Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-15
I'M HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

W I've lIxul VI NhV''S
creamery butter, and prices are very
firm. There Is some pressure to sell the
low grades of storage butter, and they
Gra easy. Northern creamery, 25hQ128c;
western creamery, 25G25iac: dairy, 2V1
PC.
Cheese IL Arm, but rather quiet. York
state, I4d14hc: Vermont twins. 13h0
14c
There was a furry in eggs and some
recovery was made In western and re-
frigerator stock This advantage was
partially lost later IT is said that the re-
frigerator stocks are being cleaned up
pretty we'll and to this extent the mar.
ket has improved, as the large offerings
of this nature have been the worst fea-
ture OF the egg market for some time.
Choice nearby and hennery. 2lM22c:
eastern, 2Otd2Ic; western. 16h@1Ihc;
refrigerators, 120l13c.
The dealings in the local fruit and
vegetable market are not very active,
but are quite are large as they usually
are At this season of the year. when
trading is never brisk. because the
stocks on hand are large and prices
arc 50 high that retailers buy only what
they can readily dispose Of These arc
the conditions today.
The demand for apples has been less
than It was. but receipts have not been
heavy and prices are we'll sustained.
Buyers will not pay full quotations ex-
cept on strictly fancy fruit AS prices
in Pitrshurg. Philadelphia and Bait.
more are no higher than they are here,
shipments 10 those cities are not proft.
able
Receipts Of potatoes have hc.n heavy.
and under n slow demand prices favor
the buyer. Sweet potatoes are steady.
but the inquiry Is confined largely TO
fresh basket stock. String beans have
eased off slightly, but they are still too
high for much activity. supplies of old
cabbage are getting smaller II The time
and they are bringing better prices.
Celery is not N all plenty. Cucumbers
lettuce. elephants. peppers and bunch
beets have worked down. Good spinach
is high. but many poor lots have TO 90
cheap. Onions and turnips are steady
and SQuashcs arc firm. Southern iona
Toes have dropped n little, and rhubart
is off somewhat from the quotations Of q
week ago.
AppleS-Ra ldwins. fancy. 81 sat I.
tarrel: No. |. So. 15dd No. 9. S:}0l3. 80
russets. Roxbnry No. I. So 5Nd4. No
s3M35o; greetings. S404 30: 1'olmar
sweets. S3M3.5o: Ben Davis. S35no4
northern spies. 3.50Q5: common sonl
varieties. s25OG3
! Straw borries---f'lorida choice. 4OMl
45c a quart; ordinary, 3od3oc
/ Potatoes --Aroostook Green noun
| tains. 6JMG1c bushol, Hebrons. e3d
SIC: rose. aNNr60c: Dakota rods. SOC
Prince Edward Island reds. COO: chenan
goes. 5Od55c; sweets. Jersey double
heads, $1.I5Mo.25 a barrel: vinelands
81 5OI3: baskets. 90cMS1
Beans-Southern strnng beans. So {
crate: butter beans. S5Nd6.
Cabba ge-Drumhead. s2072. % n bar
rel; savoy. Sl.o1d1 10 a barrel; red. SlM
1o5 box; new southern cabbage. SO. ~
crate.
:.
dozen punches: California. 81 dozer
punches.
Hothouse. No. l.SlO0 I.
a box: No. -. seas
Greens-Spinach. southern. S2mo50
barrel: kale, S1Ml.25 a barrel; hothous
beet green's. SOC bushel: hothous
dandelions. aOcGsl a bushel
Lettuce. etc--I.ettuce. 25diG0c a doz
en- heads; romane. 15c dozen parsley
81. 30 a bushol; mint. f0c dozen bunch
es; watercress, 75c a dozen lunches.
Onions-Nativs. 4oGSOc bushel
Spanish. S3n2. % crate: Cuban 81. 30
crate; leeks, 15c dozen lunches.
Souas hes-Marrow 81 80 a barrel
western Hubbard, S30Nd31 = ton
Tomatoes -Hothousc. SOC mound
southern s45n05 a crate.
Turnips--Yelow. 00c barrel
French white s1.7502 bag: white eg
and purple tops, h0075c a bushel.
Miscellaneous-C Carrots. 6oN7T
hushe: parsnirs. 75cGds1 a bushel; rad
ishes ,5cpsl.50 box; beets. 75MaOc
hushcl. new bunch bects. 81 doze
punches: peppers. s3635O a crate: ess
plants. So crate; oyster plants. 50665
a dozen punches: okra. - crate: brus
sells sprouts. 2oc quart; mushrooms
S212.IO basket; artichokes sl5O
huShel: dollhouse rhubarh. 5dGc
pound: California caul1ower. 81 0Gl
crate; California asparagus. seas
dozen lunches.
Prices on dressed hogs IN this mark
are at the highest point since May. 100:
Pork provisions are slightly lower I
splte Of the frmness OF the genera 81
uation.
Fresh beef is dull and easy, with onl
occasionally choice steer bringing to
quotations. Extra heavy sides. 71(
Sc: good 634m7 14c: light. 6d6jt,
heavy kinds. a4m1O lac; good. 9071O,
light, 7laMShc; heavy fores, 5ladl5 3.4'
good 43-4d5c; light 4iac.
Lambs hold very steady. though IN
t supply IL fairly liberal muttons an
) yearlngs are quiet: veals are firm
Spring lambs. 9M1Oc; fall lambs. Sac
yearlings. 7dSc; muttons. 7GSc: veal
1lMl2isc
There is very steady market II
poultry. the demand being modern,
and prices unchanged. Western IN
keys. $4,000; large northern chicken
1920: medium. l4Ml6c largo Yves
crn chickens. ia 18c: medium. la II,
Ice western capons 16d1Sc; norther