Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-03
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

14Ac; Vermont twins, 13jaM14c.
Eggs arc firm. Choice hennery ant
nearby, 21d22c; eastern 20d2lc; west
crn, 19M2Oc.
The warm weat Their has not onl,
stimulated the demand in the loca
fruit ana vegetable market, but it ha
caused larger arrivals of seasonal i,
products. Prices in some instances ar,
high, but the general level is not abov,
| that OF former years at this time.
Apples have been slow Fancy lot,
nave fair sale at well.sustained
| prices, but there is hardly any call for
common stock and they have to bt
worked of pretty cheap. The lower
| grades Of Baldvins are down about 25c
! a barrel. Ben Davis are now Offered
at S31om4 barrel, az against S40l. ~
a week ago.
StraWborries are arriving very free
~, and although not OF extra good Dual
lily, they have sold very well. About
the last of the Florida berries have
been received for this season.
Potatoes have dropped under heavy
arrivals and rather dull demand.
Most OF the offerings from Maine are
Green mountains. and they bring no
more than Hebrons or rose. Canadian
stock has begun to come. Quotations
are soc for Chile and 75dSOc for Bliss.
sweets are fairly plenty. in light de-
mand, and prices favor the huyer All
KINDS of green garden truck are plenty
and cheaper though in lively request
Lettuce Is higher, and domestic onions
are going at better prices. There is
more call for Egyptian onions. Rhu
barb both native and western. is con
sidcrably lower Cucumbers are steaGv
ana tIrnipS do not change mucl,
Squashes are higher. and celery hold.
very firm. Fancy tomatoes are scnrc.
and high. The offerings OF peas include.
very few that are good for anything
Radishes are higher.
Apples-Baldwins fancy. 81 5O15 a
barrel; No. =, S303.5O; russcts. No. |
RoXhury, SiM5; No. .. $3n3.hO: Ben
Davis. S3.1504; northern snies. 81. 500,
$50.
Observation-Disclosures, 2Od25c
quart; North Carolina. IfG2Oc.
Potatoes Aroostook Green moun-
talnS. S1VSSc a bushel: l.ebrons s505
Csc; rose. S50SSc: Canadian Bliss. 750,
soc: Chile, soc; sweets. Ninelands. 81
basket
RcanS-Southern string beans. 500
al crate; butter beans. S.. 80 craze
Cahhages--Npw southern. So5O
crate
Celery-California 50 a dozen bunch.
es.
dollhouse. No. I. s,n6
box: No. .. S304
Greens--Spinach s.. 80 a barrel.
65m1oc barrel; beet green's. 5oN15c
buShel; dandelions. 3lM50c bushpl.
Lettuce, etc--Lettuce. 5n1lOOc A doz. |
en- headS; ROMAN 75c dozen heads:
parsley, - buShel: watercress. native. !
81 dozen lunches: southern. SOC doz !
FL punches; mint. 60c Il dozen punches. |
OniouS-D Domestic. T6NoS5c busbel. |
'ermudaS, 81 Il crate; Egyptians, So a |
wo-bushcl bag; lecks. 81 dozen
Squashes-Western HUBBARD $40
on.
Tomatoes-Native dollhouse. 3Oc
pound; southern. S3.5Ou4. 30 a crate.
Turnips-Yeilow, 50 q barrel: French
white. 500 a bag; white egg and
purple tops, 5Oc0$l bushel.
Neutrality-suspicious.. SlMl2J
'uShel; parsnips, 75cGiSl bushel; rad
shes, $2N2.25 a box; beets. 75c bush
j; bunch beets. $I.5OfIl75 "A dozen !,
peppers, $3.50 crate: egg.
'Ian'S. 81 crate; oyster plants, 81
Iozen punches; 0kra. SD crate: i
mushrooms, S2u3 a basket: artichoips.
LOO bushel; rhubarb. native hot
ouse, &c pound: California. Sl.o5 a
ase; asparagus. California, S40l7 doz-
n lunches; South Carolina. $lm7:
cas-, southern s.. 50G3 a basket.
Pork provisions are somewhat irrecu
ir, but the market is generally tirmer
Fresh beef is quiet but steady. Ex
IA heavy sides, 7l2M1 3-4c; good ia
iac; light. 6i2m1c: heavy kinds. a,s6I
SIC; good. 9Q9 l-4c; light, slam9c: S
eavy fores. 5laM5 34c; good, 5l.4@
iec; light, 5M5iac
Lambs are steady: yearllncs are
uiet veals arc firm. Spring lambs. 10
lllc; fall lambs 9dlOc: yearllncs. 10 ,
:; mutops. 7QSc; veaIs. 11Ml21ac.
The market for poultry is quiet but
eady. Western frozen turkeys. ION t.
DC; native roasting chickens. 22M24c:
rye frozen western chickens. 15d Ice: y
edium western chickens, 12M14c.
Orthern fowls, l5M15lac; western
wis, l3@ lac; western capons. l60lSc:
alive broilers. lib, SOcQSl per pair:
lb. 35G3Sc per pound.
Hay is firm; straw is quiet and easy. Q.
lllfeed is firm and unchanged. Hay,
o. |, $17.5001S6O: low grades Sl3 20
10 rye straw. prime. S14: oat straw h
'.50@95o; sack spring bran, So. 50q1 Is
!. -''''s m
The Chicago wheat market has been ~
'ry steady. The later months have
own more strength relatively than
ay the immediate cause being the
llsh crop news from the winter
heat section. These reports were re-
wed with some incredulity, but had 81
me effect in raising prices. Sprlnx ia
heat conditions have been uniformly
vorable. and the seeding is going on
well that some adviceS report that
percent would be completed by Nav
The Minneapolis -four mills increa Sod no
'ir output last week by 1888 barrels "
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