Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-15
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


came in steady. All the while the sup
ply Of butter here is very small. with
most Of the dealers buyers, bnt OK
ceedingly afraid Of paying too high
prices. Extra creamery, small pkgs,
23iad26kc; northern fresh. round lots,
2oG25kc; western. 24h@2 5c; eastern,
24'a025c; firsts, 22@231ac; renovated,
22d22hc; jobbers, 1ac to 1c more.
Cheese is in steady position. with
the stocks Of old well held. No changes
in prices are noted. Round lots. 126
13hc; sage, 12hQ14c; jobbing. 1aMlc
higher.
Eggs are steady. with the receipts still
only moderate. Storing is going on only
slowly. Western fresh, 16hMt7hc:
eastern, 174 1Sc; nearby and fancy, 10
022c and up; jobbing, 1c to 1hc higher.
Beans are in quiet request and only
fairly sustained. Carload lots. pea,
S1,s061.s5; medium, $3.50; yellow cy es,
$3.50; red kidneys, s2.3O02.35; Califor.
nia small white. s2.30d235; jobbing,
10c more; Lima. &c per ID.
The receipts of apples are getting TO be
small. No exports are noted. Quota
tons are firm, with trade rather quiet
Baldwins, 4.5005.5O; Ben Davis. $415;
russets, s3.50Q5; No. 2, all varieties,
S250M325; very choice and jobbing
lots, 5OcdS1 more.
Cranberries are in small supply. with
none coming forward. They are quoted
at s4d4.5o per crt.
Strawberries are coming forw 'rd
very freely, with the quality good. The
cooler weather is favorable to their
handling, even IL it does not hasten
their ripening. For the week the re-
ceipts were 1874 crts; same week a
year ago, 1902 crts. They are connny
from North Carolina and Virginia, with
few fancy berries received from Mary
land.
Egyptian onions are about steady,
with the demand fair at So. s5d3 % per
be-, as to quantity and quality. Ber-
mudas are easier at 81 ,s5d2 per crt.
Potatoes are little easier. with the
supply more abundant Bermudas sell
only slowly. Best stock, Green noun
tains, &1.05; Hebrons 81: rose 9ScGS1:
York state white, 90d95c: Dakotas. SIC;
silver dollars, 90c; Chenangoes SIC;
magnums. S2.50@2.75 per Big; new Ber-
mudas S35Od5 per Dbl; per bu, S1.50
M2.50
Old squashes are out Of market and
| the trade Is not sorry, prices having
been so remarkably high as to involve
great danger Of losses in handling them.
Summer squashes are in the market
from the south. and sell at S2Q2 so per
CIT.
Truck and vegetables are still In good
supply for tho season. Celery sells at
S1.25 for big hchs. Spinach Is quoted
at zoe per bu for native, with Budlong
at 60c. Asparagus is plenty and sells
at S1@2.5o per doz; lettuce 25@6 per
doz; radishes, ST. beet greens. loc per
bx: dandelions, 15c.
New cabbages are plenty and sell at
S1.50d2 per CRIT. Old are about out Of
market. Cucumbers are quoted at S3@
8 per 100; tomatoes, S2d2.50 per -rt for
southern; dollhouse, 15c per Id; peppers.
81 per crt; egg plants, SO per crt: mus l.
rooms. 81; satisfy, 81 per doZ; leekS, nc
per doz.
Canadian yellow turnips are in short
supply and sell at 81 25d1.5O per Dbl
There Is no sale for white French globe
white and white fiat. 50075c per hx;
new bunch. $50 per doz. Beets are
very high at 81 per bu. with new bun,n
at SOC per doz. Carrots are quoted atS1
al % per bx Aparsnips, 81 per bu: crcss
60d roc per doz; mint, J0c parsley. 81
per bu southern string beans, $2M2 70
per crt; wax beans, SEA $50: green ysas,
75cM$1.25 per crt, as to quality; rid
barb, 40c per bx.
The pork situation is firm, except that
fresh ribs are lower. Lard is sustai ned
at the advance Of Friday.
The beef market is lirmer in tone,
with the supply better sold up than
would have been thought possible under
the cry of beef trust which has Ger
tanly checked consumption. The ship
pers of beef to Boston seem to have
taken the matter Of lessened consulup-
ton into account and shortened the
shipments. Prices are firm in this mar
ket, with some choice sides being sold t
10l2c.
Fall lambs have shown little i'm
provement within couple of days but
spring lambs are rather easy. Muttons
and yearlings are steady, with yeals
rather easy. Lambs, 11hd 12hc; fancy
and Brightons 12d13c; spring lambs,
eastern. S307; western, 14@15c; year
!, linss, 11M11hc: muttOns, 11M1lltc;
vcals, Gdl0c; fancy and Brightons,
9l2M l0hc.
Poultry is pretty firm, with a fair
trade. Iced turkeys, 16Ml7c: iced fowls,
13M14c; frozen fowls and chickens 124
13c; fredn native fowls, 15N 16c; chick
ems, 17@18c; live fowls, 12d121ac.
Hay is well held at full quotations ON
all good stock. Trade is not very ac-
tive, however. Rye straw is in small
supply for good, with the market firm.
Millfeed is well held, with the supply
Of spot on nearby limited. Hay, $12d
10; fancy and jobbing S1S.5OQ19; rye
straw. $lGG17; oat straw. Sll6fe.
After dull and easy market the rlost
of the week, with loss of about Ic,
the market on wheat is firmer, with q
fractional gain. The cause of the Inn
: provement was chiefly cold weather,
Ind even snow, in some parts Of the crop