Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

advance OF early last week beng main
tanned Northern fresh. round lots, %
M231ac; WESTERN 23m23iac: Vermont
dairy. 2OM22c; renovated butter, 1S0l
10c; jobbihg, iaM1c more.
Receipts of new cheese are increasing,
end prices are easy; old choose is quiet
and Unchanged. Round lots. old l4iaor
loc; new cheese. 12AM l3c; jobbing, iam
2c higher Liverpool is quoted ut SIS
for old white and colorcd, and G2s for
Lew white aud colorcd.
Eggs are steady in price for strictly
choice. Western frcsh, l6tam17c;
storage packed. ITM1T1ac; eastern, II
mlSc; jobbing. 1c to 11ac higher
Beans are very firm in the country
and this market is strengthening in
sympathy Carload lots pea, S2.3J;
medium, S2.3J; yellow eyes. 81. 1Ori2.I5;
red kidneys. S3.15M3.20; California
small white, $3.50; jobbing, Zoe more.
Apples are still in fair demand. with
prices holding steady on choice lots.
The supply is narrowing down. cold
storage fruit being substantially all
that is Offering now. BaldwinS from
cold storage, S2.oc0I3; No. Baldwins.
S2M215; No. ,, all kinds. S15OGi 10;
ruSSets, S2m3: northern spies, S26i3;
Maine Ben Davis, S26,2.75 Small lots
and iobbing, 30NiS1 per bill more
Straw berries show some incrna So. but
arc still in much smaller receipt than
Il year ago. Norfolks have sold at about
1ONi BE. with few MarylandS quoted
at 12M13c
There is firm market for potatoes
at the recent advance. New POTATOES
are still in light supply and quotcl
firm. Green mountains. 9Nt9jc: hob
rons. soc per bu; York state. Green
mountains. 1JNS0c: western round
white. TOd15c: Dakota reds, 100: new
tlordas, 81 5Wd5 per bbl; Jersey sweets.
bSkts, SlMl.25; southern white sweets.
Sl.5O1i2.
Bunch celery is Offering at 7jcMS1. 30
per bch
Onions are firm at Egyptian, bgS 50
m3.25: Bernudas. 50 percrt.
dollhouse Tomatoes are quoted AT II
M20c per III: southern, S2.aOGl3.5O per
- y.
Rhubarl, sells at L. per III for native.
Cucumbers sell al 81 :jOnl.5O per bx
for dollhouse. all sizes
Yellow turnips sell at $3.50 per bill:
white French. $3.50 per Dbl; white fat,
81 per bX: hccts. 50m15 carrots. 5OG7
1ic; parsnips. 5ofIlc; egg plant. 50
per crt.
Cabbage new southern. sell at 81 -
a 90 for large crtS: Norfolk. bblS. 81 -
also
Suuashe> are quoted at so per ton
FOR Hubbard.
Lettuce sells at 50MS5c per doz: rad.
ishes. 25c per doz: mint, Soc per doz;
leckS. 10c per doz.
New string Deans sell at S3G4 per
crt for waX.and S1.7:ra2. - for green.
Aspara gus is quoted M Sl.5o per hll
for southern, and 4oc per hx for natl, a.;
kalc lIc per Tx for native: artichokcS.
>l.oo per hu: parsley. dollhouse. SY per
Tx; dandeloHs. 500 per bu: beet green's.
'i'UIOc per hu: new native heotS. 81 %
/ per doz bchs: bunch onions. SOC per hx
R"rmudH potatoes job 1T SiOI.lO per
! bhl; Florida potatoes. 45OuI: horse
radi>h ST per hbl: peppers, s. per crt.
Hay is lirlncr for choice grades. with
offerings small straw is in small sup
ply and firm for choice: mllfecd is
iirmcr Choice hay. sol; No. |. SI7Gl
| 10; low grades, Sl3m15 and up: rye
| straw. SlGWl1. Oat straw. S9u 10.
There is Il slightly easier market
OF pork PROVISIONS At revised quota
lions. There is considerable enlfr.e-
nent in tn" aggregate marketing Of hogs
and the total for the week is in excess
of last year.
her" Is Il firm market for FRI Sh beef.
with the demand good, Receipts. how
ever, We're very large for the wecn.
Choice lambs are very nrm. with only
moderate offerings; muttonS and Year
lingS are steady; veal Is are quiet Spring
lambs, IA 15c; yrarlings, l0li1lc:
muttons. 3'2m1oi2c: vealS, 1OMl1c
with some fancy higher
There is lulct demand for poultry.
| with prices generally showing little
change. Western turkeys, frozen. lAll
zoe; iced. tic: western fowls, iced, 1872
| Ml4c: frozen western fowls. 13Vl3roc.
western frozen chickens. 14dl lGc: fresh
| killed northern chickens, 2OIl25c; fresh
| Filled northern fowls. lIu i6r; broiIprs.
3Om31c; SQUAD broilerS. per pair, 15Gi
soc; spring ducks, 22M25c.
During thu past week there has been
moderate shifting of condition of the
| growing winter wheat crop. some i'm
| proveMcnt here and some deterioration
there. and on the whole the condition
has been barely maintained. Generally
warmer weather is considered favor
able Rains in Texas. Oklahoma.
| Kansas and \ehra SKA wero liberal
but helpful Warm rains are becoming
needtul in the rest of the winter wheat
belt. The complaint Of deterioration IN
southern Illinois, southern Missouri.
southwestern Indiana and western
Nentucky Is pronounced. The plant Ia a
changed from a rich green color 10 n
sickly yellow, and many of tho lower
leaves are dying. But the extent of de-
tcriorat0n is indefinite. ana is prospnc.
tive rather than positive, 4s many cor.
respondents believe that warm showers
would revive it, Taxing tho situation
as a whole, prospects, while Somewl mar
modified, continue for Il good crop
The most that can he said of the tour