Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

Northern creamery. @M3lc: western.
2!Nd:Oc; dairy. 2td2Sc.
hscse is in moderate demand. but
Liverpool il quoted lower. York state,
14Mliiar.
Eggs have held steady. with the
range on the different sections nearer
together than lor months. Choice
western receipts are selling within &c
Of hennery eggs. 'rhc quotations are:
Choice nearby 2lM2liac; eastern. 1917
10iac: western. 1S'aM he.
business in the local market for
fruit, and vegetables has not increased
much. The volume of trading is very
disappointing for this time of the year.
The market is plentifully supplied.
Lettuce Is almost the only product that
is as high as usual. Receipts of green
garden truck have been large. aud the
returns to the grower. especially in the
case of spinach. must have beer very
unsatisfactory.
Asparagus is in good supply. hu.
MOI moving very well Apples are dull
and no immediate Improvement is
looked for. Fancy selections are well
cleaned up: most of the storage stock
il coming ont in poor condition. The
outlet for apples is limited both here
and abroad and il is believed that
dealers who have them in storage will
suffer severe losses
Potatoes are plenty and easy under
light demand. Cabbages are steady
but onions have declined. Cucumbers
| and turnips are lower. String beans
are rather scarce and choice fresh Of
Florida tomatoes are BIT easier than
they were. Rhubarb and squashes holt
at about the prices of Il week ago.
Sweet potatoes sell well. Vegetables
are quoted as follows:
Aspara gus Charleston. extra fancy.
S4.50dJ doZ hchs; other South Caro-
lima offerings. S25Nd4; California ex-
ira fancy. 81: fancy. s4d45o: other
California offerings. $3Gi3..0
Cabhages -Drumhead. 10 bib.
Celery White. SIM125 hch.
Beans Southern string beans. $3.50
Il cri; butter beans. $3.50 a crt.
Native, $1M1 % a bu: Rer-
muda, s225 a CRIT: leeks. 9Oc a doz bchs
Lettuce. ctc-Hothousp lettuce. 81 80
M25O box of three doz heads: mint.
81 a doz bchs: watercress. 81 ii doz
bchs: parsley. $l.5Ud1.15 a bu.
Spinach, etc-Norfolk spinach 5Ocn
81 a bbl: dollhouse dandelions, 5O1 Zoe
a ln: beet green's. S5M5Oc bu: Nor,
folk kale. 73c Dbl.
Squashes Marrow, 81. 30 n bbl: hub
bard. $2yd25 ton.
| Tomatoes Southern S35Ou4 a crt;
dollhouse. 40c a pound.
| Potatoes AroOstOok green noun
tains. 3Sfu40,' n hu: hebrons. 33N35c
Dakota reds. 3OM32c: rose. 4Mi45c:
sweets. vinelands. S225 a bskt.
Turnips-l elbow. 9Or Il Dbl: white
5OM13c hu: French white, 81 a bag
Miscella neous-C ucumbers, $3MG Il
box; carrots. 50Q75c n bu: parsnips. 81
MloJ Il bu: radishes. 4OM5Oc u doz
bchs; old beets. 50Q6Oc n bu: new bunch
bects, $1.50dl.75 doz heads: southe a
peppers. $1.I3 a crt: eggplants. 81 70
= doz oyster plants. 81 IL doZ brhe:
dollhouse rhubarb, 1c II pound: Cali.
fornia, 81 a box.
Fruit quotations follow:
Applcs-Northern spies. fancy. seas
n Dbl: good. 81 2,N,2: baldwins. fancy
S2M2.25; No. l. $1.5Ia2: common. 81
n1.25; No. .. S1m1.25: russets. Roxbury
fancy 50 2HU. 10: common TO fair. 81 80
M1.73.
Cranberries-Fan late varieties, 81
MG.50 a Dbl; other late varieties. S4.5o
M5.5o: soft stock. S1M2: crates. fancy
sl7oM2: common to good. 81. o5a11.5O.
Observation-Disclosures crates. 20Q30c
n at: Charleston refrigerator. 500 iOc a
qt
While the market for pork provisions
Is still very firm. no furthc" advance
In prices has been made
Fresh meats-Bcef. choice. a60iac
good tn choice. 6GSc h. year
Zoe; good. 7lsM3c: headquarters, choico
11i2M12 lac: common to GOOD. 9Qllc,
forcIuarters, choice. 7i.M7 SAC: con,-
mon to good. 6M7c Id; muttons. extra
DM9iac; good to choice ia Sc: ID year.
llngs, eastern good to choice. 6M7c
western. 7MSt9c: fall lambs. eastern
common to good, Sd Toe Id; western
good TO choice, 1Onlliar III, spring
lambs. choice, % to 81 lbs. SSf11O each,
common TO good. $507 each; veal
choice eastern. Toe: fair to good, Sll9isc
common. 6I1c.
Fresh iced poultry is in fair supply
but the quality is poor and prices are
easy. Choice lots Of froz, II stock n,
in demand and bring full prices. Tho
quotations are: Fresh killed western
iced turkeys, 2Oc; northern chickens
2Nn2lc and upward: northern fowl, r.
Mldc: western fowl, 14is0il5c: frozeu
western turkeys, 2lM22c; western
chickens 1M1l7c: western fowl. 40
14iac: ducks. 14d tic: geese. ia l4c,
Choice hay is in light supply and
holds firm. hut low and medium grades
are duh and easy: straw is weaker for
rye and steady for oat; millfeed i.
steady Hay. 30. !. $lM17; low
grades. $110l6; rye straw. $2Ud21: GA
straw, SlOQ1l.
The pavement in May wheat In the
Chicago market eliminated Thursdn,
in n sharp rally to $l.l7h. but Friday
and Saturday there was reaction
Saturdays closing being at $114 a.
asked. a little over 1 cent below the
previous Saturday. Opinions are con
dieting. the Gates crowd, and espe
cially John ". Gates. talking very
cnrfdoutIv ~ ito nosit;op on tho Mo /,