St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

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ward. Northern creamery, 26Q27c;
western, 251a@26kc; dairy, 23@25c.
Cheese is steady, with the old stock
we'll cleaned up. New cheese is offer
ing in a moderate way, but is not at
tracing much attention as yet. York
state, 14@141ac; Vermont twins, 100
14c; new cheese, 12h@13c.
Eggs are in liberal supply, but prices
are steady, as the demand is of sea-
sonable nature. Choice nearby, 200
21c; eastern, 19@20c; western, $50
H8hc.
There has been fair business in the
local market for fruits and vegetables,
but warmer weather is necessary to
make the demand more urgent. Sup
plies are plenty and prices as general
rule are easier The abundance and
cheapness of strawberries have caused
the demand for staple fruits to fall off.
1t is said that the receipts of straw
berries would have been larger if a
shortage of cars in North Carolina had
not prevented the shipment of thou
sands of crates.
Potatoes show further improvement;
the arrivals have been less, and prices
have gone up about &c. There is
steady inquiry for asparagus; native
stuff has commenced to arrive, and
shipments from New Jersey and the
south are large. String beans, peas
and new cabbages are lower. Native
spinach is now in the market, as well
as stock from Rhode Island. Onions
and squashes hold firm. Tomatoes are
more plenty and decidedly cheaper.
Turnips are firmer. Cucumbers are
easier, and plenty Of rhubarb can be
had at low prices.
Apples do not change much; offer
ings are not very large, and the de-
mand seems to be only for the best lots.
Cranberries are dull Cherries are more
| plenty, but the quality of the fruit is
not very good.
Vegetables are quoted as follows:
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, 35c bu; hebrons, 30032c; Da-
kota reds, 30c; rose, 35c; new Floridas,
| $4,000 a bbl sweets, Vinelands, $26
2.25 a bskt; North Carolina, S3.50Q375
crt.
Beans-Southern string beans, $1.756
bskt butter beans, $1.7562 q bskt
Cabbages-Native drumhead, S10
1.25 Dbl; new southern, $125015O
crt.
Celery-White, S101. % a bch.
,AsparaguS-Native, $466 a box of
three doz bchs; New Jerseys, extra
fancy, $3@950 doz bchs; fancy, $3.50
d3 doz bchs; medium, 81 JO62 doz
bchs; California, S1@15O a doz.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, SIG
1.50 box of three doz heads; romaine,
75cQ$1 a doz heads; mint, T5c6$1 a
dOz bchs; watercress, native, Sc doz
bchs; southern, 40c doz bchs; parsley,
So bu.
Onions-Bermudas, S1.75 crt;
Egyptians, $2.75d3 a bag; bunch
onions, 75c box; leeks, SOC doz bchs.
Spinach, etc-Native spinach, 50d6Oc
bu; Rhode Island, $1.500175 a Dbl;
Norfolk. S1@1.25 a Dbl; beet greens, 50
@75c a bu; dandelions, 4Od5Oc a bu;
Baltimore kale, 50675c a Dbl.
Squashes- $35 a ton; sum-
mer squashes, $1@1. 80 a crt.
Tomatoes-Native dollhouse, 25630c
pound; Florida, $2.5062.75 a crit.
Turnips- Yellow, S1.5O a Dbl: white,
$1.25@1.50 a bu; bunch turnips, 75c0
81 doz bchS; French white, $3.50 a
bag.
Observation-Disclosures peas, S16
1.50 bskt; cucumbers, $204 80 a box:
carrots, $1011. % a bu; bunch carrots.
85c@$1 doz bchs; parsnips. S1@1. so
a bu; radishes 20c doz bchs; beets,
75c@$1 bu; bunch beets, $1.75 a doz
bchs; elephants, 50 doz; oyster plants,
$101.50 a doz bchs; rhubarb, 2d3c q
pound.
Fruit quotations follow:
Apples-Baldwins, $1.5Ot62, so a Dbl:
baldwins, No. ., $125; russets, extra
fancy, $9,50@4; No. 1, $2.75@3; other
grades, $1.25@1.50
CranberrieS-Extra fancy SS69 9
Dbl; other grades, $4@6; crates, extra
fancy, $3@325; other grades, $1.5O@
225.
Strawberries-Norfolk, 12615c a at;
North Carolina, 11@14c; extra fancy Of
ferings, 16@1Sc.
Observation-Disclosures choice, S26S.5O
a 1O-lb box; poor to good, $161.5O.
Hay is in moderate demand for the
best grades, but the market is firm,
with a light supply. Medium and low
grades are easy. Straw is quiet, but
steady. N[illfeed is steady. Hay, No
/, $1601750; low grades, $11016; rye
straw, $17@1S; oat straw, $10011.
Barrel pork has advanced 25c per
Dbl, and other minor advances were
made, though raw leaf lard is lower.
Fresh beef is quiet and prices are still
easy, though showing only a trifing de-
cline for the week. Extra heavy sides
900 4c; good, SAd9c; light, 71a@Sc;
heavy kinds. 11@11hc; good, 10h011c
light, 96I1Oc; heavy fores, 61a@7c; good
14@61ac; light, Gd6 lac.
There is firm market for lambs and
yearlings, with muttons and veals
steady. Lambs, 11@12c; yearlings, ga
10c; muttons, SG9hc; veals, 9@10c
with fancy higher
Poultry is quiet, without serious
| change in prices. Western iced tur