Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-06-29
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Generally Lower Prices and Abund-
antly Supplied Market.


antly Supplied Market.
Throughout the local wholesale produce
market there is today a general shrinkage
in prices. This is due not to any decrease
in the demand. but entirely to the in
creasing yield of the various products
Hence, the slight decline in prices Is but
one naturally to be expected at this time.
The market is abundantly well supplied
and an active demand throughout gives it
a firmness as encouraging as it Is profita-
BILE. In beef and other meats prices are
about as quoted a week ago today. Butter
is dull, with no noticeable change in prices,
and eggs are not only dull, but also OF In
fertor stock. Vegetables and fruits are ar
irving in rapidly Increasing quantities. and
the quality Of the products are indicative
of great yield and unusually fine stock.
There is quite shrinkage noticed in fine
butter, due to the long dry, hot spell in the
producing districts in the west. The quail
ity shows more irregularity. and limitations
are unusually dull and weak. In fact, the
trade is dull throughout. although prices
are well sustained. Dealers have been hold
ing off, anticipating lower prices, but they
now appear to realize that they have mis-
calculated. There Is no radical change In
prices. although 1T is not improbable that
they will rise after the first of the month,
unless the drought in the west Is broken.
Today 1919 cents a pound are asked for
fancy Elgin creamery and other western
extras. Choice, IS; firsts, II; seconds. 10;
fancy creamery print, % to %; dairy print,
16 to 49, and Maryland and Virginia print,
IA to 16; western dairy. best. II to IL, and
good, 9 to 10; Maryland and Virginia cream
cry, 16 to II, and good to prime, IL to Ii;
bakers stock, 121a to A.
Cheese Is much firmer this week, large
being quoted at 10 cents a pound; flats,
101a, and ponys, from 10 to IL.
Eggs week ago today were 13h cents
a dozen. Today they are just cent lower
They are dull and weak, badly heated and
of poor quality.
Poultry is lower generally today. The
demand is still large, and the supply. while
not extraordinarily large, is amply suffi-
cient. Live wintor chickens are quoted at
from IL to 10; spring stock, 10 to 1s; old
stock, to o; ducks. to 10, and geese.
6 to 8.
A noticeable increase in the yield of vese-
tables and fruits is responsible today for
generally lower prices
Cucumbers, so cents 20 s1.25 box; kale,
20 to So cents a barrel; peas, $1.5 to 81
a barrel; beans, rs cents to 81 a box; as
paragus, so cents to 81 a dozen; lettuce,
$3.50 to 81 a barrel; new Irish potatoes. 81. 80
to 1915 a barrel; Florida tomatoes, 81 to
$3.50 a crate; cabbage, 50 cents to 81 a bar
rel; beets. 81 to $3.50 per 100 punches, tur-
nipS, 60 to Is cents a barrel; apples, ~ to
Sc barrel; California oranges, $i.5it to 81;
Messina, s. to 81 a box, and Valencia. 81
to $50 a case; straw berries, to I cents
a quart; whortleberries. to 8; cherries 4
to 6; raspberries red, 10 to II; black, q to
s; blackberries, 10 to Is; watermelons. SIS
to $50 per 100; peaches. 81 to S. box, and
70 cents to 81 a basket.
Beef and other meats are practically as
last quoted, 21a to 51a cents a pound for
live cattle; sheep. TO go; lambs. Sls to 4,
and spring lambs. G to S; cows with
calves. $50 to $40 each; calves, to cents
a pound: dressed calves, to 8; sheep, to
6; country sugar-cured hams, to IL.