Evening star., 1922-09-24
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE. Nd. September %
(SpeciaD.-Under continued light"re-
nearby eggs the market continues
firm and advanced one cent a dozen
and closed today at SO. with average
receipts selling 33a34. The demand
for strictly fresh stock is good and
constant and all daily receipts clean
up rapidly. although with the warm
weather prevailing today it is doubt
full if eggs will go higher next week
Prompt shipments advisable.
While the live poultry market, gen.
orally is steady. there is quiet
tone prevailing today to the market
for old hens but it is expected the
market will be brisk next week due
to the buying of old hens for the
Jewish holidays, and a good demand
for heavy fat old fowl and large
young springers is expected to pre-
vail during the week. White leg
horn chickens seem more desirable
for this holiday trade. but they must
be fat to bring the price. Old hens.
AZ pounds and over, will bring 26a27
a pound; small to medium. 20a25, and
white leshorns, 20a222. Large spring
ers, ? pounds and over. also selling
26a27 small to medium. 24a26. and
white leghorns, 20a24.
The demand for fat young ducks is
fair and with receipts of this sort
moderate the market rules f1rrner at
20a23 a pound. Small and poor SELL
ing .17a1s. Young guinea fowl. 11s
pounds and over find ready sale at
soc each, but small and old birds are
not SO active at 40c. Pigeons plen-
tiful at 25c pair.
The white potato market has a
shade better tone. but receipts are
still running ample with movement
only fairly good on prime stock,
which sells 1.00a2.0O a barrel and
LOCAL. per hundred pounds. No. 2
stock, all sections. slow sale at half
price. Receipts of sweets and yams
continue ample for trade orders and
the market rules easy at 1.50a2.00 per
barrel for the former and 1.50a1.75
for the latter.
per 4-S basket and No. 10 to Is.
Native and nearby garden truck still
coming in freely, but values rule
steady on most lines, the demand be-
ing good.
Green beans selling so to so a bush
good e ana demand % at at 800 % to 500 per hun
dred, and savoy cabbage also active
at SIS to 60 bushel. Beets and car
rots are selling 2.6o to $50 a hun
dred for the former and SEQ to 400
for the latter. Caulinower in more
at 500 to 500 barrel. Corn nearing
the close OF the season and wide range
in quality and condition Of receipts,
which sell to Is a dozen.
Eggplants and SQUASH plentiful at
% to- 80 per 4-S- basket for large
green, 80 to IS for red. and Is to" SO
for medium. Onions steady, but it
takes prime, well culled stock to
bring outside quotations of 1.50 to
1.75 per hundred pounds and LOO to
LIPS for No. 2. Tomatoes also con-
tinue in ample receipt. but with fair
demand the market holds steady at
IS to 45 basket, 20 to IS per bushel
for packing stock and 25 to 80 for
small yellow. &.
This being between-season time,
the green fruit market rules quiet;
demand fair for packed stock apples.
which sell 200 to LEO barrel and
soto 1876 a bushel. Loose varieties
bring LOO to 200 a barrel. so to Leo
a bushel and 15 to. 80 per 4-8 basket.
Native and nearby peaches continue
In good demand at so to 100 bas-
ket and keifer and green pears also
sell fairly well atF15 TO 4o a basket. &
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