Evening star., 1897-02-06
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Eggs Remarkably LOw-LittIe Change
i'm Other Pr0ducts

The feature of the local wholesale pro-
duce market today is the decided drop in
the price OF eggs. Last week they were
quoted at IL cents, while today they are
selling at IL. and are not very strong at
that price. Butter remains about as last
reported with conditions as last observed
Cheese shows little change being but a
fraction lower in price. Poultry remains at
the prices last quoted and the market is
somewhat firmer. due more to the advance
of the season than to anything else Game.
vegetables. fruits and meats remain prac-
t1cally as they were last week. The market
is well supplied throughout and there is a
general feeling of firmness
Butter appears to be firmer with evidence
OF higher prices. those for the day being
Elgtn extras, - to Eso,L cents a pound
choice, II: firsts, 10; seconds Is: bakers
choice stock. IA to II: New York tubs, Is:
dairy print 10. western, II; Maryland and
Virginia creamery IS; dairy packed, II.
Eggs have dropped to IL cents Dozen a
remarkably low price for this season of the
year, and they are far from strong Today s
prices: Nearby fresh, Ii cents a dozen:
western, II cents, and southern. IL cents.
The following are the prices for cheese:
Full cream, large, j. cents pound; flats,
IL. and ponys, 13l2 cents.
Poultry, may be seen from the follow
ing quotations, remains practically as last
reported: Turkeys, choice. drawn, S-lb. aver
age, II TO IL ceEts; cloice, drawn, large, IL
10 l. cents; choice, undrawn, per H., III to
II cents: gobblers, undrawn, 10 cents; un-
drawn, large, per H., 10 cents; live. toms,
Fer h., cents; live, hens, per H., . to 10
cents; live. small, per lb., 9 to 10 cents;
chickens, drawn, per h., to cents;
undrawn. per h., to . cents; live, per h.,
cents; spring, large, live, Per h., cents;
medium, live, per lb., cents; small, :
cents; old fowls. drawn, per H., to {
cents; undrawr, per H., 4 TO cents; live,
per lb., 4 cents; roosters. live, per lb.. to
> cents: ducks; dressed, per lb., . to 10 cents;
live, large, old, per lb, to cents; live,
spring, Young, to cents; geese. live, per
H.. to 6l2 cents; dressed, &c cents.
Game is showing little, il any, change in
price or condition, being quoted as follows:
Pheasants, A. to 30 cents; rabbits. 81 to s.
per dozen: quail, s1.5G to $3.50; wild turkeys.
to II cents per pound; woodcock, ~ to 80
cents each.
The following are the quoted prices for
vegetables and fruits: Cucumbers. per box,
81 10 to s.: caulifiower, per barrel. 80 to So.
kale. per doz., 30 to a. cents; celery, fancy, per
doz., 30 to 15 cents: medium. 25 to ~ cents; :;
common, Is to - cents: beans, per box.
s1.25 to 81; lettuce, per barrel, $50 TO 81;
per basket, ID cents to $l.25; potatoes,
fancy, new, per barrel, 81 to Sl.25; choice
per barrel. 81; new, per bushel, 30 to 35
cents; culls, per barrel, 40 cents; New
York, per bushel, 35 to 3S cents; Maryland
and Virginia, per bushel, 30 TO 35 cents;
culls, per bushel, 20 to 25 cents; sweet po-
tatoes, fancy, per barrel, 81 to 81 25; No. 1,
ID " Oh CehtS, Culls, " ~ CeHtS, SdIHs
and haymons, barrel, CD TO 80 cents; toma-
toes, Florida, per crate, $1.J0 to $50: ma
tive, per crate, % to 80 cents; egg plant
per one-nalf- barrel box, Sl.5O to $50; beets
per 100 punches, sl.50 to $3.50: cabbage, per
100, s. to $50; new, per barrel, 40 cents;
onions, Bermuda, per crate. 81. 40 to $50;
yellow, per barrel, $l.2 to $l.40; yellow,
new, per bushel, 40 to IS cents; turnips. per
barrel, 30 to 10 cents; beans. white, New
York mediums, s1.10 to sl1o; New York
pea, s1.10 to s1.15: marrow. $l.30 to 81 .35;
Virginia, white, 75 cents; white, mixed. 80
cents; colored, 80 to 60 cents; black-eyed
peas, per bushel, 80 cents: apples. fancy
table. barrel, sl.25 to 81: choice. barrel, 81
to $1.25; walnuts, per 100 pounds, 40 to 30
cents: oranges, Florida, fancy bright per
box, 81 to $3.50: Messina, per box. 1850 to
50; Valencia, cases, s. to $50: tangerines,
box, 81 to $40: lemons, Sicily, per box, 81 to
s.; cranberries, per box, $50 to 81; Jersey,
per barrel, s. to $3.50; Cape Cod, per bar
rel, s. to So.
Beef and other meats show more firm
ness. with prices as follows: Live cattle
from to 4A cents q pound: lambs, 3 to
cents: sheep, to "a cents; cows with
calves. s25 to $S5; calves. 8 to 4 cents a
pound; dressed hogs. 3 to cents a pound