Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-29
in HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

enough the demand is quiet. Northern
prn. creamery. round lots. 22IeN DE;
western, 22u221ac: Vermont dairy. %
Ea21c; renovated butter, 17@19c.
Cheese is quiet, but steady. Round
lots. Vermont twins. 11i21t II 3-4c; Ncw
u ork twins, II 3.4@12c
Receipts of western eggs are large,
but mostly made up of low grades;
choice fresh gathered are very nrm.
Western fresh, 22M25c; eastern, 2Gd
soc; nearby, 33M35c.
Beans are quiet and ca sier, with new
stock couing forward very slowly.
Carload lots. pea. 81 25G,2 30; medium.
81 25W2.3o; yellow eyes So %; red Kid
ncys, 81. iOd3.30: California small
white. S2.60u2G1: foreign pea and me
dunn. s.. 20a2.25; jobbing. ga ice more.
Apples are fairly steady in price,
though receipts are large and the de-
mand for common stock little slow.
Maidcn's blush. s21250: gravcnstcinS,
S.'@I: Maine pippins and PortcrS, S1.I1
O225; Harvies, 81 .1:,fl2.5 30; wrHlhics.
50 MlG13 SHOWS. 50 jOd3: Kings, $50
$3.50; Ealdwins. $l.75m2.2;,; green
ings, S1.7oU2.2j.
Cranherries are unchanged n S2M25O
per Tx and $6.5Ud15O per bbl.
Domestic grapes sell at $50 Inc per
bskt for Concords. 1iM1jc for Salcus.
&c for VergenJIes and la l5c for Ca
tawbas.
California Tokcy grapes are quoted Mt
S1.5o0 10 muscat. $1.5O: Coruchon.
S1,5OG175.
Potatoes are firm and unchanged
Aroostcoli hcbrons. 5SMGOc: Green
mountains, 5SMGOc: Dbl stock. S1.75;
sweet, Norfolk cloth heads. S1.250 80;
Jersey. double heads. $2G2.2:j.
Native celery is selling at 4O1l6Oc rnr
doz bchs: Pascal. 81 per Tx. 3 doz in bx.
Onions are quoted at: Spanish. large
crts. 81 25d2.25: native. 15c per bu:
bills. S225
Tomatoes are quoted at: Native. per
Tx. S1W2.1o: green, 25m35c per bu.
CucumbcrS sell al S2M12 per Tx.
Yellow turnips are selling at 81 per
Dbl; White French. $3.50 per bill: white.
SIC per bu; beets. 65c per bu: carrots. t5c
per bu: parsnips, Soc per hu.
Marrow squashes arc quoted at S1Ff
J. p per- Dbl for native: Bay state. 81 %
per- bhl; turban. S1.25 per Dbl.
Cahbages sell al 3u5c each for native:
Savoy, 75c per Dbl; red. sc per bx
Lettuce is quoted at l0M25c per bu hx:
radshes, 35c bx; mint, 25c per doz.
cress. 25c per doz: leeks. 40c PER doz
String beans sell al 81 .5Od2 for green
and 50 for wax.
Spinach is quoted ut 15c per hu: pars.
lev. hothouse Csc per bu; peppers. I5c
@S1 per pkg
Green corn is selling at 81 per bx;
shell beans bring S2m2.50 per bu, lima
beans. SLAP per blu; eggplant Sl.15 per
doz for native
Caulifower ia quoted AT ST per bx.
Receipts of hay continue heavy and
the market is easier, with quiet de-
Mand. While prices are perhaps not
0uotably lower. it is more difficult to
get the higher range than last week
Rye straw is in limited supply and the
market is strong and advancing: mill
feed is steady. Hay, No I, $lSM2O,
lower grades. $13M16; ryeStra W, S2lG1
-. oat straw. S10M11.
Pork products are easier, with lead
ing cuts marked down. There is con
timed moderate movement Of hos
although the total shows some gain tie
past week.
Fresh beef is easier for whole ca tile,
in sympathy with western markets
in sympathy Win western markets
The best cattle are selling at about SIC.
though now and then very choice steer
brings 3-4c. The arrivals of fresh beef
are heavier both for export nd for loca |
consumption.
The market for muttons and lambs
have been over-suppled all the week
and low prices have ruled; vtals are
steady. Western fall lambs. GCI7c:
spring lambs. Sdac; yearlngs, hGJ6c;
nultons, 5n6c; veals, 9m11c.
There is firm market for poultry,
with the demand fairly active. Tur-
KEYS, northern. 20M22c; western iced, I
M20c: chickens, northern. large. Ia
zoe; medium. 13M15c; western, large,
14Gl5c; medium. 12i4M13c; fowls,
northern, 1+@15c; western, 131aMl4c'
ducks. 16N2pc
Wheat has iiuctuated considerable,
but on the whole has maintained fair
steadiness, though December was sub
tected to general unloading which cost
some of its premium over May Similar
developments in Chicago were asso
ciated with reports of heavy Armour
selling, although he was later credited
with buying back some of his Decem-
Der, as did the local trade hero, esDe-
cially when aroused by war news and
the higher cables. Both the move
ment of wheat and the export demand
have attracted attention, tile latter OIL
account of business with Portugal. all
No. red, of which there was in New
York 100000 bushels, about all owned
by one house. besides 2O9,OOO bushels
identity preserved wheat, Of which
the proportion Of No. 2 red is un
4 known. England has bought some
wheat and also South Africa, but not ir
the volume bulls desire in view of Dres
ent talk about probable large northwest
receipts following or the heels of the
recent very hight movement, both q,
compared with last week and last wear
Spring wheat speculative and ca sh r1nr
kets have felt the effects of this sort nj
talk all the week and it was also partl,
o., la