St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-12
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, April 1O-Butter is in mod
crate demand, but receipts continue
light and prices hold steady. Choice
fresh made, 28029c; northern cream
cry, 27Q2Sc; western, 26Q27c; dairy
24025c.
Cheese is firm, and the tendency is
still upward. York state, 140l41sc;
Vermont twins, 13@14c, Liverpool Is
quoted at 56s Cd for colored and 59s
Cd for white
Eggs are firm, with prices advancing
on choice western stock. Arrivals are
coming forward in good shape, helped
by the cool weather, and there is less
difference than usual between the best
western and nearby goods. Choice
nearby, 21@22c; eastern, 19c; western,
18hM19c.
Beans are little frmer, but prices
are not materially changed The de-
mand is still moderate. Carload lots,
pea, $1.SO@1. 49, medium, $2.20G2 25;
yellow eyes, $2.10@2.1 10; red kidneys,
$28562.9O; California small white,
$25O@2. 80; jobbing prices, 10@15c
higher.
Business in the local market for
fruits and vegetables has improved lit
tie if any during the week. Fruits
have been even duller than they were
during the previous week. Prices have
been irregular. Receipts of vegetables
have been large and the feeling is
rather easy; arrivals of fruits, on the
other hand, have been smaller and
prices are sitter.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains, 3SG40c bu; hebrons, 33@35c;
Dakota reds, 30032c; rose, 45050c;
sweets, Vineland half-bbl bskts, 1926
| 02.50
Onions-Native, $1.50 a bu; Bermu-
das, $2.S5 a CRIT; leeks, 75c a doz bchs.
MANIFESTATIONS, 81 a Dbl; white, 80
@75c a bu; French white. 81 bag.
Spinach, etc-Hothouse spinach, SOC
a blu; Norfolk, 50c@$1 blu; dollhouse
dandelions, 90c@$1 a bu; beet greens,
75c a bu; Norfolk kale, 81 a Dbl.
bages--Drumhead $1.10 Dbl:
savoy, $1.75 Dbl; red, $1.25@1.50 a
| box.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, $150
| 6275 a box of three doz heads; mint.
65075c a doz bchs; watercress, 75c
doz bchs; parsley, $1.2Jtd1.50 Blu.
CeIery-White, $1@1.25 bch.
Beans-Southern string beans, $3.50
@3 a crt; butter beans, S25OQ3 CRIT
Squashes-Turban, $125 a Dbl; mar
row, $3.50 Dbl; hubbard, $20@25 ton.
Tomatoes-Southern, $4@4.5O crit of
six bskts; dollhouse, 4Oc pound.
Miscellaneous-Aspa native
dollhouse, 40c a bch; California, $4Q5
a doz bchs; Charleston, $450@6.5O
doz bchs; new bunch beets, $1.50@1.75
a doz bchs; old beets, 50460c bu; car
rots, 50@60c bu; parsnips, 75c@$1 a
bu; cucumbers, S3@S box; elephants,
$1.50 a doz; radishes, 40c a doz bchs;
brussels sprouts, zoe qt; oyster plants,
81 doz bchs; southern peppers, 81
crit; dollhouse rhubarb, SAGE pound;
California caulif1owers, So crt; south.
ern peas, S2@2.50 a bskt.
Fruits are quoted as follows:
Apples-Kings, fancy table stock,
nominal at $5@6 a Dbl; northern spies,
extra fancy nominal. $5M6; fancy, $3.50
"A; ordinary, $1.5O@2; baldwins, extra
fancy, $22Ja2.5O; fancy, $2@2 25;
common, $1.5O01.75; No. 2, S1.25@1. so;
mixed sour $1.25@2; Tolman sweets,
fancy, SO 25@3.75; common, $1.25@1.75;
russets, Roxbury fancy, $2.50@2.75;
common to fair, $1.75G2.
Observation-Disclosures, fancy large,
25d3Oc a at; fair to good, 15t020c.
There is a firmer market for all pork
provisions, and barrel pork, hams and
bacon are actually higher. Short cut
and heavy backs, $16.75; long cut,
SITS; medium, $15.75; lean ends,
SIS 5@19.25; bean pork, $13@1350;
fresh ribs, 10 1-4@131ac; fresh shout
ders, S3-4c; smoked shoulders, SIC;
corned shoulders Sc; hams, II 1-40
1870; skinned hams, u 1902 7-Sc;
boiled hams, 16k@17c; pressed hams,
8 1-4@12c; bacon, 10 5-SM14 sc; sau-
sages, s 3-4@13c; Frankfurts, 5-S@
10 1-4c; bolognas, Side; sausage meat,
73-4c; raw leaf lard, 1-4c; rendered
leaf lard, 91ac; pals, 10 4@10kc; lard.
SIC; pals, 1-4@9kc; tongues, $3.50;
briskets, 10c; country dressed hogs,
6 7-S@7c.
The receivers of fresh beef are max
ing determined effort to advance
prices, after a long continued era of
low prices. Some choice cattle have
sold at above &c, and 91sc is talked of
for this week. Choice heavy cattle, 8
@9 1-4c; light, 7GS1gc; heavy kinds,
10h@11hc; light 8h@10c; heavy fores,
Gaze; light, sos 3-4c.
Lambs are in good supply and prices
are steady; muttons and yearlings are
unchanged; veals are firm. Fall lambs,
11@1112c: yearlings, 8@S1ac; muttons,
S@0c; veals, 10011c; fancy, higher.
Fresh western fowls are in short sup
| ply and are in quick demand, but
frozen fowl are plenty. Chickens are
scarce for choice. Turkeys are NOM
inal. Western turkeys, small, 21@22c;
mixed sizes, 20021c; northern chickens,
large, 19@21c: medium, J5@16c; froz-
ell western chickens, 15M16c; north