Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
MARKET CONDITIONS
INCREASED RECEIPTS OF FRESH
FISH FROM POTOMAC.
High-Grade Butter Hard to Obtain
Strawberries Leading Fruits
Ducks and Quail in Season.

last week Is noted. The receipt OF fresh
stock from the Potomac shows an increase
A few shad have been caught near the
mouth of the river and they are bringing
good prices. Roe shad are selling for as
high as $1.25 each. Bucks may be bought
for GO cents. While few shad have been
caught near the mouth of the Potomac,
most of them now In the market were
brought here from North Carolina. A few
herring have appeared, but many were not
in good condition when they arrived and
dealers refused to handle them. Bass are
becoming more plentiful each day and the
quality OF the fish has greatly improved.
Pan fish are to be had for 10 cents a pound,
the larger ones selling at 20 cents. Many
of the bass sold in the market are caught
In the small creeks and at the mouths of
the streams that empty into the river.
Some fine perch, pike and rock are also
being caught in the waters of the Potomac.
A number of white perch weighing one and
one-half pounds each have been captured.
They found ready sale at Is cents a pound.
Boiling rock are bringing D cents a pound
and pan fish Is cents. In the oyster mar
ket the demand has decreased materially.
The decreased demand for oysters,
local dealer said to a Star reporter, sis
probably the result of the long open win
ter. There has hardly been a time since
the opening of the season that oysters have
been scarce, so people have become tired
OF them In the past, during winter sea-
sons, oysters were scarce and expensive,
but this year they have not come under
the head of luXurieS at any time, and It is
because of the abundant supply that the
demand decreased
Fresh picked crab meat has reached the
local market from the vicinity of Norfolk
and Is in demand at $1.J0 d gallon. There
has been plenty of the frozen meat In mar
ket all the winter, but it does not have the
favor that Is retained by the fresh picked
meat. Should the Virginia legislature enact
crabs it may mean a change In the crab
market next summer. The passage of the
bill would have the effect of shortening the
season for fresh picked meat.
High-Grade Butter and Eggs.
In the butter and egg market little change
occurred during the past week High-grade
butter Is not easy to obtain, but storage
butter is plentiful and cheap. 1t is stated
that there is so much butter on storage now
that dealers will be unable to get rid Of it
this season Some of it, it is added, will
have to be carried over until next season
because there is no outlet for the product.
Storage eggs are also plentiful and cheap.
The heavy stocks in the storage houses
have been greatly affected by the open VIM
ter and early shipments from the country.
In Baltimore yesterday many of the re-
tailers were offering two dozen eggs for %
cents. The prices in this city range from
% to 30 cents for fresh stock Twenty-Five
cents is the prevailing price, the advanced
prices being asked for specially selected
goods.
Strawberries in the Lead.
Strawberries are leading in the early fruit
market. Several shipments have been re-
ceived since last week and are selling at
35 cents box. Malaga grapes and cram
berries are scarce and high, choicest grapes
bringing as high as 80 cents a pound and
cranberries selling at % cents a quart
Oranges and grape fruit are plentiful and
cheap.
New string beans from Florida are in
market this week and are selling at 40 cents
a quarter peck. Egg plants are selling at
from D to 10 cents each; oyster plant from
> TO & cents and new Florida cabbage is
bringing from 10 to Is cents. Lettuce is
scarce and high in price, good stock bring
Ing 10 cents. Radishes are plentiful and
there has not yet been any evidence of a
scarcity of celery from the west.
Wild Ducks and Quail.
Wild ducks and quail are about the only
birds from this section of the country that
are in season. Quail are scarce at 81 a
dozen and dealers will have no birds left
over to be put In cold storage for next
season. Ducks are not so plentiful, but
they are fairly reasonable in price Turkeys
are selling at 90 and % cents a pound &C
cording to size and quality, and capons are
from 20 to % cents a pound. Broiling
chickens are % cents a pound; roasting
chickens 90 cents and fowls IS cents
pound
Practically no change in the meat market
has been noted since last week There is
no scarcity of meats and reaSona BILE prices