Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-11
PRICES OF ALL RETAIL
MEATS SHOW ADVANCE
Poultry Unchanged = Fish
Lower-NeW Vegetables
Now Plentiful.

Retail prices of meats in Washington
markets continued their upward course
this week and Saturday marketers will
ind all cuts priced from :; to cents
higher than week ago. All beef roasts.
from chuck to rib. were marked up to
- cents a pound; pork LON roasts went
to the same figure. legs of lamb and
roasting lamb were also priced at % cents
q pound with breast of veal and other
usually low-prfced cuts at the same price.
Retailers despair OF any reduction in the
near future, and say still further adj
vances may be expected, as the short
age In all kinds Of butcher stock becomes
more acute. :
Porterhouse steak today was quoted at
40 cent a pound sirloin was 80 cents and
round steak was % cents. Even boiling
beef was 20 cents pound and. soup
bones that formerly sold at 10 cent a
pound were up to 10 cents. Pork chops
were % to % cents; fresh hams, 20 cents:
fresh shoulders, III cents; sliced bacon.
~ cents: sliced ham. 10 cents. Legs of
lamb We're % cents a pound, some re-
tallers asking IS and even 80 cents; rib
lamp chops We're 35 cents, and lon chops
We're ~ cents, prices for the same cuts
OF mutton being about the same as for
lamb. Veal chops retailed at SO cents a
pound, andEveal outlets were 4Ofcents.
Advance in Poultry Expected.
No change of any kind has been noted
in retail prices of dressed poultry,
though dealers declare an advance may
be looked for next week
In the fish market liberal receipts
have forced prices down until prime roe
shAd today retailed at IS cents each,
with bucks selling for 35 cents. Perch
was 10 cents pound, bluefish Is cents,
herring 20 cents a dozen, trout Is cents
pound, rockf1sh 20 cents. halibut 20
cents. cod Is cents, salmon % cents.
FOUNDERS. 15 cents. kingfiSh Is cents
Brook trout brought IS cents a pound
and shad roes sold at 40 cents each.
Many of the old vegetables are off
the market now, their places being taken
by new spring produce. Vegetable
prices today were
Old potatoes rs cents peck old car
rots 10 cents quarter peck, sweet
potatoes 10 cents quarter peck, yell
low onions 10 cents a quarter peck,
white onions Is cents a quarter peck,
turnips 10 cents a quarter peck.
Prices of New Vegetables.
New potatoes, the finest that have ap-
peared in Washington SO far this season,
were 20 cents quarter peck; new cab
bage, to 8 cents head; new carrots,
. cents bunch; new beets, to 10 cents
a bunch: oyster plant to s cents a
bunch; leeks. ) cents a bunch; spring
onions, three punches for ) cents: let
tuce. 10 cents big head: asparagus, 80
to 50 cents bunch: cymlings. 10 cents
each; rhubarb, ) cents a bunch: kale,
10 cents half peck; spinach. ID cents a
half peck. Green peas of fine quality
were to be had. in abundance. the price
being 20 cents quarter peck; string
beans, also fine, were II cents box, or
two boxes for % cents; cucumbers re-
tailed at 5 to 10 cents each; tomatoes
were 10 to 10 cents a pound; green pep
pers We're three for 10 cents; egg plant
10 to II cents each: radishes, three
punches for ) cents: celery, 10 cents a
bunch. and artichokes,. two for b cents.
Fruit Prices Unchanged.
Little change has occurred in retail
prices of fruits. Strawberries are abund-
ant again, and Of sood quality, the fruit
selling at from % to 40 cents box. APP
Piles for cooking range anywhere from So
to 10 cents peck, while the fancy eating
apples. selling by the dozen, bring around
) cents apiece, or 60 cents to 81 Dozen
Oranges are 30 to 30 cents Dozen some
extra fine ones bringing 60 cents. Grape
fruit remains at previous prices. cents
each to two for p cents, and lemons are
70 to 30 cents a dozen,