St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leaoin
Products In Demand

all desirable grades. Though recelpts
are somewhat larger, there is no INA
terial addition to the stock Oh lresn
made, as a large proportion Of the cur
rent receipts is storage stock from lne
west. The quotations are nrm al
Choice northern creamery, 3Za55c'
western creamery, 31@32c; vermont
dairy, 26@2Sc.
Cheese is firmer, especially for choice
lots of northern, the market Delng wei
cleaned up. The available stock is
short, and the season will go Out WIN
an unusually small amount carried
over. York state, IA 3-4@15c; Vermont
1401415c.
Eggs are slowly settling down,
though the western markets have
shown more weakness and fluctuations
than this market. The quotations are
Choice hennery and nearby, 30g35c'
eastern extras, 29@30c; western, 27d
CSC.
The vegetable market generally Is
very firm. Cabbages, spinach, onions
squashes, turnips and tomatoes nave
zone up and string beans and cucum-
bers, though little cheaper than tney
were, are still high. Sweet potatoes
are steady, and white potatoes, in good
condition, bring high prices.
Apples have not been very active
but there has been a steady demand for
choice sound fruit and some fancy
colored Baldwins have been sold above
the top quotations. Many Of the APP
pies have been touched by the frost
They go for what they will bring.
Shippers are asking more than they
did a short time ago. Cranberrles are
coming along slowly, but in large
enough quantities to satisfy current
needs
Cabbages are in steady demand and
nil kinds of greens are going fairly
well. Kale and spinach have been
scarce and dandelions are not as plenty
as they were Choice sound onions
have a ready sale and squashes are
fairly active. String beans are not
moving very fast, and tomatoes and
cucumbers are dull. White potatoes
are rather quiet. Sweet potatoes are
scarce, but the demand is correspond
ingly small.
Apples-Kings, $2.50@3.50 barrel;
Ben Davis, western, $2@3; eastern,
$1.75@2 %; northern spies, $2@3; No.
Baldwins, fresh arrivals, $2@2.75;
cold storage. $2.50@325; mixed Bald
wins. $1.75@2. %; No. 2 Baldwins, $3.50
01.75; greetings, fresh arrivals, SEA
$50; cold storage, $2.5O03; Talman
sweets, $2@3; nodheads, $2@3; RoX-
bury russets, $1.50@250; box fruit, SOC
@$1.25.
Cranberries-Cape Cod fancy, $500
barrel; good to choice, $6.50@7.50;
crates, $2.5O@3.
Strawberries-Flo 25@35c a
quart.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains, 5Sd60c a bushel; hebrons, $50
55c; sweet potatoes, Vinelands, 1926
@3.50 a barrel and $1@1 % a basket.
Beans-String beans, green, $500
$50 basket; wax, $5@6 a basket.
Cabbages-Drumhead, $1.50@1.75
barrel; savoy, $3.50 a barrel.
Celery-White, $1.5O02 a dozen
punches; paschal, $2500350.
Greens-Spnach, $2.75 barrel; kale,
$1.50M1.75 a barrel; dandelions, $3.50
@1.75 bushel beet greens, 65@75c
busheI.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 25060c dozen
heads; romaine, 81; escarole, 75c@$1;
chicory, 75c0$1; mint, 75c a dozen
punches. watercress. 75c@$l a dozen
punches; parsley, 81. % a bushel.
Onions-Native, $1.25@1.5O a bushel;
Cuban Bermudas, $3@3.50 a crate;
Spanish, "a crate; leeks, 4Oc a dozen
Squashes-Marrow, 50 barrel; hub
UdTu, NOOVtfU ION.
Tomatoes-Hothouse, 50@60c
pound; southern. $363.50 a crate.
Observation-Disclosures, $4015 a
box; carrots, S5c@$1 a bushel; par
ships, S5c@$1 bushel; radfshes, $3.50
8 box; beets, 60@75c a bushel; peppers,
$5@7 crate; elephants, $S@9 a crate;
oyster plants, $125 a dozen punches;
okra, So crate; California cauHfowers.
$304 crate; dollhouse rhubarb, case
a pound; artichokes, $20250 a bushel.
Prices were marked down on all bar
rel backs, short and long cut pork,
hams, shoulders and briskets, but lard
and other pork provisions are I'M
changed.
Fresh beef is quiet and easy, and it
takes very choice steer to bring 8 1-4c.
At the same time there is very little of
the extremely light beef seen in for
mer seasons. The quotations are: Ex-
ira sides, heavy, sos 1-4c; good, TIA
73-4c: light, 7@71Ac; heavy binds, 10 Ia
@10hc; good. 81 1910 1-4c; light, Ga
91Ac; heavy fores, 3-4@6c; good. 5K@
s 3-4c; light, 5d5 1-4c
Lambs are firm; muttons and year
lings are quiet but steady: veals are
firm. Spring lambs, 10@11Rc; year
lings, 7@Sc; muttons, 7@Sc; veals, 1Od
12c; fancy. 13c,
Supplies of western poultry continue
large, and the market is dull and ca s.
Fresh killed northern chickens an0
fowls are in fair demand at steady que
tations. Western turkeys, 17@19c,
native broiler chickens. 2-lb. 30632c: