Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-13
IN THE LOCAL MARKETS
Floral and Other Attractive
Easter Displays.
AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSES
Fish in Lieu of Spring Lamb and
Turkey for Sunday Dinner.
INCREASED PRICE FOR EGGS
Early Vegetables Plentiful and for
the Most Part Cheap
Fowls and Fruit.
INCREASED PRICE FOR EGGS


and cut flowers for the Easter trade. some
of them banking their plants high above the
F! tops of their stands. The thousands OF pots
| of Easter lilies, hyacinths, azalea, hydran-
| GEL and other flowers that are in demand
/ at this season presented a bright scene, and
although the heaviest trade will not occur
until tomorrow the aisles In front of the
| flower stands were crowded today.
! In tomorrows display OF flowers will be
| hundreds of American Beauty roses which
| will sell. according to size and condition, at
| from So TO $12 dozen. Other roses are
| quoted at from 81 to So a dozen. Potted
| lilies will be in great demand, and will sell
| from 80 cents to So a pot, the cut lilies
| bringing from 81 to So dozen. Carnations
| are also bright and attractive. and are In
| demand at from 20 cents to $3.50 dozen.
Growing azalea and hydrangea are to be
| had at from 81 to So. Violets are Sl.50
| hundred and lilies of the valley are 81
| dozen. Wild flowers from the neighborlng
! country are also plentiful, spring beauties,
violets bloodroot and other small blossoms rs
| being sold In small punches at from to 10
cents each
Shad Cheaper Than Meat.
| Although the lenten season Is about TO
| close and fish dealers have been busy the
| indications that many shad dinners
| will be given Sunday and next week In
| stead of the usual spring lamb or turkey
| dinners Shad are much cheaper than
| meat and they are being caught so near
/ the city that their quality has greatly
improved and the demand increased. A
! roe shad for 80 cents is about as heaVy
| as roast of lamb costing three times as
| much. Buck shad are selling at - cents
| each. Some extra large rock fish, or her-
| ring rollers they are called were IN
| the local market this afternoon, some OF
| them weighing more than fifty pounds
4 al, JIxr. lohf during
| the herring sea son. and it is nothing I'M
| usual TO find as many as dozen herring
| in one of them. The larger ones are gen
| orally purchased by hotel or restaurant
| keepers Small rock sell for 10 cents q
pound and boiling rock are bringing ~
| cents Herring are becoming plentiful, the
| best of them retailing at cent each Ihe
| supply of perch is more than the demand,
| the largest being obtainable at 10 cents
| pound while the smaller ones are selling
| at 121s cents. Spanish mackerel and hall
but are quoted at 70 cents pound; sa.-
| mon, IS cents and cod and speckled trout,
J 12A cents.
| Shell Fish in Demand.
Shell fish are also in demand the warm
weather causing many persons to recall
| the time when hard crabs were plentiful.
| There are hard crabs in market, but they
| are not In as good condition as they will
| be later in the season Twenty-Five cents
| a dozen is the price asked for them, but
! the demand is not great. There Is a much
| greater demand for crab meat and crab
| flake than there is for hard crabs at this
| season, and the fresh-picked meat is to
| be had at S1.20 a gallon. Holsters are
| more plentiful and cheaper and in demand
| at 80 cents a pound. Soft crabs are get
| ting larger than they were when the first
| shipments were received, although they are
| still small None of them has yet been
received from the Crisfeld shippers, dealers
| depending upon the North Carolina dealers
for their stock. Soft crabs are selling at
/ from 10 cents to $3.50 dozen. Frogs
| from New Orleans are in demand at Sd
| dozen. 1t will be but short time before
| frogs will be more plentiful and cheaper,
| as they will be caught in this vicinity as
| soon as the weather is warmer.
Egg Market Not Favorable.
! The condition of the egg market is not
| at all favorable TO the children who ex-
| pect to spend Easter on the grounds at the
| White House in the woods rolling eggs,
| the price having advanced several cents
| during the past ten days. Dealers were
| asking from % to % cents dozen for
| eggs this morning, but 1t is thought the
ceipts late this afternoon and tomorrow
morning may be sufficient to make them
| cheaper tomorrow. 1t is thought by some
| of the dealers that many of the country
+ people are holding back their eggs for
| the Easter trade, and If such proves to be
| the case they may be cheaper Many of
| the market dealers are handling dyed eggs,
selling them at from 30 to go cents Dozen
| There has been slight decrease in the
| price of butter during the past week. but
| ii has not been great enough to affect the
| retail price of the product
Early Vegetables Plentiful.
| Spring lamb and peas are always in de-
| mand at Easter, and both are to be found
| In the markets, but neither is cheap. Peas
| from Florida are selling at 81 a peck, the
| same price being charged for string beans
! Early spring vegetables for the Easter
| dinner are plentiful and for the most part
cheap. Lettuce, radishes and spring onions
are being sent to the markets by truckers
| located about the outskirts of the city, and
| the prices charged depend wholly upon the
| quality of the product. There is an album
| dant supply of tomatoes from Florida, their
! size and quality being as good as those OF
| the vegetable that is grown in this section
| later in the season. They considered
! reasonable at from 10 to % cents a pound
| Asparagus is becoming more plentiful and
| is selling at from Is to 60 cents a bunch
| Celery and eucumbers are also plentiful,
/ the former selling at from to Is cents
and the latter at from TO 20 cents.
Fowls and Fruit.
/ Fowls of all kinds are in demand at this
| season, but the supply is not large nor are
| the prices considered cheap. Few spring
chickens from Maryland and Virginia are in
market, and they are bringing from % to
| 30 cents IL pouiio. roWis dfe more pieiltl-
full this week than they have been for
several weeks and selling at from 10 to 20
cents. Turkeys from % to % cents
| pound, and capons and Long Island ducks
| are % cents
1 There Is nothing new In the fruit line
1 for the Easter trade, Strawberries being
/ considered the leader. They selling at
| from 25 to 80 cents box and are of fine
| quality. California oranges bringing
i from 30 to 60 cents a dozen; malaga
/ grapes, IS cents pound; pineapples, from
/ 25 to 80 cents; bananas, 10 and Is cents
| dozen, and grape fruit from 10 to %
/ cents.
Boyds and Vicinity.
| Special Correspondence of The Star.
BOYDS, Nd, April Is, 1906
| The election OF board of directors and