Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-04
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Extra creamery, small pkgs, 27I2M2Sc;
northern fresh, round lots, 26iaM27hc;
western, 2J1aM 26Rc: eastern, 25M2Gc;
jobbing. 1ac to 1c more.
Cheese Is also quiet with no change
in quotations. Round lots, 13Gl31sc:
sage, l3@14c; jobbing, hq1c higher.
There is very firm market for
choice fresh eggs and higher prices arc
predicted. Storage stock is firm.
Western fresh, 26d2 9c; storage, 2l0 25c;
eastern. 30d35c: nearby and fancy. 10
Mi2c: jobbins, &c to 11ac higher.
Beans are easier, with quiet dc.
mand and fair supply. Carload lots.
pea, $2.35d2.4O: medium, s235d24O;
yellow eyes, So 9O63: red Kidneys, So %
$3.50; California small white, So COO
go; jobbing, 10, more.
Apples are steady IN price, with the
market still amply supplied with com
mon stock. Baldwins and greetings.
81 25d2 per Dbl; cravenStcins. $20Io 80.
pippins. $l11 80: Hubbard ston, ST 25Ns
=; pound sweets, S175d2; 20-ounce,
$1.25n rs; snow and wcalthies, $2f3;
Maine Harvies, S150d1 ~; Kings, SoM
3; Tolman sweets. 81 .5Od2. %: common
apples. cooking, 25d5Oc; choice eat.
Ing, 75c6S1.25. Small lots and Job.
bling from soc to 81 per Dbl more.
A few Catawba grapes are coming
forward. and sell at 1SG2Oc. Call.
fornia enperors sell at s1.75M2 25 per
CRIT and Cornichons at S1.75d225
Pears are about out Of the market,
but few are still offering In small
way from cold storage. In jobbirg
way they the quoted at: Bcurre Bose,
S4d450; Beurre d'Aniou, S20r3.
Cranberries are firm and higher.
Barrels, S650Gs5O; crts. S225d2.75;
jobbing. 5Ocd$1.
Nuts nre in good supply. and sell Mt:
Walnuts. 11M13hc per ID; castanas, o
@l1c filberts. 11912c; Texas pecans. II
@15c; almonds. 1ccf13c for hard and l.,
ale for soft shell.
There is firm market for potatoes,
with a better demand. Houlton Green
mountains, sods3c; hebrons, 7V073c
per bu; York state, Green mountains
and round white, 6s6i zoe. western. 65c;
Virginia sweet, $l.5od2 per Dbl double
heads, s25O73.
The supply Of Boston market celery
Is not so large and prices are frmer,
Mt 81 per long bx, three doz to the hy:
Pasclel, S2M3 per long bx: white 81 30
az for long bxs: cauliflowers. 81 5OT72
per long bX; lettuce, 81 .25d1 so per long
bx; radishes, 75c0$1 30 per bx
nnin call
bers by the bushel higher: Spanish
long crts. S275.
Cucumbers sell at s10612 for choice ,
medium, S466: No. .. $3T4 Hothouse
tomatoes sell at 35Gl5Oc per Id.
Cabbages are quoted Mt Coo per Dbl:
savoy, soc per Dbl.
Marrow squashes are quoted ut SO
per ton; Hubbard $50. turhan. sI5Noo
per ton. Pumpkins sell at 25c per bx
Mushrooms are scarce, and sell at
$15Ood2 per Alb bx.
Yellow turnips sell at 75c per Dbl;
white French, 81 per Dbl; white fiat. &c
per bx. beets soc; carrots, 5oc; pars.
nips. 5Od60c; egg plants. s1.5on12 Ter
crit; mint, 75c per doz; cress, Soc parsley.
81 per bu for dollhouse satisfy, 75c per
doz; Brussels sprouts, SG10c per ar.
by the crt.
Southern string beans sell at S20T? 80
per bskt for green and wax.
Spinach sells at 40c per bu: eskro. 4Oc
per bu; endive, 25c per bu; romaine. 75c
per bu; artichokes. 81 per bu.
There Is an easier market for pork
provisions. with a substantial decline
for the week. Cut meats were marked
Off again.
Fresh beef has been rather quiet. as
usual at Thanksgiving time Prices
are fairly steady. and an advance il
expected by the trade, though the sit
uation indicates that il will be small
II any movement upward Is made.
Muttons and lambs stffened un ~.
tie after Thanksgiving, the cooler
weather also helping the market; vcals
are steady and unchanged. Spring
lambs IM9c; yearlings, GM7c; muttons.
6G7c; veals, 7M10c; fancy and Brighton.
10h011c
Poultry cleaned up very well ut
Thanksgiving time owing to the snail
supply. and choice dry picked sold nj
very good prices. For the same reason
prives have held up well with fair
demand. The quotations are: West.
ern turkeys, 1SMl9c: northern fowls.
14@15c; chickens, western. 14dl3c.
northern, 1SQ20c; iced turkeys. 17n1sc.
fowls, l30 lac; chickens, 1301l5c: ducks.
l5M17c; Rhode Island geese, l5c: live
fowls, 10h011c.
There is still fair supply of vcnison
Offering; whole deer selling at 151tSc,
with saddles at 2O025c, and legs at %
@2Sc with skins on. Bear meat sells
Mt l5dlSc for whole carcasses. Moose
meat is quoted a 1Od12c for the whole
animal. There is a fair supply OF
game. Black ducks sell at 81. soN71 ~
per pair; red headed ducks, $3.50.
widgeon s171 %: teal. $I1o Philadcl-
phia SQUAD are firm at S350d4 per
doz, With natives Mt s3d35o; quail. 81
per doz; plover, SCAR per doz.
There Is a continued flrm market for
choice hay, with low grades dull and
easy; straw is quiet; millfeed Is easier
Mt lower prices. Choice hay. S2OdY q ;
No. l, sl76i9; low grades, $120f5 and
up. rye straw, s14016: oat straw, $40
oil.
The wheat market has been generally
active in speculative way, with enti-
| ment mixed. Cash grnin declined n