Evening star., 1898-03-19
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Prices Show Slight Changes-Products
Plentiful.

Prices Show Slight Changes-Products
Plentiful.
Butter. cheese and eggs are shown by the
prices prevailing in today's local wholesale
produce market to be practically unchanged
| in price, and, with few exceptions. the
same is true Of other products. Butter Is
| frmer and in good demand, there being
limited supply Of the finest grades, and the
I lower grades being sympathetic. Cheese
| shows no change in price or condition,
while eggs are still very plentiful. Irish
potatoes are slightly higher. as are sweet
potatoes. Poultry is quiet, the receipts be-
ing quite sufficient to meet the demand.
The marke. for turkeys is fast approach
ing close.
Butter-Creamery, Elgin, extras, 20iac.
pound; choice. 2Uc.; firsts. 19c.; seconds,
loc.; bakers. choice stock. 1oc. to l1c.; ami
other grades from 15c. upward.
'Cheese-New York state, fun cream large,
lie. pound; flats. 11c.. and ponys, 12c.
Esgs-Nearby fresh. lO1a to 1c.; western,
1Oc, and southern, sc.
Poultry-Turkeys, choice. undrawn, per
H.. 13 to 14e; gobblers. undraWn. 12c.; un-
drawn, large, per lb., 11c.: live, toms. per
lb, 1uc.; live hens. per lb, IL to 12c.; small.
&c. Chickens. undrawn, per lb., IL to l3c.;
1--we, per h., II to 1oc.; spring. large. live,
per To-, % to 30c.; capons. large. II to he;
slips. 10 to lie. Old fowls, undrawn, per
H.. &c; live. per h. TO Slzc.; ROSTERS, live,
per lb.. DC. Ducks, dressed, per h.. IL 10
l2c.; live, large. per lb.. DID, 10c. Geese,
live. per lb.. &C.; dressed, TO sc.
Vegetables-Cucumbers, per box, s. and
$3.50; Caulifiower, per crate, 50 and 81; kale.
per bbl.. soc. and T5c.; celery. medium per
doz., 15c. and 25c.; common. per doz., 10c.
and l5c.; beans, per box, 81 and $3.50; let
tuce per bpl.. - and $3.50; lettuce, per
basket 7Jc and $1.2o; Mich. seed rose, per
bushel, Soc. and 95c. Potatoes. western, per
bushel. SOC. and S5c.; Maryland and Vir-
ginia, per bushel, 7Oc.; cu:ls, per bushei.
3Oc. Sweet potatoes, fancy. per bbl., s. and
$S.25; No. l. s. and $50; culis. 81 ard $1.J0;
yaMs and naymons. per hSi: . nss and and
81; egg plant, per half bbl. box, $50 and
$3.50; beets. per 100 punches. <2 and 81: cab
bage.. per lou. Sl.5O and 81: new. Per bbi.,
81 and $50; onions, yellow, per bbl.. 81. IS
and s2.25: turnips. per bbl.. 50c.: beans.
white New York mediums. $l.20 and $l.25;
New York pea. $l.f0 and $l.l5; marrow.
$l.20 and $l.30; Virginia white. SOC. and 81,
peas. per bushel. SOC. and 81; Lima beans.
per h., &c. and &c.
Dried fruits-Evaporated apples. choice.
&c. and l0c.: apples. sliced, fancy. 41xc.;
sliced. bright. 31xc. and &C.,: quarters. bright.
&c.: peaches. choice, &c. and 7c.: fair to
good, SC. and &C.; halves. unpeeled. &c. and
&c.: quarters. unpeeled. DC. and &c.; evap-
GRATED. Sc. and l0c-; evaporated. unpeaied.
&c. and 7c.; cherries. pitted, dry, crop -.
Sc. and 1Oc.: sugared and wet. &c. and &C.:
blackberries, per H., 31kc-. whortleberries,
per lb &C.; rasrberries. dry. Zoe. and lie.
bic. bbl.. s. and a: choice. per bbl.. S2.5O
and <S; watnuts. per 100 lbs. &c. and &c.;
oranges. Florida, brtghts per box. La and
$40; russets. per bog. Sz55 and y: navels.
1--we siock-cattle. extra. per cwt.. s. and
$4.b0; butcher. per cwt-. B.60 and a, COM
mon. per cwt.: 80 and p: rough. per
xroea 2aO and X76: ordinary per cwt-.