Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-21
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Northern creamery, 2lM2li2c; western,
-o'2WZlc; Vermont dairy, 1SUl0c;
fehovatcd butter 11m11isc.
Cheese is steady, with fair demand,
without much change in quotations.
Round lots, Vermont twins, 10laMl1c;
New York twins, Tia liac.
Eggs are firmer Oh western, but the
demand IS not very active. Prices are
steady at: Choice nearby, 20m2lc;
eastern, 10Ml91gc; western, 1Si2td19c.
Beans are in very light demand, with
prices barely maintained. Carload lots,
pea, S1.9jM2; medium, S2U2.0j; vel
low eyes. $2.15M2. SO: red kidneys, $3.1o
c3.25: California small white, $1,000
10: foreign pea, Sl.9OWl95; foreign
medium, $1,000 %; jobbing prices, 10
W1Jc higher.
There is a better demand for choice
nppes. especially Baldwins, and some
lots bring 25GI50c above quotations.
Very few lots. however. arc good
enough for this. as there are plenty of
medium grades Offering. though the
market is in much better shape than
fortnight ago. Russcts. S2M3: Kings.
Eoti, bdNiNIllS, T-W-'i Elt'Ilh-N' -
H2.5O; 1olman sweets, S15Ou2.2J;
northern spies. S25oM3.5O No. .. all
grades. l.50N2.
The quotations on choice Cape cram
berries is unchanged at ST.1oGiS.5O per
Dbl and S2.5OM3 per crit. Jersey crts
are quiet at $l.75.
whcrrieS arc coming forward
freely, but prices hold up surprisingly
well. Choice fruit sells at 2OM3Oc
from the receivers.
Maple sugar is iobbing Mt 13Ml4 for
email cakes. 12m l3c for large cakes and
1o0llc for pals; maple syrup, coca
F1l0 per gal.
Potatoes have declined little from
the extreme top. owing to better re-
reipts, but The market is still firm.
Aroostooll hchrons, Sl15M1 20: Green
mountains, 81 15M 20; Dakota reds,
fl 05; rose, 81 l5Gi 20; silver dollars.
S1M105: sweets, Jersey double heads.
f1.5ON1325.
Celery is quiet, Boston market being
quoted at $3.50 per doz. Southern sells
mt $50 per doz.
Onions are firmer at: Spanish, large
crts, S3.25: natives. S1.75 per bu; bbIs,
$3.50: Bermuda crts. Sl65.
Cucumbers are selling lower at S3d
600 per bx.
Yellow turnps are firm at 81 so per
Dbl; white French. So per Dbl; white
fat, 73c per bn; beets, 81 80 per bu:
carrots. 75cNS1 per bu; parsnips, 81
per bu.
Hubbard sQuashes a re selling higher,
at $40 per ton; new southern white
$3.50 per crt.
Cahbagrs are firm at $3.50 per Dbl
for natives; Savoy. S2,1Om3 per Dbl
new southern, S4.25 per crt.
Lettuce is frmer at 56n1S5c per dOz
radishcs, 4oc per doz; mint, soc per doz !;
cress. 71c per doz; leeks, 81. 30 per doz.
String beans are quoted ut $2M2 IS
per bX for green and Sou2 - for wax.
Spinach is selling at 81 2lll 80 per
hhl Beet green's are quoted Mt 4Oc:
dandcIions 90cN$l per hu; parsley
75c per bu: peppers, $3.50 per bu.
Rhubarb IS quotabe at &c per HI.
HothouSe tomatoes are QuotabIe at
25c per ID for choice; southern crts, 81 %
ais.
Bermuda potatoes are Quotable at
$3.50 per Dbl.
Bunch bects are selling in small
way ut 15c per doz.
Charleston asparagus is selling at So
per doz for large lunches.
Prices are revised on pork products
and arc generally frmer. There has
been some decrease in offerings Of hogs.
compared with the preceding week. but
the total number exceeds corresponding
time last year. The quality is rather
moro variable but mostly good
Prices average lover than week ago
prominent markets indicating gen.
eral average Of about $50 per 100
pounds.
Fresh beef has advanced quito ma
tcraliy, hut trade is not particularly
uctivc and receipts continue large.
The market for lambs has cleaned nj
well and prices are materially stronger
ycarllneS are also very firm and NUT
tons and yeals are firmly held Lambs
0ullc; yearlings, SM9c; muttons, ga
De- veals. 10M11c.
Poultry is quiet, with western fowl.
arriving more freely. Prices are gen
orally easier but very little changed
Fresh killed western turkeys, 17M1Sc
frozen western, 1SMl9c; fancy chick
ems. lSm22c; western, 14M15c; fowls
northern, l5u Ice; western. 14Ql4hc.
Hay has continued in heavy supply
md prices have eased off, especially OF
medium and low grades; straw is il
good demand for rye, with oat aSier
millfeed Is duh but steady. Hay. No
], Sl9m2o; low grades, S12M1S: ~,
straw, $2JM27; oat straw, $1Ou14.
Crop and weather advices have domi
mated sentiment in wheat circles mos
of the week. The chief point o
strength in crop accounts lies in the So
rious delay to spring seeding. Bear
have fondly expected that the oyldcn
deficiency in winter wheat prospect
would find Il cOuntel-halancc in th
northwest, hut unless conditions chang
soon this hope is not likely 10 b
realized.
With ono or two exceptions, there IN
not been day of really springlik
weather in the northwest this season
and planting Is anywhere from one t
three weeks late. Most OF the wintc
wheat complaints have come from II