
Potatoes-Jersey new, $2@2.25 Dbl;
7O@75c bu; Norfolk sweets, $3.50@4
per Dbl.
Onions-Natives, 9Oc@$1 bu; bunch
onions, SOC a box; leeks, SOC a doz;
Spanish onions, $2.75@5.
Turnips-Yellow, $1@1.25 Dbl;
white, 5O@6Oc a blu.
Spinach-35@4Oc a blu; native cab
bage, $3@4 per 100.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 25@4Oc a box;
25c a doz punches; watercress, 35c
doz punches; parsley, 127ac bu.
Toma Native, s2@2.5O bu; hot
house, Sd10c ID; Baltimore, 100000.
Miscellaneous-Beet 25@35c bu;
carrots, 65075c blu; bunch parsnips, 4Oc
a doz; cucumbers, 5O@75c a box; egg
plant, 75c0S1 a doz; pears, native, 400
soc bu; marrow squash, native, $40
1.25; southern, 25@5Oc Dbl; native string
beans, 75c@$1. %; wax beans, 81; shell
beans, $1@1.25; Lima, $1@1.5O; celery,
75c@$1 doz; radishes, soc a box;
caulif1ower, $203 a doz; native green
corn, 5O@75c box.
The apple market is dull. There are
plenty on hand and the demand is mod
crate. Oranges are firm. Pears are
selling well. Cantaloupes are plentiful
and cheap. Berries are beginning to
arrive in good quantities. Fruit prices
follow:
Apples-Native astrachan, 81. 5O@2.25
a Dbl; Williams, $1.75@2.5O a Dbl; ma
tive Williams, selected, $1.5O01.75 a
blu; Jersey gravenstein, $2.25@2.75 a
Dbl; Jersey pippin, $2@2.75 Dbl; Jer
sey sweet bough, $2.25@2.75 a Dbl; ma
tive sweets, $2@2.5O.
Blackberries 9@12c a quart; blue
berries, 7@1Oc quart; raspberries,
@1Oc.
Cantaloupes-Ariz $2.5O@3.50
crt: Norfolk, 5Oc@$1 crt; Maryland,
5Oc@$1.2 crt.
Watermelons-$15@2 per 100.
Peaches-Georgia, $1.25@1.75 car
rier.
Plums- $1@2.25.
Pears-California Bartlett, $1.5O@2
box.
Hay, etc-Choice, $17@1S; No. 1, $16
@16.5O; No. 2, 3.5O@14; No. 8, $11@
70; fine choice, $11@12; clover mixed,
No. 1, $11@12: No. 2, $11@11.5O; clover,
$1O011; oat straw, $9@11.
Provisions Heavy backs, SIPS; long
cuts, $3.50; medium backs, $3.50;
heavy short cuts, SIPS; medium short
cuts, SIG; lean ends, $18.50@19.5O; bean
pork, $13.5O@14; loose salt, 8 3-4c;
corned shoulder, - 1-4@141ac; pressed
ham, 1O1k@13 1-4c; skinned hams, IA
@15c; regular and small hams, 121a@
14c; boiled, 10 3-4@2O1kc; bacon, 121a@
IA 3-4c; briskets, 14c; bologna, SIC;
frankfort sausage, 97z@11c; fresh sau-
sage, 9 1-4d12 1-4c; sausage meat, TIC;
tongues, S24.5O Dbl; raw leaf lard, &c;
rendered in bulk, 1-Sc; in pals, 10 1-S
@1O 3-9c; pure in bulk, 3-Sc; in pals,
9 1899 3-Sc.
Fresh meats-Choice beef, 9d9Kc;
good, 7@Sc; headquarters, choice, 101s
@11kc; common to good, 81z@1Ohc;
choice forequarters, 71z@7 3-4c; COM
mon to good, 6M7c; extra mutton, 1Oc:
common to good, 7@9c; eastern year
Sngs, S@9c; western, 9@1Oc; spring
lambs, choice eastern, 13@14c Id; COM
mon to good, 1O@12c; western, good to
choice, 12@14c; veal, eastern choice,
1Oc; fair to good, 8@9c; common, 6G7c.
Dressed poultry-Northern, eastern
fresh-kif1ed fowls, choice, 15c; common
to good, 12013c; nearby broilers, to
1-S lbs a pair 18t02Oc lb; pigeons, 81
n1.75 doz; squads, $1.2Od2.40 doz;
western iced turkeys, choice, 14@15c;
common to good, 12@n3c; fowls, choice.