Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-22
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


but tie market holds firm at the recent
advance. Northern creamery, 211aI
221ic: western. 2l0i22c; lirsts, lSM 1yc;
dairy, 1TlaMi9
The cheese market is very firm, hut
the demand is quiet. Round lots, York
state. lOM1O lac; Vermont twins. 0,s
M1Oc.
Eggs are firmer for choice lots and
the market is pretty well cleaned up.
Choice nearby are firm. with good de-
mand. Choice nearby. 29W3oc; east
Cru. 2if,2Gc, western, 19ai22c.
Beans are easier. Carload lots, pea,
S1TJail 40: medium. S1.9Wd %: yellow
eyes. S2gdt2 %; red kidneys, 50 1O0i
800; California small white, 81. 3Ou2.3J
foreign pea, Sl.S5n 30; foreign me-
dium. $1,000 100; jobbing prices, 10
M1oc higher.
Business in the fruit and produce
market has been of moderate pro-
portions during the past week.
Changes in prices have been few. but
these have been mostly advances.
There is "A brisk demand for onions,
but only choice stock brings full quo
tntions. Green corn is not 50 plenty
as it was, but the price has not al
vanccd as tho demand has fallen off.
Eg.Dlants are quiet and easy. SQUASH
es are selling fairly well. Tomatoes are
III steady demand, and rs the rcccip,s
have been smaller prices are higher.
81 ~
bcrS have advanced Supplies of fur
nips are light, but last weeks prices
rule. Receipts Of potatoes have been
largo, and prices are easier. Vegetable
quotations follow:
Potatoes Nebrons. 4IN4Sc a hu:
Green mountains. lSM5Oc bu; cloth
head sweets, S1.r2fj1.75 Dbl: double
heads, $:,6I22:l Dbl.
Onions Native. 7JuS1c In; Span
sh onions, $2.15 crt; lcekS SOC doz
bchs.
Turnips Yellow. $1M125 n Dbl;
white. 5o075c bu
Spinach. etc Spinach, 15c bu:
cabhages S3M4 per 100; Savoy cab
bages. Toe a box; red cahhagcs, 5oc
box.
Lettuce. etc Lettuce, 15M35c n doz
heads. mint. 25c a doz bchs: water
cress, Soc a doz bchs; parsley, 121ac
a bu
Tomatoes Native. 75c6i$l bu;
green, 4VOJOc bu.
i'eans String beans. green. 75c0S1
& gu; wax. TJcnSl bu. shell Deans,
SlM150 n bu: Lima beans. 15c4Sl Il
Du. imported Lima beans, Sl15 bu.
miscellaneous Beets, 25u40c g bu;
carrots. zoe bu parsnp~. Slml.25 a
bu: cucumbers. 5OcMS1.25 q box: PICK
ling cucumberS. S1M5 n hos Elephants,
75cu$l doz; peppers. 10 q bu; mar
row squash. 75nS5c a hhl: turban
squash, S1.25 a Dbl; celery. T5N90c a
doz bchs; radishes. 25M4oc a box: caul
flower, $1.5O02 doz; green corn. 40M
SOC n box.
There has been a good movement in
apples at we'll sustained prices. Gran
berries are in liberal supply and bring
very low prices as there is little call
for them Pears have been selling
more freely. PlumS are moving fairly
well. Grapes are not as plentiful as
they were and are slightly tirmer;
choice fresh stock sells readily. The
citrus fruits are unchanged, Fruit
quotations follow:
Apples -Graycnsteins, S2M2.1o Il Dbl;
Macintosh reds. - 15u3 Il bbl; Alex
andcrs. S2U21O Dbl; duchess Sl.50
az Il Dbl: common sour, l25u 10 a
Dbl; pound sweets, S150u225 bbl;
average mixed varieties. 81 25u rs Il
bbl native crabapples, Slm - bu.
Cranberries Cape Cod, S5n5.5O Il
bbl. and 81. 5VU1.I1 a box.
Peaches York state, 15cuSll5 a
hSllt: Connecticut, Slml.23 hskt: ma
tives. S10i1..u Il bskt; CALIFORNIA;, Sll5
"a % box.
Pears California bartlctts, $1.25o2
box; native bartlctts, Slnl.-5 bu;
native bartlctts. refrigerator stock,
81. 75Gi2 bu; cooking stock, 73cGS1
bu; sicklcs. Sl.5oft2 a bu.
Pnms california kolscyS. 50. 5oM
$50 case; mixed varieties, Sl,256i2 a
case: York state, 20M3oc S.lb bskt;
damsonS. 25m3oc S-lb bsk'; green gage,
20U25c Slb hskt; California German
prlncs, STA 90 a crit
Blueberries- Nova Scotia, 12Ml5c
at.
Cantaloupes Colorado Rocky Ford,
S16i125 a standard crt,
Grapes Hudson river varieties. soc
MS1 Il case; pony bSkts, Ia l3c each:
western New York pony hskts. l2u2oc
each; California tokays, $l.5MJ 90
crt; California malagaS, STA % a crt
Fresh meats Beef, choice, TM@lac;
liz; good. 5M7c lb; headquarters, choice
HARE lii: common to good, G09c ID;
torcQunrters. choice, Wd &c lb; common
to good. 4W6c III; mutton extra. &c 10;
common to good, 5W6c lb yearlings,
eastern good to choice, 6lr7c III: west
ern good to choice, SM Zoe Id; veals,
choice eastern, 1911 Id; fair to good
SM9c ID; common, sac lb.
There is little change to note in the
prices of pork products, the demand
being quiet There IL Il moderate move.
ment of hogs into market channels
Prices are higher, prominent places in
dicating Il general average of about
500 per 100 pounds.
There is Il steady de mand for poultry.
prices being firm for choice lots OF
fresh killed. Chickens, eastern broilers,
l7MlSc; roasting chickens, 236t25c;
western broilers, l5M Ice; medium
western chickens, 1874 l4c; northern
fowls 15MlGc; western fowls, lim14iac.