Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25
SALE OF TURKEYS
PROVES DISAPPOINTING
thanksgiving Bird Will BE Miss
ing from Many Tables To-day
demand Much Below Nor
mal--Lamb and Pork LOins
Literally Purchased
Wednesday. November "a 1920

! THANKSGIVING dinner table will be miss
ing to-day in good many homes.
! ~ was shid this afternoon that the
oemahd Tor turkeys was much below that
oi year ago. and one dealer said he
did not sell more than one-ifth as much
az IN 1919. He and all of the dealers
talked with laid the failure Of the public
10 ouy the famous Vermont bird to the
business conditions, unrest and the fact
'nnt SO many are idle and out of work.
The supply of turkeys was adequate
Ior the demands of the buying public.
II was the demand that was disappoint-
| Ing. Buyers had less money TO spare and
oousnt more carefully and after due con-
sIderaton of what they were paving
haterfamilias took everything into con-
siueration. apparently. and made excel
tent purchasing OF substitutes Lamb and
pork IONS were literally purchased, for
instance, and many will eat chickens and
fowls
Inc wholesale price of turkeys was
81 and so cents and the retailers got any
where from 60 to Is cents. Swift & Co,
had orders cancelled that had been sent
Chicago for frozen birds and found Them
selves dependent wholly on the native
| article.
The supply of tho western bird was
In previous orders were looked AFTER lrst
FARMERS SELL TURKEYS AT Sc
Some Of the farmers who have been in
the city selling turkeys, chickens, and
lamb are the following:
r. S. Hovt OF South Hero who dispo ed
of pork at 20 cents per pound j. r. Tas.
sic OF North Hero, who sold pork at 70
! cents. also. Wiley Brothers OF Sheiburne
Road. Ia &c
Charles Poauette Of Grand Isle. who sold
turkeys at - cents per pound. r.. w.
Orvis OF Hinesburs. who sold turkeys at
- cents and dressed chickens at 20 cents
| Desire Dubuc of North Hero, disposed Of
his turkeys at rs cents.
SUBSTITUTES
Those who have made up their minds
not TO have turkey, have found good
roasting chickens IN the markets for q,
cents to SIC per pound. Native fowls have
been selling for 80 cents a pound. Geese
are generally set apart for the Christmas
feast. They have been selling for - cents
Fresh broilers IRE 81 cents
Lamb is retailing for d cents. spring
lamb forward quarters 30 cents. Lamb
chops are e. cents and pork chops N
TO 50 cents. Porterhouse steak is 70 cents:
sirloin 65; round steak 10: veal steak 81
Veal chops are o. and At. Roast beef is
20 cents. Sliced ham is 10 cents
VEGETABLES
Vermont potatoes are selling for 20
cents. with wholesale price this week
Of $3.50 and $50 per bushel. Sweet po-
tatoes, and many vegetables brought into
the local markets by farmers nearby.
many from South Burlington. will help
make up the feast to-day. Celery. lettuce
parsnips. spinach. vegetable, oysters tur-
nips. onions. beets and squash are all in
the markets from South Burlington and
Colchester market gardeners.
MARKET GARDENERS
Ramey Jones Of South Burlington has
brought in this week carrots. cabbage
squash. etc, getting three cents per
pound.
Harvey Merrihcw. also OF South Bur-
lington. has brought in celery ts0c to 81
per hunch) lettuce. o6hc dozen). veget-
able oysters 10c "A bunch). beets &c per
pound), spinach cabbage. turnips. etc.
Villas of Colchester has been in with
turnps at sI25 per bushel. and many
other offerings of the market gardener.
FRUITS
big assortment to choose from con
frontcd the THANKSGIVING purchaser to-
day. There are grapes in profusion. mall |
agas. tokays. cornichons from California.
Casaba melons are 80 cents and 81: Honey |
dew melons. 75c and 81. Bananas are 20
to co cents. Grapefruts are Il cents. !
Alligator pears are 81 cents. California |
oranges are 40 cents TO 81 per dozen |
Pears are 20 and 30 cents
In the way of dried fruits there are |
figs Malaga raisins, Dromedary dates.
Nuts are in plentiful supply this year |!
English walnuts sell 35 to 40 cents a |
pound.
Almonds are 80 cents and there are also |
flberts. pecans, hickory nuts. soft shelled |
almonds. Castanas. etc Compared with !
other things the prices are reasonable.
California Is getting to he a very heavy !
source of supply for both fruits and veg |
etables, it Is said, especially the former. |
FISH
There were some attractive offerings in |
fish to-day. Western halibut is quoted at !
40 cents: lake pouts are IS cents: green |
shrimps 10 cents; paddock is Il and %; |
"a: pollock %; salmon %; cusk ,
% cod %. HOLSTERS are 70 cents.
BUTTER AND EGGS
Butter took q little upward flight last !
Monday but came down almost immedi- |
ately, in fact before the day was done
For brief tine it sold for so cents. To-
day it sold for ~ cents. as against tho
"a cents quoted a week ago this afternoon.
In regard to fresh eggs. 1; was difficult
to get any accurate quotation II was
said by grocers that they were hard 10
get and the price exceedingly high The
price ranged from 81 up. it was said
WHOLESALE PRICES