News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-26
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

changed, though receipts show some
increase. Prices are steadily held as
the surplus is going into cold storage.
Northern creamery, 21Q22c; western,
2OQ21c; dairy, 1SQ2Oc.
Cheese is in moderate demand, with
buyer somewhat Indifferent, notwith-
standing firmer markets York state,
3-4M10 3-4c; Vermont twins, 91A@10c.
Eggs are firm for choice lots, which
are in light supply. The recent hot
weather has affected receipts, espe-
cially from the west, and there is con"
siderable low grade stock offering.
Choice nearby, 24cd2Gc; eastern, PIG
23c; western, 17W19c;
Local fruit and vegetable dealers re-
port an active business. Almost the
only exceptions have been cantaloupes
and Jersey tomatoes, which have sold
slowly, owing to their poor quality.
Grapefruit is higher, and the Cali
fornia deciduous fruits have advanced.
Pears are in light supply and dear.
Peaches are lower, especially southern
fruit. which is very plenty.
\ few lots of grapes have come in
from North Carolina and are quoted at
$2d2.zJ Il carrier. The first arrival of
California malaga grapes is looked for
about the middle of next month. Adj
vices from the coast report the crop to
be large and Of exceptionally fine quail
ity. Berries have had a good sale.
New apples are not very active.
Cucumbers and potatoes are firmer,
but other changes in the vegetables
have for the most part been declines.
Cabbages are in large supply and
cheap. String beans are plenty and
lower, and offerings of onions are
heavy. Turnips are steady. New
green corn has reached the market and
sells at $1@125 a box. Peas are in
good supply and sell well. Marrow
Squashes are easier.
Apples-New Jersey sweet Dough,
$2.50td3 a barrel; Jersey astrachans,
$2.5O03 a barrel.
Berries-Strawberri Nova Scotia,
1On15c a quart; New Brunswick, 10
M12c; Maine, 12d15c; blueberries, Ii
@14c a quart; blackberries, 7@13c 4
quart; gooseberries, &c a quart; rasp-
berries, pints, 7@Sc; cups, 203c
Currants-Large red, case a quart;
small, 4M5c.
Cherries-Native black, 1O612c a
pound; white, 607c.
Plums-Californi tragedy prunes.
$175@2 a 4-basket crate and $1.6O6f
1.65 3-basket crate; Burbanks. 1926
a 4-basket crate and 81 3-basket
crate; German prunes, $1.5O01.75 a T.
basket crate; Wicksons and Eurekas.
$1.2501.15, according to size; purple
Duanes, $f61,25 a 4-basket crate:
Satsumas, $1.25 a crate; Washingtons,
S1.25 crate; egg, $1.25d1.5O a crate;
Columbias, $1G1.25 a crate.
Peaches-Californi Crawfords and
Fosters, choice, $10l1.2 a box; fair to
good, 75c@$1; white Deckers, $1@1.25
a box; Georgia, fancy, 81 a carrier;
choice, $1.50@1.75; ordinary, $161. 10.
Pears-California Bartletts, fancy,
$2.15@3 box; choice $22502. so; fair
to good, $1.50Q2, as to quality; Florida
lie Conte, $3.5OQ45O a barrel
CantaloupeS-Baltimo SO to iJ
count, $1@1.25 a crate; South Caro-
lima, 36 to 45 count, $1.5O@2; California,
$65007 a standard crate.
Potatoes-New Norfolks and eastern
shores, $1.50d1.T5 a barrel; Bristol
Ferry, R. l., $1.75 a barrel; sweets,
$3.50 a barrel.
Beans--Native string beans, 4Ot65O,
a bushel; butter beans, 4Ot65Oc a bushel.
Cabbages-Native, 60@75c barrel.
off
a dozen heads; romaine, 25035c dozen
heads; escarole SOC dozen heads:
mint. DC a dozen punches; watercress,
4Oc dozen punches; parsley, 25@50c a
bushel.
Celery-Native, $1.75 a dozen bunch
es; white, $1.25M1.50 a bunch.
Onions-Native, Soc a bushel: Texas.
81 crate; Egyptians, $1.75@2 a barrel:
bunch onions SOC box; leeks, Coo a
dozen punches.
Squashes-Native summer white and
yellow, 25c a dozen; southern marrow.
75c@$1 a barrel.
Tomatoes-Native dollhouse, ION
121ac pound; Jersey, 6O075c a crate.
Turnips-New yellow, $1.75 a barrel.
white, 75c bushel
Miscellaneous-Peas, $1@1.25 bush.
ell; cucumbers, $1.5Od2.5O a box; car.
rots, 75c@$1 a bushel; bunch carrots.
Zoe dozen punches; radishes, 4OS50c
a box; spinach, 15c bushel; beets, soc
bushel; bunch beets, 15@2Oc dozen
punches; peppers, So a crate; egg.
plants, $125@1.5O a dozen; rhubarb.
Zoe a bushel box; caulif1owers, S2.25 a
dozen heads; green corn, $1@1 Is
box of dozen.
Barrel pork and rendered leaf lard
is higher, and all pork provisions are
firm, with a good demand.
Fresh beef is easier, and. thouch
quoted at lower prices, dealers find II
difficult to get top prices. Extra heavy
sides, 11A@7 sac; good, 71407nc.
light 7@7 1-4c; heavy kinds 1o41oHc.
good, 913@9 3-4c; light, 7h69c: beavv
forcs, 5q5 lac; good, 43-4@5c; light.
4 1-4@4kc.
There is a somewhat easier market
for fall lambs and yearlings. with
more liberal supply Offering; veals also
have sold lower, and are coming for.