Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-12
IN LOCAL MARKET STALLS
CANTALOUPES AND MELONS
ABOUT EQUAL TO DEMAND.
Vegetables Plentiful and Chean
Enough Fish to Supply Trade.
Butter Prices Wild"

! Georgia eanta'oupes and melons arc get
| ing plentiful. and the demand is rr.a.
| enough 10 consume all receipts For a
! couple of weeks the Florida captsloupe,
| nave not been up to the standard. and tho
INFERIOR stock was hard TO sell but tho
georgia stock is about as good as thu
| carry cantatoupes from Florida, and deal
| ers ma II an easy matter Ia make sales.
ne pest OF the cantaloupcs are selling
at from 10 10 - cents each. smaller and
inferior ones selling at ) cents Water
melons are quoted at from 20 10 90 cents
Dealers are getting some fine peaches
from the Carolnas and Georgia. the condl-
Ton OF the fruit being exceptionally good.
Ihey are also exceptionally high selling
at from II to - cents IA quart box II -
expected that they Will be cheaper a llttle
later In the season. although but very few
or them, it Is stated. will b. picked from
the orchards near the city this year De-
spite the cry that there would be- no ap-
pies In this section dealers are getting sup
plies of early apples, and are selling them
at 40 cents "A peck A few cherries have
been received from growers In this sec
ton, but they are scarce and inferior. tho
best of them finding ready sale at 20 cents
quart. Red raspberries selling al 20
cents a quart: huckleberries - cents:
blackberries, two quarts for - cents and
currants are selling at from IL To - cents.
The strawberry season Is about over.
Oranges are scarce and high, selling at
from 40 TO ~ cents a dozen.
Vegetable Quotations.
Many vegetables are plentiful and cheap.
Potatoes are about as cheap as they havs
ever been at this season. and peas and
string beans are also cheap. Beans and
peas are selling at 30 cents "A peck Caull-
flower is getting more plentiful, local grow
ers supplying the market with the yege-
table that is to be had at from to 10
cents. Branch tomatoes are still scarce
high. a hp
North Carolina growers still being re-
lied upon for green corn for the local mar-
ket the prices charged for the vegetable
ranging from 40 to 80 cents. Lettuce and
radishes are plentiful and cheap, but onions
are scarce and high. Egg plants are quot
ed at and 10 cents. Beets are plentiful,
and there is abundance OF other vege-
tables on the market.
Fish and Crabs.
There is nothing particularly attractive
about the fish market at this season OF the
year because the hot weather makes it
necessary for the dealers to keep their fish
in the ice boxes. Fish are not plentiful,
the dealers say, but they are getting sup
plies enough for the trade. Soft and hard
crabs plentiful and in good condition.
the former selling at from 80 to IS cents
dozen and the latter at % cents. The de-
mand for hard crabs Is greater than usual
on account of the large number of the she'll
fish that are disposed of in restaurants and
gardens. Last week the market was glut-
ted and hucksters sold them about tho
streets for 10 cents a dozen. Very few fish,
1t is stated, being caught in the Poto-
mac at this season. The perch that are
being caught small. but some good rock
are being caught. Black sea bass plen-
tifuL They are selling at from 10 to Is
cents a pound.
High Price Of Butter.
THE butter market is Wild" remarked
local dealer to Star reporter There are
no summer prices this year. the price being
cents a pound greater than II was this
time last year"
Butter has been SO high, it is stated that
very little of 1t mas been put In storage
for next winter. 1t is thought by dealers
that there will not be much relief from the
high prices this summer, and that the dairy
product will be higher next winter than 1t
was last year.
There has been no change in the egg mar
ket since last week. Eggs are still selling
at from % to % cents a dozen Many eggs
were put In storage earlier in the season,
but it is hardly likely that prices will get
low enough again this season to warrant
packers in putting away any more.
Little Change in Meats.
The meat market has undergone but lit
tie change since last week. Meats are still
great as usual. many consumers having
reduced their orders and doing with less
meat. 1t is believed that the market will
Not much change has been experienced In
the poultry market during the past week
the retail prices remaining about the same
as they We're week ago.