Evening star., 1898-05-21
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
General Upward Tendency-Products
Plentiful.

The local wholesale produce market still
exhibits a tendency generally upward, al
though about all products are fairly pientl-
full Butter is lower, but firm at the prevail
ing prices. The quality, while improving, Is
hardly good enough to store without the
supply materially increases prices will ad-
vance. Old cheese is firm, while new STOCK
is weak Eggs are fraction lower and not
so firm There is a limited supply OF poul-
try, and an active market prevails There
is a larger supply of potatoes. and the same
is true of about all other kinds or VeSeta-
bles. Meats are also advancing
Butter-Creamery, Elgin extras, IL cents
a pound choice, 1872; firsts, 16; seconds,
Is; other grades, 10 to IL.
Cheese-New York state, full cream,large,
IL cents pound; flats, IL; ponys, L.
Egg-Nearby, fresh, 1O12 to IL cents
dozen; western, 10; southern. 10.
Poultry-Chickens: Winter chicks, live, IL
to Il cents; spring, large, live, per h., Is to
~; medium, live, per h.. IS; small. 10. Old
fowls: Live. per h., 912 cents; roosters, live,
per h., g.. Ducks: Live. large. per h., old.
5 cents. Geese: Live, per h., cents.
Vegetables - Asparagus, extra, .
punches, $1a1.50; prime, doz. punches, 50a
70: cucumbers, per box, S1a1.75; caulifiower,
per crate. s3a4; kale. per bbl., %; peas. per
bu. basket, 3Oa75; celery, fancy per doZ.,
4oa50; medium, per doz.. 15a25; common.
per doz., 10a15; squash, per box. 75aS1
spinach. per bbl. JoaSl; beans. per box.
t0d$l, lettuce, per DOL, fOdto, MICH Seeti
rose, per bu., $1.10: potatoes, fancy, new,
Fer bbl., s4a4.5O; choice, per bbl. $3a3. 90:
potatoes. western, per bu.. 95a1.O5; Md and
Va. bu., 9oasl; culls, per bu., 30; sweet po-
tatoes fancy, per bbl., $3a350; No. l. $2a
go; culls, Sla1.5O; yams and haymons, Dbl.
N-t5a225: tomatoes, per crate, Fla, ST. 75a
$50; egg plant, per 1z-bbl. box, $2-5Oa3. 80:
beets, per 100 punches. $2a3: cabbage, new,
per Dbl, 75aS1; onions, Bermuda, per crate,
s.; yellow, per bbl, 81. 75a2. 80; turnips per
bbl-, so. beans, white. n. Y. mediums. 81 4Oa
1.5O; N. pea, 81 20; marrow, 81. .7Oa1 70;
Virginia, white. 90a$1: white mixed 80; col
ored, %; black-eyed peas, per bu.. 9OaSI
lima beans. per h.. 3a4.
Dried fruits-Evaporated apples choice,
9a10; apples sliced, fancy. 4; sliced, bright,
Sash; quarters, bright, 3; peaches. choice,
6al: fair to good. Sac; halves. unpeeled.
Sa10; evaporated, unpeeled, Gar; cherries,
pitted. dry. crop '96. 9a1O; sugared and wet,
6aI; blackberries, per h., 312; whortleber-
ries. per H., q; raspberries, dry, 10a11
Green fruits and nuts-Apples, fancy ta-
bic. bbl-. SAT; choice, per bbl, 81. 30; or
anges, Florida. brights. per box, 81. 75a4 so
russets, per box. 81 75a4; navels. per box
Sla3. Seeding, per box, S1.60a2.25; straw
berries. per qt., 4as; pineapples. sails.
Live stock-Cattle. extra. per cwt., $4a5
butcher. per cwt.. So 50a4; common, per
cwt-, S2.5Oa3; rough. per cwt., S1.JOa2; hogs
fair, per cwt.. gross, So. 5oa3. 1J; ordinary
S.50a4: lambs spring, choice cwt, Seas so
medium. $5a5.SO; common, $4a5; calves
Prime. per cwt., sG.J0a7; common, per cwt
S5.Joao; grass, per cwt., $3.JOa4JO; cows
prime. each, S25a35; common, each, slOalJ
old and dry. Seas.