Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-14
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

use.
Cheese is still very firm. with the de-
maud quiet. York state, Ia II SIC;
Vermont, 13d14c.
There is an easier market for eggs,
the demand being light, though receipts
are moderate. Larger arrivals are eX-
pected from the west, under the in
nuence of the mild weather. The quo
tations are: Choice hennery and near
by, 34M3Ic: eastern extras, 3Otd33c;
western, 2Id2Sc; refrigerators. 2fQ29c
The local fruit and vegetable market
has not shown q great deal OF lie, out
supplies have not been much in ex-
cess Of wants and prices have held up
well. 1t usually takes the market about
two weeks to recover its normal condl-
ton after a holiday rush. The past
week was the second since Christmas
activity. and. in the natural course
OK events. il is fair to expect improve
! ment in business during the coming
week. Trading is seldom large during
January.
Apples have been very quiet, and
| dealers have found it hard to secure
top quotations except on strictly fancy
/ fruit. Sales of Baldwins out of storage
/ have been made at as high as 50 and
occasionally a fresh arrival has brought
! 500. but for tue general run $2M2JO
is the range. Crauberries are dull and
weak. but they should do better with
cooler weather.
White potatoes are doing better. Re
| F,I Dfa aud the demand
is more active. Prices, though no hIsh-
er than a week ago, are firm. New
| Bermuda potatoes have appeared, but
| they are high. ana do not sell very faSt.
Sweet potatoes are scarce and have had
sharp advance. Cabbages are mod
erately active and steady. Spinach IS
much more plentiful than it was and
considerably lower. Kale is easier
String beans are scarce and command
almost prohibitiye prices. Cucumbers
are high and lettuce, rOmaine and chic
DRY have stiffened UP little. Squashes
anu celery are firm, and there is mar
ktt for choice, goOd-sized onions. Iur-
nips are steady.
Apples-Kings, S2.5003.50 a barrel;
western Ben Davis, $1.15Q2.2o; north
ern spies, $203; No. : BaldWins, $40
80: mixed Baldwins, $1.15Q2; green
ings. $2M25O; Tolman sweets, $2W3;
nodheads $202.5O; mildings, $2Q25O;
common green varieties, $11I5O; box
fruit, 50c0$l.25.
Cranberries-Cape Cod fancy, $S0
$50 a barrel; good to choice, 5000
$50; crates, $203.
Pears-Beurre bose, $2.J0Q3 a bush
ell: beurre d'anjou, $2Q2.50; seckels,
fancy. S304JO; good, to choice, $1.5O
G25O.
Observation-Disclosures, 40Q5Oc a
quart.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains, 45047c a bushel; hebrons, 43Q
45c: sweet potatoes. Vinelands, $3.500
i barrel and 81 2501.J0 a basket; Jer
sey. s.. JOCd3 a barrel and $101.25 bas
ket.
Beans-String beans, southern, sea-
i a basket; butter beans, southern, $50t
a basket.
Cabbages -Drumhead, S101.25
barrel; savoy, 81 a barrel; red, 75cQ$
e a box.
n Celery-BostOn market, S1.75@2
e dozen punches; paschal, $1.25d1.7J
Is white, 81.
Lettuce. etc-Lettuce, 10050c doz
n en- heads; roma1ne 50G75c; escarolt
Mt SOC: chicory. 50075c; mint, 75c dOze
1- punches; watercress, 60Q75c; parsley
H. $1.2501.j0 bushel.
IL Onions-Native, 75dS5c a bushe
he Connecticut river, 50d65c a bushe
ed Spanish. $2.T5d3 a crate; leeks, 40c
r. dozen lunches.
ON Observation-Disclosures $1.60 a barre
turban. S1.2j01.5O a BARREL hubbard
n $50 a ton: pumpkins, 40c box.
in Turnips-YellOw, 81 a barrel; FrenC
ID white. S1d125 a bag; white eggs an
ms flats. J0075c a bushel.
he MiScelaneouS-Cucum $4d15
law box: carrots. 5O090c a bushel; pa
aid SHIPS. 7j@9Oc a bushel: radishes. 50
lii $50 a box: spinach, Norfolk. $1.5O02
barrel: kale. southern. $1.25 barre
%, beets. coarse a bushel; peppers, sout
ern. S364 a crate: elephants, S3t04
crate: oyster plants, 81 dozen bunc
. es: brussels sprouts, 1215G1Jc qual
dollhouse tomatoes, 35Q50c "a poun
caulinowers. $15Od2 asboN;; srtichokt
'u Lard was marked + an eight
but otherwise pork divisions a
e steady and unchanged
Fresh beef is in quief Seihand a
dealers find it very diffiealt to get Fl
prices. though shippers 4aEe been "
ing an advance. EXtr3ssides. S 81
10 Sc: good, S 1-4dS1zc; lightsIQSc; hea
binds, II 1461111c: good. 11d11 l.
l. light 9d10Ec; heavy fores 6 /
uo G,kc; good. 51ad5 3-4c; light, 5@512c
There is quiet but steady mari
Is fer lambs and veals at unchanged al
tations. Spring lambs, 11d12c;
lambs. 10@11c: yearlings, 70S5lc: m
tons. SG9c; veals. 10d12c.
The market for poultry is dull a
slow. with only few choice lots bril-
inc ton prices. Western turkeys. /