Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-23
WHOLESALE fRobuCE MARKET.


Eggs Higher, Po4at uxs Losver-POultry
in GOth Demand.
The feature OF tie l6cal wholesale pro-
duce market todayfts the sharp advance in
eggs, they having jumped from 16 cents a
week ago to 10 today. that price. however.
is for strictly fresh goods, which are very
scarce. Butter shows no change in price
or condition. frst-elasstEoods still remain
ing particularly difficult to obtain. Cheese
Is as 1t was last weeks Poultry is in good
demand. but the weather has been too
warm for dressed goods, and the same is
true of game which Isl plentiful. Potatoes
are slightly lower, beef and other meats are
as they were last week. e.
Butter-Extra Elsin creamery, "a cents a
pound; choice. 49, firsts. %: seconds, 70;
bakers choice stock, II to Is; New York
tubs. II to 10; dairy print. Is to %; Vir-
GINA and Maryland stock II to 20.
Cheese-New York state full cream. large
Ii cents a pound; fats, liz; ponys, II.
Eggs-Nearby- fresh. 10 cents a Dozen
western. IL to IS; southern. 16.
Poultry-Lfve turkeys, to IL cents. a
pound; chickens. 10; old fowls, 5 to s;
ducks to 10; geese. 6 to T..
Game-Venlson, saddle, Is ito 20 cents a
pound; pheasants. % to 10 apiece rabbits,
Wac to ~ dozen; wild turkeys. to 10
cents a pound; woodcocks. Is to So cents
apiece.
Vegetables-Celery, medium, per doz. %
10 ID cents: common, per doz.. 10 to 10
cents; beans, per box. 30 to 60 cents; let
tuce, per Dbl. 80 cents to 81; potatoes.
fancy. new, per Dbl, 81 to s2.21; choice. per
DBL, s15 to 81; new, per BUSH, 60 to 20
cents; culls, per Dbl, 80 to 10 cents; pota-
toes. New York, per bush, GO to 20 cents;
Maryland and Virginia. bush. SO to 90
cents; culis, per bush, % to 30 cents; sweet
potatoes. fancy, per bbl., s.; No. /. $1.5O to
VIC; cuils, 20 to 80 cents; yams and hay
mons per Dbl. 30 cents to 81; tomatoes,
per crate. native, % to 30 cents; beets, per
loo punches. 81 to S1.5o: cabbage. per 100,
" to u; new, per Dbl, 10 cents to ST.: on
ions, yellow, per Dbl, $1.JO to 81; yellow,
per bush, GO to G5 cents: turnips. per Dbl,
20 cents to 81; beans. white. New York,
n mediums. $40 to $i;so; New York. pea.
Sl0 to S1.3O; marrow, $1.2o to $1.3O: Vir-
glnla, white, 30 cents to 81; white. mixed,
80 cents; colored. GO cents; black-eyed peas,
Per bush. G5 to 10 cents.
Dried fruits-Evaporated apples, choice
to e cents; apples Sliced fancy 3 cents;
sliced. bright. to 2k cents; quarters,
bright, cents; peaches, choice, to I
cents; fair to good, 5 to cents; halves, I'M
peeled. to 8 cents quarters, unpeeled. 2
to cents; evLporated, to 10 cents; evap-
Grated. unpeeled, 8 to I cents: cherries,
pitted dry. crop '06, . to 10 cents. sugared
and wet, to cents; blackbe-ries per h..
8 to "a cents: whortleberrics. per h. to
T. cents; raspberries, dry, 10 to IL cents.
Green fruits and nuts-Apples, fancy ia
BILE. Dbl. 81 to s.: choice. per bbl., $3.50;
Windfalls. per Dbl, IS cents to 81; pears. La
Conte, $3.50 to s.: Duchess per Dbl, 81. IS
to 81: Sickle per bbl.. s. to $50; California
Bartlett. per box. 81 to $50; native, per
Dbl, S225 to 81; peaches, fancy, free stone.
Sl2o to $1.j0: medium. 40 to GO cents:
peaches, six-basket carriers, $50 to 81; SIS
bush. baskets. 40 to 60 cents: ounces. per
Dbl. $2.25 to So; walnuts. per 100 lbs. IS
cents to 81; chestnuts. per pound 5 to Z
cents: oranges, California, $3.50 to $3.50:
lemons, Cicily, per box, s. to 81. Grapes
Concord. 10-lb. basket. IL to IL cents; 5-lb
basket. Z to 8 cents: Delaware, 5-lb basket
10 to IL cents; Marthas. GLIB. basket, 8
cents; Niagara, 5-lb. basket, 10 10 II
cents; Salems, Glib. basket, Z to 8 cents