Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-14
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


nre selling in a small way at 23c, but
22,sc is about the top in a wholesale
way. Northern creamery. ga 22iac;
western. 2IM22c; dairy, 1870 1870.
Cheese is very firm. the advance Of
the previous week being fully main
tainVi. York state, 12Q12ac; Yer
mont twins. l1ia012c
Eggs are quiet though there is fair
denan nd for tine stock, with the market
well cleaned up; low grades are slow,
with considerable accumulation of
stock. Choice nearby. 2Scd3oc; east
ern, 25f26c; western. 2O022c.
1t has been duh in the local fruit
and vegetable market. People are
closing their summer residences and
are hardly settled yet at home, so that
there has been very little outlet for
the large quantities of produce that
have poured into this market Dealers
complain Of an oversupply. and say
they find il hard to keep things cleaned
up though prices have been reason
able.
Apples --Native gravensteins, S.d14 a
barrel; porters and pippins SEA 80;
bushel boxes, 75c@S1.25; Maine craven
stems. 1894; porters, 50 25M2 10. will
liams. $2.5OM3: mexanders, saga so;
astrachans. 80 25M2 80: duchess. $203;
golden sweets 81 25M2: York state fall
pippns, S2.5OM3; common cooking,
Sl.5M2; crabapples, SlM2.5O barrel.
Observation-Disclosures fancy. 16Q2Oc
quart: ordinary. lMllc.
Crnnberries-Cape Cod. scar bar
rel and 1925 n crate.
Plums-California Italian prunes. 81
M14O 4-basket carrier. kelseys, fancy.
81 .25M 30 a 4baSket carrier and SIG
1.25 n crate; York state, blue. 200l3Oc
an S-pound basket; red. 15M2oc: dam
sons. 3Jio0c; green gage. 3OM4Oc.
Pears California hartle'ts. So 25dl
2.75 box, native clapp's favorite. 50 -
G4 barrel and 81 25n1 80 n bushel;
bartletts. S3M4.O O barrel and SLIGO
225 bushel
Peaches Native. 6cMSI basket:
Connecticut. 75cMSl.l0 n basket Hud-
son river, 50n9Oc basket; 81 2id1.5
2basket carrier aud $2125O
Georgia carrier; WESTERN New York.
75cdS1 basket; Michigan. S1M1 30
bushel basket; California, 75cMSl q
bas ket.
Graz es-California malagas. choice.
s 2J0 80 crate: tokays, 81 5O0c a
crate: York state. Delawares. Sl2J n
carrier; MOore's early. 81 % a carrier:
Concords. S1Q125 a carrier: wordens.
81 a carrier; pony baskets l3615c each.
Cantaloupes-Colorado rocky fords.
$3d3.25 a standard crate and $2d2 25
a pony crate.
Potatoes-Aroostook cobhlers, 53G55r
bushel; Green mountains 53d55c:
hebrons 51M53c: sweets. southern.
$22 barrel; Jersey double heads,
81 1898
Beans-String beans. $1M1 % a bush
Ell: butter beans. 75cMsl bushel;
shell beans. 81 25d1 80 n bushel: lima
beans. DcuS1 30 bushel.
Cabbages Drumheads. &40I5 n hun
dred savoy. 75c0LS1 4 barrel: red. 75c
box.
Cucumbers-No I, S15nd3 a box:
No. >. $1M1 % box: picking cucum-
bers. 15O(d+ n hushel.
Lettuce. Hothouse lettuce. 500
'i0c a dozen heads: cscarole. 800 a dozen
heads; mint, pc dozen lunches;
watercress. SIC dozen lunches pa RS
ley. 1l125c a bushel: romaine, 25a35c
a dozen heads.
Onions-Native. f5T75c hushel
Spanish, $3.50 n crate; picking onions
S2td3 a bushel; leeks 40M5Oc dozen
lunches.
SQuashes-Native summer, white
and yellow 25c a dozen; INA tive mar
row. 75cdS1 barrel
TomatOes-Native red. IOcNd$1 % a
bushel: green. 4Gu,iOc buShel
Turnips-Yellow. 81 a barrel: white.
75cMS1 n bushel.
Miscellaneous IOc0IS1 n bush
el; green corn. 3cd+Oc a box OF five
dozen ears: carrots 1Icu%1 a bushel
parsnips, 81 ~ n lushel: radiShes. 4Otl
soc box; spiiach 2Od25c a bushel,
beets, 50a'ioc Il bu>hel; peppers. JOl 1lc
box: eggplantS, ouuIJc Il dozen; ma
tive celery, f1M7Jc a dozen lunches :;
caulitlowers. 50di7oc a box; pumpkins,
5tk0GOc a box.
Pork products are generally easier.
though sa,lsages are marked up little
4 notable advance has been made in
fresh beef but as matter OF fact CON
fined largely to few OF the best
heavy cattle. The market is still we'll
supplied with light and grass fed cat
tie and these are still sold at low
prices. Quotations therefore show a
wider range than usual. Extra heavy
sides. @d4iac; good StdS 1-4c; light. 7G
ne heavy kinds. 11ladl21ac: good
lOis41lc; light, 7m9iac; heavy fores
gao 34c: good. TM5,2c; light, Aha
4 34c.
The supply 81 choice lambs continues
to he moderate. and slightly higher
prices have ruled: muttons and year
lings are also slightly firmer; veals are
steady and firm. Fall lambs. 1OG111c:
spring lambs. 11@13c; ycarlngs. 961Oc;
muttons. SM9c; veals, aa1Oc, with
fancy higher.
There is still 4 quiet demand for
poultry. though broiler chickens are
more plenty. and with some falling off
in quality. prices have materially de-
clined. Northern broiler chickens. II
MIsc; western l4I15c: northern fowls,
15fl6c: western, 14A@l5c; native
ducks, 17M1Sc.
The hay market is barely steady. ~