Evening star., 1895-06-01
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Prices Generally Lower-Bptter Sta.
tionary and Firm.

Prices today are, with very few excep-
tiers lower than those Of q week ago.
Butter is one Of the exceptions, being
quoted today as it was a week ago. and
showing no Indications Of a decline. The
market is one Of the best Of the year, the
supply being bountiful and the demand ex-
cellent Vegetables are abundant, Of good
quality, and the gradually increasing yield
is as gradually reducing prices. Strawber-
ries are about at their lowest, and whortle-
berries are arriving to take their place.
Cherries have made their appearance in
sufficient quantities to be quoted, and will,
1t is thought, be quite plentiful. An i'm
mense yield Of blackberries is also expect
ed. Beef and kindred meats still maintain
high rates, but poultry has experienced
quite decline, and Is plentiful.
Butter is firm today at prices quoted last
week. the condition Of the market being
the one looked for week ago. There is
general demand for June butter for storing,
and 1t is kept well cleaned up, prices being
influenced thereby. While liberal receipts
are looked for, no decline in prices is an
ticipated at this time. Advices from the
west tell of a very dry season, one of the
worst for grass in years. Today 20 cents
pound is asked for fancy Elgin creamery
and other western extras; choice, 49, firsts,
16; seconds, 15; fancy creamery print, %
to 25; dairy print, 16 to 1S; and Maryland
and Virginia print, IA to 16; western dairy,
best, IL to 49, and good, to 10; Mary
land and Virginia creamery, 16 to II, and
good to prime, IL to 13; bakers stock, 1212.
Old cheese is now virtually out of the
market, very little of it being offered. The
prices are, however. as last quoted. New
York state full cream, large, II cents a
pound; flats and ponys 13, and new stock
to 10, the latter being plentiful, but irregu-
lar in quality.
Eggs, because of the hot weather, are
still weak, with prices from one-half to
cent lower than last week. Lower prices
are anticipated. Today western and nearby
fresh are y to 1212 cents a dozen, and
southern fresh, II.
Poultry this week Is both plentiful and
lower, spring chickens having expert anced
fall of about 10 cents pound, selling to-
day from IS to 20 cents pound, and old
stock from 5 to 10. Ducks. 8 to 8, and
geese. 8 to Z.
Vegetables and fruits are, on the whole,
lower than last quoted, new potatoes being
81 lower per barrel Cucumbers, $3.50 to
$3.50 a box: kale 20 to 35 cents a barrel;
cents to 81 box; asparagus, SO cents to 81
u dozen; lettuce, 81 so to 81 a barrel; new
Irish potatoes, 81 to $3.50 a barrel; old
stock, 80 to IS cents a bushel; sweets, 81 %
to 81 a barrel; Florida tomatoes, 81 to 81
a crate; cabbage. $3.50 to $3.50 a barrel:
turnips, 60 to 20 cents barrel; apples, 81
to Sc a barrel: California oranges, So. so to
81; Messina, So to 81 a box, and Valencia,
"a to $3.50 case; strawberries, to 10
cents a quart. Whortleberries, IL to Is.
Cherries, 10 to II.
The quotations in live stock and dressed
meats are practically as they were last
week. live cattle being quoted at from 21a
to 6 cents a pound; sheep, 3 to 31z; lambs,
3R to Az. and spring Lambs 61k to 7ia;
COWS, with calves, 500 to $40 each; calves,
3 to cents a pound; dressed calves, 5 to 8;
sheep, to 6; country sugar-cured hams,
to IL.