Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-03-07
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

are somewhat larger, there is no ma
tcrial addition TO the stock Of fresh
made, as a large proportion OF the cur
rent receipts is storage stock from 'he
west. The quotations are hrm at
Choice northern creamery, 32u33c,
western creamery, 31d32c; Vermont
dairy, 2802Sc.
Cheese is frmer. especially for choice
lots Of northern, the market being vel
cleaned up. The available stock Is
short, and the season will go out with
an unusually small amount carried
over. York state, il 3-4M15c: Vermont
14G14hc.
Eggs are slowly settling down,
though the western markets nave
shown more weakness and fluctuations
than this market The quotations are
Choice hennery and nearby, 3o@83c
eastern extras, 20Q30c; western, Pa
Csc.
The vegetable market generally Is
very firm. Cabbages, spinach. onions,
squashes. turnips and tomatoes have
gone up and string beans and cucum
bers. though a little cheaper than they
were, are still high. Sweet potatoes
ars steady, and white potatoes. in good
condition, bring high prices.
Apples have not been very active,
but there has been steady demand fol
choice sound fruit and some fancy
colored Baldwins have been gold above
the top quotations. Many Of the APP
pies have been touched by the frost.
They 70 for what they Will bring.
Shippers are asking more than they
| did a short time ago. Cranberries are
coming along slowly, but in large
enough quantities to satisfy current
| needs.
Cabbages are in steady demand and
NIL kinds OF greens are going fairly
we'll Kale and spinach have been
scarce and dnndellons are not az plenty
as they were. Choice sound onions
have A ready sale and squashes are
fairly active String beans are not
moving very fast, and tomatoes and
| cucumb crs are dull. White potatoes
are rather quiet. Sweet potatoes are
scarce, but the demand is correspond
ingly small.
Apples-Kings s25otd3.50 a barrel;
Ben Davis, western, seas eastern.
| $175d2 %; northern spies, s2@3; No.
/ Baldwins, fresh arrivals s2d2 10;
cold storage. 80 5NQ3.25; mixed Bald
wins. s175dc. %; No. 2 Bsldwins, 81 80
| T1.75 greetings, fresh arrivals, S2rQ
80; cold storage, s2.50G3 Talman
bury russets s15Csd25o; box fruit, SOC
@s125.
Cranberries-Cape Cod fancy. SStd9 a
barrel: good to choice. S6.50M7 80;
crates. s2,5oi3.
Straw herries-Florida, 25G35c a
quart.
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
talns. $4,000 a bushel hebrons, 53M
55c; sweet potatoes, Vinelands, S3.25
Gl3.5O q barrel and s1G1. % a ba sket.
Beans-String beans, green. So 50d
$50 a basket; wax. s56'6 basket.
Cabba ges-Drumhead. S1,5Odl75 q
barrel: savoy, $3.50 a barrel.
Oslery-White, S1.5o12 dozen
punches; paschal, s2.50<d3.5o.
Greens-spinach,s 2,75 barrel; kale
s1.5O11.T5 n barrel dandelions, 81 &c
ais a bushel; beet green's, 65675c q
bushel
Lettuce. etc-Lettuce, 25060c dozen
heads; romaine, 81: escarole, 15ctd$l
chcory, 75cG5s1: mint, 15c dozen
punches, watercress 75c6S1 a dozen
lunches: parsley, 81. 25 bushel
Onions-Native, S1.25Sf1. 30 bushel
Cuban Bermudas s3G3.5O crate
Spanish, 81 a crate; leeks. 40c a dozen
punches
Sauashe<-N Marrow, SO a barrel: hub
bard, s30T4o a ton.
Tomatoes -Hothouse, 5OMGoc q
pound; southern, S3d3 so crate.
observation-disclosures, S4d15 6
box; carrots s5c1fS1 n bushel: par
ships. S5cG$1 a bushel; radishes. 81. 81
box: beets, 60173c bushel; peppers
ShQ17 crate: elephants, Ssd0 crate
: oyster plants S1.25 q dozen punches
okra. SIS crate; California cauifowers
| S3d4 crate: hothouse rhubarb. so g,
pound. artchokes S2Nf2 so a bushel
Prices were mark cd down on all bar
rel backs, short and long cut pork
hams, shoulders and bTtskets. but lart
and other pork provisions are un
changed.
Fresh beef is quiet and easy, and !
takes very choice steer 70 hiring 1-4c
Al the same time there Is very little o
the extremely light beef seen in for
mer seasons. The quotations are: Eek
ira sides, heavy. SaS lac; good, 7is0
73-4c; light, 7M71ac; heavy kinds, 10 j..
61Ohc; good. 9 3-4ta10 lac; light. 90
. 9ilc; heavy forss. 3 3-466c; good, $40
3-4c: light. 5a5 lac.
Lambs are firm; muttons and year
llngs are quiet but steady; veals ar,
Arm. Spring lambs, lO11li2c: year
lings. 7e1sc; muttons, 7Gsc; veals, JOG
, l2c; fancy, 13c.
Supplies OF western poultry continu,
large. and the market is dull and easy
Fresh killed northern chickens ana
fowls are In fair demand at steady quo
tatlons. Western turkeys, 17919c
, native broiler chickens, 2-lb, 30G32c
. northern roasting chickens, 166lSc
fowls. l50l8c; western broilers, 13M
| zoe; western capons, 14017c; wester,
chickens. 13Q15c; fowls, 12G14c; geese
q lid13c; ducks. 121314c.
h Hay 10 very frm for choice, hut low