Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-17

Quotations on the Lesdlns
Products In Demand


ern creamery. 22d23c; western, ALAG
22hc; dairy, 1S62Oc.
Cheese Is In light demand, the market
turning easier. York state, 11011 3-4c;
Vermont twins. 10 3-4011 lac.
The demand for eggs holds steady. |
with fresh gathered choice very firm
Prices are about unchanged from last
week. Choice nearby. 26Q27c; east.
ern, 2S@25c; western. 2OQ2lc.
Taken as Q whole the week has not
been a very brisk one In the local
fruit and vegetable market Houses
that serve an out-of-town trade have
done good business. but in most
cases the demand 10 only fair. The
market Is abundantly supplied with a II
kinds Of farm products and prices ar,
reasonable. Fruits. on the other hand
are not very plenty and prices are pretty
stir.
There 10 q good market for choice
apples. but common offerings move
rather slowly. Peaches are very
scarce and the offerings of pears arc
not very large. Cantaloupes are here
In Abundance and have to go very
cheap in most instances. Blackberries
are In light supply. but blueberries
have been coming forward freely. The
season for raspberries il over and fol
gooscberries Is nearly at an end.
Cabbages, cucumbers. elephants and
peppers are in very large supply and
native tomatoes are coming TO market
In large quantities.. Receipts Of onions
have been heavy and they are lower
Choice SQUAD cabbages have good
sale. Pears are rot very plenty and
offerings Of string beans are only mod.
erately large. The market Is we'll sup.
plied with potatoes or all kinds. Fancy
sweets bring about S2.75 barrel, but
. good deal Of the stun sells lower
White potatoes sell fairly we'll.
Apples-Native estrachans. $3d2 so
a barrel; native williams. $2.5OI3 a
barrel: native stock in bushel boxes.
5Oc6$1. X; Jersey pippins. 81 75d3 n
barrel; Jersey gravensteins, $2.5O0f3 a
barrel; Jersey green sour. $2G2.5O q
barrel; Jersey Collins. 81. bO@3 barrel.
Berries-Blueberriss, I@12c a quart
as to quality: blackberries. 10Q15c a
quart and 6(a9c pint; gooseberries, 1Oc
quart.
Plums--Californaa Kelseys. s2.5o5
8 a feur.basket crate; eggs. $3.50; sat
sunas. 81 5Odl3. as to size.
PeachsS-Ca Af0rnia cra WORDS and
fosters, $2SRb0 a box; elbertas, 81 ~
02.5O.
Pears-Calfornis bartletts. fancy, SO
@25o a boz; choice. e2.5O03; native.
clapp's tavorite. $3.50 . bushei: Jersey.
bsrtlettA $4G5 q barrel; clapps. $3.5t
a q barrel; Florida Ie conte, 3d. s
Z barrel.
Cantaloupes-Arizona, s. 5Oa55O a
crate; Jersey. s5cG$1 q crate; Della.
ware. 5Od75c a basket; Baltimore, $iQ
1925 crate.
Potatoes-Bristol Ferry. n. l.. 81 Z,
q barrel: jersey, $lS7M a barrel and
O5M7oc 4 bushsl: Norfolk and Eastern
Shore. $3.50 a barrel; sweets, southern
92R00276 a barrel.
DsaAs-Native striug bean ms. 75c(6&1 .
bushel: butter beans. I6c0S1 a bushel;
she'll beans. e1Qsl.75 q bushsl.
Cabba ges--Native, &511 a hundred
Lettuce. etc-Hothouss lettuce. lOCl
15c dozen heads: romaine. 25GS5c u
| dosen heads; escarols. SOC a dozen
heads: mint. Csc q dozen lunches
watercress, 40c a dozen punches: pars
ley, 1b@25c a bushel.
Onions-NaMve. 65675c bushel
Egyptian. &l.7592 bag: Spanish. ST. 10
| a. q crate; bunch onions. SOC box
leeks. 60c q dozen lunches
Squashes-Natlve summer. white
and yellow, 5Qsc a pound; Jersey. zoe
@$1 a crate.
Turnips-Yellow. $1.75 Q barre:
white. 7bc@$1 q bushel.
Miscella nsovs-Peas. &14l. IS a bush
cl: green corn. 8O075c a box Of i've
dozen; cucumbers. No. 1, 75cdS1 box
No. .. 2b6150c; carrots. old. 100000 u
bushel: new, 81 . bushel: bunch carrots
25c a dozen punches: radtshes. 4OQ75Ot
a box: spinucH 4505Oc a bushcl; beets
Soc bushel; bunch bsets. l5@20c q
dozen punches; peppers, 5Oa175c box
eggplants. &1@l.25 q dozen; nativ,
celery. 76cQS1.25 q dozen punches
rhubarb, Csc bushel box; caulinows rs
$1.7502.25 . dozen heads: bunch pars
nips, 75c q dozen punches.
Pork provisions are very firm ant
advancing. with large gains for thu
week in many kinds.
Fresh beef is very firm for good cot
tie, Of which there 10 shortage; grs -
cattle. however. are coming in freely
and bring inside prices. Extra heavy
sides, SOS Lee; good. 7hG6c; light, "a
INC; heavy binds, 10h@l1c; good. 1,
GlOhc; light. 7Q9hc; heavy fOres, ~
Gee; good, 5Q5Mc; light. 4 1-4G74 3-4c.
Muttons and lambs are slow Of sale
and prices are easy; veals are In stead!
demand at firm quotations. Fall lambs
7@Sc: spring lambs, Scdl1c: yearlings
71sc: muttons. 7@Sc; veals. 901lc.
Poultry IL In quiet demand an,
prices are lower for the week. North
ern broiler chickens, 020c; western
1Mll6c; northern fawls. l5Ql8c; west
trn. 14@14hc.
Hay is in light receipt and 10 nrn
for choice; straw 10 steady and IN
changed; millfeed Is dull and easy
Hay. No. l. &16017; low grades. sic
1870; rye straw, tl%0l4hO; oat straw
e00lO.
The wheat market has decline,
sharply. not SO much on the favora BIZ
government report as upon general!
improved condition Of the domesti
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