The Washington herald., 1916-02-18
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia. Feb. H.-BUTTER- market
ruled firm. with demand absorbing the limited
offerings Of fancy stock The prices fol-
lows: Western solid packed creamery. fancy
specials. y: extra. 3: extra hrsts Sa4: hrsts.
sNa:2; seconds. 27a2s; nearby prints. fancy. e:
average extra, 8a&; frsts ca3i; seconds. 3a29;
jobbings sales Of fancy prints. 4laA.
EiiGS-Receipts liberal and prices further
declined 60 cents per cents per dozen.
We quote In free cases. nearby extras. 2 per
doz.; frsts. 7O5 per standard case: nearby
receipts. $50 per case Western extra frsts 7O5 per
case; hrsts 800 Per case: Southern, suae75 Der
case fancy selected canded fresh eggs were jobhins
at 29a3l per dozen.
GREEN FRUITS AND vEGETABLES-Apple.,
per bsrel-Jonathan. fancy. 3Z5a37j; do fair 10
EDod 2Ea3 20; uinesar 25Op3 o: Baldwin, ~,
500: Black Twig. 2.5a3oo Grimes Golden, 2 -
200; Greenng, 2.5o13.O0; York Imperial. 2.ua9UJ,
Twenty Ounce. 2Ooa30o; Iippin. 2oe3Oo: Ben
Davis. l.75a2S other varieties, l5oa2.N; No. 2,
l2jal.50; apples, in bulk. per 100 pounds 50al so;
do Western. per box. l25s2.2; oranges. Florida.
per crate. 2oOa3.oO; tangerines Florida per strap
2.5oa3.50 grapefruit Florida. per crate. l75a35o;
lemons. per box, 3ooaa.Oo; pdneapples. per crate.
Porto Rico. 2onsl.oo; do. Florida. 2oos250; Gran
berries Cape Cod. per barrel. 9oOaI.oO; do. Cape
Cod. Ier crate, 2.5Oa3oo; do, Jersey. per crate
2Sa2Ni Strawberries Florida. per ct. aOasO; white
York. FER bus. lo5alIc Maine. per bus. l.l5aI %;
westeiL per bus. Looaf.6i do. per ZAbus. bag,
2.75a2 s.; do, Jersey. per basket, No. rose
foaTo; No. other varieties, e0a70; No. 2
aUdPs sweet potatoes, Jersey. per basket, No.
!! Aa5o; No. 2 l5s25; sweet potatoes. Virginia
per bbl l.SOal.75: onions, per loeIb. bag. No /.
2.O0-2.25; No. 2 7Sal.E; cabbage, Danish, per tor
sooas.oo; cabbage, Florida, per hamper, I.pal.5:
cabbage. South Carolina. per crate lOOal.6O;
celery. New York per bunch. 3s75; spinach.
Notfok. PCT barrel. 75sa1.oo; nle. Norfolk, per
bbl. 1as5; lettuce. Florida. per bas. l5oa2 co. do
North Carolina. per bas., 75a'.oo; beans. Florida
per basket. l5s225 peas Florida. per basket, l5oa
800; PEPPERS. Florida per clate. I.saa..7S; egg
plant, Florida. per crate, 200a26o; tomatoes
Florida, per carrier fancy 3.5Oa451 choice 2 OOl
500; mushrooms. per +pound basket, Looal 4o
LIVE POULTRY-FoWls, Is to size and quality
Hss; roosters, lfsl3; spring chickens soft-meated
lea0c; spring chickens stsggv. FHl6: turkeys, ns2 .
ducks, to Sze and quality, lssD gees. usls;
pigeons. old. per psl. aaa: do, young. per pair.
.sa9.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Frssh.k killed dry.packed
fowls II to box. dry-picked. fancy. selected ah;
weighing lba and over apiece, %; do. 81. lbs.
apiece. 49, do. bs apiece, 49, smaller Sizes l5s7;
fowls. In bbs. Dry picked, fancy. weighing lbs
and over apiece, 1871; smaller sizes. l5as s; old
roosters dry picked Is; chickens. Jersey fancy
broilers. 2saA; other nearby fancy broilers 22a2i
Western broilers, weighing ~ to 2 lbs. apiece.
2aA; Northern Illinois. fancy yellow chickens
weighing lbs. and over. in boxes. aa22; Northern
illinois, fancy, weighing 3h to ~ lbs. in boxes.
lsals; do. do, ~ to III lbs. in bbs, nals; other
Western. weighing { lbs and over in boxes lSs o.
do, do, IA to Sh lbs. in boxes. l6al7: do. do.
weighing Hs to 81. lbs. in barrels. l5al6; inferior
IA -cspons. per h., weighing to 10 lbs apiece.
Ss2s; smaller sizes. 2saB: turkeys nearby fancy
Gs2S do. do, good to choice. 23a25: do. Western,
fancy, 2sH; do, do. good to choice 23a95: do,
FAIR 0a2i do. old toms, A: do, culls and No. 2.
lesao: sprins ducks, nearby. lsa2o; do, Western.
fancy, Tas DO, do. faIr to good I2a!5: geese
nearby. leals, do. Western. lislS; squads, per
doz. white, weighing II to II bs., e,SOa7.25; do.
do, to 10 lbs. s.oaa6.50 do. do, Ibs 50oa5 %;
do. do. lbs. &5oa47s; do. do, 6 to 81 bs
a25as75: dark. aooa37S; small and No. 2. lsoa2oo.