Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Prices Quoted Today dor Butter, Eggs
Vegetables akA Fruits.

vegetables Md Fruits.
In the wholesale produce market today
butter is firm, with no strong indications
OF rise in prices, although an advance
Is likely TO materialize sat this season Of
the year. Receipts are tonly fair, but ap-
rear sufficient for the somewhat limited
demand. The prices quoted are Elgin ex-
tras, 10 cents a pound; chbice, 10; firsts, II;
seconds, IL; bakers choice stock. 12la to
10; fancy square prints, %; four-leaf clover.
a; New York tubs. 15dp 10; dairy print.
II to n; western, ~; Maryland and Vir-
slnla creamery, Is; dairy packed, II.
mere mas been no change In cheese. the
prices and conditions remaining as at last
| quoted. The following are today's prices:
run cream, large, 8 cents a pound; flats,
TO- and ponys II.
Eggs are rather poor and dealers have
experienced good deal of trouble in their
nahdEhs Fine stock is scarce. though a
recovery from the disastrous effects of the
| recent excessively hot weather is becom-
ing noticeable. Today's prices: Nearby
fresh, l" to ii cents dozen; western, 12H
GEMS. In na ana southern 18th to 10 cents.
IN poultry the market has been well sus-
famed and the predictions are that the
prices now prevailing will continue. The
Quotations today are: Live chickens, 10
cents pound, old fowls, cents a pound;
ducks. cents a pound, and geese, 5 to
cents a FOUND.
me Following prices for vegetables and
r.oi's are quoted: Celery, per Dozen % to
20 cents Squash. per box, IS cents. Po-
.,Ltoes' lancy new, Per Dbl, so cents to 81
Snoice' per Dbl, IS to s. cents; new, per
ousnei' 70 to 30 cents; culls, per bbl.. ~
cents nen i,s pota at MARYLAND and Virginia,
per pushel, 70 to 80 cents; culls, per bushel
~ TO 70 cents. Sweet potatoes red, per
DBL ii 10 $l.25: common, 81. Vans ana
haymons, per Dbl. 81 to $1.25 Tomatoes,
| per crate, native, % to 50 cents. Egg plant.
per half-barrel box, 81 to $50 Beets per
1 3oo punches, $50 to $3.50. Cabbage, per
Nv *l.oo; new, per bbl.. 40 cents. Onions,
Bermuda, per crate, 81. 40 to $3.50: yellow.
per Dbl. sl25: yellow, new per bushel, 55
10 no cents. Beans, white New York me-
dlums. $11O: New York pea, $1.O5: marrow,
si;2o: Virginia, white, IS cents: white. mix :
ed 90 cents; colored. so to 60 cents. APP
pies, fancy table, per Dbl, $3.50: per box
per pox, 20 TO 40 cents; Maryland and Vlr-
ginia. per Dbl, rs cents to s1.25 Pears La
Conte, per bbl., 81 to 81: La Conte, per box,
~ 10 ~ cents: Bartlett, per box, $l.c5 to
sloo; per Dbl, S.. Peaches, fancy free
stone per bushel box, Is to IS cents: me-
dium, 40 to 80 cents; peaches per box, 40
TO to cents: tive-eghths bushel baskets 10
cents; per basket. IA pounds. ~ to 10 cents.
oranges, fancy. bright, 81 to $40 per box
Messina, $3.50 to s. per box: Valencia s.
10 900 per case. Lemons. Sicily, s. 10 81
per box Grapes. 10 to 20 cents per 10-po md
basket; 10 to II cents per 5-pound basket.
Plneappes, { to II cents. Cantaloupes,
$50 to 81 per Dbl.
| Beef and other meats show steady
r.arket. Live cattle. from . to 1 "a cents
a pound: lambs. to cents: sheep. ~ to
2l2 cents; cows with calves. SO to $50;
calves, 2l2 to cents pound.