Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-22
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
4 Material Advance In Butter, E<xs
and Checse-Firmer Feeling

4 Material Advance In Butter, Eggs
and Chec,e-Firmer Feeling.
The tendency Of prices in the local whole
sale produce market today Is upward, and
especially Is this true Of butter, egxs and
cheese. which products show q material
advance over the prices quoted week
ago. Butter has jumped a cent and a half
a pound since then. eggs two cents dozen
and cheese about a cent pound. These
products are not unlikely to still further
advance. particularly butter. The receipts
Of poultry have been somewhat light dur
ing the week. and prices have. therefore,
slightly advanced The supply Of vege-
tables and fruits continues large. with
prices about as last quoted. Beef and
other meats show no material change.
The cooler weather has made the market
firmer. and an Improvement in both prod
ducts and trade is already apparent.
Stronger western advices have caused
advance In butter of about two cents
a pound III the top grades. despite the ef-
fort of New York to bear prices down.
The market IS very firm at the prevailing
prices. and as the supply is still very i'm
tied and the quality poor, an advance
rather than decline in the present prices
May be expected. The prices prevailing to-
day are: Fancy EIgin and western extras,
II cents pound; choice, IS; firsts. Il; see
onds Is; choice bakers stock, 121. to Ii;
ern, 10: Maryland and Virginia creamery,
10; dairy packed, Is.
Cheese Is frmer, with higher prices and
as receipts are light and the quality poor,
another advance IL looked for. The follow
ing are today's prices: New York state full
cream. large. . cents pound: fats, 1Dc..
and pOnys. II.
Eggs. although still very poor In quality,
have materially advanced, and are very
much f1rmer than for some time, and they
exhibit an Enthusiastically upward tendency.
Todays prices: Nearby fresh, IA cents
dozen: western, Ii cents, and southern. Il
to 12is cents. -.
Light receipts of poultry have slightly
advanced prices, although not to any very
material extent. as may be seen from the
following Live chickens 10 to II cents q
pound: old fowls. 5 to cents: ducks, 8 to
II cents. and geese. to cents.
The following prices for vegetables and
fruits are quoted Celery per box, q to 70
cents Squash. per box. % cents. Potatoes.
per bbf.. IS to IS cents: new, per busheI. y
to 30 cents: cuils. per Dbl. 20 cents. Pota-
toes. Maryland and Virginia. per bushei.
70 to 81 cents: cuils. per bushei. 20 to %
H.a: common. Fl. Yams and haymons.
per hbI.. 81. Tomatoes per crate, native.
- to ~ cents. Egg plant. per half-barrel
box; u to $50 Beets. per 100 lunches.
per Dbl. 40 cents: Onions, Bermuda. per
crate. 81. 10 to $50: yellow, per bbi., 81. Is;
yellow. new. per bushel, So to 65 cents.
Beans. white. New York mediums. 81. 10:
New York pea, S1.65: marrow. $l.20: Vlr-
ginia. white. Is cents: white. mixed. 80
cents: colored. so to 90 cents. Apples, fancy
table. per Dbl, s150; per box. 40 cents:
choice. per bbl.. $3.50: common, per box. %
to 40 cents; Maryland and Virginia, per
bhf,. Is cents to a.s5. Pears. La Conte,
per Dbl, 81 to 81; La Conte. per box, 70 to
W cents: Bartlett, per box, $l.25 to $3.50:
per Dbl. $. Peaches. fancy free-stone, per
bushel box, 70 cents to 81; medium 40 to 30
cents: peaches. per box. 10 to 65 cents:
iive-eightf1s bushel baskets. 30 to 10 cents.
Damsens. per h., 3 to 31s cents; per bas-
ket, IA pounds, 40 to 50 cents. Oranges,
fancy Ia bright. 81 to $3.50 per box: Messina,
800 to - per box: Valencia. 81 to $3.50 per
case Lemons. Sicily. $ to SO per box.
Grapes; ~ to 30 cents per ten-pound basket;
I'D to II cents per five-pound basket. Fine
apples, to II cents. Catalogues, $50 to
- per Dbl. Watermelons, SIS to SO per
100.
Beef and other meats show but slight
change In prices. Live cattle, from to
IL cents pound: lambs, 4 to I-2
cents: sheep. IL to FL cents; cows with
calves. so to $s5; calves, to ) 1-2 cents a
pound.