Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-07

to indulge in some comment about the work
OF destroying the youslg ash.
ut does seem that 3 Is a shame TO take
such fish from the rive F." one OF the dealers
Ash are shipped here and the people VIII
buy them"
Thousands of Small Perch.
While there are thousands of the small
perch being received. there are also some
large ones. On account of the extra supply
of perch the prices have shown decline
this week. 1254 cents q pound being charged
instead of Is cents
Potomac bass are outiawea and dealers
wfll not be permitted to handle them again
until the last of next month. The catch
OF bass has been large this year and buy
ers are looking for substitute for them.
Black sea bass are being offered, and they
find ready sale at 12h cents a pound.
Fresh-caught bluefish are also accepted by
some buyers as a good substitute for the
Potomac bass. They are Is cents a pound.
Pan rock are to be had for 10 cents
pound and the larger ones for boiling
% cents. Soft crabs are In the market.
tho first of the season having arrived here
this week from North Carolina The gen.
eral run are selling at from 20 cents to 81
dozen. but the best are s.. so dozen.
They are very small at this season and the
demand Is not as great as II viii be later.
Crab meat is In demand at 20 a gallon
and crab fake is sI.50 gallon Frogs
are "A a dozen. or 30 cents pound
Vegetable Market Never Better.
Dealers In vegetables say they never saw
the market better at this period than 1t IA
this year.
But" one of The dealers said THE prices
are inclined to be high"
Truckers about the vicinity OF Norfolk
are shipping kale. spinach. lettuce and long
radishes TO local Dealers The shipments
are sufficiently large to supply the demand
and dealers think the prices charged for
them are not high. Kale Is Is cents half
peck; spinach, 10 cents a quarter-peck; let
tuce, from to 10 cents, and radishes )
cents a bunch. North Carolina asparagus
Is selling at GO cents for large punches OF
prime stock and 40 cents for seconds. To-
matoes are poor and high In price, the
choicest of them selling at 40 cents a
pound. String beans from Florida are 80
cents a Quarter-peck, carrots are 8 cents a
bunch and beets 10 cents. Florida celery
is much finer than 1t has been for several
years and Is In demand at 10 cents Let
tuce. radishes and other early spring veg
etables that are grown by truckers in this
section are getting moro plentiful and
cheaper. Rhubarb is getting more plentiful
ana cheaper and the demand for it is In
creasing.
great variety of fruits is not to be found
al this season, and none of the few varl-
of bananas, are cheap. Oranges are get
ting scarce and are higher, selling at from
10 to 90 cents. and apples are no more plen-
tirui tnan they have been during the win
Ter. There ara very few plneapples and
they are high, the most inferior stock find
ing ready sale at 35 cents each. Straw
berries are not SO plentiful as they were
week ago and are selling at from 81 TO
so cents box.
Price Of Eggs.
THE egg market is booming" was the
statement Of dealer last night The
wholesale price has increased from two to
three cents. but We have not yet increased
the retail price"
Dealers paid as much as IS cents q dozen
for eggs by the crate today. and most of
them were retailing them at 20 cents, fancy
stock bringing as much as % cents. On
account OF the price of eggs the local deal
ers are not putting away any for the trade
for next winter. Some Of them still have
some of last summers eggs on hand and
they are not going to take the risks they
took last season. 1t is stated that setting
hens shortened the supply to considerable
extent and that some of the farmers may
be holding back for the Easter trade. But
ter prices have undergone no change during
the week.
Practically no change has occurred In the
poultry market SO far retail prices
concerned. Turkeys. chickens, ducks and
geese are as scarce and high as they were
last week. Domestic game 10 no longer to
be found upon the benches of the dealers,
the law making 1t an offense to have ducks
and birds in the possession of any person
after April l. Dealers are permitted, how
ever. to sell imported game and local deal
ers are prepared to furnish orders. Eng
lish pheasants and Scotch grouse 81 %
each and Scotch plover $3.50 dozen.
Squads are in demand to take the place of
small game.
Prices of meats are about the same as
they were last week. Spring lambs are
more plentiful and the demand Increases
as the season progresses.