Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
A General Advance in Prfces-Prevafl
30 inu Ffrmuess. - &4y.li

A General Advance in Prices-Prevail-
" ing Firmness. - Mo-
a. The local. wholesale produce market to-
day shows that there has been a material
advance in prices since last Saturday,
about every product either selling higher
today or exhibiting such a firmness as
Indicate an advance in the near future.
Butter has jumped up about cents a
pound and is very firm. 1t is kept well
cleaned up and it is more than likely that
prices will still advance owing to the
diminishing milk supply. Cheese has also
advanced materially, 1t being cent a
pound higher today than last week. It is
quite firm and gives indications, of higher
prices. Eggs have advanced from half to
a cent a dozen. They are scarce and can
be expected to gradually advance. There
is a very good demand for poultry, and
prices are somewhat SITTER. The same
Is true of fruits and vegetables, and Irish
potatoes are little higher. Beef and
other meats are firm, with well-sustained
prices. Throughout the market Is very
firm and well supplied. =.
Butter = Creamery, Eigfn extras, 20;
choice. 10: frsts, IS; choice bakers stock.
- to Is; New York tubs, 16; local dairy, Is.
Cheese-New York full cream, large, IL;
fats, 11k; ponys. II.
Eggs-Nearby. fresh. 10; western, Is;
southern. IA.
fOultTy-SpfInS CHICKS, idrBc, i've, per
h., 8 to o: spring medium. live, per h., 8;
spring, small g. Old fowls-Lfve, per h.,
6k to Z: ROSTERS, live, per h., to s.
Ducks[Live, spring, young, to !. Geese
Live, per h., B. s.tf.s
Vegetables and fruits-Celery, medium,
per doz.. 80 to rs: common. per doz., 15 to
20; BEANS. per box. 80 to 90; lettuce. per
tbl. 30 to 81: potatoes. fancy, new. per
Dbl. $i.7o; potatoes choice, per Dbl. S20
to $1.50: potatoes new, per bu., 80 to 55;
potatoes, culls. per bbl, so to 70; potatoes,
Maryland and Virginia, bu.. 80 to So; pota-
toes. culls, per bu.. 25 to 30; Sweet potatoes,
fancy, per Dbl. s1.50: sweet potatoes. No 1,
S1.25 to s$1.50; yams and haymons, Dbl.
N.25 to $50; tomatoes, per crate native,
35 to 80; beets, per 100 punches, 81 to LEO;
cabbage, new, par Dbl. .b75: onions. yellow,
per bbl., $3.50 TO -; onions yellow, new.
per bu., 70: beans, white. New York, me-
diums, SO to IS: beans, New York, pea, 80
to 81: beans, mhfrow, 81 to $1.2O; apples,
choice per Dbl lI75 to ~ apples. common,
per Dbl. 60 to IS; pears. La Conte. 81 so to
g: Duchess, PEI hal, 81 % too $2i Sickle.
per bbl., 81 to $3.50; California Bartlett, per
box. $t.50 to e; peachesi fancy, free stone.
% to II; peaches, medium. 50 to 60; peaches,
6-basket carriers. 50sto ~: peaches, 5-S blu.
baskets. 40; d&msons. d per h.. to sh;
piums. per h.. 2hsto s; plums. blue. per lb..
2h to 8; plums. rgage, 5rper slb.. ~ to 3;
oranges. seedlin0 per box, $50 to s.. 80:
lemons. Cfcily; per box. y to $45O: cherries.
ket. Is to. 20: Concord, 5-Ab. basket, 10 to IL:
grapes, Delaware, S-lb. ttbasket./ Is to 20;
grapes, Niagaras, 5-lb. basket, 40 to so;
pineapples. oalS; watermeiens. per 100.
- to 50; canteloupes, per bbl., 80 tots.
Beef and other meats-Cattie. extra. $3.50
Ito a per acwt.; butcher 81. 80 stoa$s.50 per
cwt.: common. $3.50 to 81 per cwt.; rough.
81 per cwt. Hogs-Fair, 81 per cwt,; gross;
ordinary, 1915 per cwt., net. Sheep, Sc to
s. per cwt. Lambs spring. choice. - to
&S.25 per cwt.: medium, 81 to $40 per cwt.;
common, $3'to $50 per cwE Calves. prime.
a 50 to Is per cwt. : common, 8 to s. per
cwt.; grass. 8 to $3.50 per cwt. Cows.
prime, rs tos $35 each common, SO to $15
each; old and4dry, IS to So