St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-22
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, March 2O-butter nas
veloped a firmer tone again, thougn
trade is still rather quiet, with buyers
only covering immediate wants Cholce
fresh made, 2S@29c; northern cream.
cry, 27@2Sc; western, 26H'0z' 1se'
dairy, 25Q26c.
Cheese is very firm, with the recent
advance fully sustained. Mverpooi
continues to advance, and the SITUATION
is firm in all markets. York state, 1o7s
014hc; Vermont twins, 13014c.
Eggs show substantial decline Ior
the week, and are now down to the
usual spring basis. Choice nearby, ~
@21c; eastern, 19@2Oc; western, 10W
&c.,
Beans are a little frmer in the coun-
try, though here the market is quiet
and barely steady on pea and medium.
Carload lots, pea, $1.90@1 .95; medium,
$4,000. %; yellow eyes, $2.40; red kid
neys, $303 so; California small white,
$2.5O@255; jobbing prices, 1O@15c
higher.
Local dealers in fruits and vegetables
continue to report good business.
The market is we'll stocked and prices
generally are not quite SO firm as they
have been. The products Of local hot
houses are beginning to come in in
larger quantities and receipts of south
ern green garden truck have in
creased.
Spinach, both dollhouse and Norfolk,
is much lower than it was week ago
and dandelions and beet greens have
declined. Southern string beans have
dropped under large offerings. Pota-
toes remain weak, with supplies still
very much in excess Of the demand
Tomatoes are not plenty and are high.
Cabbages are in good supply, but dull
and only the best lots bring the top
prices. Choice, sound onions are rather
scarce and firm. Lettuce, celery and
squashes are steady. Rhubarb and as
paragus are easier, but caulifowers
have advanced.
Potatoes-Aroostook green noun
tains, 3S040c bu; hebrons, 35G38c;
Dakota reds, 35c; sweets, Vinelands,
$5@55O a Dbl; half-barrel, bskts, So
@2.25.
Onions-Native, $3.50 a bu; Ber-
mudas, So a CRIT; leeks, Coo doz bchs.
Turnips-Yellow, 81 Dbl; white, 75c
@$1 a bu; French white, 81 bag.
Spinach, etc-Hothouse spinach, $1.25
a bu; Norfolk, $1.75@2 a Dbl; hot
house dandelions, SIPS a bu; beet
greens, Toe blu.
Cabbages-Drumhead SIPS a Dbl;
savoy, $1.5O61.75 Dbl; red, $1@1.25
a box.
Lettuce, etc-Hothouse lettuce, $1.50
@275 a box of three doz heads; chic
DRY, $3.50 doz heads; mint, SOC doz
bchs; watercress, 75c a doz bchs;
parsley, 75c bu.
Celery-White, $1@1.25 a bch; pas
cal, $2Q2.50 a doz bchs; Boston market,
$3@3.50 doz bchs.
Beans-Southern string beans, Sc
CRIT; butter beans, Sc CRIT
: Squashes-Turban, $1.25 Dbl; mar
row, $3.50 a Dbl; hubbard, $2OG25 a
ton.
Tomatoes-Southern 81 a crt of six
bskts; dollhouse, 50d60c a pound.
Observation-Disclosures, native
dollhouse, 100000 bch; California, So
al a doz bchs; new bunch beets, So
a doz bchs; old beets, 75c a blu; car
rots, 50@60c bu; parsnips, 75c@$1
: bu; cucumbers, $4@10 a box; egg
plants, $1.5O02 a doz; radishes, 800
: 35c a doz bchs; brussels sprouts, 16 2-3c
: a qt oyster plants, $3.50 a doz bchs;
southern peppers, $3.50 crt; dollhouse
rhubarb, 4@7c pound; California
: caulifowers, $4@4.50 a CRIT.
Apples-Kings, fancy table stock,
nominal at $5d6 Dbl; common, $1.50
@2.5O; northern spies, extra fancy, SIS
@6; fancy, $35O@5; ordinary, $1.75@
: $50; Baldwins, extra fancy, $2.5O@
: 275; fancy, 1925; common, $15O@
LIS; No. 2, $1.25@1. so; greetings, New
York good to fancy, $150G2; mixed
sour, $1.35@2; Tolman sweets, fancy,
$3.2503.75; common, $125@1.75 rus
: sets, Roxbury fancy, $2.50@2.75; COM
mon to fair, $1.75G2.
anberries-Fancy late varieties
$76750 a Dbl; other late varieties, SIS
@6; early varieties, $5@6; soft stock, 81
@2.50 crts; fancy, $25O@2.75; COM
mon to good $101.5O.
Barrel pork has advanced again Csc
per Dbl, and other cuts are firm. with
. some advance in prices Ribs have
, advanced &c per pound for the week.
Fresh beef is easier again, the eff
fort to advance prices having failed in
the face of heavy receipts aud a quiet
, demand. The top on choice cattle is
, about nc, though now and then a
heavy steer will bring little more.
, Choice heavy cattle, TOT 3-4c; light,
51A@6hc; heavy kinds, 9@1Oc; light, 61s
{ use; heavy fores, 5@5kc; light, 4@41ac.
t There is a steady market for fall
lambs, with prices a little higher for
the week. Choice springers bring all
the way from So to $40 and above,
with second quality as low as $5G7.
r Yearlings and muttons are steady;
veals are firm. Fall lambs, 10011c;
| yearlings, 70Sc; muttons, S@9c; veals,
{ 10611c; fancy, higher.
D Poultry is rather quiet with only a
: moderate supply, except Of western
fowls Prices hold fairly staadr