Evening star., 1896-01-18
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Eggs Take n Tumble-Other Products
About Stationary.

About Stationary.
The most pronounced feature of the loca
wholesale produce market, as exhibited by
the prices prevailing today, is the fall ir
butter and eggs, the latter showing differ
ence of from to 5 cents a dozen between
today's quotations and those ruling a weel
ago. when % cents dozen were the figures
The decline in butter, however, is bu,
| slight. only a cent a pound. and that only
in the finest grades. Cheese holds the very
same position it has held for the past sew.
eral weeks. Poultry is a shade lower, and
the market is rather quiet Vegetables and
fruits are generally as last quoted, although
cabbage has made quite a jump. Beef and
other meats show little change. Taken as
whole, the market is firm one, well sup
piled. and displays not little activity. Hot.
house vegetables and fruits are beginning to
give way to southern stock, and in a com.
paratively short time they will be in the
reach of the average purchaser.
The market in butter is somewhat dull
| because of accumulated goods and because
of the usual lull in trade just at this sea-
son Of the year, reaction always observed
as following great holiday season. Re-
| ceipts are, perhaps, more than ample, but
they will give way to an increased demand,
which is reasonably certain to soon follow
But, while in the top grades a decline of
abou. cent pound is noticed, the mar
ket is not by any means weak, and an ad-
vance in such grades is to be expected at
no very distant day. Today's prices:
Fancy Elgin and other western extras, 25
cents a pound; choice. %; firsts. 21; Sec
onds. IS to 10. Choice bakers stock, 15:
New York tubs, is to 20; dairy print, 10:
western, 10 to 10; Maryland and Virginia
creamery, IS to 20; dairy packed, 16 to is.
Cheese shows no change whatever, the
market In it being quiet and prices as they
were last week. New York state cream.
large, 111a cents pound; flats, 12h, and
ponys, IA.
Eggs are net only very plentiful, but
tney are also Of more than average quality.
Today they are from to cents lower
than this day week ago. and, If the
weather continues favorable they will de-
cllne still further. For nearby fresh, from
Il to Is cents dozen are asked today; IG
TO II for western; 10 to 16 for southern:
IA to 10 for storage stock, and 5 to Z for
keat CT guinea goods
Poultry is somewhat quiet, with prices a
point or two lower. The market is well
stocked, but not immoderately so, and not
only is more active market looked for
shortly, but also an advance in prices.
Prlces prevailing today: Drawn turkeys,
from io to IL cents pound: live, to 10;
nVe chickens, q to 8; dressed, to 9; old
stock, dressed, to 10; live, 8 to Z; capons.
16 to IS; ducks, 10 to Il, and geese, 6 to g.
Little or no change is observed in game,
Prices being as last quoted: Bear, saddle
lo; pheasants, 90: rabbits, per dozen, 81 25
to 81; quail, 1.25 to $3.50; wild turkeys. per
pound. 10 to II; woodcock, each, 25 to 40.
While cabbage is somewhat higher to-
day, little change in other vegetables or in
fruits is noted. Cabbages, s. to $40 per
hundred; potatoes, Is to 35 cents a bushel:
sweet potatoes, red, 81 to s275 a barrel:
eastern shore sweet potatoes, $50 to s. a
barrel; yams and haymors, 81 to $50 a
barrel; beets, IL to $3.50 hundred punches
yellow onions, 81 to 81 a barrel; kale. nd
cents barrel; spinach. s. to $3.50 a bar
rel; lettuce, $3.50 to 50 a barrel; car
rots, $3.50 to 81 barrel; cauli-
Hover, "a to So barrel; turnips. 60 to 65
cents barrel; Virginia white beans. 81 to
$1.5O; black-eyed peas, 10 cents to 81 a
bushel; fancy table apples, 81 to $3.50 a
barrel; fancy California oranges, 81 to
$3.50 box; Messna, s. to s.; Valencia. S3
to $3.50; lemons, s. to 81 box.
Practically no change in the price of beef
or other meats is observed, live cattle SELL
ing at from to Ia cents a pound; lambs,
to 3-4; sheep, to 2 3-4; cows with
calves, $40 to $40; calves, 4 to cents a
pound, and dressed hogs, tot.