Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-22
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

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Boston, June 21.-Butter is slightly
firmer. though prices show little change.
There is an improved demand from
large operators. Northern creamery. Fl
u22c: western, 2OM21c; dairy, l3Qzo1c
Cheese ia quiet. but firm. New ,ork
state. yu1Oc: Vermont twins. 9u9h,c.
There is an upward tendency ia he
egg market, though the receipts con-
tnue heavy, and there Is nothing ap'
parently to Justify higher prices az
cept some speculative demand. Choice
rearby. 22M22kc; eastern, 10121c;
western 17M1Sc.
Dealings have been on a very lively
scale in the local wholesale fruit AID
vegetable market Some dealers con.
plain that there has been altogethtr
too much stun in the market, and the
quality Of the arrivals in many In
stances has been poor
Old potatoes have moved up SHARPLY
under a shortening of receipts aud q
fairly active demand. New stock mas
been coming freely and has sold slow
~, except when Of good size and qua
i:y. Asparagus has been more p'cn'i-
FIJI and prices have declined. Re
ceipts of string beans have been large,
Apples are slightly easier owing to a
smaller inquiry. Dealers are offering
new variety Of banana known as the
fig banana. They derive their name
from their flavor. which is much ike
hot ~ a ~ nj y n u
red banana, but not SO rich; the size
is about half that of the larger banars
and they run about g to 10 hands to a
bunch. They are quoted at 75cG1$l.25
bunch.
Receipts Of cantaloupes have bccn
very heavy and the feeling is weak,
since most OF the arrivals have bren of
poor condition. A good many Of the
recent receipts Of strawberries have
been soft and poor and have gone at
low prices. Fancy lots rnd q ready sal:
at good prices. Rlackberries sci. slow.
L. and blues ind buyers only when
loice. large and dry. Cherries are
steady. but npricots and plums are
lower. Watermelons are in good re-
quest
Potatoes New southern. $1.756c ~
Dbl; old Aroostook green mountains.
5O0l55c a blu: hebrons, 4Oc bu; sweets,
North Carolina. S. CRIT
Beans String beans. baltimore,
green. $lMl.5o a bskt wax. 50cQl$l sc
bskt; Norfolk green. 5OcQSl.50 a Dskt:
wax, 5OcQ$l;n bskt
PeMs-\ativt. 81 SOAP q h,.
Cabbages-New southern. 5OQl 1tc a
CIT. and 75c Il Dbl.
Celery--White, 81 ,25lll.50 bch.
Aspara gus Native, $3Q6 box OF
three doZ bchs.
Lettuce. etc-Hothouse lettuce, 15c a
doz heads: romaine. 75cMS1 dog
heads: mint. SOC doz bchs; southern
watercress. 4Oc doz bchs: Nars!ey.
$t.5O bu.
Onions Texas. 81 crt: Egyptians,
$2.37,sQ2.50 bag: bunch onions. soc
a box; leeks, 81 doz bchs.
Spinach-Nativc. &c n bu.
SQua shes Southern marrow. 81 l54f
$50 a Dbl; summer squashes, $ln %
crt.
Native hothouso. 12l.Gl
16c pound: southern. Sl02 crit.
MANIFESTATIONS. new, So a bbi Old
81 Il Dbl; bunch turnips. 20N3Oc doz
bchs.
Miscellaneous--Cuc Slii3 a
box; carrots. S5ctdSl bu: bunch cav
rots. G0su0Oc doz bchs; parsnips, 81. 80
m I, ;rk II
bu; bunch hects, 4O0;,0c a doz bchs
peppers. S2M2.:M a crit; elephants. l.M'
n doz; rhubarh, Isaac bu box; caui-
flowers, Sl.2tNtI 100 box.
AppleS-Ba ldWins. 81 5,k03 bhl;
russets, extra fancy, S3443, 80: russrts.
No. l. S2.3O42 "a: other russets, $l.o5
Q2.
Berries Strawberries. Hudson river
fancy. lONl2r 7 at: common TO good,
7M:c; Jersey fancy, lNQ loc; common 10
good 6Hi0c: Baltimore, 7c: blaC kberrics,
North Carolina Stl Zoe a at; blnebtr
RES green, ease a at; raspb.-rirs,
Maryland ana Delaware. SI12c n ~.
Prunes- California tragedy. S2..5ft
c.15 a 4-bskt crt.
Cherries California fancy. $2Gi2.h0
a 10-pOund box; fair to good, Sl.5C4t
1.75; poor, 81.
ApricOts $lQ125 A 4.
bskt crit; 75NIS5c a 3-hskt crt.
Pcaches-California, Sl256liO a
hox.
neutrality-suspicious. Rocky Ford,
seed selected, xl.25Gl. 75 crt. COMMON
to good, 75rM$l.
Observation-Disclosures, 25lf4Oc apiece
Pork provisions are steady Ut a
slight decline on some cuts.
Fresh beef is dull and lower, only an
occasional very choice steer bripgins
y lac. Receipts for the week have
been moderate. Extra heavy SIDES, 4
as l'4c: good. 7h6I7 8.4c: light. "a
I Lee; heavy binds. 8 8.4@lOc; good,
o,t@0 3-4c; light, 86lOc: heavy fores,
q 1-4@8hc; good, 8 3.416c: light. &
Q5hc.
There IL a arm market for choice
lambs; nuttons and yearinRs are
quiet; veals are steady. Fall lambs, IL
G12c: spring lambs. 136lac; yea,,