Evening star., 1895-06-08
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Eggs Hisher-Othcr Products About as
Last Quotcd.


Last Quotcd.
With, perhaps, the single exception of
eggs, the market today is as it was a week
ago. Eggs. however, contrary to general
expectation, have advanced, and are BOOM
ing today at rise of about 8 cents dozen.
Butter holds it's own, with fine stock scarce
Beef also holds its own, still high, and
showing no indications of an early mate
rial change in prices. Prices for vegetables
are practically as they were last week.
Poultry. although not of particularly fine
grade, is abundant, with slightly lower
prices. Altogether. the market is an ex-
cellently well supplied one. Business is
good, future prospects most encouraging,
and the market Is, therefore, firm and
active one.
Butter is quoted today as it was a week
ago. The Indications point to an ad-
vance rather than to a decline. advices
from the producing sections predicting a
dry season, which will result in reduced
yields and consequently higher prices. For
this reason trouble Is expected also from
heated goods, arrivals already showing a
sour. summery condition. There is but a
moderate demand. and there is still dis
position to hold really perfect goods, spec
ulators both looking up and holding such
stock, the effect being an offering of heated
fine goods at from 1712 to is cents a pound.
Nearby re ,eipts, although slightly on the
increase show up heated and with garlic
flavor. Today. as was the case week ago,
20 cents pound are asked for fancy Elgin
creamery and other western extras; choice,
IS; firsts, Is; seconds, 10; fancy creamery
print, % to %; dairy print. 16 to IS; and
Maryland and Virginia print, IA to 16; west
ern dairy. best, II to 13, and good 0 to TO-;
Maryland and Virginia creamery, 16 to II,
and good to prime, IL to 13; bakers stock,
1914
Nothing but new cheese Is now being Of
fered, and it Is fair in, quality, from Q to 10
cents pound being asked.
A week ago eggs were weak at from II
to 121s cents a dozen. Today Is cents are
asked, and another slight advance is not
improbable. They are not in good shape
as n rule, most of them coming in badly
heated. While still further slight rise is
not improbable. q reaction very shortly is
more probable. with decline in prices.
Poultry is slightly lower today, and
rather plentiful. old stock being in fair de-
mand at the lower prices For spring
chickens there is good demand, they SELL
ing at from 16 to IS cents a pound, old
stock bringing from 5 to 8. Ducks, to g.
and geese, q to 8.
Although the arrivals in vegetables con-
tnue large and are daily increasing, prices
show today little, If really any. change.
Cucumhers, 10 cents to $1.j0 box; kale
90 to 80 cents a barrel; new peas. 81 per
box; Georgia beans. rs cents to 81 a box;
asparagus, 30 cents to 81 dozen; lettuce
$3.50 to 81 a barrel; new Irish potatoes, 81
to $50 barrel; old stock, 30 to 75 cents a
bushel: sweets. S1.25 to S215 a barrel
Florida tomatoes. 81 to s. crate: cab
bage, 81 30 to $3.50 barrel: beets. 50 to 81
per 100 punches: turnps. 60 to Is cents a
barrel; apples, 81 to So a barrel; California
oranges, SEQ to 81; sIessina, 5" to 81 a box
and Valencia, 81 to $3.50 a case; strawber-
ries. 5 to 10 cents quart; whortleberries
l. to Is; cherries 10 TO II.
In live stock and dressed meats prices
are practically as last quoted, live cattle
being quoted at from 2l2 to cents a
pound; sheep. 3 to 3ia: lambs. 81 to 10
and spring lambs, IL 20 7 10: cows, with
calves, $40 to $40 each; calves, 3 to cents
pound; dressed calves, 5 to 8; sheep, 4
to &; country sugar-cured hams, 8 to II.