St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-01-25
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


cry butter is very firm, some lots bring
ing as high as SOC, though this is an
extreme. Storage creamery is active
at good prices: Northern creamery,
2SA@29kc; western, 28@29c; dairy 70
arc; storage creamery, 28@28Ac.
There is but little change in cheese,
though prices are very firmly held with
light receipts and steady demand:
Round lots, York state, 121A@13c; Yer
mont twins, II 1-4lY121zc.
Eggs are easier and lower, the favor
able weather having stimulated re-
ceipts. Colder weather would Stiffen
up the market again, but meanwhile
choice lots are selling at low prices:
Choice nearby, 33c; eastern, 30Q31c;
western, 27@2Sc; storage, 23@24c.
Beans are very firm, with New York
higher, though in this market there is
rot yet any quotable advance: Carload
lots, pea, $1.75@1.80; medium, $1.85@
100; yellow eyes, $2.2O@2.25; red kid
reys, $280@285; California small and
white, $2.5O@2.55; foreign pea, $1.S5W
100; foreign medium, $1.9O@1 .95; job
bling prices, 10Q15c higher.
The movement of fruits and yegeta-
bles in the local market has been very
slow. Prices moved in both directions.
and some were firm while others were
easy.
Fancy table apples are still scarce
and wanted even at slightly higher
prices. Baldwins and greetings are far
in excess of requirements and are easy.
The common mixed varieties have had
a better sale. Cranberries continue
dull and little changed.
Apples-Kings, fancy table stock,
$3.5004.50 a Dbl; common $202. %;
northern spies, fancy, $4@450; or
binary, $1.75@2.50; Baldwins, fancy,
$2.250250; common, $1.50@2.2 %; No. 2,
$1.50Q1.75; greetings, New York good
to fancy, $1.75@2; mixed sour, $1.500
2.25; Tolman sweets, fancy, $275@3;
common, $I.250175.
Cranberries-Fancy late varieties, 81
as bbl other late varities, $6.50@7;
early varieties, $5Q6; soft stock, $3.50
@4.50; crates, fancy, $225@265; COM
mon to good, $1.50d2.
Potatoes are dull, plenty and rather
easy. Sweet potatoes, particularly
vinelands, are in only moderate supply
and firm. Onions are slightly easier.
Cabbages are steady and in fair re-
quest. Choice hard-shelled hubbard
squashes are scarce and high, but other
kinds are plenty and Irregular. String
beans are tirmer. Spinach is in larger
supply and lower. Turnips mold steady.
Vegetables are quoted as follows:
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, 51@53c a bu; hebrons, 45@47c;
Dakota reds, 43@45c; New York rurals,
43c; sweets, Jerseys, So Dbl; vine
lands, $4,000.
Onions-Native, $1@12O a bu; Span
ish onions, 81 crt; leeks, SOC doz
bchS.
Turnips 81 a Dbl; white, so
@75c bu; French white, 81 .50d2 bag.
Spinach, etc-Native spinach, SOC a
bu; dollhouse, 81; Norfolk, $1.75 a Dbl;
Norfolk kale, Soc Dbl; dollhouse dande.
lions, $1.25 a bu.
Cabbages-White, 81 Dbl; Savoy,
81 a Dbl; red, 81 a box.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, 50c@
$1.25 a box of three doz; chicory, 81 a
doz heads; romaine, Toe a doz heads;
mint, $161.25 a doz bchs; watercress,
Coo doz bchs; parsley, 75c a bu.
Celery-White, 81 a doz bchs; pascal
$1@1.50; Boston market, $175@2.
Beans-Southern string beans, $3@4
a bskt; butter beans, 81 bskt.
Squash-Turban, 75c a bbl marrow,
75c a Dbl; hubbard, $16020 ton.
Miscellaneous-Beets 50@6Oc a bu;
carrots, SOC a bu;parsnips, 750S5c bu;
cucumbers, $501S box; elephants, 81
also a doz; radishes, $2@2.5O a box
brussels sprouts, SAGE a qt; oyster
plant, 75c a doz; artichokes, $3.50 g.
box; ollra, 81 a crit; tomatoes, Florida,
So a crt of six bskts; southern peppers,
81 q crt.
There is a stronger market for hay,
the best grades being in light receipt
The demand is better, but still quiet
Straw is firm, with a good demand
Millfeed is steady and unchanged: Hay,
No. 1, $17@1S; low grades, 11@15; rye
straw, $22@23; oat straw, 1O.5O011.
Pork provisions are steady in price,
with an active demand from the house
trade.
Fresh beef is quiet dealers finding it
difficult to get top prices for even the
best heavy cattle. The demand is
moderate, there still being considerable
light beef offering: Choice heavy cat
tie, 7h09c; light, 51a@7c; heavy kinds,
10@12c; light, 6R@9c; heavy fores, so
&c; light, 4@41a.
Lambs are very firm, with the market
well cleaned up. Fancy veals are
scarce, and prices hold very firm: Spring
lambs, 11h@12c; winter lambs, 10011c;
yearlings, S@9c; muttons, 7h@Shc;
veals, 9@11c; fancy, 12c.
Poultry has been very quiet, though
prices are on a slightly higher level
than a week ago. Western turkeys
and choice heavy chickens are especially
firm, with light receipts: Western tur-
keys, small, 21@22c; mixed Sizes 2O0
21c; northern, nominal; northern chick
ems, large, 1S@20c; western chickens,
large, 14@15c; medium, 12013c; north
ern fowls, 14015; western, 13014c;