Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-28
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

rather more quiet, with receipts increas-
ing and New York easier. Prices lave
thus far been maintained here. how
ever. Northern fresh, round lots, %
@2sAc; western, 23a231sc; Vermont
dairy, 21d23c; renovated butter, 800
19c; jobbing, h@1c more.
New cheese is in fair demand; old
cheese is about cleaned up. Prices are
steady. Round lots, Did, 141.@l6c; new
cheese, 12k@13c; tobbing. 'a@.c
higher.
There is nothing new in the egg mar
ket. Choice lots bring full prices. but
supplies are liberal. Western fresh, 1914
M17c; storage packed 17M171ac; cost
ern, 1Sd19c; jobbing 1c to 1hc higher.
Beans are firm both here and in the
country and prices have been advanced.
Carload lots. pea. s2.45 medium. $2.45;
yellow eyes, S2.7OM2T5; red Kidneys.
S325M33O; California small white,
$265; jobbing, 10c more.
The warm weather and the liberal
euPPly VI LUSH IL VII ilNE ioh 81 Wv ~
ing effect upon the apple trade. Prices
are easy, with the demand quiet. Bald
wins from cold storage. $2.5OI3; No. 9,
all kinds, S125011 so; russets. S2d3;
northern spies, S2M3; Maine Ben Davis,
S2M2.50. Small lots and jobbng, 50cG
81 per Dbl more.
The receipts of strawberries have
been more liberal, the total for the
week being 36161 crts. Prices have
ruled low, quotation being GI13c, &C.
cortlng to quality.
Potatoes hold steady, with a fair de-
mand and full receipts. Green noun
tains, 90Q95c: hebrons, soc per bu;
York state, Green mountains. 75GlSOc;
western round white, 1OM he: Dakota
reds, roc; new Floridas, St,JOGtj per
Dbl; Jersey sweets, bskts, 81; southern
white sweets, S15O01.15.
Bunch celery is Offering nj 5ocd$1o5
per bch.
Onions are firm at Egyptian. bgs.
So; Bermudas. 81 per CRIT.
dollhouse toma toes are quoted at 1919
M15c per ID; southern, $l.5OQ2 % per
crit, with mushrooms a t $1.50Gi2 per bI.
Cucumbers sci. Mt 81 SCOT per bx for
dollhouse. all sizes.
Yellow turnips sell at Sc per Dbl:
white French. So per Dbl; white flat,
81 per bx; beets. 50c; carrots. 50175c;
parsnips, 50d75c; egg plants, 50 per
CRIT.
Cabbages. Norfolk, sell at 81 25d1.75
per Dbl.
SQuashcs are quoted at $40 per ton
for Hubbard
Lettuce sells at $4,000 per doz: rad
ishes, 1Oc per doz; mint. 75c per doz;
cress, BIC per doz satisfy, S1.5o per doz;
leeks, SOC per doz.
New string beans sell at S3I4 per
crit for wax and S304 for green.
Asparagus Is quoted at S2GI3 for
southern large punches, and 81 r(Ni2
per doz for native.
Spinach is quoted at 12MGrl5c per
bx for native; kale 15c per tx for ma
tive. artichokes. $3.50 per bu: parsley,
dollhouse, Sl.25 per bx; dandelons, zoe
per bu; beet greens. 40c per bu; native
beets, 75cGS1 per doz bchs; bunch
onions. J0c per bx.
Bermuda potatoes Job at S5T5 80 per
Dbl; Florida potatoes, 81. 5O6f5; horse
radish SO per Dbl; peppers, So per CRIT
Choice hay Is scarce and prices nro
firmer. The drought promises to seri-
ously affect the hay crop. Straw Is
quiet millfeed is firm. Choice hay, 500
@23: No. 1, $17@19; low grades, S14
Ml5 and up; rye straw, $1I0o0; oat
straw, SOTO.
FORK provisions are easier. with some
cuts marked down. The week shows
considerable increase in the marketing
OF hogs. in comparison with the re-
cent past and also last year
The unusually heavy receipts Of fresh
beef have had the predicted result, Il nd
prices have declined. Scarcely my
thing is choice enough to bring over
Z 3-4c for whole cattle. Tho demand
IS only fair.
Choice lambs are somewhat easier,
but prices are still very high, with
only moderate demand: veas are
steady. Spring lambs, 120l3r, with
some choice Kentucky at lIl15c;
yearlIngs, 10Gl0hc; muttons, 9AGTi0c:
veals, 106l1c, with some fancy higher
There Is a quiet market for poul-
try, with prices steady and unchanged
Western turkeys, frozen, 1SQ20c: iced.
Ice; western fowls. iced, l3Rnltc:
frozen western fowls. 1890: western
frozen chickens. 14G16c; fresh killed
northern chickens. 25G2Sc; fresh killed
northern fowls, l5d &c: broilcry, SOfl
35c; western broilers, 2513Oo: SQUAD
broilers, per pair, 75990c spring
ducks, 20u23c.
The Armour wheat interest i'm Chi
cago has attracted attention by rea-
son of furry In May on Friday and
good support of July in face OF greatly
improved weather Kansas and the
southwest generally has had abmndant
moisture, but up to Thursday night the
Ohio valley was so dry as to cause
general anxiety among the trade.
Good showers have now fallen there,
however, relieving the situation great
ly. Low temperatures in the north.
west early in the week disappeared
without extending to winter wheat
sections and have been replaced by
warm. showery conditions.
The statistical position in the north
west, on the other hand, is such as to
promote considerable bulllshncss at
noItc nd Nm ,,th hn,