Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-28
SUPPLIES IN THE MARKETS
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES RE-
PORTED TO BE PLENTIFUL.
Choice Georgia Melons Procurable
Few Fresh Water Fish-Meat
High in Price.

There is nothing about the appearance of
the benches in the markets to indicate a
scarcity of fruits and vegetables. Prices,
dealers say, are nothing like as high as
many people are led to believe. Most veg
/ etables it is stated, are reasonable in price,
and fruits not .igh when the weather
conditions are considered.
Did anybody ever hear of choice Georgia
melons selling cheaper than from 40 to 90
cents each at this season of the year?'
asked one of the dealers in the Center mar
ket today. And he added, such are the
prices the melons are bringing at this time"
Georgia melons are said to be much bet
ter this year than they usually are so early
in the season. They have both quality and
quantity, and the prices are not much
greater than those charged for melons that
are grown in this section later in the sea-
son. Only few melons reached the local
market last week, but this week they have
become plentiful and cheaper 1t is thought
that they will be even cheaper next week.
Dealers are still receiving supplies of good
cantaloupeS from the southern states, and
they are selling at from to 10 cents each.
The late frostS and continued wet weather
played havoc with the cherry CROP and
dealers are depending almost wholly upon
the California fruit for their supplies. While
the cherries from the Pacific coast are
larger and better than those grown in tn s
section, the prices charged are correspond
ingly high.
Drawing to a Close.
The season for strawberries is rapidly
drawing to a close. Good berries were SELL
ing today at 10 cents box. the choicest
bringing 10 cents. Blackberries are getting
more plentiful and cheaper, selling at -
cents a quart. The first huckleberries of
the season reached the local market from
North Carolina two days ago and dealers
are asking 20 cents quart for them.
Gooseberres are ID cents quart, and cur
rants are selling at from % to - cents.
Vegetables are more plentiful and cheap
er. Celery is about the most expensive thing
in the vegetable market, the New York
product selling at $40 dozen. New corn
is selling at 10 cents a dozen. The corn is
being received from North Carolina and is
in good condition. Tennessee tomatoes are
attracting the attention OF buyers, being
larger and better man the Florida vegeta-
BILE. They are selling from 10 to 10 cents
a pound. Cucumbers lettuce, radishes,
spinach. cabbage and other green vegeta-
bles are plentiful, and dealers say they
are not high in price.
In the Fish Market.
There is nothing new in the fish market
this week. Hard and soft crabs are in de-
mand, but the supply of the hard ones is
not great enough to satisfy the demand
This condition is the result of the large
number of crabs being sold and given away
in gardens Soft crabs are unusually plen-
tiful this week. the prices charged foFs them
ranging from 40 to 60 cents. Crab meat is
also in demand.
Not many fish are being caught in the
Potomac river at this season, and dealers
have to depend largely upon salt water
fish for their supplies. Dippers getting
a few shad along the upper river. but they
are not permitted to sell them in this city
so late in the season, and Virginia and
Maryland people .enefit result.
Meat High in Price.
Meat prices have not yet shown a ten
dency to decrease, the prices of all meats
still being high.
Meats are not moving very rapidly"
dealer said this morning. "People seem to
realize that they are being imposed upon,
and are not using much meat. If the sales
continue as slow as they have during the
past few days some benefit may follow
Poultry also remains high. Spring chick
ems are quoted at g cents pound; Long
Island ducklings, % cents; ducks, 20 cents;
fowls, IL and IS cents, and turkeys, 90
cents a pound. There is no game in mar
ket at this season. squads taking the place
of birds at % and 30 cents each.
There has been no change in the retail
price, of butter and eggs since last week.
Butter has experienced a slight advance in
the wholesale price, but the retail price
mains the same as during the past month.
Dealers think butter will not get any
cheaper this summer. Eggs are quoted at
from % to % cents a dozen.