Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-08
wHoLEsALE PRODUCE MARKET.


Continued ShFinkage In Fine Butter
Prices Advancing.
The condition Of the local Wholesale
produce market today 10 in most respects
that noticed a week ago The shrinkage in
the finer grades Of butter is as noticeable,
and while those grades are only fraction
advanced. prices are expected by good
Judges to be still higher in a short time
The unusually hot weather during the week
has had depressing effect on eggs, and
their condition was probably never SO poor.
Their price has advanced but Q fraction,
however. Cheese 10 not only frmer. but It
Is also exhibiting an upward tendency, and
nlsher prices may soon be looked for.
POULTRY Is unusually plentiful. and prices
are low and the market somewhat weak
Lower prices are also noted in vegetables
and fruits. those products being enormous
~ plentiful, as q rule. Beef and other
meats remain about as last quoted. The
market Is fairly we'll supplied throughout
and the general tone is firm and healthy.
The shrinkage in the finest grades Of
butter Is nothing less than alarming, fine
goods actually being scarce. The demand
FOR such grades is. therefore, unusually
strong. Spectators are on the market to
quite an extent, there being large export
ADVANCE those prevailing today being:
FANCY Elgin and western extras, 1917 cents
pound: choice. 15c.: f1rsts 14c.; seconds,
!5c.: choice bakers stock. 10 to 12c.; New
1Oc.; Maryland and Virginia creamery, l4c :
dairy packed. 12c.
There Is an upward tendency in cheese
the market being firm. The prices quoted
To-Day are those Of last week: New York
state full cream. large, cents a pound;
mats, sc.. and ponys, 1Oc.
Inc condition Of eggs. because Of the ter
Tidy not weather. is unusually bad really
1resn goocs commanding fancy prices
Nearby fresh are selling at from IL to -
cents a dozen today. with other grades
rated according to quality.
>, Iouitry Is very plentiful, and prices are a
ems, 10 to II cents pound: old fowls, to
q; ducks. 8 to IL; and geese, to g.
Inc following prices for vegetables and
I Ir prevail today: Cucumbers. per box.
~ cents; carrots, per barrel. $50; cauE-
mower. per barrel, "a; kale per barrel, 80
10 20 cents; celery, per dozen, Is to Is cents;
SQUASH. per box. IS cents: lettuce. per bar
rel. $3.50 to s.: per basket 81 to 81 so;
potatoes. fancy, new, per barrel. 81 to q %:
choice, per barrel. 70 cents to 81; new, per
bushel Is to 30 cents; Maryland and Vir-
gania' per bushel. % to 30 cents; culls, per
bushel 70 to Is cents; sweet potatoes, red,
per barrel. 81 to 81 80; common, 81 to 81 so:
vans and haymons, barrel. $1.25 to 81 so;
tomatoes. per crate. Florida, 80 cents; per
Sideo, NAIVE, 20 10 ~ cents; egg plant,
per half-barrei box, s. to 81 so; beets. per
100 punches, $3.50 to $25O cabbage, per 100,
$50: new, per barrel, 40 cents; onions Ber-
muda, per crate. s1.4O to $3.50: yellow. per
barrel. $1.25; yellow, new, per bushel 20 to
o. cents: turnips. per barrel. 80 cents to
IL; squash, white, per crate. SIPS; beans,
White, New York mediums, s.. 10; New York
pea. 81 O5: marrow, $40: Virginia, white,
IS cents; white. mixed, 80 cents; colored,
50 to GO cents; apples. fancy table, barrel,
$l.75 to 81; per box. 40 to 60 cents; choice,
per barrel. $1.5O to $1.75; common. per box,
2o to 40 cents; Maryland and Virginia, per
barrel. 81 to $40: pears. La Conte Ter bar
rel, - to s.; La Conte, per box. 20 to so cents;
Bartlett. per box. $1.25 to $3.50: per barrel,
IS; peaches. fancy. free-stone. per bushel
box, % cents to 81; medium, 30 to 60 cents;
peaches, per box. 40. to 65 cents; five
eighths-bushel baskets. 40 to 90 cents; dam
sons, per pound. 3 to 3Ia cents; oranges
California. fancy, bright. per box 81 to
d.5O; Mess!na, per box, $50 to $; Valencia,
cases. s. to $3.50; lemons. Cicily, per box
- to 81; grapes, per ten-pound basket, %
to 10 cents; per fve-pound basket 10 to
IL cents; pineapples, I to IL cents; canta-
loupes, per barrel. $50 to 81; watermelons,
per 100, $40 to $50
Beef and other meats remain about as
last quoted: Live cattle. from to Az cents
a pound; lambs. to 5A: sheep, 21s to By;
r. cows with calves, $50 to s35; calves, to
On cents a pound.