Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
MEAT STILL COSTLY
No Decline in Prices Has
Come Yet.
VEGETARIANS ARE HAPPY
Peaches, Grapes and Melons Are
Plentiful and Good.
POTATOES HAVE TAKEN DROP
Prime New York Rib Roast Brings
Thirty Cents Pound-veal
Very Scarce.
POTATOES HAVE TAKEN DROP

No relief from high prices of meat ap-
pears in retail dealers quotations today.
although vegetarians are drawing COM
fort from the comparatively low prices,
the plentiful supplies and excellent quail
ity of home grown vegetables and
fruits. Sea food Of all kinds has lowered
in price to a slight extent-enough to be
appreciated-but the advance in eggs has
been from 3 to 5 cents a dozen. Butter
prices also are going up.
Peaches from nearby orchards are plen-
tiful, although the quality is nothing ex-
ira. Baskets containing about one-third
of a bushel bring 90 cents. the peaches
being large yellow freestones. Grapes OF
several varieties. from Virginia. Mary
land and Delaware. bring from 25 to 40
cents basket Melons are plentiful and
good.
Watermelons are worth 80 to 60 cents;
cantaloupes. 10 to 10 cents. California
plums are quoted at 20 cents dozen;
damsons. 20 cents q half peck: alligator
pears, 25 cents each; apples. 80 cents a
peck peaches. 40 cents half peck: pine
apples. 25 cents each: California pears. Az
quarter peck: Concord grapes, % cents a
basket; Delaware grapes, ~ cents;
Niagaras, 40 cents; oranges are 30 to %
cents a dozen.
Potatoes Are Cheaper.
The price of potatoes took a drop dur
ing the past week. and is now about 80
cents a bushel lower. fancy potatoes
bringing SIPS bushel Sweet potatoes
are 60 cents a peck; string beans, 30 cents
a peck: lima beans, 40 cents quart;
squash, cents each: cymlings. ) to
cents each; eggplanfs. 10 to IL cents
each; cabbage, 10 to 10 cents q head
Okra. Is cents a quart: beets. cents a
bunch: cucumbers. : cents each; lettuce.
5 to 10 cents q head: tomatoes. Is cents
quarter OF a peck: radishes. cents, a
bunch: spinach, % cents peck; turnips,
10 cents q quarter of a pack; onions, Il
cents a quart: Bermudas, 10 cents each;
bullnose peppers. 40 cents dozen; celery,
9 to 10 cents a bunch.
When one goes to buy a roast of beef
one almost shudders. The prime New
although western beef is a few cents
cheaper. Porterhouse steak remains at
35 to 30 cents a pound: sirloin is so to 81
cents, round steak brings % cents a
pounds. chuck roast is from 20 to p
cents.
Veal ~ a scarce article in the market,
and prices are a little higher than last
week. Roasts of veal are Is to % cents
a pound, outlets, 80 cents, veal liver, ~
cents a pound: veal hearts Is cents each.
Roasts of lamb are Is to 25 cents a
pound; loin chops are % cents: French
chops, 30 to 35 cents: lamb liver is 81
cents q pound, and kidneys, II cents each.
Bacon was quoted at % cents yester-
day; cured ham, IS to No cents; fresh
ham, 10 cents: pork roast. Is to 10 cents:
lard, Is cents, and pork tenderloin, 20
cents a pound.
Little Change in Poultry.
Little change has occurred In poultry
prices. Roasters are 20 to 22 cents, fry
ers bring from % to 30 cents, and fancy
broilers, weighing about two pounds
dressed, are 3D. cents per pound. some
places asking IS cents. Stew chickens
sell at 20 cents pound.
Sea trout is bringing II cents a pound:
striped bass, 20 cents: ha.ibut steaks, %
cents: bluefish. founders, haddock, but
terfish sole and similar fish range
from Is to 20 cents pound. Fresh cod
sells at 20 cents a pound; fresh salmon.
IS cents. Soft crabs are 90 cents to 81 a
dozen, according to size; crab meat Is 30
cents a quart; shrimps bring 35 to 40
cents a quart. Frog legs sell at % cents
a pair.
Guaranteed strictly fresh, nearby eggs
are selling at 30 to 35 cents a dozen. the
latter being the price for selected, white
shelled eggs of known origin. Butter
ranges from 80 to 40 cents per pound.