Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-02-16
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


extras have sold from first hands NJ 80
Gi31c The situation is very firm.
Northern creamery. :2N:,:,c; western,
:,lM32c; dairy. 2Sn:9c: storage cream
cry. III f:'2c.
Cheese is somewhat iirmcr but buy.
trs still hold back. and sellers are IN
Ehc to got any more for their stocks.
Round lots. York state. WA BE; Yer
mont twins, 12isM12 34c.
Storage eggs have been Offering;
more freely and prices are easier.
Choice fresh stock is scarce ana firm.
Choice nearby. 3JMi:I6c; eastern. 3i6l
65c: western. 320i:.:Ic: storage. 2!SO3Oc.
Beans are very firm, both here and ii,
the country. Choice hand-picked pea,
$1.IJ: screened. $1.5A0i1 go: second,
~ .4OdL1 10: choice hand picked medium.
$50; screened. $1.IONl1.6O small
white California. S2.4rsl2.5O: foreign
| pea. S1.6IWt1 10: medium. S1.65a, 10:
choice hand-pcked yellow eyes. So 10:
common to good. $i.9fd2: red kidney
$2.SOd3.
The dizziness Of the past two or three
weeks in the local fruit md produce
market continues. Tho movement Of
produce has again been bamperct1 by
the bad weather. Prices generally arc
hut little changed from those of a
! week ago.
Green garden truck has been com.
Ing in Il little more freely from the
south. but most of it shows the effects
Of the weather spinach is more plenty
Il IL
here. and the few lots OF spring beans
offered sell at high prices. Choice
southern tomatoes are quoted al 80 Il
crate. but such stock is scarce: most
Of the arrivals are Of very ordinary
quality. tho best of which brings only
81 30 a crate. The market is still!
plentifully supplied with potatoes. and
as the demand is quiet they are cheap.
Sweet potatoes are coming i'm slowly:
Ninclands are the only variety Offering
and they bring from 81 to So 81 barrel.
Domestic onions are easier as q result
of heavy receipts. CabhagcS nave &
Moderate sale al unchanged prices
SQuashcS and turnips are steady.
Hothouse rllubarh is lower.
Apples are dull: offerings arc large
and lower prices would not he >,rDiis-
ing. There is little doirg in either
cranberries ar pinrapplcS. The re-
cent storm in Florida severely dam
aged the growing pincappcs and hey
are expected 10 be scarce until about
July The strawberry crop also was
injured Icy the storm. and tile few
here bring extremely high prices.
Potatoes AroostoOi green noun.
tains. l3Ni11c II bu: hcbrons. 4Ni42c:
Dakota reds. ;:Ic: sweets. Nincnnh>
S5I6 a bll
OnionS-Naive. 81 100 hu: Be-.
mudas. S@12.oI Il crt; leeES. SOC a doz
bchs.
Turnips-N yellow. 81 Il hhl: white. 20
G'I5c hu: Wrench white 81 Il bag.
spinach. otc-Hothousn spinach. 81
hu: Norfolk $4N5 x Dbl: Norfolk kale.
S2.5VU3 4 bhl: dollhouse dau,lelons.
: $l.62h a bu beet greens. soc a bu.
abhages-Whi,c. STA Dbl: savoy.
81 a Dbl: red. 81 q box
, Lettuce. etc-iIothouse lettuce. $lf,
"a box Of three doz: rhicory. S1.5I u
doz heads: 70" me. 81 & doz heads
mint. S1u1.21 n doZ hcls: watercrcss,
i5c doz hchs; parsley. 81 a bu.
Beans-Southern string beans. seas
, bskt: butter beans. IS II hSkt.
. Squash-Turban. Toe a Dbl: marrow,
75c bbl: hubbard. $18n2O II ton.
Miscellaneous-Be ets. 5trdG)r a bu:
carrots, Tlc a bu; parsnips. 75mS5c a
bu: cucumbers. sea Is n box eggplants
| IN I;yh< Il. I.
/ brussels sprouts. 12M ljc q ut: oyster
pant, S1o5 a doZ: artichokes. 81 % a
box: tomatoes, Florida. $1.T5HI4 n or,
of six bskt>: dollhouse. Gc ii pound
southern peppers. 81 crt; dollhouse
rhubarb, 4M:ic a pound.
ApplcS-kingS. fancy tahlo stock. 81
n450 bb!: common. 81 25N2: north
ern spies. fancy. SljNn5: ordinary
S1.jnd2 %; baldvins. fancy, SoMa 20
!. common. s1,o5M15O; No. ., SIPS
: greetings. New York good 70 fancy
y Sl.75: mixed sour. S15Olo: tolma,
y sweets, fancy, S3M3o5: common. 81:
$ M1.1l: russcts, Roxbury fancy. 81. aOl1
2,5; common to fair. 81 5On2
u Cranberries-Fancy late varieties
&1M7.50 bhl: other late varieties. S6nl
I 7: early varieties. s116; soft stock, s3.,(
g @i.5o: crates fancy. $o.5'M2 com
r mon TO good. sl.500o.
i Fresh ribs have been marked ur
lac. but otherwise pork provisions arc
steady and unchanged.
n The market for fresh beef is very
d quiet, with Il heavy supply Of medium
= cattle. Choice heavy cattle 7iaMS,ac
n light. bhM7c: heavy kinds. 1Om1ic
light 6lsdl9c; hesvy forcs. :M5lac
a light, 4M4hc
Choice lambs are rather iurt. hn
). firmly held; muttons are steady. veal
=. hold firm. Spring lambs, i1i4T!oc
d winter lambs, lOnllc: yearinEs. Si4@
i &C.: muttons, S4Hc; vcsls. l0Mioc
t fancy. 12c.
= There is very little change 10 note i,
D. poultry. fowls and chickens being il
Il full receipt, with turkeys in light snip
ply. Prices hold steady. Western
: turkeys. small. ol@22c; mixed sizes, y
;. @21c; northern. nominal: northern
:. chickens. large. ls120c; western chick
o ems. large. 150l7c: medium loGil3c
= northern fowls. 1<d,l3c: western. LAG
d l4Hc: geese. l14l3c: ducks. l30l5c.
n Hay il st!ll quiet. with the low grade
q, H. full supply and easy. Receipts con
u tinue full and stocks are accumnlat
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