Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

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easier markets in New York and the
west. Northern fresh, round lots. 26ia
Ci2tc; western, 26lzG7 pc; held creamery,
21Q 2Gc; Vermont dairy, 23d 25c: reno
waited butter, 1SM2Oc jobbing, 1aM1c
more
Cheese holds very steady. with good
demand and prices unchanged Round
lots. 1IiaM 15c: sage, 15N ljhc; job
bino, Lore higher.
Eggs arc easier than week ago,
but for the past few days the market
has been steady. Western fresh. Is
@l6c. storage packed, 1Giac EASTERN
1GMi1c; jobbing. 1c to &c higher.
Beans Hrc in light demand, with prices
easy at the recent decline. Carload
lots, pea. $3.50: medium. $3.50; yellow
eyes. s.. SO6j2.Sj; red Kidneys 5000
$40; California small white, S2.;.jNl
900. iobbing, Toe more.
There is a good demand for choice
apples. with extra lots from cold
storage bringing even higher prices
than those quoted below. Baldwins
from cold storage. S2M2 so: fancy Bald
wins, SI.T502 ESQ: No. Baldwins. 81 %
W115; No =, SlG1.25; greetings, $1M
80; russets, $1M2: northern spies. 81 80
M2.50; Kings, S2M3; Tolman sweets.
$1.3QGl2.5O: Maine Ben Davis, S1.756l
30. Small lots and jobbing, JOc0jS1
per Dbl more.
Crantcrries continue to sell in small
way mt 81 per CRIT and SO per Dbl,
though the season is about over.
Strawberries have been in heavy re-
ccipt. Flordas stopped early in the
week. the last sales being made at II
a20c. The bulk of the receipt. were
North Carolinas, which sold by tho
load at Sn12c. with a few fancy at 14c.
J0Dblite prices were higher than these
prices.
new maple syrup is scarce and sells nj
9pcM$1 per gai can; new sugar. l3G7
l5c per ID for small cakes: bricks. 1On
he, lails 10c.
Nuts are steady and unchanged
Nait'lts, 11015c per lb; castanas. 81
1oc, tlhcrts 11012c; Texas pecans 8
M1oc. almonds, 12G15c for hard and II
& Gc for soft shells: peanuts. No. /.
3-4c' iumbos, GM61sc. Cocoanuts.
S2.75 per By
Potatoes are in fair demand, though
TIE cold and rainy weather of the week
interfcred with trade somewhat Prices
are stcady and unchanged Houlton
Green mountains, S3nS5c; hebrons, 75M
ISc per bu; York state, Green noun
talnS, roc: western round white ESQ
zoe; Dakota reds, 6o,d63c; Pride of the
South. G0M65c; Vineland sweets. SEA
$50; Jersey. bskts, $15O; southern
white. So.
Boston market celery is firm at So
per doz punches; California, 81 per
bunch.
Onions are firner at So so per Dbl.
with jobbers by the bushel higher:
spanish. long crts. So; Egyptian, bgs
$40 bermuda So per CRIT
dollhouse toma toes are quoted at CSC
per ID, southern. 81 per CRIT, with mush-
rooms at So per bx. Rhubarb sells at
&c per ID,
Cucumbers sell at S3d6 per bx for hot
house. all sizes.
yellow turnips sell at S1.c5 per Dbl;
white French, ~ per Dbl; white fat, 75c
per bx; beets, 20c; carrots Soc; parsnps,
SOC; egg plant. S. per crt.
Cabbages sell at 4Odc0c for native
and 81 so for Savoy; new southern.
large crts, $3.50.
Squeshes are quoted az $50 per ton
for Hubbard.
Lettuce sells at 5OG775c per doz; rad
;shrS, round 25c per doz; long 40c per
doz; mint. soc por doz; cress. SOC per
doz; satisfy, S125 per doz; leeks, zoe
per doz
Spinach is quoted at S2Q25O pcr Dbl
kalc 15c per Dbl; artichokes, 81 per
hu; parsley, dollhouse, $40 pot hx:
dandclions, SOC per bu; beet green's. tOc
per bu: new southern bects, 7.c pei
doz bchs; natives, $lGt1 30
Bermuda potatoes job Mt S50G per
Dbl: Florida potatoes. $2M2 30: horse
radish, Sc per Dbl; peppers, 81 per crit
There is very little charge to note
in pork provisions, the market being
steady, with fair demand.
Fresh beef is in fair demand. with
only few very choice cattle bringing
Sc. Tho bulk of the sales are at { 3.4c
for choice and down for lower grades.
h'i' - g." Nfiy III III IldIhei LOT west
ern muttons and lambs, with the de
mand somewhat improved veals are
steady. Spring lambs, 11m12c, with q
few fancy al 13c; yearlings, 9M1Oc
muttons, 10G11lc; veals, SM10c, witt
some fancy higher.
Western ice packed fowls have beer
in moderate demand, with prices 1oinga
little better. Frozen turkey and chick
ems are i'll light demand, and prices ar
barely maintained. Western turkeys
iced. 15M1Tc; frozen, 16M 1Sc; northern
fowls, 14Ml6c; western fowls iced, l.
Ml4lac; frozen western fowls, 12laG
1870; western frozen chickens, 1301o
northern, 20d25c; spring broiers, 2SG
30c; lib brolers, per pair, $1M1 70
Capons, 1S@20c.
Game is in moderate supply and sell
slowly at quota tons. Mallard duck
sell at 81 250 80 per pair; red heade,
ducks, S2.50M3; widgeon, 81: Philadel
pha SQUAD are firm at SO 5OGi4 per do7
with natives at S303.5O; quail, $4G4 y
Der doz; plover S5G6 per doz. A few
fresh plover are coming in and sell a
S4.5O06 per doz.
There is steady market for mil
feed. but without further advance il