Evening star., 1897-02-13
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
A General Upward Tendency-Firner
Feeling.

Feeling.
The general tendency in the local whole
sale produce market today Is toward high
er prices. and there is consequently q much
nrmer FEELING throughout. Butter has ad-
vanced In about all grades. the scarcity in
the nnest goods being particularly notice
able. Eggs are plentiful, but they have
jumped about cents a dozen over last
weeks prices. 1t being evident that more
goods are on the market than are being
onered. Cheese has also materially ad-
vanced, very little being available Game is
ABOUT out Of season. and is no longer in
sumcient quantities to be quoted. Poultry
Is higher, particularly turkeys. Potatoes
are advancing. and apples, too. Beef and
otner meats remain about as last reported
butter Is nrmer and scarcer, particularly
~ Tue top grades, and there is an upward
tendency throughout all grades. Fine goods
are FAULTY In grade, and the trade in imita-
tlons Is somewhat better. although lower
araaes ar. al are duller. Today's prices: Elgin
~ seconds, 1S; bakers choice stock, ii to
10; New York tubs, IS; dairy print, 10:
western IA: Maryland and Virginia cream,
cry. lS; dairy packed, IA.
Cheese Is not only scarcer. but is also
tHsneI, as may be seen from the following
auo1atfons: Full cream. large, 12l. cents 2
pIHnu; E haIs. lSs, and ponys. IA cents.
Eggs nave advanced, despite the fact thai
tney are plentiful. 1t being very evident
that they are being held up. Todav's
prices: Nearby fresh. 15 cents a dozen;
"1s.ern. rl IA cents, and southern. 13 cents.
The receipts of poultry are not as large
as usual, and prices have advanced, as NAV
f ps seen from the following: TurkeysH
can,s onoiee: drawn. s-pound average, I3 to IA
10 -; choice. drawn, all large, II to ~.
eholce, undrawn. IL to 12ls; gobblers. un,
0rawn, IL; ur.drawn, large 10: live toms
Shirnsn = I'VE hens: 10 to II; live. small 10 to H.
tndrawn, to IL: live, o to 10: winter
chicks, live. IL to 12; spring, large, live. 10:
spring, medium. live, 10: spring, small 10
n,.drar wrd .uM.soDrawn. to 10 cents per pound;
urdrawn, to 10; live, 8; roosters, live 4
70 D. Ducks-Dressed, II to IL cents per
pound; 1--WE, large, old. to 8; live. spring
young. to 8. Geese-Live, to 6ll cents
per pound; dressed, 6sto g.
The following prices are quoted for yepe-
tapies and fruits: Cucumbers, per boy
si.3o 10 81; caulifiower, per barrel. $50 to
60 kale, per box, SO to ~ cents: celery.
fancy, per dozen, SO to 75 cents: medium
per dozen, % to 40 cents: common ner
oozeh, 10 to 20 cents; SQUASH per box -
cents TO S.25; beans, per box. Sl.2j TO 81.
!ettuce, per barrel, s1.5U to 81: per basket
,' to Gen's 10 N:25; potatoes. New York per
pushei, 30 to 80 cents: Maryland and V!r-
ginla, busnel, 81 to IS cents; culls. Ger
DuShel, ~ to ID cents: sweet potatoes
Iancy, per barrel, 81 to s1.25; No. l. - to
80 cents; culls, 30 to 40 cents: vans and
per crate, Florida. $3.50 to $3.50; egg plant.
per haif-barrel box, s1.J0 TO $3.50: beets. per
aoo buncnes, $3.50 to $3.50; cabbage. per 1oO.
u to )! 90; new, per barrel, 40 cents: onions
Bermuda. per crate, S1.40 to s1.5O; yellow,
per barrel, Sl.25 to s1.40; yellow. new, per
bushel, 40 10 65 cents; turnips, per barrel
oo TO % cents; beans, white, New York
MEDIUMS, II to $1.10: New York pea 81 to
sl1O: marrow, s1.20 to s12a; Virginia,
white, % cents: white. mixed 80 cents;
coiored, 90 to 20 cents; black-eyed peas.
per bushel, 30 to 80 cents: apples, fancy
table, barrel $50 to So; choice, barrel, 81 10
to s2O walnuts, per 100 pounds 40 to 30
cents; oranges. Florida, fancy bright, per
box, $4 to $3.50; Messina, per box. $3.50 to
80; Valencia, cases, 81 to $3.50; taneerines,
box, 81 to $40; lemons, Sicily, per box, So TO
50; cranberrfes, per box, $50 to 81; Jersey.
per barrel. s. to $3.50; Cape Cod, per bar
rel, s. to Sc.
Beef and other meats remain practically
as last quoted: Live cattle from 10 a..
cents pound: lambs, ) to cents; sheep,
to 3ai cents; cows with calves. s25 to s3:l:
calves. to cents pound; dressed hogs,
TO cents pound.