Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-04-16
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Il 1
svmpathy with New York and the west
The prices are: Choice creamery. 25l3
21isc. western, 24Q25c; Vermont dairy.
lgu2lc.
Cu.c~c.> still very firm, as the market /
+, coin. ont short this year. Trade is
ouitt. but steady. York state, 14d141Sc: |
Vermont twins. 131z014c.
Eggs have declined little, and,
though there was a slight rally in axew
York. this market did NOT respond.
choice lounery aud nearby, 20n2lc;
eastern. SOC; western, 1701sc.
4 satisfactory business for this time
a the year is reported by the local
wholesale fruit and produce trade.
With The exception Of apples. all the
fruits have moved freely and the de.
manl for garden and farm truck has
been very well distributed. Supplies
are not excessive and the market gener-
ally is firm.
The slow movement of apples was due
10 high prices Some weeks ago. when
tine best Baldwins brought about 81 a
barrel. the retailers bought freely, but
now when considerably higher prices
are asked. they are content to drop these
apples foc the season, or else take only
a few barrels at a time. Quotations
have not been marked down. but dealers
have some difficulty in getting the out
side figures. Greetings are no longer
/ quoted.
Potatoes had further rise. land, al
| though receipts have increased since,
/ a steady demand has sustained prices.
/ Sweets have been scarce and high.
! String beans are rather plenty, but the
offerings include very few that are
fancy. and that is the kind most wanted.
| Cabbages continue in light supply; new
southern lots bring 25c crate more
than they did a week ago Cucumbers
4 have moved up under smaller receipts.
Spinach and kale are in steady demand.
and beet greens have Il fair sale, but
dandelions are yet too high for a lively
call. Domestic onions are doing better.
Foreign lots are firm. Egyptians will
appear this week. Asparagus is a little
easier. but still high. Offerings of toma-
toes are rather large, but the quality
is generally firm. with somewhat high
err quotations on the latter Rhubarb
sells well.
Apples-Baldwins fancy, $4.5005 g
barrel: No. /, $4d4.50: No. 2, s.. 25Gj
3.7J; russets, No. 1 Roxbury, $404.50
No. 2, $3.2563.50: Ben Davis, S404.50
northern spies, $4@5.
wberries-Florida choice, 30635,
a quart; ordinary, 2Od25c.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains, S5090c a bushel; hebrons. Soc
rose. 7J0S0c; sweets, Jersey double
heads, $2.2j02.5O a BARREL vinelands
4.5O; baskets, $1.2501.5O
Beans-Southern string beans. 3.5O0
crate; butter beans, $3.5O04 a crate.
Cabbages-New southern, $3.50 a
cabbages, 81 a box.
Celery-Boston market, S. a dozen
punches; California, SEA dozen punches
: ucumbers-Hothouse No. 1, S506 {
box; No: 2, $2t03.50.
!. Greens-Spinach, S2@2,25. "a barrel
; kale, 81 barrel; beet greens, Coo bush
t ell; dandelions, 81 % bushel.
}. Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 25@50c dozel
\ heads: romaine 75c a dozen heads
. parsley, S1.2J@1.50 a bushel; water
! cress, soc a dozen bunches mint, 60c
IT dozen punches.
Onions-Domestic, 650S5c a bushel
y Spanish, $3d3.25 a crate; Cuban, $50
3.25 a crate; Bermuda, So crate; leeks
81 a dozen lunches.
TJt1hhard SH0
ton.
# Tomatoes-Native dollhouse, 3C64O
pound; southern, $4,000 a crate.
>, TurnipS-Yellow, $1.75 barre
+, French white, $3.50 a bag; white eg
H. and purple tops, 50c0S1 bushel.
he scellaneous-Carrots. S5cMS1
l. bushel; parsnips. 75c0$1 % a bushe
i'd radishes, $1.2501.50 a box; beets, 75c,
a 81 bushel; bunch beets, $1.5O@1.75
IS dozen lunches; peppers, 81 a crate; eg;
ID plants, $3G3.50 a crate; oyster plants. 5
on dozen punches: ozra, So % a crat
at mushrooms, $2d2.50 a basket; art
u. chokes. $3.50 a bushel: hOthouse rh1
ar barb, 6QIc a pound; California. 81. 100
ali a case: asparagus, California, S70S
me dozen punches; South Carolina. S70S
az dozen punches.
ed Pork products are firmly held, wi
lev some cuts actually higher.
be Fresh beef has declined again. IL
effort of the dealers to maintain pric
=. having failed. The market is We
. quiet. Extra heavy sides. 734@S
good, Z 1-4@7l5c; light, raj. Lie: hea1
y binds, 934QlOc: good. 91sG9 81
\ light, 9G9 lie: heavy fores. ) 3-4@G
good, 51z05 324e; light, 5d51zc.
Lambs are firm; muttons and yes
lings are steady: veals hold firm. Spril
lambs. 9@l0c fall lambs. S@9e: yei
lings, 7@Sc; muttons. 7dSc; veals. II
121kc.
The market for poultry is stead
n with very little change in prices fro
he week to week. The quotations al
e Western turkeys. 1S@20c: large nort
vi ern chickens lSd20c: medium. 1401l
n large western chickens, 15616c: n
90 dunn. 12G14c northern fowls. 15c: we
4 ern fowls, 14Ql5c: western capons,