Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-06
VEGETABLES COMING IN
: FROM SOUTHERN FARMS
Wholesale Dealers Report Lower
Prices on Some Products-Slight
Rise in Eggs.

Lettuce. string beans and celery are
being received by the Wholesale deal
ers from the southern farms, and they
are beginning to lower in price. The
dealers say the supply will increase
daily, and a continued drop in prices on
these vegetables will continue. Gu
from the south. but not in quantities
sufficient to lower prices. They also
are due to increase in quantity on the
market. and with the increase will
come steadily lowering prices.
Eggs are scarce. due to the cooler
weather This morning they advanced
a cent on the dozen. and today they are
selling in quantities at from 30 to II
cents dozen. Live hens and turkeys
are lower in price. but otherwise the
poultry market is firm. No. ! Irish
potatoes jumped - cents per barrel on
the best grades, but vans dropped %
cents a barrel on the less deSirabl
kinds. The high potato prices Will con-
tinue. the dealers say. for six weeks or
two months. Then the southern pota-
toes will begin to arrive, and as a large
quantity of them have been planted,
big crops and decidedly lower figures
are looked for when the southern crop
comes in
Wholesale Quotations.
Prices in the wholesale market this
morning ranged about as follows:
The quotations are for large lots job
bers' prices are higher.
EGGS-Nearby, 81: southern, 50.
CHEESE-New York state factory,
new. 25a26.
BUTTER-Elgin print. Al; Elgin tub,
46; process. So: store packed, "a.
POULTRY-Live hens. per lb., %:
ROSTERS, per h.. Is; turkeys, per lb.,
25a2S; winter chickens. 2Sa3o; spring
chickens, per H.. 40a45; ducks, per h.,
1Sa20; geese. per h., 12a15: keats.
young each. 40
DRESSED POULTRY-Hens. choice.
per lb., 24a25; chickens. per lb., 27a3o:
turkeys. per lb.. 27a32. ducks, per lb..
2Oa22; roosters, per lb., 10; geese, per
lb.. 15a16.
GREEN FRuITs-Apples. per Dbl.
3.50a750: per box. 1.ooa2.5o; California
oranges 25aS.75; Florida oranges.
375a4.5O: grapefruit 3.75a4.5O; straw
berries, 25a35 per ut; lemons. 3.5oa4-oo.
VEG TABLES-Potatoes. Irish. No. l.
per Dbl, 6.ooa7.25: northern. per 2la-
bu sack. 200; culls. 350a4.5o Dbl;
sweets, per Dbl, 3.5Oa5.75: per basket.
75a2.00; yams. 350a4 so per Dbl;
string beans. 3.O0a3.5o per basket; pep
pers, per crate, 4.00a5.00; okra, per
crate, 5 90; radiShes. per 100, 3.0Oa4.O0;
cucumbers, crate. 3.5Oa6.50; onions. per
/ OO-lb. sack, S.5Oa9.00: eggplant, 4.00a
90 crate; new cabbage. per basket
,O0a4 90; beets, per bunch, 5a6: celery,
per doz., 35al. 90; romaine lettuce. 1.50a
so per basket lettuce. 1.5oa4.00 per
basket; SQUASH Florida, 4.00a5.00 per
crate; Florida tomatoes. 4.00a7.o0 per
crate.
LIVE STOCK-Sheep, per H., Sac;
lambs. fall, IL per ID; lambs. spring,
17alS: calves. per lb, a. medium. 13a
l3l. per ID; common. per lb. Sa9
DRESSED MEATS-Pork, small to
medium, lb., II; heavy, h., 15a16.
HAY-No. l timothy, 1s.50a19.00; No.
. 17.5Oa1SO0; No. l mixed, 16.00a17.00;
No. 9, 1400a15.00.
SEEDS-Red clover, 12.00a12.o0 per
bu. alsike clover, 12.25a1250 per bu.:
crimson clover, 9.O0a9.25 per bu.; tim
othy, 3.0Oa325 per bu.; red top, 13a15
per h.; bluegrass, 1.l5a2.00 per bu.;
orchard grass 2.40a2.75 per bu.; white
clover, 40 per ID; alfalfa clover. 15a16
per Id.
GRAIN-Wheat, milling, per blu. LISA
.. O5; ordinary. per bu., 1.40a1.60; corn,
per bu., 1.30a1.32: oats. white. per bu..
77a7S: mixed. per bu, 15a76.