Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-12
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

quiet but steady all tie week, with
prices blN little changed. Extra
creamery, small pkcs, 2Su2siAc; north
ern fresh. round lots. 27fi2Sc; western,
21G27Hc; eastern, 24M25c; jobbing,
nc TO 1c more.
Cheese is firm in price, but the de
mand is quiet. The quotations are
steady at: Round lots, 14@l41ac; sage
1i1aM15c: jobhing, 1kn2c higher.
Eggs are in short supply for fresh laid.
hut other grades are coming in freely
and prices are easy. Western fresh,
23M2ic: storage. 1Su19c: eastern. 25m
2Gc: nearby and fancy. 2SN3Oc; jobbing,
1c to 1lac higher.
The country markets are firm NJ
beans aud locally prices are steadily
held. though the market is rathcrquict.
Carload lots, pea. S2.4502.50; medium.
s2.I5m2j0: yellow eyes. S2.00M3: rcl
kidneys. $3..SM3.3o; California small
white. $2.GQu2G 60: iobbing. Toe more.
Very choice selections of apples are
bringing good prices. but for ordinary
qualities the market is dun at: Fancy
~I;al1wins. g. 1sT2.5 30: No. Baldwins.
S1.5Om2: greetings, SI.5O02. No. .. all
kinds. S1O1.2J: Hubbn rdston. S1.2lO2:
pound sweets. $1.50M2: northern spies.
S1.50M@25: Kings, S2M3; Tolman
sweets. S1.50u25O: COMMON apples.
15cGtS1.2J. Small lots and jobbing
from SOC to 81 per hbl more.
Cranbcrries are iobbcd ut S3.5ONJ5
per crt and Steals per Dbl. The re-
ccipts for the week were 337 bbls: last
year, 17G bbls.
Nuts are fairly steady Mt: Nalnuts.
11fil5c per lb: cIstauaS. 12c; ~fil)rrts. II
Mi4c, Texas pccans. 1OHi14c: almonds,
13015c for hard and 14M16c for soft
shells; peanuts, 80. !. li2c: iuinbos, q
Mt4ac.
Tho market for POTATOES is rather
quiet. at steady prices. HOulton Green
mountains, 7SMS0c: hebrons, I3MT5c per
bu: York state, Green mountains ana
round white, 10c; western, G5d6sc;
Dakota reds, G3Gt65c; sweets, double
heads, S2.5OM3; Vinclands. 81.
Boston market celery is brinGin
higher prices at seas per long bx; Pas
chal, S4M6.
,'iliIbI ma tdulIIIohti - oiltI lIlS at
S2.75 per crt; Brussels sprouts, 15c per
at by the crt.
Onions are selling at S2.o503 ner hbl.
with jobbcrs by the bushel higher:
Spanish. long crts, $3.50.
Cucumbers are selling at Sic for
fancy long green; good, $j4; medium,
$10d12: No. =, S4d6.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted at 4Oc
per lb. with mushrooms. ct soc per ID.
Some new rhubarb is in tie market and
selling ut 1Oc per 10.
Cabbages sell at Sc for native and
Savoy.
Squashes are quiet and unchanged.
Marrow squash. S25 per ION. Hub
bards, S20Q25; turbans. S20M35.
Yellow turnips sell at sac per Dbl:
white French. S1G1.tO per bbl. white
fiat. SOC per bX; beets. SOC; carrots, 5Uc;
parsnips, COO: @ plants. $50 per crt.
Lettuce sells at 5od75c per doz; rad
ishoS, soc per doz; mint, 81 per doS:
cresS, 15c per doz: parsley. $3.50 for hot
house, per bu; satisfy, Toe per doz;
leeks, 40c per dox.
Southern string beans sell at S3Gf4
per bskt for green and wax, according
to quality.
Spinach IS quoted at oocISl,50 per
Dbl; kale, 50cM$1 per Dbl; esl;ro, $50
per bu; endive, $50 per on, ronainc,
50 per bu; artichokcs, SD per bu:
dandelions. $3.50 per blu.
There is no improvement to note in
the hay market. Choice grades are
scarce but low grades are slow Of salp.
with a full supply; straw is quiet and
steady: millfeed is firmer. Choice hay.
S20M21; No. /, Sl7Q13; low grade, So
ais and up: rye straw, $1lMl5; oat
straw. S90 10.
Hams and fresh ribs are higher. but
other pork provisions arc unchanged.
There is an easy market for fresh
beef, with a very few choice cattle still
bringing Sc.
Muttons and lambs are quiet but
steady at quotations. Neql5 are I'M
changed. Spring lambs. SM lOl.c: year.
lingS, 50Sc; muttonS, 5nec: veals, 10
U11c.
There is an easier tone to the market
for poultry, especially on western tur-
Keys. Northern chickens are scarce.
Prices are not much changed. West
ern turkeys. 1NG2.Oc; northern fowls.
14n1Gc; western foN Is, 13n15c: chick.
ems, western, i5Ml6c; northern, 17moUc,
ducks. 1GN1Sc; geese, l2dllc.
Ncnison is still IN moderate sunnlv
from cold storage, whole deer being
quoted at 1JM20c, with saddles at 25G
Csc; skins on, and legs at 3OniaJc. Bear
meat is in moderate supply at 15ll2Oc.
There is Il little smaller supply Of game,
prices being steady and unchanged.
Black ducks sell at $i.IJM2 per pair:
red headed ducks, $50: Widgcon, 81;
teal, %l.1o. Philadelphia sGlab are
firm at S4do4.5 50 per doz. with natives Mt
S3.5On3.15: qdail, $+2504.IO per doz:
plover, SJNd6 per doz.
The -four MARKET Is quiet. with BUYERS
indifferent, and taking only enough for.
pressing needs. The advance of 30 in
prices during the week is no more than
natural with the advance in wheat,
There is absolutely no ground Tor sensa-
tional stories regarding Il car fnmine.
The receipts are normal, With stocks
for local consumption showing little
change. Stocks for CypOrt arc un,,cb