Evening star., 1896-08-15
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Butter and Cheese Advancfnr-Err
Still UnnatiafnctOry

Butter and Cheese AdvancfnE-Errs
Still Unsntisfnctory.
The features Of the local wholesale pro-
duce market today are the advances in the
price OF butter and cheese both products
being about cent a pound higher than
1hey were a week ago. The shrinkage in
the finest classes Of butter still continues.
with indications pointing to a still further
advance. Eggs remain unchanged both as
to prices and condition. strictly fresh goods
being al a premium. Poultry Is plentiful.
with prices about they were a week ago.
Vegetables and fruits are coming in more
plentifuliy. but prices remain practically
unchanged. The same can be said of beef
and other meats.
The sarinkage in fine butter noticed for
| several weeks continues. and is estimated
to be at least forty per cent. That shrink
age and the advance in prices are due to
the large expectation of fine goods and the
excessive hot weather of the past ten days
The prices prevailing today are: Fancy Ell
gin and western extras, liz cents pound !;
choice, 16c.; firsts, 15c.: seconds 14c: choice
takers stock II to 123c.: New York tubs,
12c.: dairy print. 14c.: western, 1Oc.: Mary
land and Virginia creamery, 14c.; dairy
packed. 12c.
Cheese has advanced about a cent a
pound. as may be seen from the following
quotations: New York state full cream.
ponys. 1O12c.
Eggs are stiH as unsatisfactory in condi-
ton, although prices remain unchanged,
rearby fresh selling from IL to II cents q
dozen.
The following prices for poultry show
practically no change: Live chickens, 8 to
II cents pound; old fowls. to 6; ducks,
to II. and geese. g to g.
Little change In the price of vegetables
and fruits Is noted. as may be observed
from the following: Cucumbers, 4oc. per
box: carrots 1.5O per barrel cauliflower,
81 per barrel: kale. 5Oa75c per barrel; eel
lettuce, e 5Oa$3 per barrel. $1a$15O per
basket: potatoes, fancy. new, $1a$1.25 per
barrel; choice. 75e.a all per barrel; new, 25
aaOc per bushel; Maryland and Virginia,
2Ja8Oc. per bushei: culls. aDa2sc. per busl,el !;
sweet potatoes, red. $1aS1.25 per barrel:
common. $2a$JO per barrel; yams and hay
mons. Sa&1.2S per barrel; tomatoes. Flor
ida. 5Oc. per crate; native, 25a40c. per crate:
81 .5Oa$2.5O per 100 punches; cabbage, $1.5O
per 100; new, 4Oc. per barrel: onions, Ber
muda. 81. AOas1 80 per crate; yellow. 1.25
per barrel: yellow, new 4Oa5Oc. per bushel;
$1.25 per crate: beans. white. New York.
mediums, 10: New York pea, LOS; mar
rcw. $40: Virginia. white 75c.; white.
mixed. SOC: color ed. 50a6Oc.
Apples. fancy table, 81. 50 per barrel: 4Oc
per box: choice. 81 80 per barrel: common
25a4Oc. per box: Maryland and Virginia.
Ioc. a$l.25 per barrel; pears. La Conte, $2a$3
per barrel: La Conte. 70asOc per box; Bart
lett, s1.25 to $50 per box: s. per barrel;
peaches fancy. free-stone, 75aS5c. per bush
el box; medium. 4Oa5Oc.; 40a65c. per box:
40c. per SO bushel baskets: Damsons, 3a31sc
per lb-; 45a50c per 14-lb basket; fancy,
bright. $4a$4.5O per box: Messina, s.. 5Oa$5
per box: Valencia. $3a$35O per case: lem
ons. Sicily, $5aS6 per box: grapes, 2Oa30c
per 1O-lb. basket; 10a12c per 5-lb basket
pineapples. 7a11c.: cantaloupes, S.50a$2 per
barrel: watermelons, $15a$2O per 100.
The following prices show that beef and
other meats remain about as last reported
Live Cattle, from 2 to AZ cents pound ;
lambs. to 5A: sheep. 2h to 3k; cows with
calves. $50 to $35: calves. to 81 cents q
pound