St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-01
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on Leading Products
In Demand


ern creamery, 3l@32c; western cream
cry, 30d31c.
Cheese is steady, with moderate de.
mand. York state, ID 1-2d16 lie; Yer
mont, II 12Ml5 12c.
Eggs are coming forward quite liber-
Elly, and the market is easy, though not
quotably lower. Choice hennery and
nearby, 20d2lc; eastern extras, 1917
zoe; western, 1101Sc.
The local fruit and vegetable market
is fairly active. The apple market ha,
not improved much. The receipts are
perhaps little smaller than they have
been, but supplies are very large an
prices favor the buyer. Apples are
cheap that they are used instead o,
cranberries for sauce. StrawbPrrie
have been coming along freely Nan
of them have been poor and soft and the
few good ones have brought go0C
prices. Poor berries have sold as lOl
as Toe a quart
The market is well supplied will,
southern and greenhouse truck, ant
prices generally are lower than the.
have been. Some of the shipments
especially notable spinach and strine
beans. have been affected by the irregu
lar weather that has lately prevailed H.
the south. Late consignmentS of spin
ach have been very poor and sales AZ
as low as zoe a barrel have been fire.
quent. Cucumbers are plenty an
cheap. as receipts are large.
Celery, lettuce and onions are steady
but tomatoes are lower. and winter roo
stock is being forced to make way for
new stock Bunch beets are plenty
and cheaper Potatoes are dull and
weak Comparatively small receipts,
are more than sufficient for the demand
and prices have been on the down
grade the past few days. The pres
ent level of prices here is too low to at.
tract shipments from Prince Edward
Island Rose and hebron seed potatoes
are very scarce.
Apples-K nGs seas a barrel rus
sets. $1M150 BaidwinS. fancy Massa
chusetts, s.. 50d2. rs; No. Maine, $t75;
mixed Maine, $125@l.50; No. =, 75cCd
81; greetings. No l, $1.25d 100; No. .
75c@$l; blue pearmains. SlMl50; black
oxfords. $lml.25; northern spies, $l.50
@2.50; Talman sweets, 75c0Si; Ben
Davis. $1@1 %.
Cranberries-Cape Cod, $l0d12 bar
rel and SO. 75d4 crate.
Strawberries-Flo Florida. 25d40c quart
PotatOes--AroOstook Green noun
tains, S3dS5c bushel sweet potatoes
Vineands, $3.50 barrel and $225 bas-
ket.
String beanS-Southern green, $500
4 basket; wax, $4,000
Cabbages--Drumhead, $l@1.25 bar
rel; savoy. $50 barrel; red, 81 box
new southern stock. $1.25@1.50 barrel
crate.
Celery-California, $1.50d2 dozen
lunches; Boston market. $3d4.
members dollhouse extras, 81 box
No. /. ST; medium. 50; No. ,, $2q4.
Green's Spinach, southern, 75c@
$1.25 BARREL kale. southern, S5cGS1 bar
rel: beet greens dollhouse 40MGJc bush
Ell; dandelions, dollhouse, STA % bushel.
Lettuce etc-Lettuce, 50d75c box:
romaine, 81 dozen heads; escarole, Toe;
chlcory, 81; watereress, 50@75c dozen
lunches; mint 75c@$l; parsley, STA
1.25 bushel.
Onions Native, S0d90c bushel Gu
ban. S2@2 % crate; Spanish, large
crates, 81 %; small crates, $l.50; leeks,
40050c dozen lunches,
Squashes Hubbard, $S0d90 ton.
Tomatoes-H othouse, Acc pound
Florida. seas carrier
Turnips-Yellow. $1.25 barrel; French
white. $25OM3 bag; white eggs and
flats. 81 .50m1.75 bushel.
Observation-Disclosures southern,
$5d7 dozen lunches; beets. Toe buShel;
new bunch beets. 81. 1912 dozen bunch.
es: carrots, 400G0c bushel; eggplants,
$2@3 crate; oyster plants, $l@l.25 doz-
en- punches; parsnips. 50d75c bushe;
peppers, $1.50td2 carrier; radishes, Size
az box; okra, $1.50 crate; mushrooms,
$2d2.50 basket; artichokes, $1.75 bush
ell caulifowers, $250d3 crate; rhu-
barb, dollhouse. 7aSc pound
There Is a firm market for all kinds
of pork provisions, and prices show Il
marked upward turn for the week.
The advance is due to the higher prices
Of hogs in the west and small receipts
at all primary points.
The local beef market continues very
dull as buyers are not willing to oper-
ate freely at the advance. Quotations
are very firmly held, with still higher
prices talked of. Extra sides, 10N
10 lie; good, o LA 10c; light, 9d9 lie;
heavy kinds, II 1-2@12c; good, ia
II 1-2e; light, 10 1-2@11c; heavy fores.
1-2d9c; good SCdS 1-2c; light, 12@Sc.
There Is very flrm market Tor lambs
and yearlngs at the recent advance.
Veas are steady. Choice lambs, la
15c; yearlings. 12dl3c; muttons, 12@
IL 1-2c; veals, II 1-2@12 Ice.
Poultry is very firm for the best lots,
but trade is still quiet. Quotations are
Western turkeys, 10000; native broil-
err chickens, 30G35c; western broilers.
1S020c; native roasting chickens, 22M
25e; northern fowl, 15@16c western
chickens, 14M1Gc; western fowl, 14@
15c; ducks, 11@13c; geese, 10012c; ma