Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-12
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Remarkable Drop in EEgs-Other
Products Stationary.

The feature of the local wholesale pro-
duce market this week was the drop in the
price of eggs, they being from to cents
a dozen lower today than they were this
time week ago. The warm, open weather
was. of course, the cause of this remarka-
bic change, and if the warm spell continues
prices will fall in all probability still lower.
Butter remains as last quoted, and is quite
firm at the prevailing quotations. There is
nothing new to be said of cheese. prices
being those of last week. While poultry is
fairly plentiful, it is between seasons in the
matter of young chickens. Prices, however,
show little change. This is also true Of
other products. The market IS well sup
piled and a general ffrmness prevails.
Butter-Creamery. Elgin extras, n cents
a pound: choice. % cents; firsts, 10 cents:
seconds. Is cents; bakers choice stock. 10
cents; other grades from 10 to Is cents
Cheese-New York state, full cream.
large, IL cents; flats, IL cents; ponies, IL
cents.
EggsNearby fresh. IL to IA cents a doz-
en-: western, - cents, and southern, IL
cents.
Poultry-Turkeys. choice. drawn. s-lb
average. L. and IL cents: choice, drawn,
large, IL and II centsf choice, undrawn, h..
IL and II cents; gobbiers, undrawn. IL
cents; Undrawn. large, per h.. 10 cents:
live, toms, per h., cents; live, hens, per
ID. II cents; live, small, per H., { cents.
drawn. per h.. o and 10 cents: live per b.
and cents: winter chicks, live. S and o
cents: spring. large, live, per h., and .
cents: spring, small. I and cents; capons
large. II and II cents; slips 10 and IL cents.
Old fowls, drawn. per h., o cents: I'M
drawn. per h.. S and o cents: live. per h.,
: cents; roosters. live, per H., D cents.
Ducks, dressed, per h.. 10 and IL cents;
live. large, per h., old, y cents. Geese,
live, per h., cents: dressed and cents.
egetables-Cucumbers, per box, 81 to
$50; cauliflower, per crate, 50 to 81; celery,
medium, per doz-. 15c. to pc: common.
per doz.. Toe. to 15c.: beans. per box. 81 to
$50: lettuce, per Dbl, 81 to "a; per basket
$50 to 81; potatoes. New York. per BUSH.
SOC to SIC; Maryland and Virginia, bush
Soc. to zoe: culls, per bush. &c. to SOC;
sweet potatoes. fancy, Per Dbl, 81: No. i,
s. to $3.50; culls, 81 to S150; yams and hay
mons. DBL. S1-25 to $40; tomatoes. per
crate. Florida, $40 to $50; egg plant. per
half-bbl. box. $50 to $3.50: beets. per 100
punches, 81 to 81: cabbage, per 100, 81 to 81;
onions, yellow, per Dbl. 81 TO $3.50: yellow.
per bush. 75c. 10 81; turnips per Dbl. 15c.
to 81; beans. white. New York mediums
S1.20 to s1.25: New York pea, s1.1J to 81 90
marrow. 100 TO s1.30; Virginia. white. 90c.
to 81; white, mixed. SOC; colored, coo;
black-eyed peas. per bush, 65c. to Ioc. !;
lima beans. per h.. &C. to &c.
Dried fruits-Evaporated apples. choice,
4c to &c; apples. sliced, fancy, 312c. to &c;
sliced, bright, &c. to 312c-; quarters. bright,
&c: peaches, choice, &C. to 1c.; fair to good,
sc. to &C.; halves, unpeeled. &c. to &C.: quar-
tiers, unpeeled &c. to Sc: evaporated Sc. to
Zoe: evaporated. unpeeled. &c. to &C.;
cherries. pitted. dry. crop 90, SC. to loo;
sugared and wet, &c. to &c; backberries,
per H.. 312c.: whOrtleberries, per h., &C..
raspberries. dry. loo. to lie.
Green fruits and nuts-Apples. fancy, ia
BILE. Dbl, 81 to 81: choice. per bbl. 81 to 81:
windfalls, per Dbl. 81 and 1.25; pears. La
Conte, $3.50 and 81; walnuts, per 100 lbs,
10 and ~ cents.
Oranges-Florida. brights. per box, 81 and
81: russets, per box. 50 and $50; navels
per box. $50 and 500; seedlings, per box,
81 and 81 80.
Live stock-Cattle, extra, per cwt.. 81
and $i-Jo; butcher, per cwt. $50 and 81:
common, per cwt., $3.50 and s.; rough per
cWt, 81: hogs. fair, per cwt., gross. S}5D
and $50; ordinary, per cwt. net $325 and
spring. choice per cwt. 81 and & 30. medi-
I'm, 81 and 50; common, 81 and $50;