Evening star., 1896-12-05
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Butter and Eggs HfGher-Generally
Firm Prices.

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Firm Prices.
The quotations in the local wholesale
produce market today show that butter ID
still advancing. the finest grades Of goods
being q cent a pound higher today than
they were q week aSo. There 10 also q
decided advance in eggs. they being z
cents q dozen higher. Cheese remains ss
last reported. but owing to the cooler
weather poultry IL not only nrmer, but
prices are stronger and with an upward
tendency. Game shows little, IL any,
change since last week, and vegetables and
noted from week to week. And this is also
true Of beef AMI other meats. The market
Is firm throughout and is well supplied.
Butter 10 not only higher, particularly in
and exhibits a strong upward tendency.
So. still higher prices may be confidently
expected during the coming week. To-
days prices: Elgin extras, Is cents pound;
choice stock. IA to 10: New York tubs. IS;
dairy print, Is; western, IA; Maryland and
Virginia CT eamery. 49,; dairy paeke 10.
Strictly fresh eggs continue difficult 20
obtain. and their price Is advancing. aid
will continue to advance until after the
holidays at least. However, there are many
storage goods on the market. and they
greatly influence prices. The following are
today's prices: Nearby fresh, q cents a
dozen; western. % cents, and southern, II
cents.
Cheese remains unchanged, as may be
seen from the following quotations: Full
cream. large. II cents pound; flats. II, ard
ponys, IL 1-2c.
Poultry is arriving in much improved { on
dition. and while prices are practically
those Of last week, there are indie atoms
Of an upward movement. Prices prevail
ing today: Choice turkeys. undrawn, h.,
70 III \
to 0: live. toms. per h.. 9 to 8: live. small.
per h.. 8 to 8: chickens, drawn. per H.. 10
to II: undrawn. per lb. 10; live per D. = 10
10; spring. live, per lb. 10 to IL; old fowls.
drawn, per lb., 8 to 10; undrawn. per h..
0 to 10; live, per h., g to 8; ducks. dressed
per No., 8 to 10; live. large per 4b.. DID,
to 10: live. spring young. 3 to 10; geese
live. per lb., to 8; dressed. to ~
Game Is plentiful and Of an improved
condition. but prices remain unchanged:
Venison, saddle, 10 to 20 cents per pound; !;
whole deer. bucks. to 10 cents per pound !:
pheasants, 10 to so cents; rabbits u to -
per dozen; quail, $l.75 to S2.25; wild tuI-
keys, to 10 cents per pound; woodeock
40 to so cents each.
The following are the preVailing prices
for vegetables and fruits: CaulifoWer. per
bbl.. $3.50 to 81: celery. fancy, per doz.. 90
to 75c.: medium. per doz.. 25 to 4Oc; COM
mon. per doz.. Is to 20c.: lettuce. per bbl.,
81 80 to 81: potatoes. fancy. new, per bbl..
81 to s1.25 choice, per bbl., 81; new. per
BUSH, 30 to 35c.: cullS, per DBL, 4oc., pota-
toes. New York. per BUSH. 35 to 3sc.;
Maryland and Virginia, BUSH, 30 to S5c.;
culls, per BUSH. 20 to 25c.; sweet potatoes.
fancy, per bbl., 81 to $1.25; No 1. I5 to Soc;
culls, 35 to 4Oc.: yams and haymons, bbl.,
go to 75c.: beets. per 100 punches. $50 to
s.. so: cabbage, per 100, s. to $3.50: new. per
bbl., 4Oc.: onions. Bermuda, per crate, 81 40
to ST. so; yellow. per bbl., 81. .O5 to lilo; yell
low, new, per BUSH, 40 to 45c.; turnips, per
bbl.. 81 to 81: beans. white New York
mediums $1.25: New York pea, $1.25; mar
row. S1.45: Virginia. white. 15c. white,
mixed. Soc: colored. 90 to 6Oc.: black-eyed
peas. per BUSH. 9Oc.; apples. fancy table.
bbl.. 81. ~ to 81; choice. per bbl., 81 to $1.50;
ounces. per bbl., $3.50 to $3.50; chestnuts.
per pound, to &C.: oranges. California,
fancy. bright. per box. 81 to $3.50. Messina,
per box. $3.50 to IS: Valencia, cases. So to
$3.50: lemons. Sicily, per box, s. to IS:
cranberries. per box. $1.5O to 81: Jersey. per
bbl.. IS to $3.50: Cape Cod. per bbl. $3.50 to
81: grapes. Catawbas. 5-lb. baskets, s to &C.. !;
Concords. 1O-lb. baskets, 18 to 14c.: 5-lb.
basket. I to TIC: Delaware. 5-lb. basket,
II to 14c.; Martnas. 5-lb. basket II to 14c.:
Niagaras. J-Ib. basket. IA to 16c.: Salems,
SID. basket, to 10c.: walnut kernels, to
&C.: pineapples, to lie. crabapples, per
bbl-. s. to 81.
Beef and other meats show the following
prices: Live cattle, from 2 to "A. cents a
pound; lambs, to cents: sheep, to SO.
cents: cows with calves. s23 to $35: calves,
3 to 9 cents pound; dressed hogs, . to
cents a pound,