Evening star., 1895-08-03
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Prices Practically as They We're Last
Week.

EI1CeD ffact1cally 08 Iney were Last
Week.
AS whole, the local wholesale produce
market is today practically as 1t was
week ago, prices generally remaining un-
changed. Even the increasing yield of veg
tables has not caused an appreciable de-
cline in prices, although the increased sup
ply of fruits is responsible today for
slight fall in prices. But otherwise the
market is as it was this day one week ago.
Prices in most products should decline
somewhat this month. In butter, however,
just the opposite may be reasonably ex-
pected So, too. eggs may be expected to
shortly slightly advarce. Although beef
and kindred meats show little, If any, real
change in prices. there is an impression
that in the fall prices will be much lower.
The market continues to be splendidly
supplied one throughout, and it is firm
and active one.
While butter remains at the prices quot
ed week ago. there is every indication
that it will advance, materially so, befote
the end of the present month. The market
is very much firmer, and while actual trad
ing is moderate, the speculative demand Is
light The market is nicely cleaned up,
few receivers having any surplus beyond
regular ho'dings. The western yield shows
continued shrinkage, In many cases the
falling off being more than fifty per cent.
Prices today are: Fancy Elgin creamery
and other western extras, 20 cents a pound;
choice, 10; firsts, 1S; seconds, 16: fancy
creamery print, % to %; dairy print, ~ to
1S and Macylend and Virginia print, II to
10; western dairy. best, II to 13. and good,
to 10; Maryland and Virginia creamery.
16 to II, and good to prime, 10 to ~ ba-
kers' stock, 121a.
Cheese is not firm, and prices remain as
last quoted: Large 10 cents pound; mats,
10Y, and ponys, IL.
Eggs are firmer today, and, although their
price remains unchanged. there are indica-
tions of an upward tendency. From IL to
12 cents dozen are asked for the best, and
to 2 cents less for inferior goods. Keat or
guinea, to &.
Owing to Increased receipts in poultry.
prices are a trifle lower today. For spring
chickens, II to 13 cents a pound are asked.
and 5 to 10 for old fowls. Ducks. 8 to 10.
and geese, to Z.
Vegetables and fruits are arriving in large
quantities, but prices show little change.
Cucumbers, so cents to 81 1.25 a box; kale 20
to 35 cents barrel; peas, $1.5O to 81 bar
rel: beans, 10 cents to 81 box; asparagus,
so cents to 81 a dozen; lettuce, $1.5O to $2 a
barrel; new Irish potatoes. rs cents to 81: 90
a barrel; Bermuda onions, SLIGO to $1.75
crate; yellow, 81 to $1.25 barrel: new, 40 to
so cents bushel; egg plants, $1.25 to $.5O
half barrel box; lima beans, to cents
pound; tomatoes. IS cents to $3.50 bushel;
cabbage. so cents to 81 a barrel; beets, 81
to $3.50 per 100 punches; turnips, GO to 65
cents barrel; apples. 80 cents to 81 bar
rel; California oranges, &.5O to 81: Mes
sna. s. to $3.50 a box, and Valencia. 81 to
$3.50 case; whortleberries. to cents
quart; cherries, to cents; raspberries-
red. to 10; black, 5 to 8: blackberries. 6
to 8; watermelons. $40 to SIS per 100; peach
es. 80 cents to s1.50 q box, and 75 cents to
81 basket; cantaloupes I5 cents to $3.50
a barrel: plums, blue, Is to 25 cents a bas-
ket; gage. Is to 30 cents; pears, La Conte
s1.50 to $50 barrel: grapes, 80 to 40 cents
1O-lb baskets; 10 to 20 cents 5-lb. baskets;
Damsons, 81 to SIPS bushel; % to 35 cents
a basket.
Prices for beef and other meats remain
unchanged: to 3-4 for live cattle; sheep,
to 1-2: lambs, 3 to 5; cows, with calves
$50 to $S5 each; calves, 1-2 to 5 1-2 cents
pound: country sugar-cured hams, 0 to IL;
lard, IL to T.