Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
LUXUR|ES ON MARKET
TEMPTING TO BUYERS
Strawberries, Brook Trout and
Roe Shad, as Well as
Staples, on Sale.

Huge, luscious strawberries at 40 cents
box, brook trout at 81 a pound and
roe shad at $3.50 each were among the
luxuries displayed at Center market to-
day to tempt lovers of good living to
spend more money than they could at
ford. Glass stuck OUT all over the
three articles mentioned. but the prices
put them far out of the reach Of the
average marketer.
Spring vegetables are displayed in
greater variety and prices are gradually
coming down to point where Mr.. Com
mon People can see them. New potatoes
are selling at u cents quarter peck.
but be sure your market man doesn't
palm Off small old potatoes. carefully
scrubbed, for new ones. Beautiful wax
beans bring 10 cents quart box, green
ones being the same price. New cab
bage is 8 and 10 cents head; new cauli-
flower. 20 to % cents each; new okra,
10 cents pint box; new peas, 20 cents
a quart box. Other vegetables are priced
as follows:
White potatoes. % cents a peck; sweet
potatoes. 10 cents a quarter peck: beets
old, cents bunch: new, 10 cents a
bunch; turnipS. , cents quarter peck;
oyster plant, 8 cents bunch old cab
bage ) and cents a head: parsnips, S
cents a quarter peck; old carrots. 10 cents
a quarter peck; leeks. cents bunch:
white onions, Is cents a quarter peck;
yellow onions, 10 cents a quarter peck:
Spanish onions. 5 cents each: spring
onions, three punches for cents; kale.
ID cents a half peck; spinach, 10 cents a
quarter peck: celery. 10 and IL cents a
plant. 10 cents each; Brussels sprouts, IL
and 20 cents a box; green peppers, two
for :, cents: tomatoes, u cents a pound !;
parsley. . cents a bunch
Meat Prices the Same.
No change has beer made in prices Of
fresh and smoked meats since last week
all cuts of beef, pork, mutton, lamb and
veal remaining at former prices. Re-
tailers say that both lamb and veal have
declined few cents at wholesale. but de-
clare they will make no reduction in re-
tail prices until they have made up the
loss that previous high wholesale cost
brought them.
Poultry dealers say that while only one
change has been made in retail prices
within the past two weeks, the whole
sale market shows n tendency to stiffen,
and price advances may be looked for al
any time. The change referred to is in
turkeys. which have advanced to % cents
a pound. after sticking around % cents
since Christmas. Fowls, fryers. brOilers
roasters. ducks and geese remain at prices
unchanged from quotations of a week and
two weeks ago.
Shad from Florida and the Carolina
waters are plentiful, the bucks bringing
10 cents each. Florida roes are selling
at S1.jO. while those from the Caro-
linas find ready purchasers at $3.50 each.
Herring are four for quarter: red snap
per is II cents pound: bluefish, u cents
q pound: trout. frozen. II and 20 cents
q pound: white and yellow perch, - and
- cents Il POUND: sun perch. 10 cents Il
pound. Spanish mack1rc. - cents Il
hound: Potomac bass. IL and ~ cents IA
pound: founders. IL cents pound: sal
mon, - cents pound: sheepshead. IL
cents u pound. halibut steak. ID cents a
pound: fresh cod. - cents a pound;
smelts. IL to 25 cents a pound. and live
Holsters, 80 cents a pound.