Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-09
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

tatlonS Tor choice fresh. Northern
fresh. round lots, 2GisM27c: western.
.G!s02Ic; held creamery, 2iGi25c;
Vermont dairy. 24M25c: renovated but
ter. ia l0c; jobbing. iaoi lc more.
There is quiet market for cheese,
with fair demand. Round los, 14M
W15c; sage, 15Gi15l4c; jobbing, 12M2c
higher.
The egg market continues firm for
fresh. with fair demand at full quo
tations. Western fresh, 15h6, lGc;
eastern, 16Gl17c: jobbing, lie to 11ac
higher
Beans are steady in price, but the de-
mand is quiet. Carload lots. pea,
So35; medium, S2.35: yellow eyes,
$2S5: red Kidneys, $31Om315: cali.
fornia small white. $251u .. CO. jobbing.
lOc more.
There is a steady market for apples,
with choice cold storage stock bringing
fun prices. Baldwins from cold stor-
Hge. S2d2.50: fancy Baldwins. Sl.IOM
.: No. / Baldwins, S1n1.50; No. =, I5c
QiS1. greetings, S1M 30: nssets. Sln2:
northern spies. S1.50M2 80. Kings. 50
as; Tolman sweets. S1..lWu2.5O. Snail
lots and iobbing. 5OcM$l per hbl more.
Cranberries are still selling in a small
way at $40 per crt, and S15N16 per
Dbl.
Stra wberries sell at wholesale Mt 25
Gi30c per at.
New maple syrup is in the market and
soils at 90cG21 per gal can: new sugar.
1iml6c per ID for small cakes; bricks,
I2M l3c; pals. Zoe.
Nuts are steady and unchanged
Nalnuts. 1lN1jc per III; castanas, lie:
tiberts, 11M12c; Texas pecans. 1OM lsc;
almonds. 13Ml 1c for hard and 140i16c
for soft shells peanuts. No /. Sic:
jumbos, 6061,c; cocoanuts, S.. 7Jd3
per bX.
Potatoes are steady and unchanged
Houlton Green mountains. S3MS5c;
hebrons. IeMS0c per bu; York state
Green mountains. 10M13c; western. 40
0I3c; western long white, 65Q6Sc: Da-
kota reds, 63G65c; Pride Of the South
G5u6Sc: sweets, S2.JOM3.5O: white and
low grade yellow sweets $1.50n2
Boston market celery is firm at S7M9
per long ok; Callf0rnia, 80
Onions are frmer at 75cGiSo per Dbl.
with jobbors by the bushcl higher.
Spanish long crts, $40.
dollhouse toma toes are quoted at 4Oc
per lb: southern $l7502.5O per crt,
with mushrooms at S1.5OM2 per bx.
Rhubarb sells at 41ac per Id.
Cucumbers sell at S5M1O per bX for
dollhouse.
Yellow turnips sell at Sc per hl,l;
white French, 81 per Dbl: white Hat.
SOC per bx; beets. 25c; ca riots. 3OI75Oc:
parsnips, 30N50c; egg plant, $3.50 per
crt.
Cabhages sell at 9oc for native and
.)0c for Savoy
SquaShes are quoted at $50 Der ton
for Hubbard.
Lettuce sells at 50cdS1 per doz; rad
iShes. SOC per doz; mint, SOC per toz;
cress. SOC per doz; parsley. 81 for hot
house. per bu; satisfy, 81 per doz;
lceks, 5Oc per doz.
Spinach is quoted at 50c6s1 per
Dbl; kale, Toe per Dbl: artichokes, 81
per bu; dandelions. 4OG60c per bu:
beet greens, 60M60c per bu;, chives,
50c per bx.
bermuda potatoes job at S4,5Ofl5 per
hbl; Florida potatoes. So; horse radish,
SCI per Dbl: peppers, 50 per crt
Receipts of hay have been somewhat
smaller, but there is sui full sup.
pig Of the poorer grades Choice hay is
scarce and sells readily, but low
grades are slow of sale Choice straw
is in demand. and sells readily; mill
feed is dull and unchanged Choice
hay, S21M22; No. !, S1701o; low
grades, $12M15 and up; rye straw, 10:
Oat straw, $9M1O.
Lard is marked down. other pork
provisions being unchanged
Fresh beef is decidedly firmor. with
choice cattle being lie. and in some
cases even nc. An advance of at lea st
15c per 100 is predicted. The demand
was fairly good for the week.
NluttonS and lambs are steady in price
and demand: veals are steady. Spring
lambs. 7M11c with few fancy al he:
yearling, sdl0c; mnttons, 1OU11c;
veals, Sd1Oc, with some fancy higher.
Poultry is in quiet demand, Will,
Western turkeys, fresh killed. Halle
frozen, 15M1Sc; northern fowls. llN
15c; western fowls, 14m141ac; frozrr
chickens, 12d16c; northern, 2O02Jc
spring broilers, 3OG35c: capons. 1SGi2Oc
Venson is very quiet with a little still
Offering from cold storage. Game is il
moderate supply and sells slowly at I'M
changed prices. Mallard ducks sell a
SlM1.25 per pair; red headed dncks
S|03.5O: widgeon, 81; Philadelphia,
SQUAD are firm at S40l45O per doz, witt
natives at So, 50Q375; quail, S4.25Gl.i. u
per doz; plover, S506 per doz.
Nothing has occurred duIing the pas
week to change the prospects of III
growing wheat crop which is in flu,
condition all over the whent grow II:
section. There has been some incrpa -
in marketing Iraln, but the movcincu
Is hardly as liberal as usual ct this sea
son.
Owing to reported less fa Vorahe crol
conditions in France end recent d.
cided strength in laris markets. th
export situation mas attracted more at
tertion than usual. 1t is estimated tia
fully 100000 bushels of new crol