Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-26
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


Plus receipts are going into cold stor-
age. Choice northern creamery, II 1s0D
22kc; western, 20 14M21hc; Vermont
dairy, 17@2Oc.
Cheese has advanced in the country
and this resulted in an advance in this
market of Rc on choice lots. Trade IS
rather quiet at: York state, 1lkMl2c;
Vermont, 11Gl1Ac.
Eggs are very firm for choice fresh
laid and nearby stock, but western re-
ceipts are quiet and easy. Choice hen
merry and nearby. 25M27c; eastern, 23D
25c; western. 11M19c.
A few of the products in the whole
sale fruit and vegetable market have
not been cleaned up as dealers would
have liked, but the market as n whole
has been satisfactory. Catalogues
Georgia peaches and pineapples were
the exceptions to the rule; the receipts
Of all these have been large, and they
were affected by the muggy weather.
Good, sound fruit has sold we'll The
general trend of prices has been toward
lower level, but in few cases they
have advanced.
Trading in apples has not yet
amounted TO much. Arrivals so far
have been almost entirely in baskets
Choice large sound lots have sold well
and at good prices, but poor stock goes
cheap. All kinds of berries. except
stra wberrics. have been in good supply
and easy. The season on strawberries
is almost at an end. Pears are more
plenty and cheaper Georgias have
sold generally at S4.25 barrel. bur
sales are reported above and below
that figure. Plulns are in lighter sup
ply and firmer.
The market Is well supplied with new
potatoes and. since the demand IS not
very brisk, the tendency of prices is
downward. String beans are very
plenty and tho outside quotation is hard
to secure. The market is overstocked
with cahbages and some lots have 70
be forced off at very low figures. Ma
tive celery has appeared and is quoted
at 50 dozen lunches. Green corn is
another new arrival in the market Re
ceipts of onions have increased ma
terially and though they have had
good sale they have dropped from 81 p
a bushel down to S0@o0c. Supplies OF
Texas and Egyptian onions are ex-
hausted. Squashes are plenty and
cheap. Tomatoes are here in abund-
ance: natives are dear, but New Jer-
seys are very cheap. Turnips are
plenty and easy. Peas are in rather
light supply and firm. Offerings Of
cucumberS have increased and they are
much lower.
Apples-Jersey and Delaware cary
varieties, 50cdS1.5O Il basket.
Observation-Disclosures Hudson river,
| 15M1Gc quart; Jersey, 9M1lc; blue
! berries. Massachusetts and New Hamp-
| shire. 14m ice a quart; Pennsylvania
| l00l2c: gooSeberres, 1OT12c a quart ;
raspbcrres. pnts, 7f10c; cups. 3G5c;
stra wberres, Maine l2M1Gc a quart
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, lO0i
loo: currants, SM10c quart.
aloupes-California standard
crates, $325d4; pony crates, S2.5O@g
90: Georgia. 25Gf1 80 standard
crate: South Carolina, $1d 80 a stand
ard crate.
Peaches California. S101 30 a box:
! Georgia S202 80 a G-basket carrier.
PearS--Calforni Bartletts. $3.756If
box: Georgia Leconte $350m45O a
barrel.
Plums-California, S202.5O 4-bas
ket crate.
Potatoes Bristol Ferry. r. l.. stock
50 % a barrel; Jersey rose and cobbler<.
50 2502 30: sweets. North Carolina. 81
M4.50 barrel
Beans-Natlve string beans. 50a75c
Cabbages-Native, S204 per 100
heads. and 00d75c barrel.
Celery-Native. 81 a dozen punches.
Lettuce. etc-Lettuce. 25c bushel
box; romaine SOC dozen heads chic
DRY, 25c dozen heads: escarOle, DOC q
dozen heads: parsley. 25c bushel;
mint. 25c dozen lunches: watercress,
3Jc dozen lunches.
Onions-Native sets, SOtd0Oc a bush
ell; bunch onions, 40c bushe box:
leeks. SOC dozen punches.
Quashes--Native summer, 1n2c
apiece: southern marrow. 81 a barrel.
Tomatoes-Native, 81 25014 a bushel:
dollhouse, l00l5c a pound; Jersey, SOFA
1Jc crate.
Turnips-Yellow, Sl25 barrel;
bunch white turnps, 25G4Oc a dozen
punches.
Miscellaneous-Peas, S1.250l 30 q
bushel; cucumbers, 50cMS1 80 a box;
carrots. S1.50 a bushel: bunch carrots,
50 a 100 punches; radlshes, SOC bush.
el box; spinach. 900 n bushel; beets. GOA
Zoe bushel; bunch beets. 25c a dozen
punches: peppers. 50 a crate; eggplants.
$l.5O a dozen; okra, 50 a crate; native
caullflowers, SlM2 a bushel box; green
corn. 81 ,25M1,5O bushel.
There are no changes in pork pro,
visions, the market being steady.
Fresh beef is still very firmly held,
though trade is dull. Extra sides, Sls0t
Dc: good, SdSiac light. 7laMSc: heavy
kinds. 11@lllac: good, 1Oh@llc light,
9la610 lac: heavy fores, 608iac; good
5h06c: light, 5@5 l-4c
Lambs are steady and unchanged;
vcals are quiet. Spring lambs. l4Ml6c
fail lambs, l2Ml3c; yearlngs lOmllc,
muttons, 9@lOc; vealA 76llOc.
There is a steady market for poul.
try. with a fair supply Offering, and
prices practically unchanged. Native
broler chickens, 23G26c; fowls. loo:
ducks, lac; western broilers, 2Od22c