Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13

Poultry is dull, with the supply of
fresh getting to be limited. Iced, fowls
are arriving to some extent: TurKevs
frozen, 12M16c; chickens, fresh. 14020c.
frozen, 10m14c; fowls. fresh. 1OG16c.
frozen, 9@l2c; ducks, 9d12c; geese. 91b 20
l2c; iced fowls, 11612c; live fowls. la
l2c.
Game is generally steadily held and
mainly all in first hands. Still a num-
her of fresh deer saddles came in from
Maine the other day-shipped lille gally
out of the s-lte-but they were not in
good condition, being poor and this from
their long winter feeding on browse.
They sold very low; hardly more than
enough to pay freight and other costs.
Marketmen are not pleased with such
stuff, and generally prefer not to have
anything to do with Il.
Apples are steady. with some choice
lots selling considerably above mark {
quotations. Occasionally a lot of Bald
wins is good enough to bring $3.50. but
such is not the general market. Bald
wins. at S3.50M4 russets, $SM4; Tolman
sweets. s4d4.5o. spies $350a45O; sec
onds. all varieties, s2M3: jobbing and
choiae lots, sl@1.5O more.
For the week the receipts of apples
were'3 340 bbls; preceding week, 1901 bbls
same week year ago, 4346 bbls. The
total exports of apples for the week were
1889 bills, all to Liverpool. total since the
season opened, 23173S bbls; same time
year ago. 176,346; same time in 1897.
1,O09,34 bbls.
Strawberries have been coming for
ward more freely, but all from Florida
since the season is very late, especially
farther north. 1t Is suggested that II
win be three or four weeks before any
good Carolina berries will be at hand.
Florida berries have been selling this
week at 25n 35c i'm refrigerator lots, as
to quality. They retail all the way from
80 to 80 cents, as to size of boxes and
quality.
Potatoes are very firm on seed rose
and Hcbrons, with ordinary cooking va
rites about steady. Sweet potatoes are
scarce and FIRM. Aroostook and eastern
rose. S5G9Oc per bu; Hebrons, soaS5c ::
Green mountains, S5d 90c; northern and
western. 75Gi SOC; Dakota red, 75c. Jer-
sey sweet 49, 80 per Dbl. New Bermuda
potatoes are on the market at $SG9 per
Dbl.
Onions are not quite as firm, especially
on ordinary native, though the best are
yet well held. They are quoted at all
the way from 81 to So per bbl as to quail
ity.
Bermuda onions are very plenty. and
the market is easy in consequence. They
Job at about ~ per crit, but wholesale lots
Sell for considerably less.
Yellow turnips are steady at sld125
per Dbl, with white quoted at 5Od60c per
bush. Carrots job at 75c per bush
parsnips, sl@1.25; beets, 75c per bush.
Cabbages are yet scarce and very firm.
They are quoted al s3@3.5o per Dbl, with
red cabbage at about the same price.
spinach Is a little easier, Norfolk selling
from the last boat at S2,50n9. Jobbers
quote S2.50d4 per Dbl. as to quality
Celery is scarce and firm at about So
per doz bchs. Caulihowers are scarce
ind near the end of the season, with
the jobbers Quoting at SO per crt. Let
tuce is pretty Arm at 81 per doz heads.
Southern asparagus is in rather limited
supply at s5d6 per doz. Radshes are
In pretty full supply, and iobbing at ESQ
roc per doz bchs, as to quality. Beet
green's are quoted at SIPS per bush
udHOtiiOll SiVtIls, 4l-0, new DbtIS, D. per
doz bchs
Squashes are steady at so per 100
lbs. Cucumbers are little lower at sra
3 per 100 for native dollhouse. String
leans are scarce and very firm at $5d !
per crt.
Mint is quoted at 75c per doz bchs
Watercress, I5c per doZ. Rhubarb Is
lower, and selling at 6@9c per ID. Pep
pers are out of the market for the present
New horseradish sells at 25c per ID at
retail.
The receipts of fresh mixed fish at
Gloucester for the week aggregated l,670,-
900 pounds, as against l,935O00 pounds
landed at Boston The receipts of all
kinds Of fish at Gloucester for the week
were 2,O6S,000, against 1,537.000 for the
corresponding week last year.