Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-30
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Eggs Materially Advanced - Othe
Products StatiOnary.

PrOduCte Stationary.
The condition of the local wholesale
produce market today is about in all re-
spects as it was week ago. Butter re-
mains as last quoted, with no Indications
OF any immediate change one way or the
other. Eggs, however, have materially ad-
vanced. being today from two to three
cents higher a dozen than they were last
Saturday. They are more likely to ad-
vance than to fall, in the event of any
change Cheese is lower. with its condition
IN any but satisfactory shape.
vegetables and early fruits are not only
plentiful, but in splendid condition for
the most part, Strawberries being particu-
iarly plentiful. Beef and other meats show
little, If any, real change in prices OF con-
aitlon; In about all products the market
prevails.
There is really nothing new to be said
OF putter today. the condition of the mar
ket ana prices remaining in about pre-
clsely the same condition as last reported
Ioday's prices: Fancy Elgin and western
extras, 1712 cents a pound; choice, 1G;
I ,d' ~; seconds, ID Choice bakers stock,
~ 10 IL; New York tubs, II; GARY print,
IA; western, 10: Maryland and Virginia
cree merry, IA: dairy packed, IL
oneese Is still in an unsatisfactory con-
oltion, with prices somewhat lower, new
prices New York state full cream, large,
"12 cents pound; flats, 10. and ponys, 10.
Eggs are, as will be observed from the
iolloWlns prices. materially higher today:
Nearby fresh. 12l2 to ID cents a dozen
western, IL; southern, 10; keat or guinea
stock, to B.
Poultry, while plentiful, remains at abou.
the same prices, with no Indications of anv
immediate or material change. Live chick
ems 10 TO II cents; dressed, II to 1G; old
STOCK, dressed. to 8; live, to &; capons,
10 10 Is; ducks, II to II, and geese to 8;
spring chickens, 70 to %.
fruits are practically those last quoted
Cucumbers. per box, 81 to $3.50; carrots,
per barrel $50; cauliflower, per barrel, 81;
kale, per barrel, 80 to 10 cents; celery,
per dozen, % to 20 cents; squash. per box,
20 cents to 81; spinach, per barre!, 81 to
Sl.2o; new peas per barrel, - to $3.50;
beans. per box, Is cents to $1.25; beans
Georgia. per basket. 81 to s1.J0; asparagus
per bunch, 3 to cents; lettuce, per barrel,
va to 81; per basket, 81 to 81 so; potatoes
fancy, new, per barrel. 81 TO So; choice per
barrel, - to $50; new. per busnel 80 cents
To 81; culls, per barrel, 40 cents to $50;
egg plant, per half-barrel box, $50 to 81
oeets, Per 100 punches, 81 to So; cabbage
new, per barrel, s. to $50; onions, Ber-
muda, per crate. $50 to 81 80; yellow new
per bushel, 40 to 30 cents; turnips. per
barrel, sl.5o; squash, white, per crate 81 %
to $l.3O; beans, white, New York mediums
sl.1o; New York pea, slo5; marrow, $40:
Virginia. white, 10 cents: white mixed 30
cents; colored 80 to 60 cents; strawberries.
per quart, to 4 cents; raspberries red
per quart, to S; cherries, per quart, TO
The following prices show that beef and
other meats remain practically as last
reported: Live cattle from TO A.. cents
a pound; lambs, TO 512; spring lamb. to
U; sheep ~ to 3l2; COWS with calves $50
TO S45; calves, to cents a pound. and
dressed hogs, 4 to Z.