Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-09
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MaRKET
Butter and Eggs Slightly Advanced
Products Plentiful

In butter the locel wholesale produce
market is today in a much better condition
than 1t was this day week age, or, in
deed, than 1t has been for some time Prices
nave advanced, and the feeling is better
throughout. Eggs are, however, still weak
and. while they brushed up somewhat dur
ing the present week, and are today slight
~ higher than last reported. yet they re-
main quite low and, in unsettled condi-
ton Cheese is also in far from a salts
factory condition, cid stock being difficult
to obtain and the new goods being no less
scarce. Poultry continues In coed demand
with prices about as last quoted. The same
can also be said of vegetables, they being
very plentiful and generally of an excel
lent condition. Beef and other meats show
practically no change, either In price or
supply, and the market in all products con-
tinues to be a spleudidly supplied one, a
firm, healthy tone prevailing.
Butter is firmer and higher today than
1t has been for two or. thu ee weeks, and
the tendency of prices Is upward. Prices
went up during the present week about
two cents a pound, but increased receipts
sent them down again al out one cent, and
they SO remain today. OF course, all grades
are in sympathy, and the sharp decline re-
Gently was due to the accumula ton of hay
stock. Grass goods, although not full
grass, are arriving, and prices are likely
to rise instead of decline when the full
grass goods come in in sufficient quantities.
Today's prit es: Fancy EIgin and other west
ern extras. liz cents a pound; choice. 16:
frsts, 10; seconds, IA. Choice bakers stock,
1212; New York tubs. II; dairy print, IA;
western, 10; Maryland and Virginia cream
cry, IA; dairy packed, u.
Old cheese still remains scarce, there be-
ing a limited amount left over, and new
goods are also far from plentiful, the price
for the latter not yet being firmly estab-
lished. Tie prices prevailing today are:
New York state cream, large, IL cents a
pound fl It's IL: and ponys u.
Eggs are still weak and in an unsettled
condition They are plentiful, and while
fraction higher today than last reported.
of last week. The prices noted today are:
Nearby fresh, 1O12 to IL cents dozen;
western, 10; southern, 8; and keat or gum
ca stock. to 3.
Poultry is in good den and, with prices
practically as they were last week, as may
be seen from the following quotations:
Live chickens, 10 to IA cents: dressed, II
to 16; old stock, dressed to o; live to
6; capons. IL to 10; ducks, II to 13, and
geese, to 9; spring chickens, 20 to %.
Little or no changes are to be observed in
vegetables and fruits. Cucumbers $3.50 to
"a per box; carrots, $3.50 per barrel; cauli-
flower, 81 per barrel; kale, 80 to rs cents
per BARREL celery, % to IS cents per dozen:
squash. s1.25 to $50 per box: spinach, 81 to
$1:23 per barrel: new peas, s. per half-bar
rel box beans, 81 to 81 per box: asparagus,
~ 10 ~ cents per CunCn. lettuce, $Z.JD to
50 per barrel; 81 to $50 per basket: pota-
toes. fancy, new. s. to Sc per barrel: choice
$3.50 to s. per barrel; culls, $50 to 81 per
barrel potatoes. New York, % to Is cents
per bushel; Maryland and Virginia. Il to 20
cents per bushel; culls, 10 per bushel toma-
toes Florida, 81 to 81 per crate: egg plant
$50 to $3.50 per half-barrel box; beets, So
to 50 per 100 punches: cabbage, s. to so per
100; new 81 to $3.50 per barrel; onions, Ber-
muda. $40 to $3.50 per crate; Bermuda,
new, 40 to 80 cents per hushel; turnips, $50
per barrel; squash, white, $1.25 to $3.50 per
crate; beans, white, New York, mediums
$40: New York pea. $1.O5; marrow. 81. 20;
Virginia, white, 10 cents white, mixed, so
cents; colored, 50 to 60 cents; black-eyed
peas, 90 cents to 81 per bushel: Lima beans,
2 to 3 cents per pound: apples, 81 to 81
barrel; oranges, $3.50 to IS box: lemons
81 to 81 box; strawberries. 5 to Is cents
quart.
The following prices show little changes
in beef and other meats: Live cattle, from
2 to AZ cents pound; lambs, Az to 5A:
spring lamb, ! to o. sheep, 2h to 81: cows
with calves. $50 to s45: calves, 5 to Z cents
a pound, and dressed hogs. to Z.