Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
many VEGETABLES ARE
NORMAL IN PRICE NOW
Nearby Truck Farms Are Supplying
Much of Produce Consumed
in Washington.

Many. summer vegetables are now bring
Ing close to seasonal average wholesale
prices. as the supply increases. The
nearby truck farms are now supplying
like sold on the market, though consider
able quantities, it is stated. are still COM
ing from the vicinity of Norfolk. This
morning the lordly Irish potato dropped
30 cents a barrel the most choice grades
selling at $3.50 a barrel. and they had to
be fine TO bring that price. Good potatoes
sold at $3.50 to 81 barrel and less choice
kinds sold as low as $3.50. Cabbage,
which a short time ago was the rich mans
food. is today selling at so to IS cents
crate, about the usual price for the sea
son. String beans and eggplant are also
much lower in price. Coan river toma-
high as $; a crate. Good tomatoes can DC
bought. however. at from 81 to $3.50
crate. In the wholesale poultry market
chickens are lower in price. but otherwise
the market remains unchanged
Wholesale Prices Today.
Wholesale dealers report brisk business
Ills morning. with prices ranging about
as follows:
EGGs-steady: nearby, So; southern.
s..
cHEEsE-New York state factory.
new, 26ae1-
BCTTER-Elgin print. AZ: EIgn
tab. 4o,s: process. IS: store packed, 81.
ROSTERS. per ID &c: turkeys per ID.
.naa.: spring chickens, per ID. s0a31;
ducks rer ID. l3a2o; geese. per H..
iNa1a teats. Young. each. 40a55.
DRESSED POJLTRY-Hens. choice.
per H.. turkeys. Per ib.. :Sa25: ROSTERS.
per H.. 1.a1s: geese. ner 10. l3a15.
GREEN FRTlTS-Apples. new, per
hbl,.. e.9oaSao per boz 5oa1 so: Cali
oranges. 4.ooa4.Ts: grapefruit. 4.0oa
5 90: lemons. 6oos 90; pines. s.o0a4oo:
cherries. sails: peaches. 1.50a3.00 crate;
svatermelons. 2aa35 each: cantaloupes.
crate: blackberries. sa1es= per qt
DECENTRALIZATION new. s5Oa
$50 per Dbl; No. 2, 1.5oa2.5o bbl.;
string beans. per Dbl. 1.5oa25o; pep
pers. per crate. 75al.5o; okra. per crate.
i.ooa1.5o; radishes. per 100. 1.5oa2oo;
cucurlbers. per basket 1.00a1.75; egg
plant 1.5oa2.e0 crate: new cabbage. per
hhl, 50a75: beets. per bunch, 2a31a:
celery. per doz.. soa1.25: celery. per
crate. 4.ooa4;5o: romaine lettuce. 5oa75
per basket: lettuce. 75a1. so per basket:
equash 5oa1.o0 per crate: toma-
toes l.ooa30o crate: rhubarb 1.5oa
100 per 100 lunches: spring onions. 1.5oa
zoo per 100 punches: onions. Texas,
l5oal.15 crate; green peas. 200a4 90 per
bb:. spinach. 1.50a2.S0 per Dbl: kale,
s0a6n per bbl.: corn. per crate. 15al.75
LIVE STOCh-Sheep. per To-, 6a1:
larnbs spring. IA: calves. per h.. 1879:
medium. 1la12 per ID: common, per h.,
9a10.
WOO~Free of burrs, IS; bury, s0a
IS.
HAY-No. 1 timothy. 1sooa2o 90; No.
3 lS.00a1S.05: No. / mixed, 16.00al7.00;
No. .. 14.00a15.00.
SEEDS-Red clover. 11.50a11.76 per bu.;
alsike clover, 11-90al2.5O per .bu.: GRIM
SON clover. 1o.75a11.25 per bu.; tim
% hfI rcd
1850 per bu.: bluegrass. 2.25a25o per
bu: orchard grass. 800 per bu.: white
clover. 90 per h.: alfalfa clover, 17a1s
per h.; COW peas, 350a3.75.
GRAIN-Wheat. milling. old. per bu..
> 40aa. 50: new. per bu.. 100: ordinary, per
bu., 1.25a1 80: corn. per bu., 1.9oa1. 90:
oats. white, per bu-, ssas3; mixed. per
bu., so.