Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-08

Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


declining markets elsewhere caused
butter to decline about 1c for the week.
the closing being quiet and easy.
Northern creamery. 22M023c; western,
"2Qz2atc; dairy, W121c.
New cheese IL improving in quality,
but prices are easier and tending down.
as receipts are large and the demand
moderate. Old cheese Is quiet and nom
inal. York state. 14M14hc; Vermont
twins, 13Q113Mc; new cheese. 10As0t11c.
Eggs are slow. with the tendency
downward late in the week. Choice
nearby. 21@22c; eastern, 10000; west
ern. 1s01S,sc.
Beans are firm and unchanged,
though trade is quiet. Carload lots,
pea, $1.SO@1.S5: medium. $2.1OG2. ID;
yellow eyes. $4,000. 10; red kidneys.
81. S602.9 80; California small white.
s.. 2502 80; jobbing prices, 10Wl5c
higher.
Business has been active in the !,cal
fruit and vegetable market during the
past week. Asparagus alone has heer
scarce: dealers complain that other
things have been altogether too plenty.
Prices generally are reasonable.
The arrivals of strawberries have
been particularly heavy and the fruit
was very cheap. especially on Thurs.
day when the very best offerings
brought only Sc a quart The first
watermelons of the season cNne last
week; they are not very active YET.
There is n good supply Of cantelonpcs,
But they move rather slowly and only
fancy varieties bring the top quota.
tions. Cherries are coming more free
ly and are cheaper. A few lots of blue
berries and blackberries have reached
the market but they are hardly WORTH
quoting. Apples are firm and mod
erately active.
Asparagus has continued in light sup
ply and high. A well-posted meriber
OF the trade says that asparagus will
not be plenty this season. basing bis
assertion on the fact that the weather
early in the season was cold and that
there has not been enough rain: the
plant, he says. needs both warm
weather and rain. Old potatoes are
dull. very plenty and much lower than
they were week ago. New potatoes
hold fairly steady under moderated
active demand. String beans are
rather high. as supplies are not very
large. Cabbages and onions are free.
l., offered. and there are plenty of toma-
toes. though few that are strictly
fancy. Turnips are scarce and higher
Choice peas are wanted. Cucumhers
are lower and spinach and other green's
are cheap.
Potatoes-Aroostook green mcen.
tains. 30d33c a bu hebrons. 25d2Sc
Dakota reds. 25c; rose, 25Q3Oc: new
Floridas. &25nQ13 Dbl; sweets, North
Oarolinas. S. a crt.
| Beans-String beans. Norfolk green
s1.7512 a bskt: wax 80 25@2 70 bskr
Oabbaees-News southern, 81 a crt,
and 75cd$1 a Dbl.
Celery White. S1Q1 q bch.
Asparagus-Native. s4Q5 a boy Of
three doz bchs: native giant. SCAT a
box Of three doz bchs; Jersey. SAC, 80
doz bchs.
Lettuce. etc-Hothouse lettuce. 75cG1
1928 box Of three doa heads: TO
maine, 75cG$1 doz heads: mint. zoe
q dOz bchs; watercress, southern. 1CIc
a doz bchs; parsley. 80. 5On3.50 . bm.
Onions-Texas. 81 2o01 so crt:
Bermudns. $1.1Ot11 .25 crt: Egyptians.
S25a275 bag: bunch onions, GOO
Soc box; lesks, 81 a doz bchs.
Spinach. etc-Native spinach. l00l
121xc bu: beet green's. 4Oc bu: dan
delions, 3O04Oc bu: native kale, zoe q
bu.
Squashes-Southern marrow, 81. 5(ytI
1.75 bbl summer squashes. 75c0$1
q crit.
Tomatoes-Native hothouse 1890
l5c a pound; Florida. 81 .5O1o so CRIT.
Turnips $3.50 a Dbl: French
white S8 so a bag: bunch turnips, 15c
M$1 a doz bchs.
Miscelaneous-Peas. Baltimore, 81
@1.25 a bskt; Maryland. 81. 25@l.5O a
bskt: cucumbers. $1@3. 30 a box: car
rots. Soc doz bchs: parsnips. $171 30
a bu; radishes. 4nf16Oc box; beets 81
@1.25 bu: bunch beets. S5cQiS1 tlcx
bchs; peppers, 81 crt: egg plants 81
a doz: rhubarb. $4,000 a bu box.
Apples Baldwius. Sl5O@3 a Dbl;
russets, extra fancy $35Ol4: russets
No. I, $2.7513; other russets. 81 .250lo.
observation-disclosures and New
Jersey fancy Gandys, 7Ql9c a Of; Mary
land fancy, SAFE; Jerseys. 4dGc.
Cherries-California fancy. S225dl
ESQ a 1O-pound box: fair to good 81. rs
az; common. 81. 25071.5O.
taloupes-Florida choice. 50. 5ntd
2.75 crt; common to good So@2 2s.
Watermelons-Flor!da large, 4OGl5oc
apiece.
Apricots-California, $2(d25O a crit
Pork provisions are steady and un.
changed.
Fresh beef has been quiet hut steady
at: Extra heavy sides. s 3-4M9c: good
8 1-4alsHc; light. 7isMsc; heavy binds
~ 9-4011c; good. 10 LA 1O,ac: light, 0
@lOc: heavy fores. 8h@7c: good, Ca
6hc; light. 5G6,sc,
Lambs are firm; muttons and year.
lings are easier: veals are firm. Lambs
1lM12c: yearlings. s19c: muttons. SG
DC: veals, 10011c. with fancy higher.
Poultry is in fair demand at full
prices for choice fed stock. Frozcr
stock is pretty wen cleaned up. West
ern Iced turkeys. 1s62nc: northern
chickens. 3na22c u nd upward northerM
fowls, 15M16c; western fowls, 14'.G