Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-25
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on Leading Products
In Demand


lobbing prices are: Choice northern
creamery, 24025c; western creamery,
23024c
Old cheese is cleaning up slowly, but
prices are Well sustained. New cheese
takes a wide range as to quality. York
state. 1JM15Ac; Vermont, 1iGJ l0c, new
cheese, 1O(Q12c.
Under lighter receipts and fair de
mand for consumption prices of eggs
have advanced about &c. Choice hen
merry and nearby, 21M22c; eastern eX-
tas, 19M20c; western, 171zM19c.
The market is still we'll supplied
with maple products, especially with
compound and adulterated goods. The
best maple syrup is quoted at 1oG9oc
gallon, with ordinary at 50M6oc gallon.
Sugar sells at 10c for small cakes, SQ3
for large cakes and case for bricks and
pals.
The local fruit and vegetable market
is we'll supplied and fairly active, and
prices are easy. Good crops Of apples
and peaches are expected this year.
The apple trees are blOSSoming timely
in this state and favorable advices
come from the middle west Delaware
expects big crop Of peaches and the
Georgia crop promises to be record
breaker. Cold weather has hurt the
trees slightly in parts of Georgia, but
the damage has been small, and many
new trees have come into bearing this
| year to add to the production. 1t is eSti-
mated that 5000 carloads will be
shipped; that compares with 1000 car
loads last year and much lower prices
may be expected.
Southern, greenhouse and native gar
! den truck are plenty Prices are lower
all along the line, and seem likely to &C
still lower, as the weather has been
favora BILE for a large product Cab
| bageS, spinach, dandeliOns, cucum Ders
rhubarb, string beans and asparagus
are reasonable. Lettuce is plenty and
cheap.
Apples-Russets, $1.3OM2.oO barrel:
Baldwins, fancy Massachusetts, cold
storage, $304; No. 1 Maine, $l.1oM2;
mixed Maine, $15OM1.75; No. =, SIG
| 1.25: black OXfOrds. 81 .25W 1oO; north
ern spies, $l5O@25O: Ben Davis, 81
| also.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Helms, 1S0
25c quart; other varieties, 800 l6c; Ten
nessee, 15M1Sc.
Aspara gus-Native, $304.5O box; Jer-
sey. $203 dozen punches.
Beans-String beans, southern green.
S101.5O basket; wax, $1.5OM2.2o.
MISUNDERSTANDING, 75cM$l 80 a
crate.
Celery-Florida washed, $1.25@1 .5C
dozen lunches.
umbers-HOthouse extras, S3.o(
box; No. /, So; medium, $2M2.5O; No.
$1.5OM2; Floridas, $1.25M 80 basket.
Greens-Spinach, native, 35050'
-bushel; Providence, ST barrel; kale, AZ
assoc bushel; dandeliOns, 2O03Oc bush
ell; beet greens, 81 bushel.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, $1M1.5O box
romaine, 75c@$l dozen heads; escarole
roc; chicory, 81; watercress, 4006O
dozen punches; mint, 75cM$1; parsley
81 75M2 bushel.
Onions-TeXas, $1.5O crate; Der
muda, S1.25M1.50 crate; Egyptians, $;
@3 % bag; leeks, 5OM75c dozen punches
administrative, 50cM$1 box.
SQuashes- marrow, $500
crate; summer, 75c@$1 crate.
Tomatoes-H Othouse, 2O025c pound
Florida, S2d35O carrier.
Turnips- Yellow, $1.75@2 barrel
French white $2.5OG3 bag.
Miscelaneous-Beet 75c bushe
new bunch beets, $1@1.5O dozen bunch
es; carrots, 75c bushel; new bunch Cal
rots, 75c0$1 dozen punches; eggplant:
$2d3 crate; oyster plants. $1M1.25 doZe
punches; parsnips, 5O075c bushel; peas
$l2Ja2 basket; peppers, $1.75M2. Z
carrier; radishes. S1M1.5O box: Okr;
$3.50 crate; mushrooms, $2@3 baske
artichokes, $lM1.5O buShel.
Smoked hams and bacon are marke
" up and briskets are lower, but ethe
pork prices are unchanged.
Fresh beef has been steady, n
change being noted in prices, thong
the market has been generally quiet an
easy Buyers are still holding off
;. some extent, though values seem
have settled around 101zc as the top f
- the best cattle. Extra sides, 100 1917
good, 91aM10c; light, 9@9kc: heav
, kinds, 11k@12c; good, 11@11Hc; ligE
I. 1Oh@11c; heavy fores, S1z09c; good,
~ @S1ac; light, 71aMSc.
n. There is a firm market for lambs al
III yearings, with veals easy; prices a
4 unchanged. Choice lambs, 13hM14
to yearlings, 1O@11c; muttons, 11@12h
Of veals, 9011c.
Of Choice lots of western fowl contin
m'' to advance. and there is good demal
his at the higher level. Other kinds
10 poultry are steady and unchange
"a Western turkeys, 19M22c; native broil
Of chickens, 3O@35c; western broilers,
M2Oc; native roasting chickens, 2S032
northern fowl, 15M16c; western chic
srs ems. 15M1Sc; western fowl, 14hM15H
-. native pigeons, $1.5O02 dozen; squal