Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-03-20
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

ket is pretty well sustained. with New
York more steady. Extra creamery,
small pkgs, 2SM 2Skc; northern fresh,
round lots. 27hM2Sc; western, 27o1
27hc: eastern, 27@27hc; June extra,
23M24c: dairies. 22laM231sc; firsts, %
@24c: ladies', 15M19c; jobbers, &c to
1c more.
Cheese is firmer in the home mar
ket, with Liverpool further advanced.
Round lots, 12@13Mc; sage, 12hM14c:
jobbing, la01c higher.
Eggs are very easy. with New York
off hc further. The decline has been
a most remarkable one, from Sc to &c
per doz; western fresh, 11NiI1Isc; east
ern, 1I@1Sc; nearby and fancy, 20I25c
and up; jobbing &c to 11ac more.
Beans continue dull in demand, with
prices rather easy.
The apple market has ruled rather
quiet under the effect of the trans
portation strike and the very warm
weather But prices are pretty well
sustained, with receipts considerably
fallen off. Fancy Baldwins. $4.o5U
4.75; ordinary to good, $3.256i3.15;
greetings, $3.75M4.50; Kings, Si.25Gl
$50; Toman sweets, S3G375; No. 2,
all varieties, $275m325; mixed lots.
$3.250315; very choice aud jobbing
lots, 50c@$1 more.
Cranberries are about steady at $7Gn
o for bblS: caSeS 50 5()03
Marketmen who have lately returned
from the market districts along the
coast find that so far the strawberry
crop is very late. They have sold at
3OG3oc IN refrigerator lots here for a
few days. At retail they sell at 25@
4Oc. The boxes vary greatly in con-
tents.
Rhubarb is not in very full supply
and sells at SAGE per Id in jobbing lots.
Vermont comb honey sells at lie, with
other grades at 1561Gc.
Potatoes are well sustained, with
sweet potatoes in slack demand, though
few choice bring full prices. Green
mountains, 93@o5c; Hebrons, 90092c;
rose. SS490c; Dakotas, TS@SOc; +. L.
/. Chenangoes. 7O075c per bu; mag
NUNS, S24o. 10 per Big; Belgians, S1.OO;
Jersey sweet, 81 per bbl Vinelands.
81. 5Od6. so.
New Bermuda potatoes sell by the
jobbers at SSdS.50 per bbl
Onions continue firm. Native, $3.50
40 for bbls; bus, $1.5001.75: Valencias,
S3G3.75 per cs: Havanas. $2.S562. 100:
Spanish, small cs, $1.75a1.S5.
Celery is in small supply. and sells at
wide range, S1.5o@3 per doz. Spinach
is more plenty and sells at wide range,
as to quality, at $1.25G2.50 per Dbl.
Cauliflowers are not in very full supply.
and sell at $3.50 for California.
Beet greens are pretty plenty and ar,
quoted at 81 per bx; dandelons. S12!
per bX. Lettuce is quoted at ST per bX.
Radishes are sold at 35c per bx. Cab
bages are quoted at $l25d I so per Dbl
for about all varieties, though red
brings more.
Cucumbers are still at wide range, rs
to quality, with quotations at SS612
per bX. Tomatoes are pretty firm at o5c
per lb for dollhouse. with southern crts
at $3Q350. Peppers are scarce at
s8.50Q14 per crt. Egg plants are firmer
at about 81 per crit
The very high position Of sqnashcs is
maintained, with the quality not the
best and very limited They are
quoted at about 500 per ton. with
jobbers obliged to get S550QG per 100
lbs to keep them from actual losses.
Brussels sprouts sell at zoe per at;
satisfy, $l.25 per doz; artichokes. scarce
at So per bX; leeks. 81 per doz; Canadian
yellow turnips, $4,000 per Dbl; st.
Andrews, 75@s5c per Dbl: while
French. Toe: white fiat and globe
white soc per bu
Beots are firm % per bu; On riots,
15c@S1; parsnips, 81 per pus mint, 75c
per doz; cress, Toe per doc; parsle,
81 per bu. Southern string beans
sell at about So per CRIT for wax and
green. There have been a few Cali
fornia green peas on the market OF late.
but the quality has been poor and sold
for what it would bring. Good lots
would bring $2d2.5O per crt.
Pork quotations here are about SOC
easier. With lard unchanged.
Beef is considerably tirmer with a
better trade. Sellers have reports Of
higher market west and that higher
prices will be urged here.
The mutton market is firm at the adj
vance. Lambs, 1od12c; fancy and
Brghtons, 10iaG12kc; yearlings, So
BIC; muttcns, 7@91ac; fancy, 7h01
Zoe; veals 9@10c; fancy and Brightons,
10d10l4c.
Poultry Is easier. with trade Quiet.
Western turkeys, 15M11c; fresh native
chickens, l5N17c; western. 12d14c;
fresh fowls, 11@12c; live fowls, 11G1
Ike; capons. 15M1Gc; geese nominal,
Ia he; ducks, 13M16c
There is very little game on the mar
kct. Pigeons are in full supply at S1.o5
M1,40 per doz.
Hay is dull and rather easy. Straw
is easy, but unchanged. Milfeed con-
tinues easy. Hay, $11.50G17 80; fancy
and jobbing, SIS; rye straw, $l5Q16.5O:
oat straw, S11M12.
The flour market shows no change in
the high cost of making It, 1t is well
in the trade that already
the prices OF flour are so low that every
miller who is grinding is losing money,
If he sells his -four on the present mar
ket, Trade has so long been dull that
prices have sagged to tie last fraction