Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-04
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

MARKET LOT DutIeT, with prices HuNdut''l
1c. The demand is light, but the sup
ply Of choice makes is moderate.
Northern creamery, 24hM25hc; west
ern creamery, 2492bc; dairy, 2Od22c.
The cheese market is lac higher, but
the demand is still quiet, the trading
being limited to current needs. York
state, 10 3-4Ml4 lac: Vermont twins,
13h0l3 3-4c.
There was further decline in the
egg market. owing to the better receipts
and the light demand. Choice hennery
and nearby, 35M31c; eastern, 2SM3Oc;
western, 2GG29c; refrigerator, 20T22c.
1t has been pretty quiet in the local
fruit and vegetable market. Dealers
never look for and seldom have a big
business directly after the Christmas
rush. and the buying has shown no
variation from the rule.
No special change has occurred in
apples. The demand has been triflc
slow, but prices hold pretty steady.
Cranberries still command high prices.
though the demand is slack. Grapes
are firmer. Fresh arrivals from across
the water are very light and the de
m0nd has to be met with those in stock.
The demand for potatoes has been
very light but receipts have not been
large and prices have held up well.
String beans are irregular both as to
quality and price. but choice stock
readily brings fun quotations. Cab
bages are in full supply and, though
not very active, are steady. Celery is
unchanged, but lettuce. parsley and
watercress are tirmer. Cucumbers are
as high as they usually are at this sea.
son. Squashes have moved up. Kalc
and spinach have advanced under light
er receipts. rurnips are steady.
Apples Kings. S3M450 barrel;
Baldwins. fancy No. !. So 2503 80: good
No. L. S2,7503; No. .. S225d2.5O green
ings S3M3.j0: Tolman sweets, S203;
Ben Davis. 2.jOM3; Hubbardstons,
S2.1jM3.25; nodheads. S3d35O; north
ern spies. S3M4 common sour varie-
ties. S115M225.
Cranherries Cape cod. choice 'argc
dark, Sl4M15 a barrel crates. S4d4.5o
rears-Boscs. x325d3.5O a bushel:
ANGUS, ~. GouE.i1
Grapes-Almerias extra fancy. $3.50
Us a barrel; fancy, S5.5O08. so: choice.
S4.5O65
Figs--Tnrkish. l0nl5c pound.
Datcs-Arabian hallowees. 41sc a
pound: khadrawees. 4M4hac Il pound.
Nuts-Peanuts. No. |, 3 3-4c pound ::
lumbos, &C pound; new crop. No /,
4 Bic pound; tumbos. 6,ac pound .
shellbark walnuts. $3d3 % a bushel.
English walnuts. l4dl5c pound.
almonds. 12M l5c pound; castanas. 90
lie pound; filberts. lNd12c a pound :
pecans. llG13c a pound California
wanutS. l8c a pound; hickory nuts. 81
q bushel.
POtatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tainS. 1V4I2c Il bushcl; hebrons. ,i.Gt
&C; rose 6OG1G2c; Dakota reds. 6OU62c,
Prince Edward Island chenaa2 81
43Sc: sweets. Jersey double heads. S21
2,25 a barrel: Ninelands, 81 barrel:
baskets S5cuSl.
Eeans-Southern string beans, So Il
basket; butter beans. 81 basket
Cabbages--Drumhc Si.25nl 40 a
barrel, savoy, Sl.25 a barrel red, soc
MSl a box.
Celery-Pascal. SlmI.jO dozen
punches; Boston market. S15Od il 10 a
dozen lunches.
Cucumbers-No /. 500 10 box: No
2, S2m6 a box
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce. 5Oa0Oc a doz-
en- heads; romaine. Toe n dozen heads
escarole, Zoe a dozen heads: parsley.
<l5UM2 bushel; mint soc dozen
punches; wutercress, 75c dozen
punches.
OnionS-Native. I.5c a bushel: Span
ish $3.50 a crate; Cuban. $3.50 a crate.
Squashes--Native marrow, 81 a bar
rel; Iurban. SlMl25 barrel western
hubbard, So ton; pumpkins 81 a box.
Spinach, etc--Southern. 81 IA barrel;
kale, 81 Il barrel; beet green's. Toe a
bushe
Turnips-Yellow. SOC barrel:
French white. Sl.75@2 "A bag: white
egg and purple tops, SOC a bushol.
observation-disclosures. 5U065c n
hushel: parsnips. Zoe a bushel. rad
isheS S2.25 box beets, 75c9Sl bush
ell: peppers. S2l2 30 box; eggpants.
southern. $26i2.5O a crate; okra. So. 80
crate; brussels sprouts, sdl2i.c q
quart; mushrooms, $lM2 basket: arti-
chokes, ST 80 a bushel; tomatoes. native
dollhouse 3oH4oc pound oyster
plants, 75c a dozen lunches.
Prices on pork provisions are revised
oil some articles, but the market as a
whole is steady, with fair demand.
Fresh beef is easy, and dealers ind
it very difficult to get fnll asking prices
The market is we'll supplied and the de-
mand is light, Extra heavy sides,
I l-4aI Bic; good, 63-407 lie: light,
6@6izc; heavy kinds. 9laGI0c; good.
SiaM9c, light, 7MSc; heavy fores. , Ia
5i2c; good, 5a5 l+c; light, 4l:M5c.
Lambs are dull and easy; muttons
and ycarllnrs are quiet: veals are
steady. Spring lambs, llia@l2c: fall
lambs oulOc; muttons, 71aMSc; year
lngs. Sd9c: veals, l00l2c.
Western turkeys are in pretty liberal
supply, and prices have eased Off lit
tie from the Christmas range. but the
market IL fairly steady. as well AZ for
| chickens and fowls. Western turkeys
lSn2Oc; northern chickens. large. l60u
lSc medium, l30l5c: western chick
ems. large, l4dll5c medium loMl3c:
northern fowls. l4Ml5c: western fowls,