Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
IN THELOCAL MARKETS
Stands Look Their Best for the
Easter Trade.
DISPLAY BY THE FLORISTS
Lilies More in Demand Than Other
Towering Plants.
SPRING LAMB IS EXPENSIVE
Everything in the Poultry Line High
and Scarce-Fruits, Fish
and Eggs.

Florists stands in the local markets will
look their best tomorrow, and business, !,
is expected, will be better than it has been
since last Easter. For several weeks flo
| rists have been forcing their Easter plants
and the result is that there is an unusually
heavy supply for the holiday trade. A
number of dealers have been displaying
Easter flowers on their stands for several
days, but it was not until today that the
finishing touches were put on and the
benches given an artistic appearance.
Easter lilies are likely to be more in de-
mand than other Towering plants, they al
ways being wanted at this season for both
church and house decorations. Roses, sweet
peas. hyacinths, tulips and other early
spring flowers will also be in great de-
mand. At Easter there is always call for
white roses only few of the colored varie-
ties being needed to give decorative punches
a bright and attractive appearance. A
number of local florists will have sweet
peas for the Easter trade, and they will
probably sell readily for about 25 cents a
bunch. The Alice Roosevelt and Helen
Gould roses promise to be favorites for the
holiday trade.
Florists say that prices are cheaper than
they usually are at this season, the fact
that Easter is earlier than usual not hav-
ing had the effect of advancing prices. AL
most every person who does buying at the
some kind.
Necessaries Of Life.
Now that the Lenten season is about to
close. dealers in the necessaries of life are
anticipating a good market tomorrow. The
appearance of the benches does not indi-
cate that there is scarcity of anything,
but the prices quoted for most of the prod
ucts would suggest a lack of almost every
thing. There are very few things offered
for sale by local dealers that are consid
cred cheap. Easter coming early dealers
say makes spring lamb, the favorite Eas-
ter meat, more expensive than usual. What
is ordinarily sold for lamb is not costly,
but the genuine spring article is high, an
ordinary roast costing from $2.25 to So.
Beef is not so high as 1t was a couple of
weeks ago. and other meats are also con-
sidered fairly reasonable in price. Every
thing in the poultry line is high and scarce.
1t was thought that turkeys would be
cheaper for the Easter holidays, but they
are not as plentiful as dealers had antici-
pated and p cents pound is the market
price, some fancy stock bringing much
as % cents. Cold storage turkeys are sell
ing a about Is cents.
Everybody wants fresh killed poultry
a dealer remarked, land they complain
when they are offered cold storage stock
storage meat from one end of the year to
another and never enter complaint.
Prices of Fowls.
But" he added ''if it were not for the
cold storage plants the people would find
it a difficult matter to get supplies and old
fowls would be bringing % cents pound
today
Fowls are selling at IS and % cents a
pound this week. and are scarce. Spring
chickens for broiling are quoted at from %
cents pound for cold storage stock to 40
cents for the choicest fresh killed. The
prevailing price. however, is about 80 cents
a pound. Ducks are quoted at 90 cents a
pound, and capons are selling at from % to
20 cents There are no Long Island duck
lings in the local markets this season, the
impression being that the owners of the
big hotels throughout the country are con-
Stunning the supply. The game season closes
tomorrow, and squads will have to be de-
pended upon to take the place of the ducks
and other game 1t is said that local deal
ers will have no ducks to carry over until
next season. The ducks this season were
so poor, dealers say, that they were not
fit to put in storage.