Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-31
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.


Eggs Higher and Scarce-Dutter Ex-
hfbftinE an Upward Tendency.
- While eggs have advanced a cent a dozen,
the local wholesale produce market remains
in practically unchanged condition. Eggs
are not only higher, but they are also very
scarce and of very unsatisfactory condi-
ton. While the. finest grades Of butter are
scarce, prices are unchanged, although
there seems to be a feeling that an advance
may BE expected The warm weather has
somewhat weakened poultry, especially
dressed stock. The same Is not untrue Of
game. Vegetables and fruits are rather
plentiful good demand maintaing prices
Beef and other meats show only the slight
changes noticed from week to week. The
general tone Of the market is healthy, 1t
abeing well supplied, and strong demand
prevailing throughout.
In butter the market is very little
changed. Receipts are lighter, with en- Up
ward tendency noted. June creamery has
advanced slightly, but the week, as Is al
ways the case before election, has been u
dull one Today's prices: Elgin extras, %
cents a pound; choice, 20; firsts, 10; sec
onds; II; bakers choice stock, - to Is;
New York tubs. II; dairy print ~; west
ern, IA; Maryland and Virginia creamery,
-; dairy packed. IA.
Although the exporters have been boom
ing cheese, prices are practically as last
reported, as may De seen from the 1ouoW-
ing: Full cream, large, IL cents q pound;
flats, 12 and ponys, L.
There is much complaint about the condt-
ton of eggs, many cold storage goods being
palmed eff by farmers Tor fresh stock Fine
fresh goods are very difficult to obtain, and
it is not unlikely that there will be a fur
Their advance. Today's prices: Nearby
fresh 10 cents a dozen; western, Is cents,
and southern, II cents.
The supply of poultry is very liberal, the
warm weather having slightly weakened
prices: Live turkeys, 8 to 10 cents per
pound; live small, to cents per pound;
chickens. undrawn, to ~ cents per pound;
i've { cents per pound; spring, large, live,
7 cents per pound; old fowls, undrawn, S
to So cents per pound; live. to cents per
pound; rcosters, live, cents per pound /;
ducks, dressed, to ~ cents per pound;
live, large, old, 0 cents per pound; live.
spring, young, 0 cents per pound; geese,
live & to cents per pound.
Game is plentiful, but prices are practi-
cally as last reportedd: Venlson; saodie, 10
to 10 cents per pound; pheasants. 40 to 90
cents: rabbits, 81 to $1.SO per dozen; quail
81 so to s2.25; wild turkeys, to 10 cents per
pound; woodcock, 40 to 90 cents each.
The following prices for vegetables and
fruits prevail today: Caulifiower, $3.50 to 81
per barrel; celery, fancy, 30 to IS cents per
dozen; medium, % to 40 cents per dozen;
common, Is to 20 cents per dozen; squash,
IS cents per box; lettuce, $1.5O to 81 per
barrel; potatoes, fancy, new, 81 to $1.25 per
barrel; choice, 81 per barrel; new, 80 to So
cents per bushel culls, 40 cents per BARREL
potatoes, New York. 35 to 80 cents per
bushel; Maryland and Virginia, 80 to 35 per
bushel; culls, 20 to 35 per bushel; sweet po-
tatoes, red, as cents per barrel; eastern
shore, 70 cents to 81 per barrel; common,
40 to 60 cents; yams and haymons. 60 to
go cents per barrel; beets, 81. so to $3.50 per
100 punches; cabbage. s. to $3.50 per 100;
new, 40 cents per barrel; onions, Bermuda
$1.4O to $1.5O per crate9 yellow, $1.05 to 81 10
per BARREL yellow, new, 40 to 45 cents per
bUshel; beans, white, New York, mediums
81 .25; New York pea, $1.25: marrow, s. As;
Virginia, white, rs cents; white. mixed. 80
cents; colored, so to 60 cents: black-eyed
peas. 30 cents to 81 per bushel: apples, fan
cy, table, $175 to 81 per barrel: choice,
s1.25 to $1.75 per barrel Oranges. Califor-
Messina, $3.50 to s. per box; Valencia, s. to
s.. 80 per case; lemons. Sicily, s. to So per
box; cranberries $3.50 to 81 per box: Jer-
sey. 50 to $3.50 per barrel; Cape Cod, s.. 90
to SO per barrel. Grapes, Catawbas, g to 0
cents 5-lb. basket; Concord. 13 to Ia cents
1O-lb. basket; Concord, to ~ cents 5-lb.
basket: Delaware, II to IA cents Glib. bas-
ket; Marthas, II to IA cents 6-lb. basket:
Niagaras, II to 10 cents Glib. basket: Sa.
lens, to 10 cents Glib. basket; walnut
kernels, II to IL cents: pineapples, to IL
cents: crab apples, s. to "a per barrel,
But immaterial changes are noted in the
price of beef and other meats. Live cattle.
from 2 to ~ cents a pound; lambs, to ST.
cents; sheep. III to 3h cents; cows with
calves, rs to SIS; calves, ~ to cents a
pound; dressed hogs. to cents q pound.
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