Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Eggs Higher and scarce Butter
Slightly Lower.

Slightly Lower.
While butter has slightly dropped eggs
have slightly advanced in price the same
being also true of cheese. Otherwise the
condition of the local wholesale produce
market has experienced little change during
the past week. The scarcity In the finest
grades OF butter continues, and eggs of
strictly good quality are as hard TO obtain
as ever. Cheese has slightly advanced
and vegetables and fruits show an upward
tendency. Meats and poultry however
show little change in condition or prices.
The market is well supplied and OF a firm,
healthy tone
Butter has fallen about a cent a pound
on the higher grades. and while western
adflces are weak. the feeling in New York
Is quite firm. The market is quiet but
there Is no disposition to still lower prices
despite the western adyices. Therefore
little or no change in prices is expected.
The scarcity in fine goods continues al
though very little is being taken nv ek-
porters. The prices prevailing today are:
EIRln extras. Is cents a pound; choice Ia:
nrsts, 10: seconds, -; bakers choice stock
l-.2 10 IL; New York tubs, IL to IL; dairy
print, IA; western, L.; Maryland and Viz
ginla creamery. Is; dairy packed, L.
Eggs are not only higher but also of a
poorer quality. with Indications poir. iirg TO
hleher prices. From now on their price can
DE expected to advance. Receipts are stiIl
very hgnt Today's prices are as follows:
->eafpy fresh, 10 cents dozen; western IL
cents, and southern. II cents
Cheese shows slight advance and there
Is some disposition TO force prices. although
There are few foreign orders. Full cream,
large. 10 cents a pound; fats. lily, ana
The receipts of poultry have increased
shghty. but prices remain about as last
reported Live chickens. 10 to IL cents a
pouhd' OLD fowls. to cents a pound;
ducks, to 10 cents a pound. and geese, 8
TO cents a pound.
The supply of vegetables and fruits CON-
tlnues large but, may be seen from the
loiiowlng quotations. prices show little
change: Caulifiower. per barrel, 81 ~ 10 81.
celery, per dozen, p to a. cents: SQUASH
per box, % cents; potatoes, fancy. new
per Dbl. No cents to 81; choice per Dbl q
~ ~ cents new Der busheL % to 80 cents:
euIls' per bbi-, ~ cents: potatoes, Mary
iailo ana Virginia, per bushel - 10 30
cents; culls, per bushel 20 10 - cents.
sWeet potatoes. red, per Dbl. 81 40 81 a.
common, VI; vans ard haymons per bhl
81 to SIS; tomatoes. per crate NATIVE. .,
10 i" cents. egg plant, per half-barrel box
- 10 S.o: beets, per leo punches 81 IA 10
10: cabbage, per loo. $50; new. per bhl.
~ cents; onions, Bermuda per crate. 81 ~
TO Sl.lo; yellow, per bbl sl.25; yellow new
per bushel, - 10 g cents; beans. White
New York mediums. s1.1o; New York pea
sl.o.: marrow 81 20: Virginia, white, a.
cents; white, mixed, 20 cents: colorei 30 to
~ cents; apples. fancy table. per hbl..
$50: per box, ~ cents: choice, per bbl.
sl-.s'; common, per box, - to 10 cents:
NJ MarSiand and virginia. per Dbl, - cents to
sl-2o: pears, La Conte. per bbi. 81 10 81:
La Conte, per box, 10 10 80 cents: Rartle,t'
per box, $1.2o 10 $50: per bbl, &: peaches
fancy freestone, per bushel box, ~ to ~
cents; medium. ~ to ~ cents: peaches rer
box, ~ to 60 cents; five-eighths bushal has
kets, 10 TO 40 cents: damsons, per H.. 3 to
Jig cents; per basket. IL po-nis n, 10 ~
cents; oranges, fancy, bright, 81 TO 81 ~
per box: Messina, $3.50 to 81 per l,ox. Va
lencia, 81 to $50 per case: lemons. Stc!lv.
- 10 5" per box; grapes, IL to 20 cents psr
lo-pound basket: 10 to II cents Der 5-pot,nd
basket pineapples, 4 to IL cents: oanta-
ioupes, S'", to s. per bbl.; watermelons,
81 TO ST per hundred
Beef and other meats show the following
prices: Live cattle. from to a.. cents a
pound; lambs. to ~ cents; sheep, IL, to
3 cents: cows with calves sd To 81.
calves, ~ to ; cents pound.