Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-03-06
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

. Hf the recent ADVANCE, I0OuSu 1t is
Thought that the market has about
reached the top. The high prices have
. restricted the demand to a consider
pDIc extent, buyers being very con-
sentative. Northern creamery. 34G6
. a41sc. western. 33H34c; dairy, 3OM32c.
Following the New York market.
. cheese has advanced still further. aud
the tendency is still upward. Though
the extreme quotations are still largely
f asking prices. the trade is responding
| freely ana the market is in Il very
strong position. York state, 1870
/ IA lie.
/ Eggs have declined sharply and. bar
i ring some reaction, which is bound to
/ follow any cold snap, the market is
/ low well on thee way to a spring basis.
/ Trade is naturally dull under the cir
/ cumstauces. Choice nearby, 33c: east
/ cin. 30d31c; western 29M30c; storage,
| 27N2Sc.
Beans are still very firm at recent
| quotations. but the higher prices have
stimulated the receipts of York state.
Business in the local wholesale mar
ket for fruits and vegetables has been
| much better during the past week than
| for some time previous. The weather
| has been more open, and both local and
/ Out-of-tOwn dealers have bought free
| ly. Prices generally are firm
! Potatoes are plenty, in light demand
| and lower. The market is well stocked
with sweet pOtatUes and also are easier.
| Cabbages have sold well. Onions and
! turnips are firm. Celery is higher aud
! squasheS bring better prices Southern
| garden truck has been coming in slow
! ly. kale and string beans are scarce
! and high. Good spinach is wanted
and commands top prices. but most OF
| the offerings are of poor quality. Gu
| cumbers are little easier, and rhu-
! barb has advanced a bit
POtatoeS-ArOOStOOk Green noun
tains, 42U45c bu: hebrons. 400q42c:
Dakota reds a503Sc; sweets. Jerseys.
S3@3.50 Dbl; yinelands, 81; Della
wares. $202I0.
OniOns-Native. $1M120 a bu: Rer-
mudas, $2W2.25 Il crt; leeks, soc doz
| bchS.
4
| 0$1 bu; French white, 50 a bag.
Spinach, etc-Hothouse spinach.
$50 a bu; Norfolk. $3GI4 a Dbl: Nor
folk kale, $3.50 a Dbl; dollhouse dande
lions, S1.7502 bu; beet greens, Goa
Toe a blu.
Cabbages-Drumhead 81 a Dbl; Sa-.
voy. $1.S5 a Dbl; red. 81 box
Lettuce, etc-HothOuse lettuce. 15ctl7
| 81 box Of three dOz heads: chiccory,
! $3.50 dOz heads; romaine, 81 Il dOz
heads; mint. 50d75c a doz bchs: water
| cress, 6007jc a doz bchs; parsley. ST.
a bu
Celery-White, $101.25 doz bchs;
pascal, $2d2. 30; Boston market, So
$3.50.
Beans Southern string beans. SIS
bskt; butter beans, SO a bskt
! Squashes-Turban, 75c Dbl; mar
row, 15cdS1 a Dbl; hubbard. $50 a ton.
| observation-disclosures, COARSE bu;
carrots. 500G0c a bu; parsnips, 75c0$t
bu; cucumbers. $401O a box: egg
! plants, $1G1.J0 doz; radishes. 25c a
dOz bchs; brussels sprouts, 12d15c ut;
oyster plants, 81 2501.5O doz bchs;
! - 'ANAAOANNN' fA''DO q IVA, lOIldlOtS,
Florida, So crt of six bckts: dollhouse.
4OQ5Oc pound: southern peppers, So
a crt; dollhouse rhubarb, 5td7c pound;
California caulifiowerS, $3 crt Of two
dOZ heads.
Apples are firmly held. but trade is
still quiet. Exports from this port
have largely increased. Baldwins,
Sl25d2.25: greetings, $1.5O02. %; Hub
bardstOHs. $1.5O02; TOlman sweets.
%1.25N250; Kings, $2d3.5O; northern
spies, $2@3.5O; bulk Baldwins and
greetings, 75cd$1.25 Dbl; bu box, %
075c.
Strawberries are in very small re-
cepr Prices are higher the iobbing
prices being 5O060c, but quotations are
largely nominal.
There is a firm market from first
hands for choice late cranberries' a t 81
a per Dbl. In iobbing way they are
selling at $2.50m2.75 per bx and $40
$50 q Dbl
Fresh ribs arc re lower; regular
hams are lie higher. with other pork
I PROVISIONS quiet and unchanged.
Fresh beef is easier. the bulk of the
.'N.N-N NCtiiliS AT o. blIONls-LI ilON
and then Il choice heavy steer VIII
: bring S l-40S1ac, though dealers find
: it very difficult to get full prices.
Choice heavy cattle. 715@tS15c; light. 5la
d1c; heavy kinds, 1O011c; light, 61k@9c;
heavy fores 50515c: light, 4041ac
Choice spring lambs continue scarce
and firm; muttons and yearlings are
steady: reaIS are still firm. with a
moderate upply Spring lambs. 11l.M
l212c; winter lambs, 1O1aM111kc; year
Hngs. %1lOc; muttons, Sd9c; veals, 10
ale; fancy. 12c.
Poultry is quiet in demand, with
fancy chickens scarce. but other chick
ems and fowls in ample supply. Tur-
keys are quiet and unchanged. West
u ern turkeys small, 21@22c: mixed
sizes, 2Fo2lc: western capOnS. small.
16d1Sc; large. 1920; northern chick
ems. large, 19d21c: medium. 15d1Gc;