Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Eggs Still Advancins-Butter Prac-
tfcally UNCHANGED,

ucauy Unchanged.
The local wholesale produce market today
remains in about practically the same con-
dition 1t was week ago, trade being good
and general irmness being noted. The
market, too, continues to be an abundantly
we'll supplied one. Butter shows no change
whatever. either in price or in condition.
Eggs. however, as indicated last week.
have slightly advanced, being today from
l to cents higher than last week. Cheese,
on the contrary. is slightly lower. Poultry
is more plentiful, and prices have a down.
ward tendency. Vegetables and fruits are
erriving In great quantities. but prices are
very little different from those reported last
Week The same can be said Of beef and
other meats
Butter, as may be seen from the follow
iEg prices. remains precisely as reported
last week, with its condition the same.
me market is consequently somewhat
SLOW, although there is as usual, quite
good demand for first-class goods. Todays
prices: Fancy Elgin and western extras
lft2 cents a pound; choice, 10; firsts, Il;
seconds ID. Choice bakers stock, 10 to II;
New york tubs, II: dairy print, IA: west
ern, 10; Maryland and Virginia creamery,
IA; dairy packed, II.
The weather is, of course, much too
warm for fine cheese, and its condition is
yet far from satisfactory. Prices are
slightly lower, as may be observed from
the following: New York state full cream
large, 10 cents pound; flats 8, and ponys,
10.
Eggs are somewhat higher today than
they Were last week. and 1t is apparent
that many cold storage goods are being
paced on the market. 1t is not unlikely
mat further advance may occur Today'S
prices: Nearby fresh, IA cents a dozen;
western, l.: southern, IL; keat or guinea
stock 4 to ).
Poultry as may naturally be expected at
thls time Is rather plentiful. and prices
nave fallen somewhat, as may be seen from
The following: Live chickens. 10 to IL
cents: dressed II to 10; old stock, dressed,
ID TO 20.
Vegetables and fruits are unusually plen-
ttui and of fine quality. with prices prac-
ideally unchanged. CucumberS, 81 to 81 80
per box; carrots $50 per barrel; cauli-
flower, 81 per barrel; kale, 80 to 40 cents
per barrel; celery, - to - cents per dozen:
squash, 10 cents to 81 per box; spinach, 81
10 $l2o per barrel; new peas, 81 to $3.50 per
barrel; beans. - cents to sl.25 per box;
Georgia beans, 81 to $50 FER basket; as
paraRus, TO cents per bunch; lettuce,
$50 to 81 per barrel: lettuce, 81 to s1.J0 per
basket; potatoes fancy, new. $3.50 to s.
per barrel; potatoes. choice, $50 to 81 per
barrel; potatoes, new, 90 cents to 81 per
b"shel; potatoes. culls, - cents TO $50 per
barrel; Florida tomatoes. $50 to 81 per
crate: egg plant. 500 to $3.50 per one-half
barrel box; beets, 81 to s. per 100 lunches:
cabbage, new, per barrel, 81 to s1.25; onions
bermuda, per crate, $40 to $50; yellow,
new, per bushel, 10 to 20 cents; turnips
per barrel $50; squash white. per crate,
81 % to Sl.5G; beans, white. Now York
mediums, sl.l0; New York pea, 81 %; mar
row, sl.2"; Virginia. white, a. cents: white,
mixed, 30 cents; colored, 20 to - cents;
strawberries, per quart, TO 1 cents: rasp-
berries, red. per quart, 70 cents; cher
ries, per quart. to 10 cents
Only the usual slight changes noted from
week to week are noted today in beef and
ppr tS iN-a =
cents a pound: lambs, 4 to 5Ia; spring
lamb, to s; sheep 2i2 to 312; cows with
calves. 81 to s45; calves. ) TO Z cents
pound, anC dressed hogs, to Z.