St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-02-05
In HUB MARKETS
Quota tons on Leading Products
In Demand

Lower grades are plentiful and slow
of sale at easy prices. The jObbingI
prices are: Choice northern creamery
S1@33c; western creamery, 30Q32c.
Cheese is firm and unchanged for the
best makes of September twins. York
state, 15h@16Kc; Vermont, IA 1-2@l
Is 1-2c
Eggs are Il little firmer, but trade is
slow, as buyers are not ready to pay
the higher prices. The stocks of nearby
eggs are being slowly cleaned up, but
are still too large for the demand. The
outlook is ne, very bright. Choice hen
merry and IL by, 2S@29c; eastern ex-
tras, 2G027c western, 24@25c; refrig-
orators, 1YG21c
Business HIS been fairly good in the
local fruit and vegetable market. The
local demand for apples has been lit
tie better. Some shipments have been
made to the south, and as the foreign
markets have gone up a little, 1t is prob
able that good many barrels will go
across the water in the next week or
ten days. Apples were fairly high
when the season opened, but they are
reasonable now, and very good fruit is
much lower than it was at this time
last year No. Maine Baldwins, for
instance are $2d225 barrel.
Almeria grapes have rarely been as
cheap as they are this year, and retail
ers are taking them freely. There
was big crop, the poor ones were sold
first and those that remain are good
Potatoes still have a good steady
sale and the market keeps very well
cleaned up They are a shade lower,
but receivers expect the market to go
up. Sweet potatoes are steady; the
offerings are mostly in baskets, which
bring $2@225. Fancy string beans
are scarce and high and cucumbers and
celery have lately grown stronger.
The demand for cucumbers, particularly
from the west, has been good and, as
the vines Of a good many local green
houses are exhausted, higher prices
seem likely Drumhead cabbages are
plenty and cheap. Greens are plenty
and reasonable.
Apples--Kings, $304 a barrel; rus
sets, S1,50d2; Baldwins, fancy Massa-
chusetts, $275Q3; No. / Maine, SEA
225; mixed Maine, $1.5O02; No. 2, 81. 25
@1.50; greetings, No. 1, $1.75@2. 25;
No. 2, $1.25d 1.50; blue pearmains, $3.50
a.; black oxfords. $1.50td2: northern
spies. $2M2l0; Talman sweets, 81. 25d
$50; hubbardstons, $15002; box fruit,
50c@$1
Pears-Beurre bose, $4@5 bushel;
beurre d'anjou, $3.50; sheldons. $4d5.
awberries-Florlda, 40d50c
quart,
PotatoeS-Aroostook Green noun
tains, S5mS7c bushel sweet potatoes,
Vinelands. $5@550 barrel and $2d2.25
! basket
Beans-Str!ng beans, southern green,
81 basket; wax, $4@4.50.
Cabbag es-Drumhead 90c6$1 bar
rel savoy. SlQ1.25 barrel; red, $101 %
box.
Celery-White, $16150 dozen
punches; paschal, $2Q2 80; Boston mar
ket, 81. 50M2. 70.
Observation-Disclosures English seed,
81 box; fancy. No. l, S9G10; choice. So;
mediums, sac; No 2. S2.5O@3.50.
Spinach southern, $1256
1.50 barrel; kale, southern, S5cCd$1 bar
rel; dande.i1ns dollhouse. $3.50 bushel;
beet greens. dollhouse, 75cd$1 bushel
Lettuce, Jtc-Lettuce, 20d50c box:
romaine 81 dozen heads; escarole. 75c.
chicory, 81; watercress, soc dozen
punches; mint, 4OQ5Oc; parsley, SIG
125 bushel.
Onions Native, 7569Oc bushel:
Spanish large crates, $2.65h; small
crates, $157h; Cuban, $3.50 crate;
leeks. 40G;0c dozen punches.
Squashes-Marrow $250d3 barrel:
turban. $3M3.5O barrel; hubbard, $GO0
70 ton.
TomatopS-Hothouse 25c pound;
Florida. $1,000 carrier.
Turnips Yellow, 81 barrel; French
white, So bag; white eggs and flats, 81
@1.25 bushel.
Miscellaneous-Brus sprouts, -
@15c quart; beets, 65@75c bushel; car
rots 40@G0c bushel; elephants, 50
crate; oyster plants, $1@1.25 dozen
punches; parsnips 65c bushel; peppers,
$175 carrier; radishes. $1.75@2 box;
okra, $1.50 crate; mushrooms, $1@2 bas-
ket; artichokes, $1.75 bushel; cauli-
flowers. $3.50 basket; rhubarb, hot
house, Zoe pound.
There is a steady market for pork
provisions, no change being noted i'll
quotations.
Fresh beef Is still slow Of sale, prices
being easy and in buyers favor. Ex-
ira sides S681kc; good, 7h@Sc; light,
7d7 1-2c: heavy kinds, 10010 Ice:
good. 8 1-261Oc; light, 909 1-2c; heavy
fores. GAG 1-2c; good, 1-2Q6c light,
51-4@5 1-2c.
There is a somewhat frmer feeling
in the market for lambs Veals are firm
and unch nged Choice lambs, 1t4
12l5c; yearlings, SQ9hc; muttons, 9@
1Oc; veals, 12d13 1-2c.
The poultry market is still very slow.
with the supply more than ample for
the demand. Prices are easy and in
buyers favor. Western turkeys, 160
1Sc, native broier chickens, 20625c;
native roasting chickens, 1Sd20c: west