Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Advance In Eggs-Products Plentiful
Prices Remain Stationary.

Advance In Eggs-Products Plentiful
Prices Remain Stationary.
With the exception OF a slight advance
in eggs, there has been practically no
noticeable change In prices as regards the
local wholesale produce market, over a
week ago. or. for that matter, two weeks.
The fresh, nearby stock CT eggs is quoted
at II cents. an advance of / cent over the
quotation last Saturday. This rise is de-
scrfbed as natural. The price Of eggs here
mas been lower than 1t should have been
Tor a long time. say the merchants. as well
as lower than elsewhere As they could
obtain higher prices for their goods in other
markets, dealers have naturally turned
their backs. so to speak, on Washington
and the result has been a slight scarcity
mere. With the demand came the advance
In the price.
The trade I'm butter Is dull and slow. the
consumption, owing to the general exodus
or people from the city. together with the
Increased supply of fruits and melons. be-
Ing at the lowest point.
Butter-Creamery. Elgin extras, l6iS;
cnolce 10; frsts, 10; choice bakers stock
II TO II; creamery print 1Sla to 1919: New
York tubs. II to Il; local creamery IL to
II: dairy. to 10.
Cheese-New York full cream. large. 81.
flats, 10; ponys. 1ois.
Eggs-Nearby, fresh, Il; western to
0h; southern. 81.
Poultry-Spring chicks, large. live. per
h.. 8: spring. medium, live, per H.. 3 to
Sis: spring. small, s. Old fowls-I-ive per
ID. 8; ROSTERS. live. per h., s. Ducks
Live, spring, young. to Z. Geese-Live
per h., 8.
Vegetables and fruits-Asparagus. extra
doz: bum, 81 20 to 81: prime doz. bum, 81
to H.25; culls, dog. bum, 80 to 75c; cucum-
bers. per box. soc. to 81; peas. per Dbl, &c
to IL: celery, fancy, per doz 75c to 81 :
medium. per doz.. so to 7:,c.: common per
doz., 10 to Doc: beans, per box 80 to Coo /:
lettuce, per bbl., soc. to 81: potatoes, fancy,
new. per bbl., 81: choice, per bbl, 81 so to
H.I5; new, per BUSH, 80 to Coo: culls per
BUSH, 10 to roc: culls. per BUSH, % to :wc. !;
sweet potatoes. fancy, per bbl., So to 81: No.
1, 81: tomatoes, per crate, native, 81 to soc. |;
beets, per 100 punches, 81 to $50: cab
bage, new, per bbl.. TIC: onions, yellow,
| per bbl., 81 to $3.50; yellow. new, per bush,
15c.: beans. white New York mediums. so
| to S5c.: New York pea, so to sc: marrow,
xl25: common. per box, % to Boo: pears,
La Conte, $50 to 50: peaches. fancy. free
stone, 81 to H-50; peaches, 6-basket car
| riers 81 to $1.25: watermelons. per leo. s.
| to $11: cantaloupes, per bbl., SOC. to $1.50:
oranges, seeding, per box. $3.50 to $50:
| lemons. Sicily. per box. So to $3.50.
Beef and other meats-Cattle, extra. $3.50
| to 81 per cwt.: butcher. $3.50 to $3.50 per
| cwt.: common. $3.50 to So per cwt.: rough.
| 81 per cwt. Hogs. fair, 81 per cwt.. gross:
ordinary, 1915 per cwt.. net. Sheep, 81 to
81 per cwt. Lambs. spring, choice. s. to
| S. % per cwt.: medium, 81 to $50 per cwt. !;
common, So to $3.50 per cwt. Calves. prime.
| $3.50 to s. per cwt-: common, 81 to 81 per
cwt.: grass. 81 to $3.50 per cwt. Cows,
prime SIS to s35 each: common, SO to SIS
each: old and dry, Sc to S.