The Washington herald., 1918-04-27
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia. Pa, April 8-Prices on the
local produce market today ranged as follows:
BUTTER-The market ruled firm with de
mnnd fairly active. The quotations follow
sOlid.pScked creamery. extra. sc; higher scoring
goods 46ai7c; extra firsts 4IaHISc; firsts, 45a
43'sc seconds. sOai2c; nearby prints. fancy. &c;
average extra. 467t4sc; firsts. 44a45c; seconds,
Ilai5c: special brands Of prints at 5oa52c
EGGS-The market ruled firm and slightly
higher. with demand equal to offerings. We quote
following range Of prices: Free cases. nearly
tirsts, $ll.3 per standard case; current re-
Ceipts per case sl00; Western extra hrsts
SLID per case; firsts. s10e5 per case; capdled
GRgs jobbing at lai3c per dozen.
CHEESE-ln fair demand and firm prices
The Quotations: New York. whole milk. fancy,
3rha25c; special higher; New York, whole
milk. fair to good, 1h28c.
.PRoVISI0Ns-Fair jobbtne request and firm.
We quote: City or Western beef, in sets,
smoked. NC; city beef, knuokles and tenders,
smoked and air-dried. SC; Western beef, knuck-
les and tenders smoked. &c; beet hams, Sg5
pork, family. S2ass; hams. s. 2. cured. loose.
29A5lc; hams. skinned. loose. 2sasoc; hams,
skinned. smoked. s0sSlc; other hams, city cured.
as to brand and average. 3as2c: hams smoked.
Western cured. 3oa2c; hams, boiled, bonele&,
DC; picnic shoulders. g. P. cured. loose. nc
smoked, &c; bellies, in pickles. according to
average, loose. &c; breakfast bacon. &c; do.
Western cured, 4Oc; lard, Western, refined. ga
GREEN FRUTTS-Apples. per barrei-wine-
saps. sia6; Northern Spy. s4as; Albemarle Pip
pin. Sat; Baldwin. Sat; Rome Beauty. s4a5.5o;
Russet, Sia6; Gano, soa4.75; Ben Davis. ssaA.7s.
Apples, Western. per box-Winsaps Sa3.5o;
Spitzenberg. S1.50a3; Rome Beauty, S2a2T5; Pear
main, sl75a2s5; Newtown Pippin, 81. 50a2 90;
Gano. sl75a250. Apples. nearby. per hamper.
50casl.5o; do, per S-bnshel basket, 5casl q.
Lemons. per boz. s4a5.3o Bananas per bunch,
s2a3.so. Oranges. Florida, per box, A75a8 .;
do, California, per box. 81. .50a7 50 Taneeines,
Florida. per stray. SAL. Grapefruit, Florida,
per box. $250a5. Pineapples. Porto Rico. per
crate. $sa5. Cocoanuts. per bag. Sal. Straw.
berries, North Carolina, per quart, 22a25c.
LIVE P0ULTRY-Fowls. 32a3cc; staggy young
roosters, ea25c; old roosters. 2c. Ducks, Pekin,
8aS0c; do. Indian Runner. 9sazc. Geese, 5aac
Guineas per pair. 81. Scales. Pigeons old, Per
pair. 45a50c; do, young. Der pound, s0as5c.
DRESSED P0ULTRY-Ffozen fowl, twelve
to boz. milk fed. dry picked, fancy selected
351fci weighing . pounds and over apiece, Sc
81 lbs apiece, 32a34c; . lbs. apiece. soaslc;
frozen fowls, in bbls.. fancy picked, weighing /
pounds. and over apiece, sc; 81 lbs. apiece,
32a3ac; smaller sizes, 2sa5oc Frozen bruilins
chickens, 2,ta3 lbs. apiece. Western, toas2c
Roasting chickens. Western. In boxes. weigh.
ing ~ pounds and over apiece, Sc; pounds,
Sa3ic; ~ 1ba. slas2c; 2ika3 pounds, 0a5Oc
roasting chickens, in barrels ~ lbs, and over
apiece, Sc; . lba apiece, 3la3ec; 2Aa3 IDS
apiece. 2sa30c. Old ROSTERS, dry picked, Zkc
Turkeys. nearby. dry picked, fancy, 30aioc; fair
| 10 good, s2a37. Turkeys, Western, dry picked
fancy. as3sc; fair to good, Sza3sc; turkeys. old
toms. 3ia35e: common, soc. Ducks, Western
weighing lhS and over. snAs2e; smaller sises
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