Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-28
IN LOCAL MARKETS
ARTISTIC CoLoRINo, EMBLEM OF
THE AUTUMN DAYS.
Quotations Of All the Marketable Pro
ducts-Country Butter, Eggs
and Poultry.

The autumn tints of red and yellow are
the prevailing colors in and about the
Washington markets these bright October
days. Pretty blends are those Of the yell
low tree leaves and the golden pumpkins;
the reddening leaves and the rosy apples.
The old "aunties'' on the country line,
with an eye to the beautiful and the artis-
tic, have added to their stocks of herbs
and persimmons many wreaths and other
designs in variegated leaves which fall to
the earth with the approach of winter. The
autumn market is now at its best. and the
scene to the busy housewife is an inspiring
and apcetizng one from a astronomical
standpoint.
Sure harbingers of winter are the tempt
ing displays of wild duck on the game
stands, birds which said to fly south.
ward in 1.-The teeth of the north gales.
The appearance, too, of punches of ruf-
fled "Escarora a member of the lettuce
family. announces that Jack Frost Is
abroad in the land.
The meat stalls have assumed air of
attractiveness. and the cuts, roasts and
steaks wear a natural and healthful hue,
and are firm and tempting. Porterhouse
steaks are quoted at 20 and 20 cents
pound; tenderloin at 20 cents and sirloin at
Is cents. Prime roasts of beef bring 1S
cents and chuck 1212 cents. while plate
beef is quoted at cents. soup meat, q and
cents, COrned beef from Z to 12i2c. ana
liver 10 cents per pound.
The quotations for roast lamb are from
10 to 121a cents a pound. and lamb chops
from Is to % cents: veal roast 121a to 10
cents: veal outlets. % cents pound and
veal chops at % cents. Pork ranges from
12h to 10 cents. Sausage meat, which is
In demand these cool mornings as an
compartment for hot buckwheat cakes,
sells for from 10 to 10 cents pound.
The Toothsome SQUAD.
There is a liberal supply of Philadelphia
squads in market. These toothsome birds
are said to be the product of the big hatch
cries in the Quaker city where they are
produced in large numbers for market. They
are grain fed, plump and white, and are
killed when between ten days and two
weeks old. They are quoted at 81 per
dozen. Swordfsh which has become a
Washington fad, retails at % cents pound.
But few winter wild ducks have yet
reached the Washington markets, 1t is said.
Those on sale are principally red heads at
to SLIP per pair. In Currituck Sound, N. c..
the great wild duck hunting grounds and
waters, the "ruddy' duck is known as
''dippers.' Their flavor is said to be equal
to that of the canvas back, as they both
feed the wild celery bean, while what
are known as the common ducks live
upon the celery stalks The peculiar flavor
of the bean is said to give the gamey taste
water or wild celery is marine growth
and only expert diving ducks can get at
the bean, which is part of the root.
Select oysters are selling at from 40 to
30 cents a quart, while standards sell at
% and 30 cents. The reed bird season is
near Its end and the few birds in market
bring from 10 cents to 81 per dozen. Home
killed and dressed chickens are priced at
from 10 to 20 cents pound; ducks, IS cents;
turkeys 20 cents! geese, IS cents a pound
and scarce, and Guinea keets at Is cents
The flavor of the latter is said to very
much resemble that of the pheasant
The Fish Market.
Escallops are quoted at 80 cents a pound.
Other quotations in the fish market are:
Small rock, 121a cents a pound; large rock
Id To ~ cents pound; trout 10 to 1914
cents; Spanish mackerel, 20 cents; Norfolk
spots, oo cents per dozen; small white perch
- cents a string; large white perch, 10 and
- cents a pound; haddock, 10 cents a
iSm hahout, 70 cents pound; fresh cod
lZ1s cents a pound; sea bass 10 cents
pound yellow perch, % cents a bunch: cat.
hsh 10 cents pound; pike, 1917 and II
cents pound; Potomac bass, Is to 20 cents
su,a puufd' nounders, 12k cents a pound
WI uhsh, 20 cents pound; salmon 30
cents pound: Holsters, % cents a pound
AZ me vegetable and fruit stalls the fol-
l"m!hs prices were given: Celery, 5 to 10
cents stalk; cucrmbers to 10 centS
apiece; escarora Qettuce) 4 cents n henG
d
egg plants, to 10 cents apiece; okra or
suinpo. % cents quart; cauliflower. 10 TO
% cents head; spinach. 10 cents a half
peck; kale, 20 cents peck: beets < cents
a bunch; tomatoes, nearby. 25 cents half,
pc OK, satisfy, cents bunch; lima beans,
scarce. 30 cents quart: radisbes
n i to cents a bunch; turnips,
10 cents quartar-peck; dollhouse cress <
cents box; cranberries Jersey), 10 cents.
ana cape Cod berries, 10 cents a quart;
sweet potatoes eastern shore),35 cents a
peck: Irish potatoes, 10 to 10 cents a half
peck; parsnips 10 cents a auarter-peck:
squash Hubbard green and marrow vel
loW). cents pound, or from to 25 cents
apiece; cabbage. from to 10 cents a head;
green peppers. 10 cents dozen; onions, 10
cents quarter-peCk; Seckel pears, % cents
a quarter-peck; Bartlett's 20 cents a quar-
ter-peck Buriboss pears, % cents a quarter
peck Sheldon pears, 20 cents a quarter
peck: Keefer pea s, 10 cents a quarter-peck:
peaches, scarce, % cents a quarterback:
grapefruit to 10 cents apiece; oranges.
% to 90 cents dozen; lemons. 10 to 70
cents Dozen apples; 10 to % cents half
peck; grapes, from ID to 20 cents pound;
baskets, from 10 to . cents; pineapples,
from 10 to % cents apiece; bananas, 10 to
Is cents a dozen.
New celery sauce and new sweet pickles
are quoted at from 10 to 13 cents a pint;
cucumber pickles, l cent apiece or 10 cents
a dozen; Saratoga potato chips, % cents a
pound
On the Country Line.
Along the country line on B street south
of the Center market, there was good
display of nearby garden products. The
prices quoted by the small farmers includ-
ed Country butter, 20 to % cents a pound;
eggs, 2S and 30 cents a dozen; live chickens,
80 to - cents each; dressed chickens, 80 to
so cents apiece: mushrooms, 20 cents a
box; turnips, 10 cents half-peck cabbage,
5 to 10 cents head; leeks, 2 and 3 punches
fo,' cents; oyster plants. cents a bunch;
/ to . cents a bunch.
Some of the country women had nice dis
plays of autumn flowers and leaves and the
usual stock of herbs and roots for use as
home remedies, according to the old-fash-
toned custom.
$1.25 To Baltimore and Return $1.25