St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-24
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

quiet, but the market nOluS very Qrn
and such sales as are being made hav
been at full prices. Northern cream
cry, 26027c; western creamery, 251aQ
261ac; dairy, 20q24c.
The cheese market is very firm, witt
better demand for consumption
York state, 14@14kc; Vermont twins
13h@14c.
Eggs have continued to decline I'm
der the influence of liberal receipts anC
quiet demand. Choice hennery anC
nearby, 25Q26c; eastern, 22a23c; west
ern, 22c; refrigerator, 2O@21c.
Local fruit and vegetable dealers
have had only fair business. The
market is not heavily stocked and
prices generally are firm.
Apples are fairly active and trading
has been the best of the new year. A
good many lots that were originally
intended for export were put on sale
here because of a decline in the Eng
lish markets. Prices have held up well
in spite Of this increase in the offer
ings. Some lots of fancy high colored
BaldWins have brought as high as 81
barrel, but most offerings are cheaper.
Really good kings bring So a barrel,
but many lots go for less money. But
few Hubbardstons are left here and ar
rivals are small and scattering.
Potatoes are lower and rather weak
as a result of increased receipts and
no corresponding Improvement in the
demand Sweets are easy; the demand
is chiefly for small lots of choice fresh
stock, and the surplus over these re-
quirements moves slowly at low
prices. Cabbages have good sale
and show hardening tendency in the
absence of large supplies. There are
large offerings of domestic onions,
most of which are poor and small; quo
tations are irregular. Receipts of
string beans are light and prices are
easily maintained. Squashes are in
steady request and firm. Celery has
stiffened. Cucumbers are still high.
Apples-Kings, $350@5 a barrel;
Baldwins, fancy No. l, $3.25@3.75;
good No. l, $2.75@3,25; No. 2, $225@
2.75; greetings, $3@3.50; Talman
sweets, $2@3; Ben Davis, $2.5Oa3;
Hubbardstons, $275@3.25; northern
spies, $3Q4; common sour varieties, 81
Q250.
Cranberries-Barrels, $1S02O; crates,
$6@7
POtatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains, 6S@70c a busheI; hebrons, $50
Coo; rose, 5S@60c; Island reds, 64c;
Prince Edward Island chenangoeS, Coo:
sweets, Jersey double heads, $1.75@
2.25 a barrel; Vinelands, $2Q2.50 a bar
rel; baskets, 75c@$1.
Beans-Southern string beans, $3.50
"A crate; butter beans, $4@4.5O
crate.
Cabbages-Drumhead, $1.25@1.5O a
barrel; savoy, $125 barrel; red, S5c@
81 box.
Celery-fascai, s125@1.75 a dozen
punches; Boston market, $1.75@2. so a
dozen punches.
Cucumbers-No. 1, $10@11 a box;
No. 2, $4,000 a box.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 5O075c a doz-
en- heads; romaine, 75c a dozen heads:
escarole, 81 a dozen heads; parsley,
Sl.75 bushel; mint, Toe a dozen bunch
es; watercress, Toe a dozen punches.
Onions-Native, 75@90c a bushel:
Spanish, So a crate; Cuban, $3.50
crate; leeks, SOC dozen punches.
Squashes-Native marrow, S1.25 a
barrel; turban, 1925 barrel; western
hubbard, $50 ton.
Spinach, etc-Southern $1.2501. rs a
barrel; kale, 75c@$1 a barrel; beet
greens, 75c bushel; dandelions, So a
bushel.
Turnips-Yellow, soc barrel;
French white, $1.75@2 a bag; white
egg and purple tops, SOC bushel.
observation-disclosures, 5O@65c a
bushel; parsnips, 75c bushel; rad
ishes, $1@1.25 box; beets, 75c@$1 a
bushel; peppers, $3@35O a crate; egg
plant, southern, $2.5OQ3 a crate; okra.
$3.50 crate; brussels sprouts. 1OM
l2hc quart; mushrooms, S162 bas-
ket; artichokes, $3.50 a bushel: toma-
toes, native dollhouse, 25@35c pound
southern, So crate; oyster plants, 75c
a dozen punches; caulifowers. Cali
rornla, $404.50 crate; dollhouse rhu-
barb, 10td12c pound
Pork provisions are very firm, with
prices generally higher.
Fresh beef is slow in demand. with
dealers having hard work to get ton
prices. Extra heavy sides, 7k@Sc:
good, 6 3-4@7hc; light, 6@6kc; heavy
minds, 1O@10kc; good, S1a@9kc; light,
7@Sc; heavy fores, 5 1-4@5hc; good. SO
8 l-4c; light, 4A@5c.
Lambs are easy, with a good supply;
warnings are quiet; veals are steady
Spring lambs, 10011c; fall lambs. &C..
yearlings, S@SAc; muttons, 7dsc:
veals, 10012c.
There is a firm market for choice
young turkeys, but chickens and fowls
are steady. Western turkeys, 2O022c.
large northern chickens, 1S@2Oc; me.
dunn, 14@16c; large western chickens
l5@l6c; medium, 12@14c; northern
fowls, 15c; western fowls, 14615c.
Hay and straw are dull and easv ot
quotations; millfeed is in better demand
at very firm prices. Hay, No. l, S15m
II; low grades, $12@14; rye straw,
prime, $13@13.50; oat straw, $9@9.5O
RpanS are steady. Carload Io+o 49,