Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-09
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

as buyers ere looking for lower prices.
The jobhng prices are: Choice north
crn creamery. 29M30c; western cream
cry, 27m2Sc; Vermont dairy 25@26c,
Cheese is steady for old stock, with
! the market cleaning up well at full
| prices. Some new cheese Is Offering,
| but the quality is not yet mp to the
| mark. The best sells at 120T12iac. QUO
| tntions on old cheese are: York state,
| u 3-i6l11c Vermont. 1IM14 3-4c.
The egg market has been kept on
! steady basis by the tremendous pur-
chases for cold storage purposes here
! and in New York. The stock in storage
IN Boston May was 1j3,753 cases,
, gain of over $4,000 for the week. In
| New York the storage stocks are vast
| ~ larger than in Boston, some or the
| storage warehousemen being Obliged
! 10 refuse further cOnsignments as their
capacity is exhausted. The quotations
here are: Choice hennery and nearby.
22M23c; eastern extras, $4,000; west.
crn. 1S019c.
The movement Of apples has been
good. but not nearly as brisk as it was
short time ago. Prices hold up well.
fresh arrivals have not been large, and
cold storage stock has been much re.
duced.
Really fancy strawberries go quick
~ at good prices, but most of the ar
! rivals have been pale. sandy and in poor
condition generally; they are cheap.
Heavy receipts made potatoes weak
,arly last week. but shipments have
since falleu of and as the demand has
increased tie market has grown firm
or. New Florldas are coming in and
flncy lots sell pretty well Asparagus
IS plenty. but the demand Is brisk and ii
holds up well String beans continue
rather high and cabbages are by no
means cheap. Cucumbcrs are fairly
reasonable. Dandeions are easy, but
other kinds Of green's are firm. Lettuce
has dropped little from the QUOTA
tons Of week ago onions do MOI
change muoh, as natives are scarce.
Egyptians sell freely and are firm. Ma
tive squashes are steady. Tomatoes
are getting cheaper. but turnips, heetS,
carrots anI parsnips are firm. Rhu-
harb is very plenty and considerably
lower
Apples-Bcn Davis, eastern, S3N3.50
Il barrel. western. $fM4 30; northern
spies S3G4 10, No. ! Baldwins. fresh
arrivals. 81 jO6425; cold storage lots.
S4G4.5O mixed Baldwins. S3Q3.50; No.
? Baldw!ns. 50 .25M2.75 greetings, $3.50
G3.25; Tal'par sweets. S2d2.50; No. |
russets. 1914: No. russets, S2I2.50;
box fruit. S!@1 30
Straw berrles-North Carolina, 15I
22c quart.
PotGtOes-ArooStOok Green noun
tains. 6Std roc hushel; hebrons, Goa
Csc: rose, roc robbers 10475c: new
'loridas, $hM5.50 a barrel; sweet pota-
toes, Vi1clandS, s3G74 barrel; basket
stock. S1.25dJ2.
Asparagus-,Jersey S7Q0 a dozen
lunches: Charleston, S3GS.
Beans-So,vh ern string beans, green
S35004.J0 4 basket: wax. S3G4.
Cabba gcs-Old drumhead. 50 a bar.
rel; new southern. $3.50 a crate.
Cucumh"rs-Native dollhouse. S3G5 a
box; Florida, S250Ca3 crate.
, Grecns-Spnach. $3.50 n barrel;
l.ale, $3.50 barrel; dandelIons. 60Q
I5c a bushv'; beet green's. 81 bushel
Lettuce, etc--I.ettuce, 50r7Sl a doz,
en heads; romaine. 81; escarole. 75cGS
chicory. I5cNSl; mint, 40M50c a dozen
lunches watercress, 75c; parsley. 50 q
buShel
, Onions--reAas, soGl2 % a crate: Der
;nudas, S2M225 a crate; Egyptians
S3.75 a 2-bTShe bag; leeks, 81 dozen
lunches.
quashos--Native Hubbard. $50 q
ton; southern summer. $3.50 crate
Toma toes-Native dollhouse, SOC &
pound; southern. S2d2.75 crate.
Turnips- Yellow. Sl.75 barrel
. French white, 81 bag; white eggs snt
Eats, 5ca75c a bushel; bunch turnips
$125 a dozen punches.
Miscellan eo,is-White celery. 50 a
, dozen lunches; rhubarb, 40d6c pound
bpets. 75c bushel: bunch beets. 81 5(
az dozen lunches; carrots, S1Ml - {
tushel; bunch carrots, 81 a do7er
lunches: ecgplants, 81 n crate: oyster
plants, $l.To a dozen punches; pa,snips
StCd1.25 a Hushel; southern peas. $2M;
; basket; peppers 81 crate: radishes
S111.50 n bushel box; okra, 81 a crate
: mushrooms. 81 .50td2,50 a basket.
: No change Is reported in the price.
Of pork provisions, the market bein:
steady.
With smaller receipts. the sellers OF
{ fresh beef are hoping for lower prices
but at present the demand is quiet ant
it is difficult to get even : 3-4c except FOL
something very choice. Extra sides
heavy, SM'cS S-4c; good, 73-40s &c
light 7@7Ac; heavy kinds, lOlaG
10 3-4c; good, 98461O lac: light. "a
, e1ac; heavy fores, G,sM6 3-4c: good
| ) 3-4@6 1-4c: light, 56i5lac
Lambs are still 1rI, with receipts
we'll taken care of. The continued coo
weather has helped trade. -eals ar,
!, ctsady. Spring lambs, I2ia0il3iac
, yearllnas. 4nl0c; muttons. Snoc; vsals
r 10@l2c; fancy 13c.
Poultry Is fairly steady for fresl
l Killed, but frozen stock Is slow, thougl
stocks are much reduced. The quota
a. 49,. =.