Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-29
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


the west. Receipts are not large. but
buyc hold off and the market Is
quiet. Extra creamery. small pkgs. %
t2SIsc; northern fresh. round lots. 27Il
u2Sc; western, 276i2Iisc; eastern. 2l4
Zoe; jObbing. &c TO 1C more.
Cheese is generally very firm, though
trade is quiet on account OF the high
prices prevailing Round lots, 1850
14,sc; sage, 1lM1Jc; jobbing, l.02c
highcr.
Eggs arc little steadcr. with slight
recovery in quotations from .hc lowest
point Western fresh. 2G6il,c: storage,
20d22c; eastern. 27m2sc: nearby ana
fancy, 3-m3lc and UP; jobbins, 1c to
llac high Y.
Their" is fine market for beans. with
fair demand. Offerings are not large.
country markets holding sta;rly. Car
Nad lot. pea. 80 {5u2 30: medium. So
N2'I0; yellow eyes. $4,000; rcd kid.
neys. S3.2!u330; Californr small white.
$2Gou2.05; iobhing. Zoe more.
Apples are quiet. with prices holding
steady. Fancy BaldwinS. $2.25Gio.5O:
No. | Raldwins. ..5OW2; greetings.
f1.5'Mi2; No. =. all kinds. Slni.25: IIuD.
hardstCn, S1.25u2; pound sweets. Sl.:jo
az; northern spies, Sl.50Gi2.25' Kings,
%2m3: Toiman sweets, 81 .5CGt2.1O: com
nlon appl'>. 15cGi$l.2,,. STALL lots and
johbing from 30c to 81 per hb more.
Cranberries are iobbing Mt S3.T51fI4
per crt and SI0M12 per Dbl. The ie-
ccpjs for the week were lG6 bbls, last
year. GSi bbis.
Nuts drc quiet and unchanged at:
Nalnuts l114m14c per IL; casianaS. II
@12": tihcrts, 11M12c: Texas pccans.
1CW lie; almonds, 1871 lie for hard and
I5WlIc for soft bells.
The weather has been unfavoratln 70
trade in potatoes and prices are quiet
and unchanged. Houlton Green noun
tlirs, SoF hcbrons, 73M75c per bn:
York state. Green mountains and round
white. 10: western, G5M6Sc; swrrts.
double heads, $2.5oM3; Vinclands.
g3JFdi.
Roston market celery is frmcr at 81
as per long bX; PaSchal. S4mJ.
California cAuitlower is Offering al 81
a per crt; brussels sprouts. l5C per
at Ivy the crt.
Onions are higher, at S275 per bhl,
with jobhcrs By the buShel higher;
Spanish long crts, $3.50.
Cucunbers are selling at SO for fancy
long green; good. so; medium. S51G;
No. =. S304
dollhouse tomat toes are quoted Mt SOC
per lb, with mushrooms at S125al 30
per Alb bx. Some new rhubarb is in
the market and selling at lJc per lb.
Danish Cobbages sell at Sc per Dbl;
nativc. soc per Dbl: Savoy. Soc.
Sq,aShcs remain quiet and I'M
changed. Marrow squash, SO per ton.
1IubbardS. S20n25; turbars, S20025:
pumpkins sell at SOC per hX.
yellow turnips sell at 0nc per Dbl:
white French. S1Ml.50 per bhl' white
Pat. sc per bx beets, soc: carrots. SOC:
parsnips, G0c; egg pla nts, s3d4 per crt.
Lettuce sells at S1M2 for long bxs;
radi>hes, zoe Per doZ; mint. 81 per doZ:
cross, 81 per doz: parsley. 50 for hot
house, por bu; satisfy, 81 per doz; lecks,
doc per doz.
Southern string beans soil Mt S3GJ3. 30
per bskt for green and wax, according
TO quality.
Spinach is quoted OF s1G1 30 per hbl
kalc, zoe per Dbl: eskro, 81 % per hu:
cnd.ye, SID per bu: dandelions, $50
per bu; beet greens, 81 per hi.
The market for pork provisions is
firm, with good demand.
Fresh beef is rather easier. though a
few choice heavy cattle are still selling
al full quotations.
Muttons and lambs are frm. With n
moderate supply and a good demand.
Spring lambs. 10011c; yearlngS, 7G,Sc:
muitons, T0SI2c; vcals. 9Ii11c.
Poultry is in quiet demand, with
choice western turkeys in moderate
supply. Chickens are steady. West
ern turkeys. 1Sm20c: northern Fowls. If
M15c: western fowls, 13N 14c; chickens.
western. 14M ice; northern. 17Nonc:
ducks, 16M lSc: geese. la lie
There * still moderate supply Of
vcniScn, whole deer being I'm hanged 1T
15M2Oc, with saddles at o5M:!sc: skin,
on, and legs at 3OM 35c. Bear neat is
in moderate supply, at 1T029c. There
is fair supply of game, prices h"in-
steady and unchanged. Black ducks
sell at S1.1102 per pair; rcd headed
ducks. $50; widgcon, 81: teal. SI1G.
Philadelphia sQuab are FIRE a SlM4.1n
Der doz, with natives at 81. 5ONi37J.
quail, Sl.45GI 100 per doz; plovcr, S5GiG
per doz.
There continues TO be GOOD demand
for cloice hay, with fun prices being
Obtained on the best lots. The bulk Of
the receipts are low Grade and sell slow
ly. Straw is in full supply anI easy.
Mll'ccd is firm. Choice hay. S90m21:
so. 1,Sl1ml9; low grade. Sl2Nl5 ana rp:
lyc straw, S14m15 oat stray 0Ulo.
The situation in wheat is ,ory strong.
with constantly advancing market.
The heavy export movement is claimed
to he the supporting influence but the
NcW York Evening Post SAYS that con.
sentative merchants, tho leading millprs
and big elevator men are the oWncrs of
the bulk Of the wheat in sight, AMI they.
evidently, are firm believers in its I'M
trinsic merit, md are therefore unyill.
tng to sell except at higher prices. con.
tending that for the balance Of the crop
year the shipments from the iutcrjur
will be small and that the visible supplv
will show a heavy reduction bcroro tho