Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-09
I'm HUB MARKETS
Quotations on Leading Products
In Demand

Sf fresh made creamery. Jobbing prices
are: Choice northern creamery, S1M
BIC: western creamery, 30d31c.
Cheese is in moderate demand. but
the supply is light and prices are stead
lily beld. York state, l5laMl612c; Yer
mont, 1alaM151ac.
Prices hold firm on eggs, the demand
FOR consumption being very good.
Choice hennery and nearby. 20u2lc;
eastern extras, laM20c; western, ira
1Sc.
The fruit and vegetable market Is
well supplied, prices are moderate and
the buying is better than it has been
at any other time this year. Garden
truck from the south is plenty and
there Is a steadily increasing quantity
Of local greenhouse products.
Straw berries are easier and, unless
there is some unfavorab bic weather IN
the south, will probably he cheap from
now on. The market for apples has
improved little. The receipts are
much lighter than they have been. and
accumulations Of ordinary fruit But
the market is not yet in shape to receive
much Of the fruit that is said to remain
In the interior; largo receipts would
probabl? undo the little improvement
that has been made.
Potatoes are firm and tending high
err. The receipts have been very light
and receivers have been able to wipe
out the recent oversupply. Distribu-
tors are said to be very lightly stocked
with potatoes, and as receipts will
probably continue small, any Increase
higher. Asparagus is coming along
freely and sells at reasonable prices.
CabbageS are none too plenty. and there
is tirmer and more active market for
cucum bers. Onions are plenty and
weak Good tomatoes are rather
scarce, although the receipts are large
Root stock does not change much. cx
cept that new bunch bects are plenty
and cheap.
Apples--Kings, $26i3 barrel; russets
S1.250175; Ra!dwins, fancy Mossachu
sets, So 5002.75; No. Maine, Sl.7JG12;
mixed Maine, Sl.25Gl so No. 2. 81;
grecnings, No. /, S1.15Ql1 80; 40. 2, 81 !;
blue pearmains. Sl.25Ml 80; black OK
fords. Sl25Gll 90; northern spies, 81 so
a. 80: TalmNu sweets. 75Cg$l; Ben
Davis, SlM125.
Cranberries--Cape Cod, $10M l. a bar
rel, and $376@4 crate.
Straw berrieS-FloriGa 20G25c quart
Potatoes-Aroostook Green noun
tains, S36S5c bushel: sweet potatoes
Vinelands. $3.50 barrel and S2.25 bas-
ket.
Beans-String beans, southern green,
$3.5oa4 basket wax. S4@4.5o
Asparagus-South Carolina, S3mG
dozen punches; California, S4d7.
Cabbage Drumhead, Sl.2601.50 a
barrel, savoy, Sl.50 barrel, red, 81 box
new southern stock, $2W2.50 barrel
crate.
Celery-Florida, Sl.5Ga2 dozen
bunches Boston market S3I4.
Cucum bers-Hothouse, extras, s.
box; No. /, Sc; medium, So; No ,, S3G4
Grccns-Spinac southern, S1.50Q2
barrel kale. southern, 50d75c barrel;
beet greens, dollhouse 40065c bushel;
dandelions. hethouse Sigh 25 bushcl.
Lettuce. Htc-Lettuce, 50G75c box;
romaine. 81 dozen heads; escarole, 73c;
chicory. ST. watercress, 5xd75c dozen
lunches; mint, 75c@S1; parsley STA
20 bushel.
Onions Native, 65GS5c bushel; Gu
ban. S1.75@2 crate; Spanish, large
crates. S2.75; small crates. $l.50 leeks,
iOd5Oc dozen punches.
ouashes-TIubbard SSOIoO ton.
southern summer sQuashes, S262.50
crate.
Observation-Disclosures 40c pound,
Florida, seas carrier.
Turnips- Yellow. 81. % barrel; French
white, S2@2.50 bag; white eggs and
fats, Sl.5Ud1.75 bushel.
Miscellaneous-Ree 75c bushe
| bunch beets. Sl6I1 30 dozen punches
carrots, 4016Oc bushel: egg plants, 81
M3 crate; oyster plants, $lG1 20 dozen
lunches parsnips, 50d75c bushel; pep.
y, -
l.75 box; okra, $3.50 crate; mush-
rooms, S2d2.50 basket; artichokes, Sla
l.5O bushel; tauliflowcrs, S3G3 80
crate: rhubarb. dollhouse. Sdloc pound
Pork prices are very firm, though no
further change is noted. The situa ton
west Is unchanged, and even higher
prices are possible.
| Fresh beef quotations were marked
off lac on Thursday and on Friday the
top was about l0c, but higher prices
are expected. Extra sides. 93-4@
10 1-4c good, o lao 3-4c: light, 3-4d
o l,4c; heavy kinds, II 1aM12c; good, II
M1ll2c; light, l0l9M1lc; heavy fores,
S@S1ac; good, 7i44sc; light. 7a71ac.
Lambs are Still very firm: yearlings
and veals are steady and unchanged.
Choice lambs, 14Ml5c; yearlines l2M
l3c; muttons, l2G13c; veals, liza
l2hc.
Poultry is firm, but trade Is still quiet.
Western turkeys, 1890; native broiler
chickens, a0Gi3lc; western hrollers, lSd
zoe, native roasting chickens. 22025c:
northern fowl, l50 Ice; western chick
ems, l4Ml6c; western fowl. l4G15c;
ducks, llMl3c; geese. l0Qloc: native
pigeons, Sl.50d2 dozen; SQUADS, 1904
dozen.
Hay and straw are dull and weak
with prices favoring buyers; milfeed
Is slightly easier, Hay. choice. sol. 80
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