Evening star., 1922-09-17
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE, Nd. September 16
tspecial).-Under continued light re-
ceipts Of strictly native and nearby
eggs the egg market rules firm, and
while there are fairly liberal OFFER
lngs OF western refrigerator stock
ana colo storage goods the demand
TOT nrst quality continues goGS and
an arrivals clean daily at 35c a-dozen.
average receipts selling 2 to 3 cents
a dozen under. The market closed
hrm and unless receipts increase next
week market will probably advance
another cent or two.
Inc general live poultry market Is
STEADY with good demand noted for
heavy fat old fowl and large SPRING
ers, and while receipts are fair there
IS no surplus of this stock on the
market. Large springs. two pounds
ana over. Will bring 26 to % pound;
small to medium. "a to Is and white
leghorns. 20 TO "a. Old hens. Az
pounds and over. also bring &c and
e. while small to medium sell at
70 to rs and white leghorns 20 to %.
Fat, young ducks are also in good
demand at 19 to 21. while young
ppekins; ssn; 81 pounds and over. bring
slow sale at Is and 1s. Guinea fowl,
ts pounds and over; find ready sale
slow sale at 40. Pigeons plentiful
at 20 pair for young and. old
Under liberal receipts from all
points and the movement only fair
the white potato market shows a de-
cine. No. l stock selling 15O to LIS
a barrel. and rs to LOO for No, .: 90
to !.l0 per hundred pounds. and 40
10 LOO per 15O-pound bag. No. 2 all
sacks selling mostly half price,
sweets and yams also continue in
ample receipt and with demand only
ialr on No. l graded stock the mar
ket rules easy at 1.50 to $50 per
barrel for the former and I.25 to Tx
for the latter. '
Native and nearby garden truck
sun coming in quite freely and with
the exception of -one or two lines
prices are mostly in buyers" favor.
Stringless green beans are selling
Is to so bushel. while iimas have
advanced and bring 1.50 to 175 a
oushei Beets and carrots plentiful
az 2.5o to $50 a hundred for the
former and 800 to 500 for the latter.
MARYLAND caulifiower made its first
appearance on the market this week
and met with ready sale at 400 to
500 barrel Cabbage plentiful at
zoo to 400 a hundred and savoy cab
page 90 to so bushel. Corn running
mostly poor stock and slow sale at
squashes both plentiful at 10 to so
per 4-s basket Prime. well culled
sack onions find ready sale at l.50 to
LIS per hundred pounds, but small
No; 2 stock is slow sale at LOO to
l.26. Peppers continue fairly active
at 20 to rs per 4-S basket for large
green and red. and 80 to IS for
medium.
Tomatoes, while not in plentiful
supply. are also in fair demand at
rs to IS per 4S basket. IS to. As. per,
bushel for packing stock and rs to 80
for small yellow.
Native and nearby fruits are rapid
ly nearing the end Of the season and
being displaced by New York stock.
No. 1 packed stock apples find ready
SAFE at 200 to 800 a barrel, but
loose unpacked stock not so. active
at LOO to 200 barrel. Bushel stock
selling so to LOO, and Is ito 80 per
As basket. Knotty rough and under
sized apples of uncertain value and
slow sale. Nearby crabapples in
good demand at Is to IS per basket.
Peaches selling fairly well at SO to
1.0e per basket, and 1.50 to $50 per
crate. Native and nearby Kieffer
pears are plentiful at 10 to rs per
basket. Other varieties bringing 20
to 40.
Season for watermelons rapidly
drawing to close. Anne Arundel
selects selling 25 to. 80. Other Mary
land and Virginia selects. is to 20.
while primes from all sections bring
only to. 10.