Evening star., 1923-01-28
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET

BALTIMORE, Md, January 81
| Especially The local egg market, at
| this season Of the year is very sensi-
tive to changes in weather conditions
and the tenor Of the outside advices,
and under fair receipts of the mar
ket rules easy at 81 cents a dozen for
strictly fresh native and nearby stock.
The demand, however. is limited to
| buyers immediate wants, but same is
keeping pace with the daily supply
| and more eggs are now going into
use daily under the lower prices pre-
| vailing- Average receipts are bring
| ing the same price as southern t'rsts,
| 35 cents a dozen, and as buyers are
rather critical prompt and frequent
| shipments are advisable. The market
for live poultry continues steady to
| firm, under good demand, receipts
generally being only moderate. Re
ceipts Of young chickens, especially
young winters. has been light with
a good demand prevailing for young
winters at so cents a pound. Small to
medlum-siZed fat broilers continue in
good demand at 81 and %, and leg
horns, "a to 25. but rough. poor and
thin stays are slow sale at 20. De-
mand for large fat old hens. AS
! pounds and over. is good at 25 and 26.
medium. 90 and ~, but small old hens
and leghorns are neglected at 20 and
%. Old roosterS plentiful at Is. Tho
market rules firm on ducks, but easy
| large fat stock, at "a to 2s for the
former, and 10 to 25 for the later.
Small and poor ducks will not bring
over 20 and geese II and Is. Pigeons
are steady under a fair demand, at
30 to 36 a pair. but guinea fowl are
easy at so each for large and young,
and 10 for small and old. The demand
for dressed poultry Is rather indif-
ferent, with trade generally prefer
! ring live stock and, with the excep-
, ton of capons. quotations are lower
on, dressed than on live. Large. fancy
capons, pounds and over, are in
good demand at 35 and 36; medium
dressed poultry should be confined
to straight lots of fancy young and
old stock to command top prices and
get best results. Mixed young and
old has to be sharply discounted.
The general white potato market
| rules steady under only moderate re-
| ceipts of No. ! grade stock. Mary
! land and Virginia McCormicks in am
| pie receipts and selling mostly 80 to
bring liz. to 1.2o: No. l stock. other
! varieties, brings 1.2O to 1876 and SO to
! 65 for No. 2s. Sweets and yams are
| in only moderate receipts, and under
fair demand for good stock the
market rules firmer at 1.60 to 2.25
per barrel for the former and 1.50 to
! 200 for the latter. Bushel~ stock
| sweets selling 35 to 85 and yams sc
! to 75. Native and nearby garden
truck in ample supply at following
Beets, Is to s5 bushel; broccoli and
kale, IS and 40 bushel; Savoy cab
| bage, 100 bushel: carrots, SO to so
! per 4-s basket; horseradish. to
! $50 bushel; onions. 2.75 to 3.25 per
| 100 pounds and 1.50 to 200 for No.
! 2 stock; oysterplants, 500 to 100
| hundred; parsnips. 1.25 to 1.30 bushel;
| spinach, LIS to 1.25 bushel, and tur-
nips, so to so bushel. Fancy packed
apples are in fair demand at 800 to
| 500 a barrel and 200 to $50 for No.
2s, all varieties. Bushel stock sell
ing mostly SO to 1.50, according to
quality and condition. Loose stock
apples are bringing $50 to 100 per
100 pounds and 40 to 65 per As
basket.