Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-05
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

choicest fresh made bringing Iull quo
tations. Receipts are slightly larger
and the cheaper grades show soinc ne.
emulation. Extra creamery, smal.
pkgs. 2S02S1kc; northern fresh. round
lots, 27k0l2Sc; western, 27M27ihc; cast
ern. 25df2Gc; jobbing, &c to 1c moro.
Cheese is firm. but tho trade is quic'
and without special feature. Round
lots. 14M14iac; sage, 141sM 1Jc; jobbing
i4n2c higher.
There is an easy market for eggs with
prices lower under the Influence Of mild
weather. Western fresh. 2tM2Jc: Stor.
ago, 10M2lc: eastern. 25M26c; nearby
and fancy, 2Sm31c; jobbing, 1c to 1tsc
higher.
Beans are quiet. but firm, both here
and in the country. Carload lots, pea.
S2.4j02,5O; medium. S~2.45eI2.JO; yellow
eyes. S200M3: red kidneys. S325G3.3O;
California small white, $2.G002.GJ; job.
bling. Zoe more.
The apple market is very quiet. but
some fancy Baldwins from cold storage
are selling above quotations. Fancy
Baldwins. $~2.25u2.30: No. I Baldwins.
81 .5ON2: greetings. S1.50M2: No. .. all
kinds. S1@1.25; H~ubbardston. 81 25n2.
pound sweets, $1.3O02: northern spies,
$1.JOM225; Kings. S2n3: Tolman
sweets, $1.JOG2.50: common apples. Zoe
MS1 -. Small lots and jobbing from
50c to 81 per Dbl more.
C%ranberrics are jobbing at S3.1JMl
per crt and So per Dbl.
Nuts arc quiet and unchanged at:
Walnuts. 11}aM14c per lib; castanas. II
@12c: iilberts. 11@12c; Texas pecans. 10
M12c; almonds. 13M14c for hard and
15M17c for soft shells: peanuts, No. l,
4hM4 3-4c; jumhos, GM6i2c.
Potatoes are steady at unchanged
quotations. Houlton Green mountains,
state, Green mountains and oulid
white. zoe: western, 65dGSc; sweets,
double heads, $o50l3; Vinellnds,
~. 60tI4.
Boston market celery is firmer, at 81
az per long bx; Faschal. S35odo.
California caulifowcr is Offering at s.
ALSO per crt, Brussels sprouts. 1oc per
OF by the crt.
Onions are unchanged at 1918 per
Dbl. with iobbers by the buslel higher;
Spanish. long crts. $3.50.
Cucumbers are selling at SD for
fancy long green: good. s10ql1; me-
dunn, SCOT: No. =. $364.
IINth~,,c, fo,,o{pnc - p,,otoI n rOp
per ID, with mushrooms at 81 30 per Alb
Tx. Some new rhubarb is in the market
and selling at l21ac per Id.
Danish cabha ges sell ut Soc per Dbl;
native, SOC per Dbl: Savoy. SIC.
Souashes arc quiet and unchanged.
Marrow squash. So per ton: Hubbards,
$2o0o5: turbans, S20025: pumpkins sell
at Joe per bx.
Yellow turnips sell at o0c per Dbl:
white French, S1Gl1.5O per Dbl; willie
fiat, soc per bx; bccts, soc; carrots, 5Oc;
parsnips, zoe; egg plants. 81 per crt.
Lettuce sells at 25cd$1.J0 for long
bxs: radlshcs. 25c per doz; mint. SOC per
doz; crcss, Toe per doz; parsley, s. for
dollhouse. per bu: satisfy, 81 per doz:
!oekS. oOc per u0t.
Southern string beans sell at So.50Ga
$50 per bskt for green and wax, ac-
cording TO quality.
Spinach is quoted at 50 pr Dbl; kalc,
81 per Dbl. cskro, 81 per bu; endive, 81
per bn; romaine, S1.25 per hu: nrti-
clokes, SID per hu; dandelions, S225
per bu; beet greens, 81 per bu.
Hay has been quiet and slow Of sale
during the past week. with only mOdcr.
ate offerings OF good hay. There Is,
however, still an over-supply of low
grades, which must be sold at conces-
sions; straw is quiet and unchanged
millfeed is firm. Choice hay. $20d21;
No. !, S11413; low grade, S12Mlo and
up: rye straw. Sliff1J.
Lard is lower. but other pork pro
visions are steady and unchanged.
Fresh beef is easy at the decline. and
though it is reported that some choice
cattle are being sold at S Lie and ever
higher, tic bulk OF the sales will not
90 above Sc.
There has been AZ easy market fol
muttonS and lambs. but higher price,
are predicted for this week: veals arr
steady. Spring lambs, SMlOc; year
lings. 5uIc; muttons, 507c; vcals
10M11c.
There is 4 little firmer tone to tho
poultry market. with choice western
turkeys higher than II week ago. The
demand, however, is still quiet, not only
for turkeys but also for fowls and
chickens. Western turkeys. 19M.lc
northern fowls, lAdlJc, western fowls
l3Ml4c; chickens. western. 14M1Gc
northern, 11G20c; ducks, 1Gd Use; geese
l2ul4c.
There is still a moderate supply OF
veniSon, whole deer being steady at /,
M2Oc, with saddles at 256l2Sc; skins on
and legs at 3OM35c. Bear meat is il
moderate supply at 15@20c, There is Il
little smaller supply of game, prices be
ing steady and unchanged. Blaci
ducks sell at s1.7'I2 per pair; RED
headed ducks. SEQ: widgeor. 81; teal
S1,1O. Philadelphia SQUAD are firm a
s40I.5O per doz. with natives at $3.50
M3.75: quail, $I.250I.5O per doz; plovcr
S5MG per doz.
The wheat market was dominated by
the speculative side OF the situation
With an active market May whcat
reached the highest price of the option
50 Bic, at Chicago. 1t was a one-na