Evening star., 1897-02-27
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Decline In Butter and Eggs-Oth.
Products Unchanged.

Decline In Butter and ERgs-Other
Products Unchanged.
The feature Of the local wholesale pro-
duce market today is the decline in butter
and eggs. both products being several cents
lower today than they were last week.
Cheese remains at an advanced price. and
is quite scarce. and poultry is also selling
at high figures. Vegetables and meats re-
main about as last reported.
Butter is lower. with no indica tions of
any immediate change In prices. There is,
however a fairly steady tone. lower grades
still being slow and accommodating Todays
prices: Elgin extras, 20 cents a pound
choice. Is; firsts. II: seconds. 16; bakers
choice stock, IA to Is: New York tubs. 18;
dairy print. IS: western. IA; MARYLAND al
Virginia creamery. 16; dairy packed 10.
There is no change whatever In cheese,
as may be seen from the following quota
tions: Full cream. large. 1214 cents pound
flats, 1917. and ponys. IA cents.
The supply of eggs Is very large. and
only the fact that transportation facilities
are bad just at present prevents still lower
prices. The tendency Is downward. how
ever. despite the fact that there Is a grow
ing demand. Present prices: Nearby fresh.
16 cents a dozen: western. Is cents. and
southern, II cents.
Poultry is fairly plentiful. with the fol-
lowing prices prevailing: Turkeys-Choice.
drawn. large. II to 13; choice, drawn. ali
large. IL to 12; choice, undrawn. h.. 111a
to 13: gobblers. undrawn. IL: undrawn.
large. per h., 10: live. toms. per lb, 0; live,
hens, per lb.. 10 to II: live, small. per h..
10 to IL. Chickens-Drawn. per h., to s;
updrawn. per h.. Z; live. per h.. to 8;
winter chicks. live. II to II: capons. large.
IL to II: slips. 8. Old fowls-Drawn. per
h.. to 8; undrawn. per lb, I: live. per h.,
61z to 4: roosters. live. per lb.. to 5. Ducks
Dressed. per lb., 10 to 12; live, large, per
h.. old. 10: live. spring. young. 8 to 10.
Geese-Live. per lb.. to 61s: dressed, 6 to
The following prices for vegetables and
fruits are quoted: Cauliflower. per bbi.,
s.. 5OaS3: kale. per box 5Oa75 cents: celery.
fancy. per doz.. 50a75 cents: medium. per
cents: squash. per box. .25: beans.
per box. 81 1.25a2: lettuce, per bbl.. $1.5Oas2
per basket. 75c. %: potatoes. New York.
per bus. 35a38 cents: Maryland and Vtr-
ginia. per bus. 32a35 cents: culls, per bus.
2Oa25 cents: sweet potatoes. fancy. per bbl..
$la1.25: No. /. 75aS5 cents; culls. 35alO
cents; yams and haymons. per bbl., 6OaIj
cents; tomatoes. per crate. Florida. 81 5Oa
s.. 80: beets. per 100 punches. 81 .50a$2. so;
cabbage. per 100. $3a$4.5O: new. per bbl.,
~ cents: onions. eBrmuda. per crate. 81. 40a
$50; yellow. per bbl., $1.25a$14O: yellow,
new. per bus. 4Oa65 cents: turnips. per bbl..
5Oa75 cents: beans. white. New York me-
diums. $1a1.1O: New York pea, $1a1 1.1O;
marrow. $1.2Oa1.25: Virginia, white, 7j
cents: white mixed, so cents; colored. 5Oa
90 cents: black-eyed peas. per bus. 7OaS0
cents; apples. fancy table. bbl.. 81. .5OaS2;
choice. bbl.. si.25a$1.5O; walnuts. per IO0
lbs. 4Oa5O cents: oranges. Florida, fancy
bright. per box $4a$4.5O: Messina, per box.
3.50aS5: Valencia. cases. $3a$4.5O; tangcr-
ines. box. $7a$1O: lemons. Sicily. per box.
$2a<3: cranberries. per box. $1.5Oa$2 Jersey,
per bbl., $5a$5.10; Cape Cod. per bbl., $J.50a
So.
Beef and other meats remain about as
To- fah to tu
a pound: lambs, to 81 cents; sheep. 8 to
3N: cows with calves. IS to SIS: calves. 3
to 611 cents pound; dressed hogs. to
Az cents pound