Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-31
IN HUB MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

northern fresh, round lots. ld211ac
western, 20a21c; eastern, 2od21c; stor-
age. 1S@l9c firsts, 166I7c limitations, IA
@l6c; jobb,ng, k01c more.
Old cheese Is firm with limited Offering.
New cheese is dull and easy: Round lots,
19i56D12kc; sage, 13c; new. 901Oc; job
bling, hdlc higher. Liverpool is cabed
1t e2s Cd for white; colored SIS Sd.
Eggs have been advanced again.
Western fresh, 13d14c; eastern. 14ql4hc;
nearby and fancy, Ice and up; 1obbing.
1G1itc higher.
Beans continue very firm, though no
further advance in prices. Carload lots,
pea, $3.50; medium, S2.25n2271e; yellow
eyes s2.35 red kidneys, s2.2oq2.3o; Cal
ifornia, small white, 81. 5Om2.5 So jobbing,
loc more; Lima. 6d6la per pound.
There has been a quiet tone to the
wheat market for several days. Specu-
lation has been tame and the cash de-
mand unimportant. both for home and
foreign requirements. All classes of
operators are waiting for something
definite to come out Of the northwest
Advices as to the condition of spring
wheat are very conflicting.
The strength of the wheat market has
been felt in the -four market, and prices
are firmer. Rather more business is be
| ing done. Cornmeal is quiet and easy;
! oatmeal Is steady.
! Corn is settling down slowly. and is
lower again.
Oats were also easy. and prices were
marked down both for shipment and
on the track,
| rrt H., Pat ~ h a a n a
straw, with prices steady; millfeed is
also steady and unchanged. Hay, S144
ISL so; fancy and jobbing. S1s.50G1s; rye
! straw. s16017 oat straw, $500.
There is an easier market for pork
provisions. and substantial reduction
was made in prices. Boston packers
have increased their killing of hogs quite
materially.
There is a good market for freshe beef
Prices are steady and firm.
Muttons and lambs are quiet, but
! steady Veals are steady; Western
spring lambs 123l5c; eastern, S3G6 each;
| fall lambs 9A010c; Brightons and east
ern, 9allc warnings, 69Sc; muttons, SD
Sc: fancy and BriGhtons. s4sc; veals,
case; fancy Brightons, 9@lhc.
There is only quiet trade for poultry,
but prices are steadily held: Frozer
turkeys, 11G13c; frozen chickens and
fowls. 9la111c; fresh chickens, 12@l5o;
broilers, l7GlSc; fresh fowls, 1Og15c iced
fowls, 912@l0c; green ducks. lodl2c;
green geese. 1Oc; live fowls, 1o@11c;
chickens, 11@l2c.
Receipts of apples are practically over
the total for the week, being only 1s
bbls From cold storage, however, sew
eral hundred bbs have been moved.
| Prices are steadily held.
Strawberries have been in very heavy
| receipt. the total having been 1,S4s crts.
| against 1922 crts for the same week
year ago. The quality shows some i'm
provement but is still below the aver
age. Choice Delawares sold at 12@l5c.
with a few fancy higher. Mary la eds
sold al Sdl2c.
The market for potatoes Is quiet and
prices are easy. The quality of new
southern is improving. The quotations
are unchanged at Aroostook Green
mountains. 52Q53c; hebrons. 42443c;
rose. 4Oc; Dakota reds, 40c; northern
Vermont Green mountains, 46g4Sc. New
York whites 40c; South Carolina white
fweets, s3q350 per crt; new southern,
s35OQ5.
Bermuda potatoes sell at S5dS per Dbl.
Egyptian onions are frmer at s2.75
per Big; Bermudas and Cuban, H50@
1.75 per crit
Celery is steady. with the supply
small and quoted a Sl.25 per bch Native
spinach sells at SOC per blu. Beet greens
are very firm and job at 81 per bu.
Dandelions are quoted at 75c per blu.
Asparagus is lower, with native in
good supply at slQl.25 per doz. Lettuce
sells lower a 81 6042 per bx of three
dozen. Radishes are plenty at zoe per
doz
Cabbages are easier and sell at s2.5(
per crt for new southern.
Cucurbers are firmer at s4G6 per 100
= Tomatoes arc quoted at s.. 50a3 per crt
for southern, with native dollhouse al
zoe per ID.
, Souashes continue firm. They job a,
S25oa3 per Dbl of 100 lbs.
Z Old beets are firm at 81 per blu. Tur-
nips are quoted higher at $225@2.5O pei
I Dbl for yellow, with white at 81 bxs 81
white fiat. 75c per bx; carrots, 81; pars.
nips firm, S225 per blu.
New bunch beets job a. 81 per doz
: new turnips, 81; carrots. 75c per doz.
5 Mint is jobbed at 65c per doz; cress
SOC Der doz; parsley, 81 per bu.
3 Southern string beans are In full sup
u DIV and sell at s2Q2.25 per full baskets
y of both wax and green. Green peas are
a easier at r,5Od2 per bskt for the best
n with some off grades sold lower.
3 I,eeks sell at s1.25 per doz; solutions
II 25c per doz bchs. Mushrooms are no
o plenty. and sell at SOC per lb for native
q Philadelphias bring less.
~ Rhubarb is plenty and lower. Nativ
: sells at &c per lb, in wholesale lots.
% Maple sugar is pretty firm. Will
~ mamie syrup is hard to sell. The suga
b is quoted at 1511Sc. while the syrup i
% weak at 75cQsl per gal, as to weight anC
x quality.
y California navel oranges are about on
O Of the market, though a few are sellin,
10 at S4b06p6. 3d. as to count and quality
!" Seedlings are quoted at s350@4. TIL
~ receipts of California oranges for tn
~ week were 7242 bxs; same week a yea
IL ago, 237S bxs.
q Lemons are in fair demand and highe
Is at s4M5, as to count and quality. Som
80 very fancy. in jobbing way. woul,
w bring more
~ The receipts of pineapples for the wee
III have been large, and the market /
~ easier. Cubans are quoted at 76l2t
~ with choice Flordas at l5n20c. Som