Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-18
MARKETS NOW TEMPT
THE CHRISTMAS BUYER
Dealers, Expecting Heavy Sales,
Arrange Stalls Attractively
for Holiday Season.
Eggs Rise in Price, Due to Cold
Snap, Dealers Assert-Poultry
Is Plentiful.

kets of the city, and while dealers look
for no heavy Christmas buying until
the middle of the coming week they
are arranging their benches in an at
tractive manner. Fruits, nuts, cakes,
poultry and other good things that go
to make up the menu for the Christ
mas table are displayed most tempt
ingly. Poultry benches are piled high
with turkeys, ducks. chickens, geese,
and wild ducks. birds. rabbits and squir-
rels are also displayed. Florists have
on display beautiful Christmas wreaths
and along the B street line, outside the
market. wreaths of running pine, with
bright red holly berries in them, are to
be seen.
The important change to be noted in
prices today is that on eggs. The cold
snap, the dealers assert, have made
strictly fresh eggs very scarce. and as
the hen, have jumped to 60 cents
dozen, while southern eggs, which last |
week sold as low % cents a dozen,
are today quoted as high as 40 cents
Dozen
The general opinion of the poultry
dealers in the market seems to be tina
prices turkeys for Christmas will
range from about" ~ to IS cents
pound, the latter price being for extra
choice birds. the ordinarily good ones
selling at about 20 cents. So far the
supply of turkeys has been good and
the dealers look for good supplies the !
coming week.
In the meat market the trend of
prices on lamb. veal, pork roasts and
chops and smoked ham is lower. On
other meats prices remain unchanged.
Florida Strawberries have appeared in
the market, but are selling at prices
out of the reach of the moderately fill
ed pocketbook. Basket grapes, alliga-
tor pears and home grown pears have
practically disappeared from the
benches, but no changes are to be
noted In fruit prices.
Prevailing Market Prices.
Prices noted below are those pre-
vailing in the big markets of the city,
and those who visit them tomorrow
will find quotations ranging about the
same:
Gsthered zsc to Soc doz Storage, SOC to sSc dOz.
POULTRY
Chickens, zoe to sc lb. Turkeys, 22c to &c lb. |
E:: &c to to sss s H.
S S.sBi.s %: sc s.s to sse e. $3.50 each
Best creamery. 4oc to- Medium grades. sse to
4Sc ID. 3sc lib.
Renovated. Csc ID. oleo. 15c to SOC ID.
MEATS
Lamb, 15c to sc lb. Mutton. 1c1sc to 25c lib.
Beef. roast, 15c to &c Pork chops, 1sc to zoe
Beefsteak. zoe to SOC Pork hams. 1sc to lie
Beef. slowing. 12ac to PORK shoulder. 15c to
Veal. isc to ssc ID. Smoked ham, Ice to 1sc
Bacon, piece, 2Oc to &c h. Il
Bacon: sliced. sc to Isc ID:
port, roast, 15c to Zoe ID.
FISH.
Sea bass 12c to 15c lb.I Rock, coc to &c Ii.
Haiilut DC 1b. Gray trout, 12Hc ID.
God, 121zc to l5c ID. Salmon trout, zoe ID. |;
Founders. 10c to 15c smelt. zoe to sc lb.
ID. Oysters. 81 to $50
70 SOC ID. CLANS. soe ct. or s1.2o
Salmon. fresh, sc ID. a hundred.
Crackers. Sc to 1Oc lb. ScallOps. 75c ct.
Bluefsh. eoc to Csc ID.
PRODUCE |:
Irish potatoes, new, se Lettuce Sc to 1oc head
sweet potatoes. 4oe to sos q: 80
Male roe ok Tomatoes loc to 4Oc b.
Spinach. Zoe y PIX on Sweet Peppers, Doc to
cSeuInSers. SC to 1sc String beans, CSC to Soc
Egg plant. 1sc to SOC Radishes. Sc to &c
Carrots. 1oe u PIX. cynllnss. Sc to lOc
Spanish onions, i0c to each.
Soc dog. okra, 2oc qt 3:
Beets, Sc to 10c bunch .i>nruorns SOC to Coo
Celery, &c to Zoe bunch. ID.
Cabbage, &c and 10c Celery cabbage. 10c and
head. 15c head.
Onions. 10c PIX. Bermuda lima beans
Satisfy. &c bunch. 81 so PIX.
Parsnips. 10c X PIX. =.
FRUITS. .:
Lemons. 1Oc to Csc doz. Tangarines oOc to 4Oc
Apples. eating, SC to doz.
I5c PIX Pineapples. 10c to 4Oc
Grapes lCalif). 10c to each
2oc h. Lines. 15c a doz.
Cranberries. Sc to loo Pears fancy, 25c TO
ut. 15c doZ.
Grapefruit. &c to 10c Persimmons Fla.), 4Oc
each. to Coo dcz
Oranges. 15c to 60c doz. Casaba melons (Caiif.)
Strawberries Fla, SOC 25c to SOC each
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