Evening star., 1897-01-23
WHoLEsAEEbP PRODUCE MARKET.
Eggs Remarkably LOvv-Butter Lower
-ChGese Advancing.

The feature Of the local wholesale pro-
duce market toffay is the remarkably
marked decline in eggs. they being from
two to three wants a dozen lower today
than they VERY last week. And they are
not only lower but there are indications of
istiil further decline. gsButter is slightly
Ion. .er,2 aud cteeaee lis higher Poultry is
selling at about the same prices. al
though there atS some indications of an
advance in the ynext few days. Game re-
mains about as last reported, and the same
can be said OF vegetables and fruits also
beef and other merits.
There is still a scarcity in the finest
grades ct PntlAr. receipts being smaller
in extras ain the top grades prices have
declined slightly, as may be seen from the
following: Elgin extras, 21lz cents pound ::
choice, 20: iirsts. 10: seconds, Is; bakers
choice stock. Il. to 15; New York tubs. IS;
dairy print, 1G; western, II; Maryland and
Virginia creamery. ls; dairy packed. Ii.
Eggs are not only much lower, but they
are duller, the market having down
ward terdency. Todays prices: Nearby
fresh, IA to 10 cents dozen; western, Il
cents, and southern, l. cents.
Cheese is higher and much fTIner, the
market being advancing one. Full
cream. large II to 1ll4 cents a pound; ;
fats, II, and ponys 13la cents.
While prices for poultry remain about
as last quoted, 1t is more than likely that
days. Today's prices: Turkeys-choice,
drawn. S-lb. average. II to l.; choice
drawn, large. II to Il; choice, drawn. all
large, 10 to II; choice, undrawn, h.. 10 to
IL; undrawn, large, per h.. 10: toms, per
h., .; live, hens, per h., 9 to 10: live
small, per lb-. 8 to TO- Chckens-Drawn
per lb., 8 to 10; undrawn, per H.. TO .;
live. per h.. s; spring, live, per h., s. Old
fowis-Drawn, per h., { to 8; undrawn, per
lb., Z to- 8; live, per h., to Z; roosters,
live. per b., to >. Ducks-Dressed, per
H., . to L; live, large, per h., old, s to .:
live, spring, young. s to 8. Geese-Liye, per
d., u to 6l2; dressed, q to y.
Game continues plentiful. with practi-
cally unchanged prices: Pheasants, 10 to
90 cents; rabbits. 81 to $1.J0 per dozen:
quail $l.50 to 81: wild turkeys . to 10
each.
Vegetables and fruits are selling as fol-
lows: Cucumbers, per box, $50 to 81;
caulifower, per barrel, 81. 80 to So; kale, per
doz., SO to Is cents; celery, fancy, per doz-
en-, 90 to 10 cents; medium. % to 40 cents;
common. 10 to, ~ cents beans per box
$l2o to ~; lettuce. per barrel, $l.50 To- 81;
per basket. Is cents to H.25; potatoes.
per barrel. 81 new, per buShel, 30 to 81
cents; culls, per barrel, 40 cents; New
York, per bushel. 30 to IS cents: Maryland
and Virginia, per bushel, 80 to IS cents;
culls, per bushel, 20 to 25 cents: sweet po-
tatoes, fancy, per barrel, 81 to 81 %; No l,
20 TO 30 cents; cullS 30 to 40 cents; yams
and haymons, barrel, 90 to 20 cents; toma-
toes, Florida, per crate, s1.5D to $3.50 ma
tive. per crate 25 to 80 cents; egg plant,
per one-nalf- barrel box, 81 80 to 81 80; beets.
per 100 punches, $50 to $3.50; cabbage. per
100. So to $780,, new, per barrel. 40 cents:
onions, Bermuda. per crate. s1.4O to Sl.5O;
yellow. per barrel, SIPS to $40; yellow,
new, per bushel. 40 to 6o cents: turnips, per
barrel. 80 to IS cents; beans. white, New
York mediums, $11O to -$1.15: New York
pea, lilo to s1.15; marrow, $3.50 to Sl.35;
Virginia. white. Is cents white, mixed, 50
cents; colored, 80 to 60 cents; black-eyed
peas, per bushE1. 90 cents: apples, fancy
table barrel. sl.25 to s2; choice barrel. 81
to s1.25; waln4@ per 100 pounds. 40 to 80
cents: oranges. Florida. fancy bright, per
box, 81 to $3.50; Messina. per box, $s.5 to
80; Valencia, discs, 3 to $3.50; tangerines,
box. 81 to $40: seinons. CiciIy per box So to
20; cranberries, per box. $50 to 81; Jersey,
per barrel. So to $3.50; Cape Cod, per bar
rel, s. to So ;'Bs1y
The following prices for beef and other
meats are noted: Live cattle, from to Az
cents a pounds lambs, to cents: sheep,
TO 3A cents; cows with calves $25 to $3j:
calves, 3 to cents pound dressed hogs.
to cents pound.