Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-17
IN HUB MARKETS.
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Boston. May 16.-The advance and
frmer prices on butter has been fes-
ture Of the week, and the closing notes
steady market at the advance: Best
creamery, small lots and pkgs, 2lMSli2c,
northern fresh, round lots, 20hm2lc;
western, 20i2m2lc: eastern. 20m201ac:
storage, .1Sml9c; frsts, 166tl7c; imita-
tions. 14al6c; jobbing, 1ac to lie more.
Old choice to fancy cheese is in few
hands and prices are firm with the feel
Ing that all will be wanted before new
will take its place: Round lots, 10RQ
l21ac' sage. l3c; new, 91aql0lac jobbing.
Rn IT, higher. Liverpool is cabled at 5Ss
for white; colored, CPS cd.
Eggs hold steady, with all the surplus
stu going into store. The weather has
continued go cool that the quality Of
the eggs coming has been more satis-
factory than usual at this season: West
ern fresh, 13ml3a.C. eastern. 13nl4iac;
nearby and fancy, l4c and up, jobbing,
1q1tac higher.
on beans the market continues very
firm, with the offerings smaller here.
Some of the principal dealers have no
carloads to offer. Carload lots, pea
$3.50; medium, s2.25@2. 27la; yellow eyes,
s2.35; red kidneys. 50 S0m2.35; California
small white, s25Om2 50; jobbing, 1Oc
more: Lima, 60612c per ID.
Here the trade in -four has reached
only smaN proportions. Some Of the
leading milling concerns claim to have
had considerable trade for the week but
other and less fortunate concerns ac-
cuse them of having done it through
concessions in prices, The market is
nominally quoted.
Chicago wheat ruled strong and mod
erately active. opening al lowest and
closing, May at highest, July 1-16c under
highest bid, with gains, May 1c, july
12o1bsc.
The market on cornmeal is easier. with
slightly lover prices. following the
easier position of corn. Oatmeal is
easy with the cereals generally UNI
changed.
Corn is dull and lower in the local
market, with full offerings. For ship
ment it is also easier. Quotations are
easier.
Oats are easy, with the supply full,
both here and a shipping points. Lo-
Cally trade is dull.
ket firm on the best, and low grades
easy. Straw is firm and unchanged.
Mil feed is rather easy: Hay. $l4dlS;
fancy and johhng, $lS.50al9; rye straw,
Sl5.50M 1850; oat straw, $500.
The pork market is again firmer on all
bacon and fresh ribs, but barrel pork,
hams and shoulders are easier.
Beef is tiimer, with the market well
sold up. Trade has been good. with the
supply not excessive, hence the market
is firm. Especially the low and cheaper
grades are frlner.
The mutton market is firm, with lambs
frmer and higher. Neals are also doing
rather better: Springers, $2G7; fall
lambs, 10G12l2c; Brghtons and eastern,
.0ia@13c; yearlings. 7RG9c; muttons,
7'269c; fancy and Brightons, 9G10c;
veals. 5G91ac; fancy Brightons. SG10l2c.
tirmer market is being noted on
iced poultry, with frozen steady: Frozen
turkeys, 12@13c: frozen chickens and
fowls, 9hMllc; fresh chickens. 12d l5c;
broilers, lsG20c; fresh fowls. l0Q15c;
capons, 12q131sC; iced fowls. 100 lli2c;
green ducks, 9dl2c; green geese, 90 lOc;
live fowls, 1O@llc; chickens. 100 12c.
There is a fair demand for apples,
with prices steady and unchanged;
Raldwins. No. /, s4a5; Ben Davis. $3.50
a4.5O; Rome beauties. s4Q5; spies, $4Q5.
russets, S3p4: No 2 all kinds. s.. oOG $50;
fancy and jobbine lots, 50cdsl more.
Strawberries have been in larger sup
ply. though still much below last year.
Some choice Norfolk berries have been
arriving during the week. but the bulk
of the arrivals are still from North
Carolina. Norfolks sold at l4ul6c.
with North Carolinas at Sql2c.
Potatoes are steady in demand. with
fancy Green mountain stock hrmer at:
Aroostook Green mountains, 50Q53c:
hebrons. 42a43c; rose, Acc; Dakota reds,
2SM4Oc: northern and Vermont Green
mountains, 46Q4Sc; New York whites,
4oc; Jersey sweets. s2.25@2.50; South
Carolina white sweet. Sl.15d2.25 per Dbl.
Onions are steady for natives at SEA
$50 per Dbl, Egyptian $2.25Q2J0 per
| bag; Bermudas and Cubans, Sl,354 30
per crt.
| Celery is somewhat easier at Sigh
per bch for large bchs. Spinach jobs
at 81 per Dbl but greens ,5c per bu, and
| dandelions, Acc per u.
u -
for native, on account OF the cold wealth.
or. Choice native sells at S. per bx Of
2 doz; Chicago at s. per bx of doz, and
southern at s5@6 per bx of doz.
Lettuce is easier and sells a 50cGs1 per
Uoz heads Radishes are quoted at 81
Der bx Of doz bchs by the jobbers.
Cahbages are in larger supply New
are iobbad at s.. 5oQ3 per crit.
/ Cucumbers are more plenty, and the
market is easy. They sell lower at $a9
! 6 per 100 Tomatoes are easier and sell
at roc per Id for native. Southern
crts are lower at s225Q 80 for good.
Souashes are firm. They job at $25
| az per bbl of 100 lbs
| old beets are firm at 81 per bu. Tur-
nins are quoted al So per bhl for yellow,
with white at sl.50; bXs. 81: white Hat,
| zoe per ok; carrots, 81, parsnips firm, 81
per bu.
southern string beans are in fun sup
nIv and sell according to quality and
omantity at sl.25@2.25 per bskt for wax
! aud green, the latter price for choice
| .n,l iohhing Green peas are quoted at
| 81 25m2 rs per bskt, as TO size and quail
| ity.
New bunch beets job at S1.62ha per
| doz: new turnips $3.50.
Mint Jobs al soc per doz bchs water
cross soc parsley is sold at S.. 20 per b1.
I.eel>g sell at 15c per doz solutions.
! -hcmSl per 100 bChs Mushrooms are
not plenty. and sell al 2S4 SOC per h.
| Dhuharb is plenty and lower Chic,go