Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-10
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

net IOT CIlOlCe iItSn DuIteI, dnu PRICES
do not show much inclination to weak
en-. The supply Is still moderate and
readily taken care of. Extra cream
cry, small pkgs. 23,a@26c; northern
fresh. round lots. 23d23hc; western,
23c; eastern, 22hM 23c; firsts, 2002l,sc;
jobbers. 1ac to 1c more.
Cheese is firm and prices have ad-
vanced during tln week. The closing
was steady. New, 3-4@1Ohc; old,
12G13c; sage, 12kd13Mc; jobbing, Hc
TO lie higher.
Eggs are firm at about last weeks
prices. The demand is good. Western
fresh, 1701shc; eastern, 10000; near
by and fancy, 20023c and up; jobbing,
lc to 11sc higher
Beans are steady here, with the coun.
try flrmer. Carload lots. peas, Sl.700
1.75; medium. $1.7O01.75; yellow eyes,
S2.25@2.a0; red kidneys, s23od2 81
California small white. $2.10Q215;
jobbing, Toe more; Lima, &c per ID.
Old apples are quiet, with only small
offerings. Some new apples are selling
at 75cGS1.25 per bskt. Quotations are
fairly sustained. Ben Davis, s4d4.5:
russcts, s4d5.5o; No. 2, all varieties,
S2.50M3.5O; very choice and jobbing
lots, 5ocds1 more.
California cherries sell at 75c0S1 so;
apricots. S16fl.50; plums, S1.5O625o.
The strawberry season is practically
over, though receipts are still noted
both of native and down east fruit.
They sell at 1OQ15c. The receipts are
not separated.
Hay is firm, with shortage probable
In the new crop; millfeed ia very firm
straw is steady. Hay, $14@1s; fancy
and jobbing. $1s.5Ost2O; rye straw, SIT
ais; oat straw, $11912.
There is firm and advancing market
for pork provisions; lard is higher.
Fresh beef is firm for choice heavy
cattle, with the supply short. Light
cattle are in full supply. Trade is fair.
Muttons and lambs are steady in
tone, with prices fairly well held.
Lambs, 121 13c; eastern, 12G15c; year
lings, 7]adSc; muttons. 5Md7kc: veals,
6G1Oc; fancy and Brightons, 91s61Ohc.
Poultry Is in fair demand at steady
prices. Broilers have advanced. Iced
turkeys. 15116c; iced fowls 12M13c;
fresh native fowls. 13G151ac: south
shore and eastern broilers. 20M23c;
western, 1602lc; fresh ducks, 14G Ice;
live fowls, 11@12c.
There is good supply Of Georgia
peaches Of fine quality, which sell at
| $1.5O61.75.
Watermelons are in ample supply
and sell at 15G25c by the load
Rocky Ford canteloupes sell at S2.5O@
2.75 per crt.
Old potatoes are about out Of the
market. though a few are still Offering
at 90cG$1 per bu.
New stock is in heavy supply, and Is
easy Mt S2.5062.75 per Dbl.
Onions continue firm. Egyptian. So
per Big; Bermuda, 81 per CRIT new bunch
25c per doz.
Marrow squashes are quoted at 81 &c
per crit; summer squashes. 5ocqSl.5 &c
per pkg for good. Cucumbers sell al
&142.50 per bx. Tomatoes are selling
at S1M1.50 per crt. Hothohse are still
on the market at 10c per ID.
Asparagus is still offering and sells
at $4d9 per bx of three dozen. Celery
is at wide range. from 81 for large
bchs to 25c for small. Spinach IS
quoted ut 40c per bu, with beet greens
at 10c per blu. Caulinowers are sold a,
81 per doz. Lettuce is demoralized al
5G15c per bx of l1a doz. Radishes are
lower at 50c per bx.
Cabbages sell at 81 per Dbl for Long
Island. New bunch turnips bring S2Q
per 100. Carrots are sold at 81 80 pei
bu for old. with new bunch at S2G3 pei
100. Beets are quoted at 50 per 100 fol
new bunch. Leeks sell at 81 mint, 25c
per doz; cress. 60c; parsley. Toe pei
b1; egg plants, 81 per crit
String beans sell at $3.50 per crt fol
southern and 1925 for native for botf
green and wax. There was furry il
green peas, owing to small supply
Some sold as high as $40 per Dbl. The
price later dropped to S3G3.5O.
The hay crop Of the states. rs In
dicated In several hundred reports tC
The Hay Trade Journal, will be fully
up to an average tonnage except II
New England, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and the south, making tn,
prospects promising for good trading
year.
There has been more activity ant
strength In the Chicago grain marke
than for any week since the Letter dea
Of 1898. Corn led the market, but July
wheat made a gain for the week o.
about &c per blu.
The advance in wheat was caused
principally by the unfavorahle croT
weather and heavy rains in the winter
wheat country. Also the prospect of
corner in July wheat is causing som,
anxiety. Some of the leading house,
are credited with having long line,
aggreGatlng over 100000 bus.
George II. Phillips, the corn king
says. regarding the wheat market
"Wheat will gradually seek a highe
level and average for the 1902 crop a!
good as so cents a bushel. The when
crop is short over 1OO,O0O,OOO bushels
and the reserves are nothing. Users O
wheat everywhere over the country
will be In active competition for tn,
first movement Of wheat. Farmer,
are in splendid shape financially, anC
will keep of the market more whea
than ever before"
Flour is firm In price, under the activ,
| cpoouIa tion in wheat hut tho local n, r