Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Marked Advance in Butter and Cheese
General Eirmneaa.

The feature of the local wholesale pro-
duce market today is the sharp advance in
butter and cheese, prices for butter having
advanced a cent a pound in about all
grades, movement predicted last week.
Eggs are. however. at the same figures re-
ported last week, due more to the fact that
large quantities of storage goods are be-
Ting worked off as fresh goods. Poultry
aremains about as last quoted. the supply
of turkeys being small yet and of an
inferior grade. Game is becoming more
abundant. while summer fruits are fast
disappearing prices being more fancy than
anything else. Vegetables and meats are
practically as they were last week. The
market continues to be well supplied, and
general hrmneSS prevails.
The advance in butter predicted last
week has taken place, and indications
point to a still further rise in prices. The
scarcity of fine goods continues. the lower
grades being affected by the advance IN
the top grades. The prices prevailing to-
day are: Elgin extras, 1871 cents a pound !;
choice. 1I12: firsts, 16: seconds, IA; bakers
choice stock. 1872 to IA: New York tubs, Is
to 10; dairy print. Is; western. II: Mary
land and Virginia creamery. IL; dairy pack
ed. Il.
Quite a substantial advance in cheese has
taken place, as may be seen from the fol-
lowing prices: Full cream. large, IL cents a
pound: flats. liz. and ponys, u.
Il
some complaint Is made that storage goods
are being sold as fresh stock. Today's
prices. Nearby fresh, l6 cents a dozen;
western, - cents. and southern. IA cents.
Poultry shows little material change in
prices, as may be seen. from the following:
Live chickens. 10 to IL cents a pound; old
fowls, to cents pound; ducks, to .
cents a pound. and geese, to cents a
pound: live turkeys, 10 to II.
The following prices are prevailing for
game: Venison. saddle. per pound. Is to
% cents; whole deer. bucks, per pound. 8
to 10 cents: pheasants. 80 to 10 cents: rab-
bits, per dozen, 81 to $3.50; wild turkeys,
per pound. to 10 cents: woodcock, each,
40 to 80 cents.
Little change in the price of vegetables
and fruits are noted: as may be seen from
to 81; celery. per doz. 25 to 75c-; squash
per doz. I5c-: lettuce. per bbl.. $3.50 te
81: potatoes. fancy. new. per bbl., 81 te
81 Is; choice per bbI, 81; new, per bu
to 35c. culls. per bu., 20 to DC; sweet DO
tatoes. red, per bbl.. 81: eastern shore, Dbl.
81 to S12o; common. Toe; yams and hay
mons. bbl.. 75c. to 81: tomatoes. per crate
soc. to 81: beets, per 100 lunches $3.50 t.
$50; cabbage, per 100. $3.50 to So; new. pei
Dbl, 4Oc.: onions. Bermuda. per crate, 81 A
to s1-J0: yellow, per bbl, s1.O5 to $1.1O; vel
low. new. per bu-. 40 to 45c.: beans. white
New York mediums. s1.1O. New York pea
s1.O5: marrow. $1.2O; Virginia. white. 75c.
white. mixed. bOc.; colored, 80 to 6Oc.
black-eyed peas. per bu.,75c. to 9Oc.; apples
fancy table. bbl, $1.T5 to $3.50: per box
doc; choice, per bbl.. S.25 to $50; com
mon. per box. % to 4Oc.: Maryland and vir
ginia, per bbl.. 75c. to MS; pears. Beum,
d'Anjou. per bbl., 50 to =: Flemish Beauty
per bbl.. $3.50 to 81; Duchess. per Dbl.
$50 to $50; Sickle. per bbl., "a to 81. so
Bartlett. per box. s. to $3.50; per bbl, SIS.
to 30; PIX bas.. 10 to S5c.: M-pk. bas., IS t.
bOc-. ether varieties, s. to -; peaches
fancy. fres-stone. per bu- box. e to g
medium. 81 to LIS; peaches per box, Goo
to 81: 5-S-bu. baskets. 10 to Csc; damsons
per h.. to &c.; per basket, IA lbs, Is t,