Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-20
IN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand


prices are: Choice northern creamery,
2I425c; western creamery, 23M24c;
Vermont dairy, 22Q23c.
Cheese has also sagged of little, In
sympathy with country mark cts. Old
cheese Is still offering in a small way
at firm prices. York state, 12019c; Yer
mont, 12ul2hc; old, 14M14hc
Choice nearby eggs are frmer, with
moderate supply. Western stock is
| still easy, and is coming forward as
| freely as the market can take care of It,
The quotations are: Choice hennery
and nearby, 20Q22c: eastern extras. 10
n2Oc; western. l601Sc.
Business has not been real brisk in
the local fruit and vegetable mark et
but 1t has been much better than it was
recently. The Improvement has been
particularly notlcea ole in garden truck,
which, under the impetus of improved
weather, is getting more plenty and is
steadily seeking its normal level for this
time Of the year.
Apples do not change much Very
few are now coming forward and sales
are naturally limited to small lots. The
| movement of cantaloupes has improved
| materially. Cherries meet with fair
| ly good sale. Watermelons have been
| coming along quite freely. Blackber
ries have appeared in the market and
meet with fairly good demand.
Old potatoes are firm under light re-
| celpts and a fairly active demand. New
| southern stock IS coming along quite
freely and takes a wide range rs to quail
| ity and condition. Not many sweet po-
tatoes are here, but not great many are
wanted. Asparagus is plenty and cheap
and in good request. String beans are
in heavy supply and It takes very
| fancy lot to bring up the top quotation.
| Cucumbers are steady and fairly active.
| Lettuce continues cheap. and tomatoes
have grown quite reasonable. Onions
| are not as active as they have been.
but the supply Is not excessive. and
they hold firm. Old turnips. beets, car
rots and parsnips are very firm.
Apples-Northern spies, s4d8 bar
| rel; Ben Davis. S4Gr4.50. No. Bald
wins S5d6; No. russets, S4d5.5o; No
2 russets. 50 SOFAS box fruit S15OG2
ntaloupes-Florda S3tG3.50 a
| crate.
Cherries-California, S262 a lob
| box.
Observation-Disclosures fancy
| CANDY, 150lTc quart; ordinary, 12Q
| 14c: Maryland. 10013c: baltimore, 1on
| pc.
| Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains. $4,000 a bushel; hehrons. S5c
Dakota reds. SOC: Bliss. I5c: new south
ern stock. S5GlI n barrel sweet pota
| toes, North Carolina, 81 q crate; vine
| lands. 50 25q25O a basket,
gus-Native. S1.50@2.75 a
| dozen punches.
Beans-String beans, southern green,
| 81 5ONd2 20 a basket: wax. S2tG2.o0.
Cabba ges-Southern, S15CM2 a bar
rel or crate
umbers-Hothouse, s2G3.5O a
| box; Florida. Sl@l 80 crate.
Lettuce, etc-Lettuce, 14040c a doZ-
en- heads: romaine, 81; escarole. 75cM
81: chicory. 81: watercrrss, Acc dozen
bunches mint, 40c; parsley, S2d2.50
| bushel.
Onlons-Texas. $3.50 a crate: Ber.
muda, $3.50 n crate; Egyptian, SAMOA
3.75 a two bushel box; leeks. S1,5od2
| dozen lunches.
SOua shes-Southern, marrow. 500
| a barrel crate: summer, 81 20 crate,
dollhouse, 10015 a lb;
southern. 50 50Cd3 a crate.
Turnips-Yellow, SO barrel; French
| white. So a bag; bunch white, $lM1 30
| IL dozen lunches.
Miscellaneous--Spin 20M30c a
bushel. rhubarb, 4Oc bushel box;
beets. 75c0Sl a dozen punches; car
| rots, S1.IJd2 a bushel; bunch carrots,
81 a dozen punches; eggplants. So
| crate; oysterplants. STAT 30 a dozen
lunches: parsnips. 50 a hushel southern
peas. S2d2 80 basket peppers, 81
| crate: radishes. 20td30c n bushcl box;
celery. 50. 5OtQ3 a dozen punches; okra,
50 crate: mushrooms. S1.bO025O a
basket; caulifiowers. 50 .50d+ basket.
There Is an easier market for pork
provisions, andrbarrcl pork IS especially
| weak.
Fresh beef has come down off the
| high level. There was no good reason
| for the advance. which was purely
arbitrary and gratuitous effort on the
part Of the packers and their agents.
| The retailers also took occasion to I'M
duly squeeze their customers. Light
cow beef is still scarce. but there is an
oversupply of good beef, and dealers are
finding II difficult 10 work off their
stocks at o091ac. Still lower prices are
likely. as receipts intended for local con
sumption have been very heavy. The
quotations are: Extra sides, heavy,
0 1-4d91hc; good, 9d9 lac; light, S,a@
3.4c: heavy kinds. Hall lac; good,
10ls61o 3-4c; light, 10d10 lie; heavy
fores. Tar Sac; good 1-4@T'sc; light,
| TAT l4c.
Lambs are somewhat easier. and
muttons and yearlings are also lower;
veals are steady. Spring lambs, la
16c; yearllngs. 10ml1c; muttons, l0M
lie: veals. 10M12c.
Poultry has been in better supply,
and prices Of western stock have been
lower. Brolers have been coming for
ward more freely, and prices are lower.