Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-06-22
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on Leading Products
in Demand

tone to the butter market under full
receipts and a moderate demand. Buy
ers refused to pay the higher prices
current the previous week, and forced
a revision Of quotations. The jobbing
prices are: Choice northern creamery,
26@27c; western creamery, 25h@26Rc;
Vermont dairy, 23@25c.
AS the quality of new cheese i'm
proves, there is a slightly firmer tone
noted on late arrivals. Old cheese is
about cleaned up, prices being main
tanned on the little offerings. York
state, 15M15hc; Vermont, 14@15c; new
cheese, 11@12kc.
Receipts of eggs are falling off, but
prices are steady, except for choice
nearby, which are about 1c higher.
Choice hennery and nearby, 21@23c;
eastern extras, 19M20c; western, ia
19c.
The past week has been a good one
in the local fruit and vegetable mar
ket. The supply of stuff has been large,
the variety as extensive as it usually
is at this season of the year., the quail
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prices generally moderate. The warm
weather and the approach of summer
alone are sufficient to cause a good
movement of fruits and vegetables, but
the buying lately has been helped by
the unusually high level of nearly all
kinds of meats.
The general tendency of prices has
been toward a lower level. The in
ward movement of string beans in
creases very slowly and high quotations
still prevail for both green and a
Asparagus has pretty nearly run its
course for this season, and the cOnse-
quent smaller supplies result in a firm
market. Cucumbers are lower and
easy with a heavy supply, and peas,
tomatoes INC all kinds of new root
stock are much cheaper. Onions are
frmer under smaller receipts.
The first blueberries Of the season
have reached here and plums, peaches
and apricots from California have be-
gun to come along in a small way. The
blueberries were poor, and the small
California fruits are almost too high to
quote yet. Strawberries are plenty and
reasonable.
Apples-Russets, $1.5O@2.5O barrel;
Baldwins. fancy Massachusetts cold
storage, $3@4.5O; Maine, $1.5O@2; No.
2, $1@1.25; northern spies, $1.5O@2.5O;
Ben Davis, $1@1.5O.
Observation-Disclosures, native, 1O@
12c quart; Hudson river, 8@11c; Jer-
sey, S012c; Delaware. S@1Oc; Mary
land, S@1Oc; blackberries, North Caro-
lima, 12@14c quart; blueberries, North
Carolina, 12@15c quart.
Cantaloupes-Florida, standard crts,
$2@2.5O; pony crates, $1.25@1 80; Cali
fornia standard crates, $5.5O@6; pony
crates, $3.50.
Cherries-California, $1.75@2.5O ar
eight-pound box.
Peaches-Georgia, $2.5O@2.75 six
D.. basket carrier; Texas. $2.75@3.25 six
J basket carrier and $1.25 fiat box.
Plums-Georgia, $2@2.5O crate.
l Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
t tains, $1@1.1O bushel; new southern
stock, $2.75@3.5O barrel; sweet pota
= toes, Vinelands, $1.75@2 basket; Nortl
Carolina, $4,000 crate.
ADMINISTRATIVE, $4.5O07 box o
three dozen lunches; Jersey, $2.5O@
dozen punches.
B~eans-String beans, southern greer
q 81. 5Oa2.5O basket; wax, $2.25@3.
Cabbages-SOuthern, 50c@$1 crate.
Celery-Florida washed, $2@2.5
dozen punches.
Observation-Disclosures, extras, 3.5
box; No. 1, So; medium, 50; No. 2, $1.5(
Florida $1.2501.5O basket.
of Lettuce. etc-Lettuce, 2Od3Oc DO,
romaine, 75cM$1 dozen heads; e~scarol,
~ Toe: chicory, 81; watercress, 4O@6O
ng dozen lunches; mint, 75ca$1 bushe
parsley, 75c@$1 bushel.
ed Onions-TeXas, $1M2 crate; Egyl
t tan, S2.25@3 bag; leeks, 5O@75c doze
on punches.
of Squashes-Southern summer, $1@
ler crate; marrow, $1.5O02.
.Iv Tomatoes-Hothouse, 10015c poun,
IS; Florida, S1.2502.25 carrier; Mississippi
75090c fiat box.
Turnips-Yellow, old, $1.75@2 ba
r rel; new, $3.50; French white. $3.50
er. 8 bag; white bunch turnips, soar;
dozen punches.
Observation-Disclosures, 1O015c
bushel; rhubarb, 3O04Oc box: radishe
3O640c box; beets, 75c bushel; ne
,tt bunch beets, 5OG60c dozen bunche
carrots, 75c@$1 dozen punches; ea
-ict plants, $203 crate; oysterplants, 81
M M 1.25 dozen punches; parsnips, soar
II. bushel; peas, native, $1.5O@1.75 bush
Rhode Island, $1.25@1.5O; Jersey, S.
for 1.25 basket; peppers, $2@2.5O carri,
nta okra, $1.5O crate; mushrooms, $2.5(
p. $50 basket; caulifowers, 75c@$1 bus
ell box.
raid There is no change to note in t
heir prices of pork provisions, the mari
of beng steady, with a fair demand.
The beef trade is still very d,
Extra sides, 11@11hc; good, 10 l.
10 3-4c; light, 9A@1Oc; heavy hin
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