Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

| BALTIMORE. Md. November 10
| Especially With u good ThankSgiv-
/ ing demand prevailing there is a
! brisk inquiry for choice to fancy
/, dressed turkeys and the trade is bid
| ding higher prices on large fat birds.
| 43 to As cents a pound being quoted
| today; fair to good stock and old
| toms are selling at 40 and AZ. More
!! liberal shipments of turkeys advis-
+, able, but other lines of dressed poul-
try not SO active at % and % Tor
young chickens. - to "A for old and
| to - for ducks, and % to 80 Tor
geese. The live poultry market con-
tinues quiet and easy in tone. when
| is usual with the approach OF
| Thanksgiving. when turkeys are the
principal attraction.
The market for turkeys rules firm
| er. the receipts being light. at 40 10
old fat birds and "a and 80 for poor
and crooked breasts. Liberal snip
! ments of desirable fat stock are ad-
visable. but small, poor, thin bros
not wanted. There is fair demand
! for fat young chickens. but receipts
are running ample at - TO 70 ana 70
| to 20 for poor rough stock, and white
! leghorns; old hens easy, with lisht
! demand prevailing at 20 to % and
| Is and IS for small and white reg
F.! horns; market for ducks and geese
shows little change.
Good, fat ducks will sell at u to
| %. but small. poor stock neglected
| at 90; nearby geese, % and p. while
i Kent Islands bring 30 and 80. Pig-
cons in good request at % and 40 a
pair, and guinea fowl steady at 20
and So each for large young. % ana
60 for smaller and 40 for old
The general egg market is Firm and
=
to 65 cents a dozen. 1t is NOR" OF a
jobbing markekt on egt.s AT the pres
ent time. as receipts have been so
light this week there maze been Few
With cold-storage eggs quoted at
nearly half this price. the trade IS
being supplied with this stock and
western firsts at GO cents.
The potato market rules easy, and
values are a shade lower under lb-
eral receipts and a slower move
ment Maryland and virginia Mc-
Cormicks selling l.5o to 80 per 100
pounds. other varieties bringing 1.I5
and 200 and No. Is IS and Loo.
Sweets and vans in moderate receipt
and selling better at 500 to 80 per
barrel for the former ana 3.Gp to 90
for the latter: culls 20 No. IS, l.,o
to 2.25: bushel stock. LOO and l.25.
Native and nearby truck in fair de-
mand at the following quotations:
Beets, 8 and cents bunch; broccoli,
Is and IS bushel: carrots, and
bunch: cauliflower, 400 and 500 bar
rel; celery. so to S. dozen lunches;
horseradish. $50 to 400 bushel; let
tuce, % and so bushel: lima beans.
800 and 400 bushel: onions, 500 and
5.25 hundred pounds; No. IS. 200 and
$50: oyster plants. and 5: parsnips.
10 bushel: pumpkins. and l2 each:
Savoy cabbage % and 40: spinach.
50 and rs bushel: kale. % and 30, and
turnips, rs and so bushel.
Apple receipts are more liberal
and market rules easy. with values a
shade lower; packed stock. all varie-
ties, selling 500 to 500 barrel, and
400 and 500 for No. IS. Bushel stock,
1.25 to 2.25. Box apples. 200 to 800,
and loose. unpacked, 200 to 2.25 per
100 pounds, as to quality.
Rabbit receipts have been very lib
eral this week. and market is much
lower, with only fair demand for
stock of good size and quality, at 800
to $50 per dozen, and 1.50 to 200 for
fair to good. Slow movement on
dressed hogs owing TO warm weather,
and market easy. at IL and IL a
pound for lightweights. and 10 and
IL for medium, with supplies ample.
Never judge the dinner by the tone
of a dinnar hell