Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-09
In HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand.

Is very littfc changed. Extra cream
cry small pkgs, 2iikM25c: northern
fresh round lots, 24M24,ac: eastern.
23laM2ic: dairies. 20M21c. iirsts. 2o0l
22'ac ladies, 15@lsc; jobbing, 1ac 10 1c
more.
Cheese Is firm, with Liverpool I'D sd
higher. Round lots, 11m111ac; sage, l.
ul21ac: jobbing, i2c to 1c higher.
Eggs are very firm in the west. with
some irrcg,ilarity as TO Quotations.
Here the market is very firm. Storage
l3M2lc; fresh western. 23ej3.ic: eastern.
23M35c; nearby and fancy. 35u Ioc and
up: jobbing, 1c to isc higher.
Beans remain steady in price, with
The demand rather quiet.
Apples remain firm, with cables from
abroad stronger. Trade is limited here
by reason of the very cold weather. hui
prices are fully sustained. Fancy Bald.
wins and greetings, So I5dI %; ordi-
nary to good. 81. 75n3.5o: Ben Davis.
$3.23No3.I5; pound sweets. S35Oo4: Toll
man sweets. S3M35O: No. -, all varie.
lies S2.2jn3: mixed lots. S2.75d3. %:
very choice and jobbng lots, 5OcMSl
more.
Crhnberries are firm at S5.5O,d9 per
Dbl; crts, S2.JOM3.JO
A few rcfrigcrators Of stra vberries
we're received from Florida. They sold
~ 6oM1oc per box, in refrigerator lots.
VI retail they were offered ut 4On iJc for
small bXS and at 11dSOc for large.
Comb honey jobs at 15M1Sc pcr ID.
Potatoes were more steady. with
sweet potatoes firm FOR good to best.
Green mountains, S3MS5c: Hebrons. 50
mS3c; Dakotas, T5aSOc: New York
round white. TOM13c; Scotch magnums.
S2M2.25 per Big: p. f. |. Chenangoes. 7:lr
per bu; Jersey sweet. S. for choice:
fancy, S3.25n350 per Dbl; poorer
grades less.
Native onions continue easy nj s3Gi
30 per Dbl: bushels, 9tcMS1. 10; Val
encia, large cs, 49, Cuban small crts.
S1.5O
celery is remarkably easy for the sea
son. Boston market, $l5O per doz.
Pasquale S1@1.25. Spinach is still high
at Sl.5o0l 80 for native dollhouse: Nor
folk, S1.5On2 per Dbl. Caulifowers are
rather scarce at $3.jOfl3. ~ for Califor
mia, or 50. - per doz. Beet greens sell
at 81 per bu.
Lettuce is still firm at 5Oc1S1 per doz.
Radishes sell at 4Oc per doz bchs. Cab
bages are easy at 81 per Dbl, with red at
- per bX.
Squashes are little firmer at S5OG15:J
per ton. The iobbers quote native at
S2.25N2.50 per Dbl: western. SO Der 100
lbs. Cucumbers are very firm at So
per 100, as 10 quality; seconds. half
price. Tomatoes are firm at 3Oc per III
for dollhouse, with southern crts at $3.50
"a
Brussels sprouts are in short supply
bnd firm at 15c per ut. Satisfy. or vege-
table oyster, is on the market and sold
ut 15c per doz. Egg plants continue
scarce and very firm at S. per cr,.
Leeks are quoted at JOc per doz:
artichokes S1.25 per bx. Southern
string beans are scarce and very firm mt
S5n6 per cs for green with no wax
beans on the market.
TurnipS are plenty and easy at I5d
soc per bill for yellow; white fiat and
globe white. 30u40c per bu: white
French and white fiat, S125 per Dbl.
Reefs still job at JOc per bu: carrots.
soc; parsnips, Zoe. Mint is firm at 81
per doz; cresS, 1jc; parsley, $3.50 per
bu.
Pork provisions have been thoroughly
sustained. with prices fluctuating but
little.
The beef market continues dull and
rather unsatisfactory TO the shippers.
The very best beef is in limited supply.
and sells nj high prices, but ordinary
and poor is dull and easy.
The mutton market is fairly firm. with
a fair trade and prices we'll sustained
Veals are in small supply and firm.
Lambs, 104l01ac; fancy and Brightons.
101acd 1c: yearlings. sac: muttons, 50
&c; fancy, Ia7isc: veals. S010lac; fancy
and Brightons 1012n11i2c.
Poultry is pretty well sustained on
cold weather But trade is rather
light. Northern turkeys. package lois.
16M2Oc: western. 13M15c. fresh pntiyo
chickens, 13m1Gc; western. 1OMl2c:
fresh fowls. 10 d12c; live fowls. 9Q9,.c:
live chickens. ga Toe; geese, 1O013c;
ducks, ia 15c.
Game is in small supply. with the OK
ception of rabbits. which are very
plenty. with the market easy. Nenison
is almost ont of market. except What is
in cold storage. with tho market nomi.
nal. NeniSon saddles, 15d Ice: whole
deer, 10M lie; rabbits. 10M1;c per pa :;
big jacks. 90cMSl per pair: pigeons. 81
n1.21 per doz: squads S2U2 - per doz:
black ducks, SlItl % per pair: Mallards.
15cfiSl: canvasbacls ducks. S3M4: wild
geese. S1M2 each. Brant. S1M1o5 per
pair; quail, S3.5004 per doz. Grouse
are very scarce at 50 25Gq3. 30 per pair
Hay is very steady, with straw well
SUSTAINED. Millfeed is firm on the whea
position. Hay, SIG 1870; fancy and
jobbing, S1aM 1880; rye straw. $15.5On
II; oat straw, SIG -.
The strength in the wheat situation
seems to mainly outside of the specu-
lative market, with outside markets de-
cidedly stronger than Chicago contract
wheat. Minneapolis reports continued
demand for spot wheat, with all offer
ings taken quickly. The milicrS are
buying milling wheat at every oppor-
tunity.
Flour is firm, and rendered decidedly
frmer by the remarkable scarcity of
winter wheat hours, and consequent
high prices. Dealers are obliged to