Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-20

! oBc' IN pals, b%sW &c; hams, 9M9laC;
skinned Il hams. 9hc; bacon, S1bMgc:
fausages, 1mSc; Frankfurt sausages. ~
use; pressed ham. lie; raw leaf lard
/ &c; pure leaf la, a. nc in pals. SaS14c:
pork tongues, IS; loose salt pork, 7c
/ briskets, &c; sausage meat &c; boognas,
71ac; city dressed hogs. Sc; country, &C.
/ Boston packers killed fewer hogs for
the week the total having been about
$4,000 preceding week, 3S 100: same week
/ year ago, $4,000. For Boston pack d
provisions for export there is a good de-
mand. The total value of the exports
of such provisions for the week was
about s2o5, 900; preceding week, S135, 900;
! same week year ago. $3.50, 600
Fresh beef has continued in small de-
mand, with rather easy market. al
though the supply of choice beef has
been small, and hence the quotations on
that grade fully sustained But as a
/ whole the market has favored the buy
er: Very choice steers. sac: good
! steers, SEC; light and cows, AMSc; ex-
ira heavy binds. lie; good kinds. 1O,sc; ;
| light kinds. 9MlOc; heavy fores. &C;
| good, &c; light. 5i4m5%c; backs. 7mSc:
rattles, 4lami%c; chucks. sac; short
ribs. 1odl2c: rounds, 7kmSc; rumps. Il "a
|
| Ice.
Muttons and lambs have been pretty
| well sustained, with muttons compare
| lively high. Spring lambs have begun
to he more abundant, and sell at rather
smaller prices, except for very fancy.
| Neals have continued easy Springers IS
| az; fall lambs S09c; Brighton fancy,
/ Sm 9lRc; muttons. 7d9c: Brighton and
/ ftt, ~
/ fancy Brishtons, 9G10c.
Fresh poultry comes in sparingly. and
| KEEPS we'll sold up. Frozen il reported to
be cleaning up we'll Iced is coming
along only moderately. Turkeys, frozen.
/ l2Ml6c; chickens, fresh. 14U20c; frozen,
l0T14c; fowls, fresh, lO@l5c: frozen. 9Cl
PC; iced fowls, 11i2@l21ac; live fowls. ii
Q12c.
There is little that is new in the game
market. From the jobbers' hands the
! quotations are about: Nenison, sad
dies. so lSc; grouse, 81 25Ql 80 per pair;
quail, S1.1502 per dozen; canvasback
ducks, $2.5OdS.5O per pair; mallard ducks,
s1.5O per pair; black ducks. SIPS per
pair; red heads, S125 wild ducks. fresh.
500sl per pair; pigeons, 81. % per doz.
strawberries are coming forward more
/
bx in wholesale lots according to quail
ity. They retail all the way from 25c to
soc, as to quality and size Of boxes The
season is yet very late.
Potatoes continue to rule firm on the
best seed rose and hebrons. The de-
mand is good for such. with ordinary
cooking stock only steady. Receipts are
falling off. however, and are likely to be
no 90 10,
Aroostook county and other northern
potato sections Aroostooll and eastern
rose, 90cdS1 per blu: hebrons. S5cQS1:
Green mountains. s5d 9Oc northern and
western, 15G Soc Dakota red. 75c; Jersey
sweet. So. 25d350 per Dbl; crates, 81. 500
2.75
Bermuda potatoes are quoted at S7G9
per bhl.
Native and western onions are al wide
range. They are quoted at all the way
from 81 for small barrels and inferior
lots, up to SO for choice Newburyports
in large bbls. Egyptian onions are Of
fering at s2d250 for 112-lb bgs. Ber-
muda onions are yet rather easy at sl.75
Q1S5 per crt.
Yellow turnips are quoted at 1925 per
Dbl by the jobbers. with white the same
Wholesale lots sell for less. Carrots job
at 75c per bu; beets. coo per bu; par
ships, 81.
Cabbages are scarce and bring high
prices They are quoted at s315 per
Dbl, for white and red, with some lots of
white sold at the upper quotations.
Spinach continues very firm, and is
quoted at 1905 per Dbl by the jobbers.
Celery is also very firm and is quoted at
So per dozen. Caulitlower il done for
the season. Dandelon green's are quot
ed at 81 per bu. with beet green's the
same. Lettuce is more plenty. and sells
by the jobbers al 75c per dozen lunches
Asparagus is in limited supply. and
1obbing during the week at s6d9 per
dozen lunches. Tomatoes are also short,
and sell at 40060c per pound. Cucum-
bers are little easier with native quoted
at $50 10 per 100 Radishes are plenty
and rather easy They job at 40c per
dozen lunches
New bunch heets are jobbing at 81 per
doz. Green peas are scarce and job at
SjM6 per crate. Squashes are steady at
about 81 per Dbl of 100 pounds.
Mint is quoted at 75c per doz: water
cress, 15c per doz. Peppers sold last
week by the case at IS. 2hubarb is
easier at Sc per pound. by the jobbers
Fish has been quite plentiful dur
Ing the week, and quotations have ranged
much lower on an average than they did
In the Lenten season.
Nothing has been landed yet by the
southern mackerel fleet. Receipts of
salt mackerel for the week were all
Irish.
On ground fish the demand has been
very light. Some of the arrivals at
Gloucester had to be sailed. and were
sold to curers and spitters at low prices.
No changes are reported in quotations
en- cured stock.
The receipts of fresh mixed fish at
Gloucester, Mass, for the week agGre-
gated 1.0i0,00O pounds. as against !. O5O-
900 pounds at Boston. The receipts Of
all kinds Of fish aggregated 1870 600. as
against 1895 900 for the corresponding
week in 1885,
New York Produce Market.