The Washington herald., 1915-05-14
VEGETABLES and
SEA FOOD DROP
Many Kinds of Produce Are
Twice as Cheap as
Week Ago.
MEATS SELL HIGHE R
Prices of Poultry. Butter. and Eggs
Remain Firm-New Potatoes
Much Cheaper.

Vegetable and food markets broke
sharply during the last week and started
on a rapid decline. Produce, in many
commodities. is almost twice as as cheap
as that Of a week ago, while fish are
lower in price by IL to cents pound
Meat quotations. however, offset. to
some extent, the favorable showing OF
the produce and fish markets Prices OF
lamb began to climb upward going from
is and 80 cents a pound to 25 and 35 cents
Spring lamb is selling for 50 to 10 cents
a pound Beef advanced slightly. the
best grade Of roasts selling for 20 to
IS cents a pound. Steaks are quoted al
q to S. cents a pound for the best quail
lty. the lesser grades selling for 10 to
Is cents and IS to 25 cents. The advance
was two and three cents pound.
New potatoes dropped from Is to q
cents quart to two quarts for that
price. Cucumbers are quoted at 5 and
10 cents each. last weeks quotation be-
Ing Is and 20 cents. Strawberries drop
20 cents.
Nearly all varities Of hsh dropped in
price. Sea bass went from Is to 12 l.?
cents a pound. salmon from IS to 80
cents and crabhake from 50 cents a
quart to so cents. Several fish disap-
peared from the ma ority of the markets.
Smelt Is being sold by but few dealers.
as with Spanish mackeral, scallops, and
yellow perch.
Prices of poultry butter and eggs were
firm during the week. Eggs are quot
ed at . to 80 cents a dozen and the best
grade OF butter at 40 cents
Prices quoted yesterday, a good indi-
cation of the market for today and to-
morrow, are as follows:
Hcnnery. doz. . to DC. Gathered. doz-. &c.
Southern doz DC Storage doz nc
BUTTER.
Best creamery. b.. NC. Medium. ID. &c.
Renovated. ID. Sc. oleo. ID. IS to &C.
POULTRY
Chickens Ib, &c. Roosters. ID. Isc
Turkeys. h.. sc. Rroilers. In. 80 to sc.
Spring broilers. III. &c. Hens. h.. &c.
Ducks ID. - to &C. Ducklings. H.. &c
VEGETABLES.
New potatoes Lpt., CIcumbers. each 8 to loc
IS to Dc Vans kpk.. 2oc.
Lima beans (dred). Per Irish potatoes. pk.. &c.
qt- l5c Lima beans tfresh) per
Radi.hes bunch, ? for &c. o. $50
Squash. each. for &c. Peas. A-pk-. IS to &c.
Celery bunch for lnr. Cabbage. head, loo.
New carrots. bunch, Spring onions. bunch. )
for nc for Sc
Asparagus. bunch, 10 Tomatoes. ID. for Sc
70 &c. Lettuce. head. TO loc.
New turnirs. bunch. S
TO loc
FRUITS
Bananas, doz. i 10 &c. Tansarines. dos. 81.
Apples PIX, &c Grapefruit, each. 10 &c
Strawberries per boz, 10 Lemons. do1, Is IN &c.
TO 90 Fnespples each. % Soc.
Lines doz.. &c. Oranges. doz.. Is to Soc.
Alligator pears each. Nc:
Roasts b. % to &c Crashed I'd trades
Rossts. h.. II: TO l5c- steaks. b. IS to &c.
Roasts ID. 10 TO l5c Mixed cattle. gsd grades,
Spring lamb. h.. Is &c steaks, Ii. IS to sc.
Roast pork, h.. &c. Lamb. yesrlins FER h..
Clipped beef. ID. Dc. . To 5c
Smoked shoulder. yer Veal ID. 8 to &c.
ID. Is TO 10. Pork shoulder. Ter 10.
Beef liver, 10 to ne to lec
Bacon. sliced, h.. 9oS5- Calf liver. ID. . TO &c
eausase. ID. - to 80. Mutton. stewfnE per
Hamburger. h.. Ig=.sc. ID. icis to l5c.
Corned beef III. 1915. Bacon (rcce), Ter ID,
Corn-fed beef list grades "a u %.
steaks. H. . to &c. Smoked ham. ID. ls2je
Mutton. ID. l6 to lsc-
FISH.
Sea bass. ID. lc'sc. Ruttsrfsl III 40
Cod h.. &c. Rock. h.. Is to DC.
Salmon. h.. 0c Crab fake. H.. 5oc.
Trout. h. nAe. Hslibut. ID. &C.
Founders. h.. &c Oysters. qt.. % TO 90
White perch. ID. l5c. 4 Shrimp. h.. &c
Clans. ct. Dc. Herring. dos. SC