The evening times., 1898-11-22
DINNER ESCULENTS
FOR THANKSGIVING
The City Markets Well Stock
ed With Edibles.
TT RkEYS IN ABUNDANCE
Boun:iful Supply of Celery of Fancy
Varieties.
IT RkEYS In ABUNDANCE
Moderate Prices Prc,aii for All Tai
bic Embellishments i'm the Form
OF Fruit anu Vegetables.

The day OF thanks for divine fayors ap-
proaches and the hands of the clocks
have but few more revolutions to make
before the dawn Of the happy day. Ante
Thanksgiving scenes are being enacted at
the markets and in the produce districts.
The prevailing decorative colors are
turkey-yellow and celery-white enliven-
ed here and there with rich spiashes of
cranberry Monster necklaces of
turkeys swing from awning poles and
tons Of the luscious meat is stacked on
stands and Sidewalk Hundreds of bar
rcls Of the birds. are arriving at Wash
ipgton. They come by rail and wagon
from Maryland and Virginia points and
by steamer from landings on the Chesa-
peake Bay and the Potomac River Many
OF the birds for prey come also from dis
tant points and large shipments have
been received from West Virginia, Tenn
essee and North Carolina One would be
inclined to think, from the great display
of Thanksgiving turkeys. that the poultry
farms have been depleted.
The low prices obtained last week,
checked receipts and a sharp advance fol-
lowed. This has been maintained by the
Thanksgiving demand, Notwithstanding
the weight of late shipments. When the
supply of turkeys sets in too early, prices
slump and people buy the meat. losing
zest for il before Thanksgiving. But
when the supply is held down till the reg
ular Thanksgiving demand sets in, fair
prices rule.
The prices fixed by the poultry retailers
is in many cases arbitrary, and it is i'm
possible to present accurate quotations.
The official Price Current of the Wash
ington Produce Exchange is issued week
ly, and the quotations on poultry and
game, given in the last issue, follow:
Turkeys-Choice. drawn. S-pound aver
age, u IL cents; choice, drawn, large.
u 1-2 cents; choice, undrawn. pound, Il
cents; gobblers. undrawn, Il cents; un-
drawn, large, per pound u cents; live.
toms, per pound, 1-2 cents; live hens.
per pound, 8 cents; live, small, per pound.
cents.
Observation-Disclosures per pound, l. cents;
i've, per pound, cents; spring, large, live.
per pound. Q cents; spring, medium, live,
per pound, cents; spring, small. cents
Old Fowls-Live, per pound. cents:
'oosters, live, per pound, cents.
Ducks-Dressed. per pound, 10 cents; |
i've large, per pound, old, g cents; live, (
spring. young, s cents.
Geese-Live, per pound, cents: dressed, /
cents.
Venison-Saddle. per pound. 20 cents;
whole deer, bucks per pound, 10 cents:
,ear, saddle II cents; pheasants, each,
o cents; rabbits, per dozen, sl.50; quail, |
2; wild turkeys, per pound, 10 cents;
Noodcock, each, 80 cents.
Celery, of fancy varieties, sells at from
0 to 60 cents dozen; medium, from 15 to
s. and common, from 10 to Is cents. There
S a great deal of California and Wash
ngton celery in the market. Nearly all |
# this is board-blanched. 1t is dug from
is native fields thrown unwashed into
cars and shipped to distrib-
lting points in the East, where it is
washed, punched and packed. This cell
ry shows fresh, green tops. There is also
luite an amount of cold storage celery
rom the old fields of the North. The !
learby celery, of course, commands the
highest prices, it being fresher, more brit
lie, and, as a rule, better favored.
The apple market is we'll stocked, but
lot altogether satisfactory. The fvuit
when sound and well packed commands
air prices but much of that coming into
he market now shows carelessness in siz-
ng and packing On this stock rates rule
ow.
Lettuce will garnish thousands Of
tables. The quotations are
1.50 and 81 a barrel. Shipments of This
vegetables are already setting in from the
south, the North Carolina truckers con-
their usual share. The price,
uoted do not of course apply TO the glass