Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-02-20
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

g. z
/ G31c. The situation is very firm.
Northern creamery, 32d33c; western,
slm32c: dairy, 2Sd29c; storage cream
cry. 31@32c.
Cheese is somewhat firmer. but buy
erS still hold back. and sellers are IN
able to get any more for their stocks.
| Round lots. York state, 1212M 13c; Yer
mont twins, 121zG12 3-4c.
Storage eggs have been offering
more freely and prices are easier.
Choice fresh stock is scarce and firm.
| Choice nearby. 35M36c; eastern, 34Gt
SOC: western. 32d33c; storage, 29d3oc.
Beans are very firm, both here and III
the country. Choice hand-picked pea,
/ S1.75: screened, $1jOd1. 60; second,
Sl4Vd1 90; choice handpicked medium.
$50; screened, S1.5Od1.60; small
white California, S2.4OM25O; foreign
pea. $1.GJd1.7O: medium. 81 .65G11. 30;
choice hand-picked yellow eyes. 50. 10;
common to good, $190@2; red kidney,
S2.SOd3.
The dizziness of the past two or three
weeks in the local fruit and produce
market continues. the movement of
produce has again been hampered by
/ the bad weather. Prices generally are
but little changed from those of a
| week ago.
Green garden truck has been COM
ing i'm little more freely from the
south. but most of it shows the effects
Of the weather. Spinach is more plenty
| n nd lint 4 &c sol %
here. and the few lots of spring beans
offered sell at high prices Choice
southern tomatoes are quoted at 81
crate. but such stock is scarce; most
of the arrivals are of very ordinary
quality. the best of which brings only
$3.50 Il crate. The market is still!
plentifully supplied with potatoes. and
as the demand is quiet they are cheap.
Sweet potatoes are coming in slowly:
Ninelands are the only variety offeriE :
and they bring from 81 to Sc barrel
Domestic onions are easier rs a result
Of heavy receipts Cabbages have IL
moderate. sale at unchanged prices.
SQuashes and turnips are steady.
HothOuse rhubarb is lower.
Apples are dull; offerings are large
and lower prices would not be surpris-
ing. There is little doing in either
cranberries or pineapples. The re-
cent storm in Florida severely dam
aged the growing pineapples and they
are expected to be scarce until about
July. The strawberry crop also was
injured by the storm, and the few
here bring extremely high prices.
Potatoes-ArOostoOk green noun.
tains, 43@45c a bu; hebrons, 4O@42c;
Dakota reds, 35c; sweets, Vfnelands,
$506 a Dbl.
Onions-Native. S1@12O a bu; Ber-
mudas. $2d2.25 Il crt; leeks, soc a doz
bchs
Turnips-Yellow, 81 a Dbl; white. 30
@75c bu; French white, 50 bag.
Spinach, etc-HothOuse spinach, 81
bu; Norfolk. $4d5 a Dbl; Norfolk kale,
$2.50d3 a Dbl; dollhouse dandelions.
$1.621a a bu; beet green's SOC bu.
Cabbages-White, 81 Dbl; Savoy,
81 a Dbl; red, 81 box.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, S1G1
. box of three doz; chicory, $15O a
doz heads; romaine, 81 doz heads;
mint, $1@1.25 a doz bchs; watercress,
75c a doz bchs; parsley, 81 bu.
Beans-SOuthern string beans, seas
bskt; butter beans. So a bskt.
Squash-Turban 75c Dbl; marrow,
75c Dbl; hubbard. $1,000 ton.
Observation-Disclosures 50Cd6Oc a bu
carrots, SOC bu: parsnips, 75@S5c a
bu; cucumbers, $6@15 box; elephants
$101.50 doz; radishes, zoe doz bchs
brussels sprouts, I2t015c a OF; oyster
pant $1.25 a doZ; artichokes. $1.25 a
box; tomatoes, Florida, $175Q4 a or
of six bskts; dollhouse, soc a pound
southern peppers, 50 a CRIT; dollhouse
rhubarb, 4d5c a pound.
AppleS-kings, fancy table stock. s.
04.50 a Dbl; common $1.2502; north
ern spies, fancy, $4.5005; ordinary
$1.JOd2.25: baldwins, fancy, $262 80
common, S125@1.5O; No. 2, S1.25
greetings. New York good to fancy
S.75; mixed sour, S1.5O02; tolmal
sweets. fancy, $3d3 %; common, 81. 2;
al -; russets, RoXbury fancy. 81. 500
rs; common to fair, $1.5O62.
Cranberries-Fancy late varieties
$7@T.50 a Dbl: other ls te varieties, S6G
Z; early varieties, S506: soft stock, So 3
@4.50; crates fancy. $2.5O02. rs: com
mon to good $1.5Od2.
Fresh ribs lave been marked u
lac, but otherwise pork provisions ar
steady and uaclanged.
The market for fresh beef is yer
quiet, with heavy supply of medim
cattle. Choice heavy cattle. 71hGFSlsc
light, 54@@7c: heavy binds. 10ta1 :,
light. 6l4@9c, heavy fores. 5a.14C
light. 4@+l5c
Choice lambs are rather Guie5. ir
firmly held, muttons are steady. veal
hold firm. Spring lambs, 11,4M!2,
| winter lambs, 1o011c; yearlinGs. &
sc; mutton>. soc; veals. lGGJI2,
| fancy. 12c.
| There is very little change 20 note
| poultry. fowls and chickens being i
| full receipt, with turkeys in light 5,
| ply. Prices hold steady WeStpr
1 turkeys. small 916ooc. mixed sizes .