Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-19
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Boston, Feb. 1S.--Buttcr Is steady
and unchanged. The receipts Of fresh
creamery are only moderately large aud
generally moro oil less defective. Aver
age lots are hard to sell ut o4M pc. but
strictly extra stock brings &c. Under
grades are only fairly active at former
prices.
Cheese is steady in tone, with fair
demand Stocks are small. with the
supply being well taken care Of. Round
lots. 14ml4Mc: sage, 14ikM 15c; jolbing,
gaze higher.
The weakness in eggs is the Leading
feature of the dairy markets. Large
receipts springlike weather md de-
moralizing ndviccs from the other large
eastern and western markets are the
principal causes Of q net loss Of care a
dozen in nearby fancies and Vermont
and Now Hampshire choice fresh for
the week, &c in the best westerns and
5dSc in refrigcrators. Nearby eggs
arc 10T12c lower. as compared with
Jan. prices. Vermont and New Hamp-
shire NI1Oc. best westerns Sc, selected
SuSt4c, fair to good 5M7o and rcfrigera-
tors Sale.
Beans are still firm in the country,
but easy here, with prices slightly lower.
Carload lots. pea. S2.4O02 "a; medium,
S2.IoM2.45; yellow eyes. $3.50; red kid
neys. $50: California small white, $500
a.. 65, jobbng, 10c more.
There continues to be very dull mar
ket for all common grades Of apples.
Some choice Baldwins are selling freely,
however. in some cases, above the out
side quotations There is full supply
offering of most kinds. Fancy Bald
wins, S2.25ii2.50: No. / Baldvins. 81. 30
az; greetings. S1.50M2; No. .. all kinds.
$1M125: Hubbardston. 81 15fi2: pound
sweets, S150N2; northern spies. $3.50
Mc21: Kings. S2f73: Tolman sweets,
S1.J0n2.5O: common apples. 7.cdS1. %.
Small lots and .iobbing from SOC to 81
per Dbl moro.
Cranberries are jobbing at 81 per crt
and SIS per Dbl.
ia loc per III: 20 stanas 12c: filberts. II
Gii2c; Texas pecans, 1Olf14c; almonds.
13m l5c for hard and 14Gi Ice for soft
shells; peanuts, No. l, 4isc: jumbos.
GNGtsc.
There is no change to note in potatoes,
the market being quiet but steady.
Uoulton Green mountains. 7SNSOc;
hcbrons, 136f1Jc per bu: York state,
Green mountains and round white. zoe:
western. OIM6Sc; Dakota reds, G30fG!,c;
sweets. double heads, S3@35O vino.
land, 81.
Boston market celery is firm at seas
per long bx; Paschal, $4Gl6 per long bx;
California, $3.50.
California cauliflower is Offering at
81 per CRIT; Brussels sprouts, 15c per qt
by the crit.
Onions are selling at $3.50 per hbl.
with .iobbers by the bushel higher;
Spanish. long crts, S2.75.
Cucumbors Ere selling at S20m25 for
fancy long green; medium, s1Oll13: No.
., S5Ms.
dollhouse tomatoes are quoted at 35c
per Id. with mushrooms at 81 .5OGf2 per
bI. New rhubarb sells at Sc per H.
Cabbagcs sell at Soc for native and
Savoy.
SGuashcs are frner. Marrow
squash, $40 per ton; Hubbards, so;
turbans. $50.
Yellow turnips sell at 20c per Dbl:
white French, S161,50 per Dbl; white
fat, SOC per bx; beets, SOC; carrots, SOC;
parsnips zoe; egg plants, So per crt.
Lettuce sells at 25u50c per doz: rad
ishes, 40c per doz; mint, 81 per doz;
cress, Toe per doz; parsley. Sl.50 for
dollhouse, per bu; satisfy, 75c per doz:
leeks, 40c per doz.
Southern string beans sell at S3Gl4
per bsht for green and wax, according
TO quality.
Spinach IS quoted at s1M175 per Dbl:
kalc, 81 per Dbl; eskro, $1.5O per bu:
endive, $3.50 per bu; romaine, 81 80 per
bu; artichokes, 81 % per bu; dandelions.
$15C per bu; beet green's, S1.5o per bu.
Bermuda potatoes job at 1928 per
crt; horse radish, SO per bhl: peppers,
50 per crt.
There Is but little change to note in
porl: provisions, the market bein.
steady.
The market for FRESH beef continues
easy. with only a few choice heavy
cattle bringing top prices.
Muttons and lambs arc firm ut quota
tlons. Neals arc steady and unchanged.
Spring lambs, 3d11c: yearlings, 50Sc;
muttons, 5GISc, veals. 1U01lc.
Tho poultry market for everything
but the finest fresh killed chickens is
rather quiet and some kinds arp easier.
The supply Of fresh killed northern and
eastern chickens is limited. Quota
tions are: Western turkeys, 1Sd20l;
northern fowls, l5M17c: western fowls,
11M1Jc: chickens, western. 1IMl7c:
northern, 1SM22c; ducks, 16t0 lSc; geese,
t2GI14c.
There is still moderate ofrerin. OF
venson from cold storage, whole deer
being quoted at 15td20c, with saddles
at 25N2Sc; skins on. and legs al 30d35c
Bear meat is in moderate supply at II
M20c. Game is in moderate supply at
unchanged prices. Black ducks sell at
| Sl1502 per pair: red headed ducks.
$3.50; wldgeon, 81; teal, S1.l0. Phil
| adclpha squad are firm at $l0d.50 per
doz, with natives at $3,50N3.75: quail,
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