Evening star., 1922-09-10
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE. Md. September 9
rSpecial) Due to light receipts OF
native and nearby strictly fresh eggs
and stronger outside advices. the egg
market advanced sharply the latter
part of the week and closed firm at
81 a dozen for firsts and 80 to 80 for
average receipts. With the advance
in price, however, buyers are very
critical and only strictly fresh gath
cred stock will bring top quotations.
For this character of stock good and
constant demand prevails and unless
the receipts increase the market will
very likely go higher next week
In the live poultry market old hens
of heavy weight continue In good de-
mand and the market rules firm at
IS and 81 pound for four and one
half pounds and over, "a and 25 for
small to medium and 20 to 20 for
white 1eghorns. Spring chickens are
h, ample receipt and preference con-
ers, weighing upward of two pounds
Apiece. which bring rs and 27 small
to medium, "a and 26 and white leg
horns, 20 to "a. The demand con-
tinues good for desirable size fat fowl
and while receipts have been run
ming fairly liberal all desirable
offerings have found buyers. Leg
horns of all variety, however. are
slow to move out. even at discounts.
A fair demand is noted for ducks.
at 10 to %. with small and poor slow
sale at IS and Is. Pigeons and guinea
fowl in ample supply at 20 for the
former and 40 to so each for the
latter.
The white potato market rules easy
under moderate but ample receipts,
with the movement only fair on prime
stock at 100 to 1.25 hundred pounds
and $50 to LIS per barrel. No. 3
stock selling mostly half price, seconds
a
to sell. Sweets and yams continue
liberal and market rules easy at LIS
to 200 per barrel for the former and
1.50 to 200 for the latter.
Still coming in quite freely, with de-
nnand only fair and prices mostly in
buyers favor.
Green beans sell 40 to IS a bushel.
1imas, IS to 100; beets and carrots
in ample supply at 200 to 800 a
hundred for the former and 800 to
400 for the latter. Corn in light re-
eeipts and under good demand. The
market rules firm at Is to 20 dozen.
Eggplants and squash fairly active at
plentiful at is to 80 per 4-s basket
for large green and 30 to IS for large
ked and needle.
Pumpkins made their first appear
ence this week and are meeting with
Seady sale at to 10 each.
Tomatoes in plentiful supply at
30 to 40 per 4-s basket, go to IS per
Hushel for packing stock and 80 to IS
for small yellow.
Most of the native and nearby
melons arriving are culls and primes.
for which there is no demand and
Are selling as low as 1 each. Selects,
however, are scarce and find ready
sale at Is to 25 each.
Peaches are running light and
mostly common to ordinary fruit,
which have to be sold at the low
Sst values while fancy large stock
feadily brings top prices Of 50 to
100 per basket and 1.50 to 2.75 per
bushel Apples continue In ample
receipt and with demand only fair
the movement is slow at 1.5o to zoo
per barrel for early varieties and so
TO 100 per bushe1. Packed No. l
stock. however, in good demand at
zoo to 800 per barrel. Native and
nearby pears of all varieties are sell
ing 40 to rs per as basket. Grapes
In limited supply and in fair demand
1t LOO to 1.25 per 4-S basket.