Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-14
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


on butter, though receipts are still in
cr'aslhg. Tho demand has irnr rovcd
somewhat. Northern fresh, round lots.
22c; western. 22c; Vermont dairy, 1S,I
Ioc; renovated butter. lTMlS;hc; lob
plng, 12Mlc more.
Old cheese is cleaning ND VOL at firm
prices. Receipts of new are increasing.
but MS vet the quality is not entirely
satisfactory. Round lots, 14r6,15c:
new chorsc, 13m l3},c, jobbing, 1Ci2c
higher.
Eggs show very little change. Re-
Ceipts are liberal but prices are well
sustained with good demand. West
ei'l fresh, lG6i lie; storage packed. 17iAc:
eastern. la l9c; jobhing, 1c 10 1lsc
higher
Beans are quiet in demand with
prices fairly steady. Carload lots. rca,
S2.3W2.35: medium. s2.1Os1235: vel
low eyes. $27on2.7j: red Kidneys. SO 10
W3.15: California small white. S2.55di
2.GO. iobbinG. Toe more
Apples are in stca1y demand with
prices firm on choice stock. Badwins
from cold storage. S235d215; fancy
Baldwins, S2M2.T5, 80. | Baldwins.
S150d2; No. .. S1.256I!.50. crceninps
S1JOW225; russctS, %2u2 15 northern
spies. S2m3: Maine Ben Davis. Si.aOoI
225. Small lots and jobbng. 5ocMS1
per Dbl more
Strawberries were in heavy Re-.
cept. with prices lower. Later. how.
ever the market was poorly sup.
Piled prices advancing, the quotations
being 15d1Sc.
Potatoes IRE rather quiet. with prices
easier Houton Green mountains. So
WS5c; hobrons. 75Nd ;;lc per nu: York
state. Green mountains iJl zoe: west
crn white. 6oMGJc: Dalloia reds. slfi
soc; New Floridas 81 10Tl5 per hhl:
Jersey sweets bskts. SiM1.25: south
crn white sweets, 81 50M2.
\ little bunch celery is Offering st
l5chtS125 per bch.
Onions are firm at: Egyptian. lgs,
Is; Bernudas Sits per crt.
Hothouse tomatoes are quoted It SIC
per III; southern, So JON3.50 per ct
with mushrooms at 81 por bX. Rhubarh
sells at Pc per lib for nntivr
Cucumbers sell at 81 5Gfl5 per tx for
dollhouse, all sizes.
Yellow turnips sell at s. nor Dbl.
white French, 81 30 per hbl; white fiat
81 per bx; beets. 500 ioc: carrots. 30
"a 13c; parsnips, 50d75c: egg liant, So
per crt.
Cabba gcs, new southern. sell at 81 70
CLIO for large crts: Norfolk. Ibis. s1.25.
Squashes are quoted ut $40 Der ton
for Hubbard.
Lettuce sells at 5OGS5c per doz; rad
'shcS SOC per doz; MINI, soc or tloz:
crcss. 3505Oc per doz; satisfy, S1.ao
per doz; leeks, 75c per doA.
New string beans sell n, $4,000 Der
crt for wax and 50 75Gl3 for grcen
Aspara gus is quoted at S305 for
southern large lunches. and S1.5Od2. 50
per doz for native
Spinach is quoted at 50 per Dbl for
and soc per Tx for native.
Nale loo per bx for native; nrtichol;cs.
40 per bu: parsley, dollhouse, $3.50
per bx; dandelions. 5oc per bu: beet
Greens, 4OM SOC per blu; new ma tive hccts.
Sl.50 per doz bchs; bunch onions, zoe
per bx.
Bermuda potatoe Job ut $3.50 rer
l'hl; Florida potatoes, S4,5015; horse
radiSh. So per Dbl; peppers, So per crt.
Pork provisions arc easier. with
lower prices quoted on some cuts.
There is a firmer marart for fresh
beef and higher prices arc expected.
The receipts for the week were a total
Df icf cars.
There is very iirm market for
lambs, with some Brighton stock sell.
ing at lac and bove; mnttons and vtaIs
Pre- steady and unchanged. String
lambs, 12M13c, with some fancy
higher: ycarlings. 90 l0c; muttonS. ar
Zoe; veals, 9Ml0c, with some fancy
higher
There is very quiet markrt for roIll.
try. with prices steady as quoted:
Western turkeys, frozen. 1SQ@0c: iced,
1fc; western fowls, iced. 13I,Ollc:
frozen western fowls. 13u 1870; western
frozen chickens, 14MlGc; fresh killed
northern chickens, 146l Ice: fresh
killed northern fowls 15Gi lGc: hroilcrs, +
'HW35c; squad broilcrs. per pair ~ 1.
hNc; spring ducks, 2ln3Oc
Hay has been a little more active.
with the best grades selling readily: |
poor grades are slow and hard to move:
'nillfeed is firmer and was marked VI |
again. Choice hay, sgt; No. /, $17Ml9: |
low grades, Sl3ml5 and up: rye straw, |
SlGM II; oat straw, 500
Speculative wheat shows n slight de. |
cline for the week, and scare over DOS.
slble damage to the winter wheat cron |
having lost much Of its force. Armour
has cut quite as much figure in tho mar.
Iiot as have crop adviccs, for he w0s
credited with dumping out about 900
IDO bushels of July wheat and is now
to have cleaned out his limo
IN that month, although later his ac.
tons seemed to denote fresh nurchpsos
around re. He is generally credited
with being short of considerable Son.
fcmber. Exporters have taken ONLY a
interest in cash wheat
Abroad the crops have shown general
improvement, as reflected IN docliIiuo
French and other prices, but stocks ara
also decreasing rapidly from week TO
week. under large conSumpiivo drains.
In the west. receipts for the week have
been shade smaller, and the rabonrd
'learances arc also less than last week.
There is no especial feature about
Inc -four trade. Aggregate sales were
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