Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-26
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET
General Upward Tendency-Product
Plentiful.


Prices in the local wholesale produce
market today show a general advance, al
though 1T is but slight ore. Eggs are
plentiful, and unless a severe cold spell
comes are likely to drop lower. Butter, on
the other hand, is scarce ard indicates
that higher prices may be expected, being
today little higher. Other products are
fairly plentiful, the season Of the year con-
sdered, the market being generally firm.
Butter-Creamery, Elgin, extras 211a a
rourd; choice. 20; f1rsts, 10; seconds, 49,;
bakers choice stock, 10, and other grades
from Is upward
Cheese-New York state, full cream, large,
IL cents a pound; flats, IL, and ponys, II.
Eggs-Near-by fresh, IA to 10; western,
IA, and southern, 10 to a.
Poultry-Turkeys: Choice, drawn, S-lb. av-
erage. Ii and IA; choice drawn, large. II
and ID; choice, undrawn, lb., II and ID; COB
piers, undrawn, IL; undrawn, large, per h.
~ and II; live, toms, per h., 8; live hens
per h.. IL; live, small per h., I. Chickens:
Drawn, per h., o and 10; undrawn. per III
10 and II; winter chicks, live, 10; spring,
small. 10 and IL; capons, large, Il and IA;
slips. 10 and IL. Old fowls: Drawn, per Ib
y: undTa wn, per h., and 8; live. per h..
and "; ROSTERS. live, per lb, s. Ducks:
Dressed, per h., 10 and IL; live, large, per
ID, old, 9. Geese: Live, per h., 4 dressed,
I and 8.
40 esetaDies-Cucumbers, per box, 81 and
$3.50; caulifower, per crate So and 81; kale.
per Dbl. so and 10; celery, medium, per
doz, Is and %; celery, CON mon. per doz.,
III and 10; beans, per box, 50 and $3.50; let
, tuce' per Dbl, 81 and 50; lettuce. per bas-
bush, 76 and so; Maryland and Virginia.
bush.. IS and 20; culs, per BUSH, 25 and 80:
sweet potatoes, fancy, per bbl., So; No 1,
- and s2.5o; culls, 81 and $50; yams and
haymons, bbl. sl.5O and 81; tomatoes. per
crate. Florida, $1.75 and $3.50; egg plant.
per half Dbl. box $50 and So 50; beets. per
100 punches, s. and 81; cabbages per 100 50
and 81; new, per Dbl, 81 and $50: onions,
yellow, per bbl.. 81 and $3.50; yellow per
bush, 20 and So; turnips, per bbI.. 30:
beans. white, New York mediums, 81 20 and
$125; New York pea, s1.10 and s115; mar
row, 81 and 81 30; Virginia, white. 80 and
81; white. mixed, 80; colored 60; black-eyed
peas. per BUSH, 65 and 10; lima beans per
h., and 4.
Dried Fruits-Evaporated apples, choice,
and 1Oc: apples sliced, fancy, 41ac.;
sliced, bright, 3ia and 4c.: quarters, bright,
&c; peaches, choice. and &c: fair to good,
8 and &C.; halves, unpeeled, and &C.:
quarters, unpeeled, and &C.; evaporated
and 1Oc.; evaporated, unpeeled, 6 and &c;
cherries, pitteG, dry. crop 90, 8 and 1Oc;
sugared and wet. and 7c.: blackberries
per lb., 3zc; whortleberries, per h., &C.:
raspberries, dry, 10 and lie.
Green fruits and nuts--Apples. fancy ia
BILE, Dbl, 50 and ST. choice, per bbl. s.. so
and 50; walnuts, per loo lbs. 10 and S5c.:
oranges. Florida. brights, per box, $275
and $3.50; russets, per box, 2.75 and 81;
navels, per box, 81 and 81 15; seeding, per
box, IS and S2.25
Lfvestock-Cattle, extra. per cwt., 81 and
$3.50; butcher, per cwt., $3.50 and 81; COM
mon, per cwt.. $3.50 and So; rough, per
cwt., $50 and 81; hogs, fair, per cwt.,
gross, $3.50 and So. 70: ordinary, per cwt.
net, $3.25 and $335; Sheep, per cwt, So
and $3.50; lambs, spring, choice, cwt, $40
and SD; medium. 50 and $40; calves, prime,
per cwt., Sc and $3.50; common, per cwt
cows, prime, each, $50 and $35: common,
each, $40 and SIS; old and dry, $6 and So.
Dressed stock and cured meats-Calves
full dressed, and &C.; hams, country,
sugar cured. and 10c.: lard, country
bright and clean, &C.. hogs, dressed, large
and neat, 4c.; small and neat, AZ and &C.;
rough, 8 and 31kc.