Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-04-12
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

The prices are: Choice creamery, $50
251kc; western 24M25c; Vermont dairy,
19M21c.
Cheese is still very firm, as the market
Is going out short this year Trade is
quiet, but steady. York state, 14014Hc;
Vermont twins, 13hM14c.
Eggs have declined Il little. and,
though there was slight rally in New
York, this market did not respond.
Choice hennery and nearby, 20M21c:
eastern, 1SM2Oc: western, 17@1Sc.
A satisfactory business for this time
Of the year is reported by the local
wholesale fruit and produce trade.
with the exception Of apples, all tho
fruits have moved freely and the de-
mand for garden and farm truck has
been very well distributed. Supplies
are not excessive and the mark ct gcner.
ally is firm.
The slow movement of apples was due
to high prices. Some weeks ago, when
the best Baldwins brought about S4 a
barrel the retailers bought freely, but
now when considerably higher prices
are asked, they are content to drop these
apples for the season. or else take only
Il FEW barrels at time. Quotations
have not been marked down. but dea lers
tl'c some difficulty in getting the out.
side figures. Greetings are no longer
quoted.
Potatoes had a further rise and. al
though receipts have increased since.
a steady demand has sustained prices
Sweets have been scarce and high
String beans are rather plenty. but the
offerings include very few that are
fancy, and that is the kind most wanted.
Cabbages continue in light supply; new
southern lots bring 2Jc Il crate more
than they did week ago. Cucumbers
have moved up under smaller receipts.
Spinach and kale are IN steady demand.
and beet greens have Il fair sale. bur
dandeliOns are vet too high for a lively
call. Domestic onions are doing better.
Foreign lots are firm. Egyptiaus will
appear this week Asparagus is a little
easier, but still high. Offerings Of toma-
toes are rather large. but the quality
IS generally firm. with somewhat high
er quotations on The latter. Phubarb
sells well.
Apples--Bal1wins fancy, G4.5oM5
barrel; No. |. SiNiI 30: 70 .. $32I6i
375; r,IsSets. No 3oxhury. S40i45n:
No. .. So 25N3 30: Ben Davis. S4Ni4.SO:
northern spies, Sin5
trawberries--Fl Florida choice, 800 Soc
quart; ordinary. 2GM25c.
Potatoes \rooStook Green noun
tains. S5No0c a hushel; hebrons. S5c
rose. 75mSoc; sweets. Jersey double
heads. S2.25m250 a barrel: vinelands
| $50: baskets. St.2JM 30
Beans-Southern string beans. $500
4 a crate; butter beans $3.5OMi a crate.
Cabbages--New southern. $50 a
crate: old drumhcad $3.25 barrel. red
cabbagcs, 81 a box.
Celery-EoSton market. 50 dozen
punches; California, s. a dozen lunches.
cumbcrs-Hothouse No. ]. S5d6 &
box No. .. s2m35O.
Spinach, S2d2 % a barrel:
kalc. 81 barrel; beet greens. Coo a bush
ell: dandelions, $l.25 bu>hcl
Lettuce. etc-Lettuce. 25u soc a dozen
| heads romaine Toe a dozen heads:
parsley, S125GI 30 hushel: water
cress, soc a dozen lunches: mint. COO n
dozen lunches.
| Onions-DOmeStic 6.,0S5c hushel:
Spanish. S3N325 a crate; Cuban. S3Ii
3.25 crate; bermuda, 81 a crate; loeks.
81 n dozen lunches.
quashes-Western Hubbard. $50 a
| ton.
Native dollhouse. 3O14Oc
pound; southern. $36O04 a crate.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Sl75 barrel,
French white $50 bag; white egg
and purple tops, 50cTSI bushel.
observation-disclosures, S5cMSl Il
buShel; parsnips. 75cM$loJ a hushcl:
radishes, 81 250 80 box: beets, 15c6l
81 a bushol; bunch beetS. 81 .1OG1 - "A
dozen punches: peppers, 81 a crate egg
plants, $30l3.50 crate oyster plants, 81
a dozen lunches; Okra, So n crate:
mushrooms, $2N2 30 a basket: arti-
chokes So Il bushel dollhouse rh,l-
barb, care IA pound, California, S175M2
case: asparagus. California. S7dS Il
dozen lunches; South Carolina. S7GS a
dozen punches.
Pork products are firmly held with
some cuts actually higher.
Fresh beef has declined again. the
effort of the dealers to maintain prices
having failed. The market is very
quiet. Extra heavy sides, 73-1mSc,
good, 14M7iac; light, 7M7 4c heavy
binds. o3-4M10c; good. oiam9 Sic;
light. Gao lie; heavy fores. . 3-406c;
good, 5laM5 Sic: light, 5M51ac
Lambs are firm muttonS and wear.
lings are steady; veals hold firm. Sprn.
lambs. 9M10c: fall lambs. S09c: year
lings. 7MSc; muttons, 7QSc; veals. ia
12Ac
The market for poultry is steady
with very little change in prices from
week to week. The quotations are
Western turkeys. 1S020c: large north.
ern chickens, $4,000: medium. 14M Ice,
large western chickens. 150l6c; me.
dunn, 12M ic; northern fowls, loo west
crn fowls. l4M l5c; western capons, N
MlSc; northern caponS, 2OM22c.
Hay is very firmly held for the best
grades, and receivers have made some
advances in asking prices Straw is
scarce and firmer for both rye and oat
straw. with the best grades hard tc
get: millfced is firm and unchanged
Hay. No. I. Sl7MlS; low grades, S13 &c
M15; rye straw, prime, $l4M14,50: oat
straw. SS5ONd950.