Evening star., 1898-08-06
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Butter Still Advanci4x-POtatoe and
Tomatoes Plentiful

Except in the case of butter prices il
the local wholesale produce market toda,
are about those of last week Butter, how
ever has advanced cent a pound in abou
all grades, and a still further advance may
be looked for If the present hot, dry spell
continues, there being great and increas
ing scarcity of the product. Cheese is alss
scarce, and a slight advance is not unlike
ly in that. Eggs, however have declined
about a cent dozen, although strict,
fresh goods quickly sell at good figures
Poultry is steady, and vegetables are more
plentiful, with some indications of a slight
fall in prices. Peaches are scarce.
Butter-Creamery, Elgin, extras, 2OIhc. q
pound; choice, Doc; firsts, 191sc.; seconds
19c.; bakers stock, 15c.; other grades BE
to Ice.
Cheese-New York state full cream
large, 1Oc.; flats, 1o1ac. pound; ponys. lie
Eggs-Nearby, fresh, 1114c. to 12c q
dozen; western. PC; southern, lie.
Poultry-Chickens, spring, large, live. per
h., Ice. to lie; medium live, per h.. i5c
to Ice; small 13c. to lac. Old fowls: Live
per h., 912c.; roosters, live, per h., sc.
Ducks: Live large. per ib., old, Sc. Geese:
Live, per H., &c.
Negetables-Asraragus extra, doz, bun.
81 to sl.50; prime, doz. bun., SOC to 15c.
Cucumbers per box, 81 to s1.25. Kale per
bbl., 25c. Peas, per bbl., 81 to $3.50 Gel
cry, fancy per doz.. 40c. to soc; medium
per doz., l5c. to 25c.; common, per doz
10c. to 15c. Squash, per box. 75c. Spinach.
per bbl, soc to 81. Beans, per box, 15c. to
S1.50 Lettuce, per bbl., 40c to T5c. Pota-
choice, per bbl., s1.75 to 81; new, per bush,
soc. to 90c. culis, per bbl., 75c to 81; west
ern, per bush, 81; Maryland and Virginia,
per bush, Soc to Sc; culls, per bush, 4oc.
81 SO; No. /, $3.50 to 1915. Tomatoes, ma
tive, 25c. to 40c. a crate; Egg plant, per
half f-bbl. box, S1.25 to S1.50 Beets, per 100
punches, 50 to So. Onions, Bermuda, per
crate, 81 to 50 10, yellow, per bbl., 81 80 to
81. 10; yellow. per bush, Sc, to SOC. Beans,
white, New York mediums, $1.40 to S15O:
New York pea, $1.4o; marrow, $40 to 81. IS
Virginia. white, soc. to 81; white, mixed
S0c. colored, 60c Black-eyed peas, per
bush, 90c. to 81. Lima beans, per h., Sc.
to &c.
Dried fruits-Evaporated apples, choice.
9a10c; apples, sliced, fancy, Be-; sliced,
bright, &C.; quarters, bright, 2a3c. Peaches.
choice, Cafe; fair TO good, 5a6c.; halves
unpeeled, 2a3c.; quarters, unpeeled, 2a3c. ;
evaporated, Sa10c.; evaporated, unpeeled,
Gaze. Cherries, pitted, dry, crop '97, Sc. !;
sugared and wet, 6a7c. Blackberries, per
h., 31&c. Whortleberries, per h., &c. Rasp-
berries, dry, 10a11c
Green fruits and nuts-Apples. fancy ta-
BILE. bbl.. 81 to $3.50; new, per box. soc. to
per box, Soc: windfalls, per bbl, 81. Pears.
La Conte, $3.50 to So. Peaches, fancy, per
carrier, 81 to $1.50; medium, per carrier.
75c. to 81. Whortleberries, per qt, &c. to
4c. Blackberries, per qt., 4c to &C. Zine
apples, Sc. to 12c. Watermelons, per 1O0
S12 to $40. Canteloupes, per bbl., 15c to So
Live stock-Cattle. extra, per cwt., 81 to
So; butcher, per cwt-, $3.50 to 81; common
per cwt., $3.50 to So; rough, per cwt, 81 so
to 81. Hogs, fair, per cwt-, gross, $3.50 to
S3.75; ordinary, per cwt., net, 3.25 to So. .35
Sheep, per cwt., So to $3.50. Lambs, spring
choice, per cwt.. $50 to So; medium, IS to
$3.50; common, 81 to $3.50. Calves prime
per cwt., S5 to $3.50; common. per cwt, 81
to $3.50; grass. per cwt., So to $3.50 Cows,
prime. each. s25 to $35; common, each, $40
to $16; old and dry, Sc to s.