Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
IN u MARKETS
Quotations on the LeadinS
Products In Demand

uo''uVAh creamery, SDYWZO9C, WtSt'
ern, 24M25c; Vermont dairy, 2Oti6l
22hc.
Cheese is also very firm. following
the country markets. York state, 12ia
M13kc; Vermont, 11h412hc.
Best eggs are in small supply and
prices are very firm. The cooler wealth.
or has also tended toward %stiffen,na
the market. Choice hennery and near
by, 20d30c: eastern extras, 25M27c;
western. 1Sd20c.
Last week was a decidedly unsatis.
factory one in the local market for
fruits and vegetables. The extreme
heat which prevailed up to Friday had
the effect Of d%epriving the demand of
the little life II had previously shown
The movement Of apples has been
especially restricted by the hot weather
The call for choice sound fruit has not
been particularly lively. while the
poorer offerings have been a positive
drug on the market. The season on
berries Is pretty well over.
Grapes are arriving quite freely from
the Hudson river sections. For the
black varieties there is not a great dea
Of call and they go cheaply. Dela-
wares have a fairly good sale. Good
peaches sell we'll, but the movement of
inferior lots is draggy. Pears are
plenty, dull and easy.
The week has been a quiet one In DO.
tatoes, both white and sweet, and
prices have ruled easy. Jersey Green
mountains have gone slowly and most
ly In small lots. The arrivals from
Maine SO far have been small and
green and hard to place. Sweet pota.
toes have steadily declined throughout
the week under large arrivals and a
slow demand. Cabbages, tomatoes,
onions, green corn, string beans and
turnips all are here In abundance and
freely offered at very low figures. M
the best lots are dear. Lettuce re.
mains cheap, but celery has advanced
a little. Squashes are steady.
Apples-Will!ams. S2@3 a barrel;
astrachans, $1.5oQ2; sweet boughs, 81
Q2.50; golden sweets, S1.5OQ2. 2C;
duchess, S2M2. so; gravenstelns, s2@is;
rivers, Sl.50i12: plppins, S1.SOl2; CON-
mon green varieties, $3.50: box stock,
5Oc9S1.
Observation-Disclosures. 6@Sc a pint:
blucberries. 14@18c a quart.
Cantaloupes-Colorado rocky fords,
$494.50 a standard crate, and $3.50 A
pony crate; jersey Jenny Linds, $1.2o
@1.50 a crate; Baltimore gems, 81 a
crate; Marylands, $1.25 a crate Of two
dozen; Montreal melons, $S012 a has.
ket.
Cranberries-Cape Cod. S 2.50@8.2 % 4
crate.
Grapes-Hudson river. carriers.
Delawares, S202. so; Niasaras, S101p 20;
wordens, $1@1.2 %; Moore's eearly. 81. rs;
champions, 76o@$1; pony baskets,
Moore's early, 14016c; champions, 10
@12c.
Peaches-CaIifornia, S1.25@2 a box;
Delaware, S191,50 a basket.
Pears-Califorria Bartlstts, green.
So a box; ripe, S2a2.5 so; native Clapps,
75c@$1.25 a bushel; native Bartletts,
$3.5OQ4 a barrel; Georgia Kieffer, $3.50
a barrel.
Plums-California varieties, $1@2 a
four-basket crate.
Potatoes-Aroostook cobblers, 6S0o
Soc a bushel; Jersey Green mountains,
66667c a bushel; sweet potatoes, east
ern shores, S 2.50a2.1b a barrel; Nor
folks. $2,2562. rs; North Carolinas, 81
Q2.50.
Beans-Native string beans. green,
5O975c a bushel; wax. 5Od75c; shell
beans, S1@1.50: Lima beans. S1@2.
Cabbages-Native drumhead. s2d3 n
hundred; red cabbages. 75c@$1 a box.
Celery-Native, 75c@S1 a dozen
punches.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce. 2OQ35c a bush.
ell box: romaine. 50c a dozen heads;
e%scarole. SOC a dozen heads; chicory,
25c a dozen heads; parsley, 25c a bush
ell; mint. 25c n dozen punches; water
cress, 35c n dozen punches.
Onions-Native, 756S5c a bushel;
Spanish. S3l3.5O a large crate and 81
al. 25 a small crate; leeks. SOC a dozen
punches.
SquasheS-Native summer. 2M3c
apiece; marrow. 75c4$1 q barrel.
Tomatoes-Native, 25@75c a bushel;
dollhouse. 304c a pound.
Turnips-Yell w. Sl@1.25 a barrel:
white, 5OM75c a bushel.
MiscellaneOus-Peas, $1@1.50 a bush
Ell: cucumbers. 5OcGS3 q box; carrots,
75c6$1 a bushel: parsnips. 81 .501l.75
a bushel; green corn, 25G3Oc a bnshel.
radishes. 25@5Oc a bushel box: spin
ach, 12a62Oc a bushel; beets, 4OQ5Oo
n bushel; peppers, 50@75c a bushel:
eggplants, S1@1.25 a box; okra, S1.5O
az a crate: native caullfower, 5Oc6$1
a bushel box.
Pork provisions are firm, there being
no changes in prices.
Fresh beef is firm for choice. but
medium cattle are in quiet demand and
prices are steady. Extra sides. 8 $40
O1,4c; good. s1s 3-%c; light, s081ic;
heavy kinds, IL 3.+N12 l-4c: good.
10 3-4@l1c; light, Shd9c; heavy fores,
g 3-4@8 1-4c; good, 1-4W5itc; light.
3la64c.
Lambs are In moderate supply and
prices are firm; yearllngs are steady;
veals are dull. Spring lambs, 12Q18c;
fall lambs, 1OQ1lc: yearlings, DC: NUT.
tons, 9@l0c: veals, 9Q11c.
Poultry Ia steady. the cooler weathw
having hettered both the condition and
the demand. Native broiler chickens,
17IT12c. foyyls 1Hc. ducks 12ALE11oo,