The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-03
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
prices quoted are whOlesaie,l

prices quoted wholesale.)
The wholesale market yesterday showed q fair
volume Of bus.aess. with prices practically un-
changed While receipts were In rather liberal vol
ume. the better grades Of goods moved freely. and
there was no accumulation Of stocks The general
opinion OF commission merchants yesterday was that
goods should be kept moving from the farms to the
city the market Is continually IN need Of fresh
supplies. especially in vegetables and the snan
fruits now ripening The wholesale district thinks
itself capable Of dsposng Of any reasonable amount
Of produce that may come to hand
BUTTER-Cuamery, fancy. MAJ; do, Western
irsts, 22a23 d. seconds 2oa2l; process fancy. 2ia
ns; do. fair 20 good, l9a0 dairy, choice. Hals;
good. l6 store-packed fresh. l4al5
CHEESF-Market firm and active all kinds
New York State factory. large. lSi1al4 do. small
old. Ealih; do summer. small, l2ltals; Virginia. TO-
EGGS-Near-by fresh Virgnia. loss of. l6ia; aver
age. l6; West Virginia and Southwest Virginia, Is
Tennessee l6; North Carolina l5is; duck. le.
LIVE POULTRY-Chickens, fancy. lsa20; winter.
2a2; spring, &a9o; hens, ia; ROSTERS. 7; ducks
large, l0all; do small, o. geese SAFE; turkeys toms
per b. IL do. hens. bali; do thin. 10; keats 10.
DRESSED POULrRY-Turkeys. hens, undrRwn,
pr h., IS: do. average undrawn. Il; do. thin.
lOal2 toms. Ia Chickens spring, large, %; small.
SaS9 hens choice, BALL. ROSTERS, 3; ducks, lOal2i
geese 9al0.
DRESSED MEATs-Hams. country. sugar cured
i2ali
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. home grown per bushel.
Sass; new. per Dbl. l00a250; Mccormack. per
bushel 60a65; sweet potatoes. per Dbl. GOoa5.c9;
yams. per bbl.. 35OaA00; asparagus. per doH.
4.0OAs.0o; cabbage. per cwt S0a90; early, YORK. per
bbl. 75alO0: new South Carolina S1a5O each celery
Florida. per crate Ze0a2 30. do. per bunch scars
cucumhers. Florida. per basket, 75a20o, nearby.
per basket, oaL75; egg plants per crate. 250a3 %
kale per Dbl. 6on75: lettuce. home grown. per Dbl.
75al.0o; do. Florida. per basket l25aL75; onions.
Bermuda, per crate I75a200: do. Texas. per crate
J. IS: DO. Ohio per bushel SOa9O; peas per basket
75aL25; home grown. per Dbl. 250a300 rhu-
barb. per bunch L0Oa200; radishes, per 100 saL00:
string beans, green, per basket, aOOa40o tomatoes,
Florida, fancy, per crate, 2O0a3.2 Is
GREEN FRUITs-Oranges, Florida. bright per
box 225: do. russets. 225; California nayels asa
265; grape fruit Florida, per box. 3:J0a4c0; Gran
berries. per box 200a35O; do per barrel 5OOa6 %
peaches Florida. per crate, 20oa3O0; cantaloupes.
ger crate. 200a25O; strawberries. ias pincapples.
per crate. 275a300 peaches. Florida. per crate.
2eoa3.00; huckleberres. per quart l0ai5
SUNDRIES- BeesWax. %: talloW, 4; honey white
clover, lib new. Is. do. 2lb. new. lbai2; ginseng
per ID. 5.o0a6O0 Seneca. per h.. 20: Golden Seal
Nai5; Pink. l2all; Mandrake. 2a3; Snake Root IS.
GRAIN-Wheat Southern grade SASS; ne.
7jaS0i corn shelled. white s0as5: do. yellow s0as5
do. car. 32jai.o0; oats Western white. No. 2. ela
s.; do. mixed 5sa60.
WOOL AND HIDES-WOol, washed, free a burs
per 10. 2a22; wool, unwashed free Of burs. Der 10
HaEl4; WOOL. bury, per 10, l5al6 Hides, green,
per b., 5; do. dry, per b.. Sa9 Sheep skins
green. each. I5a5; dO dry, each. 25a60; calf skins
green. each, Local D.