Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-29
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

been materially advanced. Further
advances seem likely. as New York and
the west are firmer. The joboing prices
are: Choice northern creamery, $50
25c; western creamery, 32@34c; Yer
mont dairy, 29d31c.
There is a very firm market for ali
choice lots Of cheese, and previous
values are fully maintained. YORK
state. II 3-4d15c: Vermont, IA ii SIC.
Eggs have maintained a steady tone
the cold weather having prevented the
usual spring break. while buying Tor
storage has continued to take care OF
the surplus. The quotations are; Choice
bennery and nearby. 22Q23c; eastern
extras, 10000: western. 1T13Gl9c.
The local fruit and vegetable market
has been only fairly active. There
have been q good many changes in
prices. but in practically all cases they
were toward a higher level. String
beans. cucumbers and onions have
worked lower. but other kinds of vege-
tables have either held AT the quota
tions Of q week ago or moved upward.
There is hardly any fruit that is not
higher than week ago.
There has been a very brisk trade
III apples. and in the lack OF large re-
cciptS prices have been strong, with
marked upward tendency. Cranber-
rieS have grown very scarce, and bring
rs nue.. as 81 barrel. as against SIT
the h..h mark Of a week ago.
Cen dera5le Improvement is noted in
potatoes. Receipts have been lighter
anu the demand better. and prices have
wo"ked up several cents bushel.
| Sweet potatoes are unchanged, with the
| supply ana The demand about equal.
| Asparagus has been scarce. The de-
| rsand for il is active. and if the aspara-
gus were here dealers could readily Sc
cure high prices. String beans have
| gone down Il little. but they are still
rather high. New cabbages are scarce
AID high. and old stock sells higher than
it did recently. Beet greens are lower.
Apples-K!ngs. $2.50@3.J0 a barrel
Ben Davis, western. $3M3.50 eastern
$2.JGn3: northern spies. S2.5OM3.JO; No.
Baldwins. fresh arrivals, $3M3.50: \
2 Baldwins. $1.7J6i2. %; greetings. sea
$50; Talman sweets, $2025O; No. l
russets, $25O03.50; No. 2 russets, $1.5C
az: box fruit, $1M1.50.
Cranberries-Cape Cod, barrels, $12
Ola; crates, 81.
wberries-Florida, choice, 35c {
quart; common to good, 25030c
Charleston, soc.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tainS. 55Cd5Sc bushel; hebrOnS, 500
Csc; rose, 5JM5Sc; cobblers, 60c; sweet
POTATOES. Vinelands. $3@3.50 a barrel
Jersey, $225@2.75; baskets, $1@1.50.
paragus-California SCALP a dOz
en- punches: Charleston, $j0S.
Beans-Southern string beans, green
$3.5Od4 a basket; wax, $3.5Od4.5O.
Cabbag es-Natiye drumhead. $1.250
$50 a barrel; new southern, $2.75@3 ;
crate.
Celery-White, S1.5O@2 a doze1
lunches; paschal, 1904.
Cucumbers-Native dollhouse, $3@6
box: Floridas. S25003 crate.
Greens-Spinach. $1.I5@2 a barre
kale. $125 barrel; dandelions. SIC
1.25 a bushel; beet green's, 50d6Oc
bushel.
Lettuce. etc-Lettuce, S1@1.25 do1
TN heads: romaine, $1@1.25: escarol,
75c@$1; chicory, 75c@$1; mint, $1.25
dozen lunches: watercrcss, 60@75t
parsley. 81 .25@1. so bushel.
Onions-Native $150@175 a bushe
Texas. $202.25 crate; Bermudas. So
2.25: Egyptian, $3.50 a two-bushel ba
| Spanish. So. 25@2. so; leeks. $1@1.25
dozen punches.
quashes-Marrow $1.5O@2 a ba
|, rel: Hubbard. S1O020 a ton.
Tomatoes-Native dollhouse. 4O05,
a pound: southern S3@35O crate.
7 Turnips Yellow. $1.25 barre
u French white. 5Ota75c bag; white eg
and flats. 50@75c bushel.
observation-disclosures 60075c bus
g.: new bunch beets. $1.5Od2 a doz
punches; carrots. 500S5c bushel: ne
,r bunch carrots, 25d75c a dozen bunche
If eggplants. 81 a crate: oyster plan
CI.sBU y. 4
6S1 bushel; southern peas. seas
basket; peppers, 81 crate; radish
'g 81. 5Od2 a box; rhubarb. native b.
house. case a pound: Chica go. 81. sc
box: artichokes, S250@3 bush
okra. So a crate.
Long and short cut barrel pork is 2
to lower. though other pork provisions 4
oil steady and unchanged.
Fresh beef has stiffened up lac T
ira sides. heavy, s LAS 3-4c: good.
; @Sc: light. 7@Ikc; heavy kinds. 10
Mt 61O 3-ic: good. 9 3-4@10c: light.
- 91kc; heavy fores. 1-4@6 3-4c; go,
> 51k66c: light 5051ac.
There is very firm market for lam
with stocks well cleaned up. Veals
RI, also firm and bring full prices. I
Ill, quotations are: Spring lambs. 12l
l31zc: yearlings. 9@10c; mutton. So
.te yeals. 10d12c: fancy. he.
,se There is a steady market for b,
ute frozen and fresh killed western poult
Nd with the demand somewhat bet
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