St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-02-22
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

firmly held at substantial advance. In
fact, about all that Is offering Is stor'
age creamery, and sales are made on
condition rather than age. The new
quotations are: Northern creamery
32h@33kc; western, 32@33c; dairy, 70
@3Oc.
Cheese is firm and higher, with choice
| York state twins in demand. Buyers
are showing more disposition to re-
spond to the advance, though the
actual movement is still light. York
state, 13@14c.
Eggs have taken on stronger tone,
owing to the cold weather, but off lots
are plenty, and sell at low prices.
Choice nearby, 35@36c; eastern, 34@
35c; western, 33@34c; storage, 30@31c.
Beans are very firm in all markets,
and prices show a substantial advance
Carload lots, pea, $2@2.05; medium,
$220@225; yellow eyes, $2.4O; red kid
neys, $3@3.05; California small white,
$2.50@2.55; jobbing prices, 10@15c
higher.
The local fruit and produce market
does not change much. Business has
continued at a very low ebb and
changes in prices though numerous
have not been large. The weather is
once more blamed for the dizziness.
Receipts of potatoes have been
smaller, and though the demand has
not been active, the tone of the market
has been very firm. Southern garden
truck is not very plenty and in most
cases brings high prices. Spinach and
hale are in light supply, and string
beans are very scarce. Sweet potatoes
are dull and easier. Onions are quiet
and steady and cabbages are unchanged
except for savoys, which are higher.
Beets, carrots and parsnips have ad-
vanced and turnips are firm. Squashes
have fair sale. Celery continues
steady. Rhubarb is cheap.
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, 45Q47c q bu; hebrons, 40@43c;
Dakota reds, 3Sc; York state white
stock, 40c; sweets, Jerseys, $3@3.5O a
Dbl; vinelands, $4@4:5O.
Onions-Native, $1@12O a blu; Ber-
mudas, $2@225 a crt; leeks, SOC a doz
bchs.
Turnips-Yellow, 81 a Dbl; white, 30
075c bu; French white, 50 bag.
Spinach, etc-Hothouse spinach, So a
blu; Norfolk, 1904 a Dbl; Norfolk kale,
$3.50 Dbl; dollhouse dandelions, SEA
2.25 blu; beet greens, 4Oa5Oc bu.
Cabbages-Drumhead, 81 q Dbl; sa-
voy, $135 Dbl; red, 81 a box.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, 75c0
$1.75 box Of 5 doz heads; chicory,
$3.50 doz heads; romaine, 81 a doz
heads; mint, 75c doz bchs; water.
cress, 75c doz bchs; parsley, $1.25
bu.
Ceaery-White, 81 a doz bchs; pascal,
$1.25@175; Boston market, $2@2.5O.
Beans-Southern string beans, $66S
a bskt; butter beans, So bskt
Squashes-Turban, 75c a. Dbl; mar
row, 75c Dbl; hubbard, $1,000 ton.
observation-disclosures, 6OG7Oc a bu:
carrots, 100000 a bu; parsnips, 75c@$1
Blu; cucumbers, $4@14 a box; egg.
plants, $1@1.50 doz; radishes, Csc a
doz bchs; brussels sprouts, 12@15c a
at; oyster plants, SIPS a doz bchs:
artichOkes, $1.25 box; tomatoes, Flor.
ida, So crit of six bskts; dollhouse, SOC
a pound; southern peppers, So a crit;
hothonse rhubarb, 4@5c pound.
Apples-Kings, fancy table, S4@5 a
Dbl; common, $1.50@25O; northern
spies fancy, $450@5; ordinary, $1.75@
2,50; baldwins, fancy, $2625O; CON-
mon, $1.25@1.5O; No. 2, SIPS; green
ings, New York good to fancy, $1.5O@
1.75; mixed sour, $15062; tolman
sweets, fancy, $3.25@35O; common,
$1.25@1.75; russets, Roxbury fancy,
$2.50@2.75; common to fair, $15O62.
Cranberries-Fancy late varieties, 81
@7.50 a Dbl; other late varieties, sea
$50; early varieties, S5@6; soft stock,
$2@3; crates, fancy, $2.5O@2.75; com.
mon to good. $1,30@2
Smoked shoulders and skinned hams
are 1-4c higher, while other pork pro-
visions are steady and unchanged.
Fresh beef has been quiet, but prices
are steadily held, with the market well
supplied. Choice heavy cattle, TIA
SIC; light, 51a@7c; heavy kinds, loo
lie; light, Gh@9c; heavy fores, 5@
51Ac; light, 4G41ac.
Lambs are very firm; muttons and
yearlings are steady; veals are firm,
with fancy selling readily at top quo
tations. Spring lambs, 11@12c; win
ter lambs. 101a011c: yearlings, 8@9c:
muttons, 909c; veals, 10@11c; fancy,
12012hc.
Poultry is firm for choice receipts,
which are moderate. Turkeys are SELL
ing rather better for small sizes, but the
supply is small. Capons are firm, the
receipts being mostly from the west.
Western turkeys, small, 21@22c; mixed
sizes, 20021c; western capons, small
16@1Sc; large, 19@22c; northern chick
ems, large, 19@21c; medium, 15@16c:
western chickens, large, 15917c; me-
dunn, 13016c; northern fowls, 14016c;
western, 13@15c; geese, 11@13c; ducks,
13@16c.
Hay is still in liberal receipt esne-
cially of low and medium grades. The
demand is quiet and prices are easy,
receivers finding it difficult to get full
quotations. Straw is quiet and easier.
Millfaed Is firm Hav No G1RE11 Q.