Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-09
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

The quotations are: Choice northern
creamery, 22hM23Mc; western, 2l1aM
22lac; Vermont dairy, 1oiRM211ac.
Cheese holds firm at unchanged
r'ices. York state, 11kmi2c; Vermont,
116111ac.
Receipts Of eggs are slightly smaller,
but are still large for the eason. and
the market is rather easy, though 20
quotable changes have been made In
the past few days. Choice hennery
and nearby, 26M2Sc; eastern extras,
22M2Jc; western, 1IM10c.
Farm and garden truck is down to
about the normal summer level. but
there is no complaint that anything is
too plenty.
Good, sound blackberrics find ready
many so poor that they have to be sold
for what they will bring Blneberries
are in rather light supply. and choice
dry lots sell easily at the outside quota
ton. Catalogues are doing well.
Grapes are Il bit cheaper than they
WV. b'll Al'A NV sum wv iiSI w
move with any great freedom. There
is good market for choice sound pears.
Plums remain rather dear.
Potatoes do not change much. sup
plies are rather heavy and the demand
only moderately active, but dealers
have been able to maintain prices pretty
well. Large. clean, yellow sweet pc.
tatoes are wanted at high figures. but
for inferior stool; the market is dull and
weak. String beans are not as abund-
ant as they were and they are higher.
Shell beans have made their appear
ancc and are selling at S1.11Gi2 a bush
ol. Cabbagcs have advanced under
lighter receipts. Celery is working
down. Onions are plenty, but for
choice bright stock good prices are
still obtained. Marrow squashes are in
moderate supply and firm. Cucumbers
are well sold up and firm. TurnipS are
steady. Elephants, peas. peppers and
tomatoes al are plenty and cheap.
Green corn Is Il little cheaper.
Apples-Native Williams. choice
hand-pickcd. S@f,2To barrel. wind
falls. SLAP: astrachans. $2M2.5O: sweet
boughS. S2n2.iO; Jersey grayensteinS.
S-.5Ou3..o; Nyack pippinS. SIU3JO;
common green varieties. SLAP; native
box stock, Williams. 75cMSl.25: other
kinds. J0cMSl.
Berries--llackberri 12Ml6c a
quart: hlueberrcs. 1OM14c quart;
raspberries. 10ml2c a pint: currants. o
allie a quart.
'antaloupoS-Arizona, standard crts,
500; pony crates, S2.10d2. -: North
Carolina. $om2.50 Baltimore gems,
$l.io; Norfolk laps, S1.50.
pcs--North Carolina Delawares.
50 an S-baskct crate
Pcaches-Caiifornia S150m 10 a
box; Georgia. fancy, 50 5Od2.75 six
basket carrier: ordinary. 81 .50m2.
Pears-California Bartletts. $21.G
3 box; native bellies, $2N25O barrel:
York state Clapp's favorite. S3M3.5O a
barrel: Georgia lie Coute. choice sound,
S4M4.j0 barrel.
Pmms--Caiforna varieties. S1.75M
$50 fourbaskct crate.
POtatoes-BrStol Ferry stock,
81 S7laN2 Il barrel: Jersey cobblers. 81
M225 barrel and I5MS5c bushel:
sweet potatoes. North Carolina. yellow.
$406 a barrel; golden yellow, S3M3.5O;
red, 50 5OM3.
BeanS-Native string beans, green
SlMl.23 bushel; wax. SlMl.25; shell
beans. $1.7562 bushel.
Cahbngcs-Native, 15m9Oc barrel
and S3MG hundred.
Celpry-Nativc. $l25M 30 a dozen
lunches
Lettuce. etc-Lettuce, 2Od35c bush
el box: romaine, zoe dozen heads;
chicory. 25c a dozen heads: escarole. SOC
Il dozen heads; parsley. DC bushel;
mint, 2Jc a dozen punches; watercress,
SOC a dozen lunches.
Onions-Nativc sets. S0M9Oc a bush
Ell; Spanish onions, $lM1e5 a bushel
crate and S3Gi3.50 a large crate; leeks,
SOC a dozen lunches.
SQuaS summer, 1c each;
southern marrow. $l0 1,25 a barrel.
Tomatoes-Native, $2M2. 90 a bushel:
dollhouse, 7@l0c pound; Jersey. 50c6l
81 box.
MANIFESTATIONS, Sl@l5O barrel;
white. jON75c a bushel.
Mlscellaneous-Peas, S1M1 80 a bush.
81; cucumbers, SlM3 a box; carrots. 81
al % Il hushcl; parsnips. LIS a bushel:
green corn. J0uI5c Il bushel box: rad
iShes. 5Od15c Il bushel box: spinach.
pc bushel; beets, SOC Il bushel; pep
pers. zoe bushel; elephants, $1M1.5O
a dozen: okra. 50 Il crate: native cauli-
flowers. SlG2 Il bushel box.
All barrel backs are marked off 25c,
but briskets are l-Sc higher, while other
pork products are unchanged.
Fresh beef is quiet but fairly steady
at: Extra sides 3 1-4mShc; good, SCl
sac; light, .7l4dSc; heavy kinds, la
llh2c; good. 10 3.4M1lc; light. IO0l
10 3,4c; heavy fores, 5laMGc: good. j 4
M5lac; light, 5M5 Lie.
Lambs are in steady demand at firm
prices: veals are also firmly held, with
a moderate supply. Spring lambs, 146
1Gc; fall lambs, l2Ml3c: yearlings lOdf
lie; mnttons, om zoe: veals. 70lOc.
Poultry is easier and lower, except
on western iced fowls. which are in
light receipt and bring full prices. Ma
tive broller chickens. 17MlSc; fowls.
l5GlGc; ducks, 12iA@1 3c; western
broilers, 1Gc fowls, l4hc.
Hay is quiet but firm: straw is dull
but steady; millfeed is dull but steady.
Hay. No |. SlS5O6IoO. low qrades