The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-20
PRODUCE MARKETS.
Local Fruit, Vegetable, Poultry,
Egg and Butter Quotations.


There a tetter demand al round in the
produce markets to-day. and prices as 4 rlIs
we're HTrner. I.ece;.ts were moderate. shippers
were active buyers and there was n fair local
inquiry. AL onvEi1Es II s0yi stccA we're readily
Potatoes we're arrn s5A higher Receipts OF
LgHL and t!.e:- wa a good CuIll1I Tor both
shipping and local account
irgs f.:s:i.t c1r teS r.,,5iranI.,, N''" u
Tomatoes were scarce and GrW. Receipts were
lls.'t .Ind there Ms = sJ'd demand fcr choice
Csbbs=e was more plentiful and weaker Re
c"iIis we're heavy, and .aEEs amount of dam
aged ara inferior -t4,A Was or red. Ha.n tended
Eggfian, vas lul and Unbalanced
vas Il, fair demand. aut iarga amount Il
damaged and heated s;oe- was offered. was
sweet potatoes wera dull and weak Receipts
were heavy. and th.Ue was only a limited Local
Clcu.nbcrs aid ether Vegetables were quiet
Apples were quiet and STEADY. RECEIPTS uera
moderate and. mostly Of inferior quality. There
y wg.-p4cked fruit. but UUtila; else was wanted
Peaches we're gun and weak. The c0ol weather
ma MY sFral!sizsd and interior. but there was
SorjhesT fruit we're light but the neaf-5y re-
GENTS were moderate.
Fsars w.re dUll ana plentirui except Bsrt!e;ts.
Fiums we're plentiful and dun. except dam
sons. which were steady.
Grapes were hrmer. Receipts we're light, and
there e fair demand FOR ohcic2 stogi;
Watermoon5 wer- dead DUH ana hardly SOLD
fcr freight chsrge-. There was practically m,
demand and dealers were a.ad 10 accept e;iy
Pre-" offered
Cantaloupes were Scarce and higher. Re,eInt.
Of Rocky Fyr1s were N2hj, and thu quality v -
excellent. tut the demand Was limited On ac-
count o. ths c.oI weather.
Oranges quIc5, and ths market was veal,
on account Of t;e u':;avorihle weather and larger
Lemons were outlet ard steady at unchanged
prices. Other fruits WsI" GIii
I.Ee p,u!try was trgl and IN good demand. Re
there was a good demand. especially for Uvht
offerings unequal 10 the demand.
Choice turkeys Uere higher. br, common stock
-as slow. Ducks and geese were also in good
veaIs were in fair demand and steady at IN
charged prices Receipts were moderate. and all
Sheep and lambs were quite, and steady.
Game was quiet and STEADY. Receipts were
weather. were generally "a fair condition but
there was only iEoderate demand for choice.
Wool was dun and unchanged. Demand light
AM tsyFrs ana sellers apart
fitdes we're quiet ans stead at unchanged
fair, -''''' "''s ''S1' and '"- 4''n'"a
EGGS.
The market was firm ana higher TO-DAY as r.
.'tlta N're light. shipments were heavy ana
there was q good demand for choice stock
iir,n i,, current @ Teeeipts sold az i$r. i3ss n hit
hTtattd hela or sr2le stock sid fo, much less.
h' ciEis at s. Louis to-day wrr. !.54S cases
ana shipments were J. SIS cases.
Dairy Products.
EG'tcr-T7'c-r EaE better demand ror butter
to-day. and the market vas firrrar al the ad-
vance. Creamery Vas in best demand hut other
CrsamcryI.xtfz PA l.,2c: frs-s ia 30 sacor,i5
llc pairy-ENtrs 1-c. tirsts ls.. grease fcff.r
poor LldIr- -pa5ilsd-i3xtra isc. firsts llc 40 -~'
1hse5S- quote: I,Wias at HE; singles Mt 1l'sc:
lobt.ng pfioes.