Evening star., 1895-06-15
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
A Firm, Well-supplied Mnrket-Prices
Stationary.

A great abundance of products and gen.
orally stationary prices are the features of
the local wholesale produce market today.
Prices have not ad~anced during the past
week, except, perhaps, in one or two in
stances. ard new potatoes, southern to-
matoes, cabbage and eggs are today lower
than week ago. Butter Is quite firm and
difficult to hold. The high prices for beef
are still maintained, other meats being held
in sympathy with beef. Advices from the
west, particularly in the buttsr-producing
sections, state that the season has been a
very dry one and that grass and grain
Will be more or less injured. Future prices
IN butter and beef will, therefore, probably
be advanced. The market today is an ex-
cellently supplied one, and it Is firm and
active.
The difficulty in obtaining fine grades of
butter noticed last week continues, and
while great deal is arriving, the fine
goods are quickly snapped up by specula-
tors. Parties purchasing large quantities
TO store away do not object to paying an
advance of one-fourth to one-half of a cent
for fine goods. The market, therefore, is
quite nrm, with future prices depending
very much upon the weather. So far the
not weather has had but little effect, and,
despite the heat, the quality of goods has
been and is much better than that looked
Tor. For fancy Elgin creamery and other
western extras. 20 cents pound are asked
Today; choice, IS; firsts 16; seconds. 15;
fancy creamery print % to 25; dairy print
16 to IS; and Maryland and Virginia print,
IA 70 ~; western dairy best, II to 13, and
good o to 10; Maryland and Virginia
creamery, 16 to II, and good to prime, II
10 10; bakers stock. 1872.
Old cheese Is no longer quoted, being
practically out Of the market. New stock,
OF Ialr quality, Is offered at from to 10
cents pound.
Eggs have dropped since last week just
fnda 1 nfS ra
asked. Ihey are not firm, and while no
material decline is probable, a rise would
not be unexpected Goods are coming in
considerably heated and of not fine quality.
Prices for poultry are about as last
quoted. Receipts are large, and the de-
mand Is active, a firm market resulting.
1--we winter chickens sell at from II to 1G
cents a pound. and spring chickens from
16 to 20. Old stock from 6 to g. Ducks, s
to 10, and geese, 6 to 8.
The arrivals of vegetables and fruits
grow larger, and the tendency of prices is
downward. Prices today, however, show
but slight changes: Cucumbers, Is cents
to $3.50 box: kale, 20 to 35 cents a barrel:
new peas, 81 per box; Georgia beans, IS
cents TO 81 a box; asparagus, so cents to 81
a dozen; lettuce, S1.50 to 81 a barrel; new
irish potatoes, $3.50 to $3.50 a barrel; old
stock, 30 to rs cents a bushel; sweets, 81 25
to $2I5 barrel; Florida tomatoes $1.75 to
S2 crate; cabbage, so cents to 81 barrel;
beets. 81 to 81 per 100 punches; turnips 60
to 70 cents barrel; apples, 81 to Sc bar
rel: California oranges, $3.50 to 81; Mes
sina, 81 to 81 box. and Valencia, 81 to
$3.50 case; strawberries, IA to cents
quart; whortleberries 13 to I; cherries, 10
to II.
Beef and other meats are practically at
the same prices today as a week ago, and
no indications of a change one way or the
other are looked for. From 21k to IA
cents pound are quoted for live cattle;
sheep, 3 to 3 3-4; lambs, 3 1-2 to 4 IL, and
spring lambs, 6 1-2 to 3-4; cows with
calves $40 to $40 each; calves, 3 to cents
a pound: dressed calves, to 8; sheep to
6; country sugar-cured hams, to IL
Steamer Manchester to Marshall Hall and
indian Head, Friday and Saturday even
ings. at ESQ oclock-Advt