Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-18
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on Leading Products
In Demand

what. The Jobbing quotations are:
Choice northern creamery, 271A@2S1sc;
western creamery, 26laM27 PC.
Cheese is steady for choice lots of
old, but receipts of new are increasing
and prices are lower. York state, loo
1512c; Vermont, 14l15c; new cheese,
1O012c
The receipts of eggs have fallen off
quite materially, but the demand is
not yet active enough to take up all
that are coming forward, and the sur
plus is going into cold storage. Choice
hennery and nearby, 10000; eastern
extras, 1SM19c; western, 17M1Sc.
1t has not been very active in the
local fruit and vegetable market, but
the unfavOrabie weather has kept
down the supply and prices have held
pretty firm. Sunshine and higher tenn
peratures, following the recent rains.
will increase the production and it is
likely that the present firmness is only
temporary. Cucumbers. asparagus and
stra wberries are high. purely because
of meagre offerings. Asparagus sells
slowly at the present prices. and the
call for Strawberries is not nearly as
large as it was when they were lower.
Spinach also is high for this time of
the year
Apples do not change much. but some
receivers report slightly better de
mand for medium and low-priced fruit
The supply is still large. however, and
the outlook is not favorable to mate
rally higher prices for the rest of the
season.
Maple products are still in Over-Sup-
ply, and trade is slow owing to the
quantity of compound goods in the
market Syrup is quoted at oOd57c a
| gallon, with a little fancy pure at SOC.
Sugar is quoted at 12M13c for fancy
at 11M12c and bricks and pals at So
| 1Oc
Apples-Russets. $15002 barrel;
Baldwins. fancy Massachusetts. cold
storage, $:}M4; No. l Maine, $115M2;
mixed Maine. $15O0175: No. ,, $1M
| 1.25: black OXfords. 81 25Nd 30; north
ern spies. $1.5Od25O: Talman sweets,
| 75cu$1; Ben Davis, S1M1.5O.
Stra wberries-NOrfOlk. 14M1Sc a
quart: North Carolina. 1JM 16c: South
Carolina klOndikes. 25M3Oc.
Cranberries are about over. and are
now only quotabe in retail way. a
few scattering crates are to he had
! from seconds hands at $3.5Od5.
Observation-Disclosures Green noun
| tainS. 93M9Jc buShel: new FlOridaS,
| $4.JOM5 barrel: sweet potatoes, Vine
| lands, $2M225 basket; North Carolina,
| $4M450 crate.
Aspara $2.5O03 dozen
punches: Jersey. $5M7.
Beans-String beans, southern green,
| $2M2.oO basket: WAX. $2.5Od3.
Cabbages-Southern, $1.5O01.15 a
crate.
Cucumbers-HOthOuse extras. 81
| box: No. /. $4M4 30: medium, So; No. >.
$2tu2.5O; Floridas, $1.25M2 basket.
! Greens-Spinac native, 7ocMSl
bushel: Providence $20225 barrel
Baltimore, $1.5OM1.75 barrel; kale, ma
tive, 6Oc bushel: dandelions, 4O@5O(
bushel; beet green's. 75c bushel
Lettuce. etc-Lettuce, 5OcM$1 dozer
heads: rOmaine, 75cMS1: escarole, 75c
chicOry, 81: watercress, 5OG75c dOZer
lunches: mint, 75c@$1; parsley, SIT;
az bushel.
Onions-Native. $1.25M1.5O bushel
Texas, S1.5OM1.75 crate; Bermudas
$1.75 crate; Egyptians S3M3.25 bag
leeks. 50G75c dozen lbunches.
ADMINISTRATIVE, $1.75M2 box; hot
house, 506c pound.
Squashes-SOuthern summer, 75cd$1
. crate.
Observation-Disclosures, 2Od25c pound
Florida. 50 25M3.25 carrier.
Turnips-YellOw, $175M2 barrel
: French white. $2.5Otd3 bag: white egg
!, and flats, 81. 5ON01. 10 bushel.
observation-disclosures 75c bushel
bunch beets, $1M1.5O dozen punches
: carrots, 65@S5c bushel; elephants, s:
03 crate; oyster plants, $1M1 % dOzel
punches: parsnips, 5Otd75c bushel; peas
southern. $1.7Jd2.25 basket; peppers
$3.50 carrier: radishes. $1.5O01.75 box
Okra, $50 crate; mushrooms, SEA;
basket: artichokes. $1M1.5 80 bushel.
t There has been steady market al
! the week for pork provisions, with YER
few changes in quotations. Trade i
= = fairly active.
: Fresh beef is quiet and easy, thong
q 1O1ac is nOminally still the top for tn
# best cattle. Only now and then
!. steer will bring top prices. but trad
e is slow, and buyers continue to hol
d Off Extra sides, 1O01O1ac; good 91h1
K 1Oc: light, 9M91Ac; heavy kinds, II Ha0
2 12c; good 11@11Hc: light. 1Okm11t
l, heavy fores, S1sM9c; good, SMSh(
a light. 7RMSc.
/, There is quiet but firm market &c
= choice lambs, with yearlngs stead,
Y veals are easy. Choice lambs, 10
n 014c; yearlings, 1OM11c; muttons, TX
e. 12c: veals. 90I11c.
Poultry is rather quiet but price
are steady, western fowls having bee
= advanced slightly. Western turkey
1o02oc. native brOiler chickens 20