Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leadin
Pro,ucts. In Dem ana

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Cheese is quiet, but the market holds
very firm. both here and abroad. York
state. 14aIIla:; Vermont twins, 131z@
14c: Liverpool! is quoted unchanged at
14c.
The EGG market is still very much
demoralized. and storage eggs are espe-
ciarv weak. The Offerings are <ery
large. and the demand is Only moderate.
Tho betreE grades are also feeling the
efracf of increased receipts, and prices
are 3d4c lower than a week ago. Choice
bennery and nearby, 19d21c; eastern,
17G19c: western, 16Q1Tc; refrigerator,
IOG12c.
Business has been good in the local
fruit and produce market. Dealings in
general have been larger than in several
weeks and The buying has had more
Fnap than at any other time since the
beginning Of the, year. Supplies have
not been excessive, and the increased
buying has caused a general hardening
Of prices,
The Improvement in the demand for
apples has been especially noticeable.
They have moved steadily for the past
two or three weeks. Dealers who a lit
tie while ago could hardly get "a a barrel
for the best grades of Baldwins. have
within the past week paid that price
for them for shipment south. for the
apple market in the south this year is
unusually good, because of a falling off
in the New York crop, upon which the
south is largely dependent.
Cranberries are nearly out Of the
market and the few lots that remain are
sold at $2Od22 a barrel and S7G7.50 a
crate. Arrivals of strawberries are
gradually increasing. but so is the de-
a quart.
Potatoes are steady. Receipts of
Maine stock have been larger, but the
demand has been correspondingly bet
ter. The market is still Overstocked
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In most e&ses Trey have 10 be Nesesa
sf for what tAev will bPiag. The best
call for sweets has been for fresh ar
rivals in baskets; barrel stock sweets
sell slowly. and full prices are the ex
ception rather than the rule.
Cabbages have moved up and cauli
flowers are higher and firm. There has
been a good demand for celery at thu
advanced quotations. CucumberS ar,
scarce, high and very firm. All kind;
of green's are higher and squashes have
advanced. Tomatoes are not at al
plentiful and they still command very
high prices. The best string beans &c
at $3.50 a crate, but a good many are
so poor that they have to sell for con
siderably less. Rhubarb is more plenty
and a little lower. Turnips are steady,
Carrots, parsnips and radishes are high.
er, but new bunch beets have had a
rather sharp drop.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun,
tains, 6506Sc a bushel; Hebrons, $50
Csc; rose, 6O662c; Prince Edward Isl
and reds, 60c; chenangoes, 50055c
sweets, Jersey double heads, S175@
$50 a barrel; v~inelands, $2.5O@3; bas
kets, S5c0S1. 3D.
Beans-Southern string beans, $6.5'
a crate; butter beans, $3.50.
Cabbage-Drumhead, $1.50@1.75
barrel; savoy, Sl25@1.35 abarrel; rec
81 a box.
Celery-Pascal, $3@3.50 a doze
punches; Boston market, $3.50@4; Cal
fornia, So a dozen punches.
CucunSbers-Hothouse, No. 1, 81
@ box; No. ?, S6d9.
# Greens-Spinach. southern. 50 a bal
f rel; kale, 81 a barrel; dollhouse bee
% greens, S5cd$1 a bushel: hothOus
dandelions. $3.50 a bushel.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce. 2JsSJc a do,
l. en- heads; romaine, roc a dozen; parsle.
20 $1.75@2 a bushel; mint. 75c a doZe
punches; watereress, Toe a dozen buncl
es.
0. Onions-Natfve. 40GS0c a bushe
Spanish. $3d325 a crate: Cuban. $3.50
: crate; leeks. soc a dozen punches.
n Squashes-Marrow, $3.50 a barre
. western Hubbard, S2563O a ton.
Tomatoes-Hothouse. soc q poun,
southern. S566 aocrate.
Turnips-Yellow. eOc a barre
French white, S1.7562 a bag: white es
and purple tops, 5Od65c a bushel.
Miscellaneous-Carrots 6O675c
bushel: parSnipS, 60d75c a bushel: ra
e ishes, $1.25@1.5O a box; beets, 75@9
a bushel; new bunch beets. $1.25 a dc
en- punches; peppers, S4d4.5O a erat
elephants, $4,000 a crate; oyst
10 plants, 50@60e a dozen punches: ok
81 a crate; Brussels sprouts, 1OdeOt
quart; mushrooms. $262.5O a bask,
artichokes. $3.50 a bushel: hothou
rhubarb. 5d6c a pound; Califorr
Sc caulifower. $3.Je a crate.
Pork products are fairly stead
though fresh ribs were marked do.
and boiled hams were advanced.
o0 The trade in fresh beef is slow. F
ira heavy sides, 734dS 1-4c: good. 6
az 1-4c; light. ea6kc: heavy binds.
,e G10hc; good. ad10c; light. 76S1
heavy flores. 5@6e: good. 4 34G5c: fg
41-2c.
Lambs have cleaned up well and
III market is steady; muttons and We
~ lings are quiet: veals are steady. Spri
lambs. 10hd11c: fail lambs. Gal