Evening star., 1896-10-24
wHoLEsALE PRauCE MARKET.
Eggs HAve AavaMceSDps0thoP Products
Generally Stationary.

Eggs HAve 'AAvaMced,10theP Products
Generally Stationary.
With the exception Of 4 slight advance in
eggs, prices In the local wholesale produce
market today are in most respects those
quoted week ago.. EeEDshave advanced a
cent q dozen since astWeek: butter. in the
topmost grades, being as last reported.
however. The market tis well supplied
throughout asa rule, and its tone Ia firm
and healthy.
The arrivals In buttefestifl remain moder-
ate. and steady demand, especially for
the finest grades, mafrftains last weeks
prices. as may be seen, from the following
quotations: Elgin extras;s22 cents Q pound;
choice, 20; firsts. 1s: seconds. IT; bakers
choice stock, Ii to 10; New York tubs. II:
dairy print, 16; western. IA: Maryland and
Virginia creamery. 1s; dairy packed. II.
The expected advance In cheese did not
realize, today's prices being those Of last
week: Full cream. large IL cents q pound;
flats, IL, and ponys, 12H
Eggs are not only still of an inferior quail
1ty, but they are also rather scarce, with an
ADVANCE OF cent dozen: Nearby fresh,
ID cents q dozen; western, II cents, and
southern. 16 cents.
Poultry is slightly more plentiful al
though the demand continues large. To-
Gays prices: Live, TOMS 8 to 10 cents per
pound; live, small, 8 to cents per pound
chickens. undrawn, to 10 cents per pound
cents per pound; old fowls, undrawn, S
to ~ cents per pound; live, g to cents per
pound; roosters, live, cents per pound
ducks. dressed. to 10 cents per pound;
spring. young. 8 cents per pound; geese,
live, y to cents per pound
lame Is arriving In large quantities, but
prices remain practically unchanged: Veni-
1ln t<,
deer. bucks, to 10 cents per pound; pheas-
ants 40 to so cents: rabbits, 81 to s1.SO per
dozen; quail, $50 to $225; wild turkeys.
to 10 cents per pound; woodcock, 40 to
80 cents each.
The following prices for vegetables and
fruits prevail today: Caulifower, $3.50 to s.
per barrel: celery, fancy, 80 to 70 cents per
DOZEN; medium. 25 to 40 cents per, dozen;
common. 10 to 70 cents per dozen; squash,
20 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 35
cents per bushei: culls 70 cents per barrel; !;
potatoes. New York, 35 to 80 cents per
bushel; Maryland and Virginia. 30 to 35 per
bushel; culls. 20 tc 35 per bushel; sweet po-
tatoes. red, 70 cents per barrel: eastern
shore. IS cents to 81 Der barrel: common,
~ to " cents; yams and haymcns. 80 10
~ cents per barrel: beets, so to $3.50 per
100 punches; cabbage. $ to $3.50 per 100;
new, 40 cents per barrel; onions, Bermuda
S4O to 81 50 per crate: yellow. $1.O5 to 81. 10
per barrel; yellow. new, 40 to 45 cents per
bushel: beans, white, New York. mediums
$125; New York pea. $l.25: marrow. SLAB;
Virginia. white. I5 cents; white, mixed, 80
cents: colored. 80 to 90 cents; black-eyed
peas. so cents to 81 per bushel; apples. fan
cy table. sl,75 to 81 per barrel; choice.
H.25 to s1.75 per barrel Oranges. Califor-
mia. fancy. bright, 81 to $3.50 per box;
Messina. $3.50 to IS per box; Valencia. s. to
$50 per case: lemons: :sicily.s s. to s. per box:
cranberries. $1.5O to 81 per box: Jersey, s.
to $3.50 per barrel; Cape Cod, $50 to 50
per barrel Grapes, Catawbas, 8 to cents
5-lb. basket Coneerd, l8 to II cents 1O-lb
basket; Concord. to ~ cents 5-lb. basket
Delaware, f2tto IA cents 5-lb. basket; Mar
thas, II to IA cents 5-lb. basket; Niagaras
IA to 16 cents 5-lb. baskef; Salems to 10
cents. 5-lb. basket; walnut kernels. II to 12
cents: pineapples. to II cents: crab ap-
pres. u to 81 per barrel Little changes are
noticed In the prices of beef and other
meats. Live cattle. from'2 to AZ cents q
pound: lambs, to 81 cents; sheep II to
SR cents; cows with calves, $25 to S35:
calves. 2h tos5 cents a'pound; dressed hogs
to, Is cents pouLd.