Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-02
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

firm at quotations. Extra creamery,
small pkgs. 23hM24c; northern fresh,
round lots, 23M23hc; western, 23@
231ac; eastern, 23@231ac; firsts, 19Q22c;
Jobbing, 1ac to 1c more.
Cheese is firm, with the foreign mar
kets firm. The demand is reported
good Round lots, 1l1a612c; sage, IL
@12kc; jobbing. 1s0t1c higher.
Eggs are in firm position, with
prices fully sustained. Western fresh,
2OQ23c; eastern, 24d25c: nearby and
fancy, 25u30c and up; jobbing, lie to
1kc higher.
Beans are in moderate request at
about steady prices. Carload lots. pea.
80; medium, 81; yellow eyes. $245d
2.oo; red kidneys, $2.75m2.SO: Cali.
fornia small white. s22Od225; Job
bling. 1Oc more; Lima. 40I5c per lb.
Apples are selling better at rather
better prices. Some of the stock Of
perishable fall apples has disappeared,
with the more stable varieties doing bet
ter. The foreign market is active.
Quotations are firmer. Williams. 81 so
@2.50; pippins and porters, $1.5OM2;
gravensteins. 2.25Cd25O per Dbl;
choice. $25OM3; pound sweet. 50 250
2.75; 2O-ounce, S2G2.5O; common ap-
pies, 75c@Sl.5O; bx apples, 75cQlS1 %.
Pears continue in very small supply,
with the position firm at from So to Sc
for barrels. the latter price for very
choice from cold storage. Bushels are
quoted at $lM3, as to quality and
variety. California pears are in re-
duced supply and firm at $303.5O per
bx.
The market on peaches is dull, with
an oversupply for the season, which is
pretty far along. They are quoted at
4OM90c for natives and Connections.
Grapes are in brisk demand. with II o
receipts very light. The understanding
is that the crop is very small Of do
nestle grapes. They sell at 17M1Sc
for pony Delawares; Concords. 13u15c;
Wordens. 13c; Niagaras, 14a15c;
Marthas. 13c; Salems, 14d15c. Job
bling prices are 1c to &c more
Native prunes and pums are in small
supply. Pruues. 4OGT5Oc per lob bskt;
damsons. 40d5Oc for 1O-lb bskt; plums,
45c; cages, 45M55c. The supply Of
damsons is small.
Cranberries are firm. with barrels
quoted at 81 .5Otd5 80; cases, 81 5O@o so;
jobbers. more.
Contp1Of1llac n ro n Ill e.
season. and are not very easy to sell
They are quoted at 1.75M2 per crit for
genuine Rockyfords others 81 .25Q1 so.
Potatoes are fairly sustained. Houl-
ton Green mountains, 53M55c per bu;
hebrons 5OG53c: York state Graen
mountains. SOC: Virginia sweet, S1.75
az per Dbl; double heads. 50 2.Ni2.5O.
Celery is plenty at 5O06oc per doz
for the varieties offering. There is no
Boston product on the market yet.
Spinach Is quoted at l5c per blu; .auli-
flowers. soc for short bxs and at 81 for
long; lettuce, 25c per doz; radishes. %
assoc per bx.
Native onions sell at SO0tS5c per bu;
per Big, Soc; per Dbl, 81 25Q2 so: Span
ish, short bxs, $1d1.15; long bxs. 1918.
Cabbages are quoted at $3(l3. so per
100. or at 50d6Oc per Dbl. Cucumbers
sell at IS per 100 for the best with
poorer Qualities less. Toma toes are
plenty and cheap, selling at 5Ota6Oc per
bu for nice lots. Green tomatoes, for
picking, sell at 40a50c per bu.
Squashes are in pretty good supply,
with no indications of the shortage of a
year ago. They sell at Toe per Dbl for
marrow. Turbans and hubbards are
quoted at $50 per ton. or job at about
Soc per Dbl; Bay states, $50 per ton, or
60Q70c per Dbl. Pumpkins are sold at
81 per Dbl. or 5oc per bx.
Yellow turnips sell at 90cas1 per Dbl:
white fat. 40c per bx; beets 4Oc; car
rots. SOC; parsnips, 6Oa7oc; Ieeks, 4Oc
per doz; mint, s5c; cress. 36c: parsley,
l5c per bu egg plants. 75c per doz;
small onions. for picking; white. $3N5;
yellow. 50c@S2 per bx; peppers, Goa
Toe per crt.
Gherkins and other picking cucu'n-
bers are at very wide range Bushels
sNiI a. F%bic, dc W SiLt dAu O.,
smaller pkgs 50cdS4.
String beans sell at 75ctd$l per bx !;
wax beans, 75c0$1; Lima beans. GOA
Toe; improved, 81 25n1 so; sieva beans,
Sl@1.25. Green corn is plenty at 25l6
SOC per bx, as to quality and condition,
The pork market is steady, with .ittls
change.
The beef market is better sold Up
than for some time, with the trade not
ing a firmer tone. The best sides are
in short supply, and very firm at l2c,
Light and medium beef Is aso in better
demand and tirmer.
The mutton market Is we'll supplied,
with the tendency easy, though quota
tons are not changed. Veals are
steady. Spring lamb, eq9,ac; fancy,
9M10c; yearlings. SAFE; mutton. 5Q1c;
veals. 9Q10lac; fancy and Brighton,
1Oh@11c.
The poultry market is better supplied,
and the tendency is easy, though little
changed In quotations. Iced turkeys,
16M17c: iced fowls l3Ml4c; iced
chickens. 13014c: fresh native fowls,
l2615c; chickens, 16@19c; south shore
eastern chickens. 1Sd20c; western, Is
Ql7c; fresh ducks, l5417c; live fowls
and chickens, 1lMl2c.
The firm hay market Is continued on
good to best with low grades easy.
Rye straw Is Ia moderate request, with
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