Evening star., 1924-06-09
PRICE OF BUTTER
UP CENT PER POUND
Meats Show Slight Drop as Local
Market Opens Weeks
Sales.
LAMB AND VEAL LOWER
Agriculture Department Reports on
Vegetables.

The Washington wholesale market
for meats and dairy products opened
unobtrusively today and dealers
spent a quiet morning. The price
of butter with jobbers was reported
up a cent over Saturday and the
quotations were understood to range
from 43 to 40 cents for the various
grades of the products.
Eggs with jobhers were firm, the
highest price being reported at 80
for selects and 81 for straight run.
The meat market was we'll sup
piled and about the only change over
last week was in lambs and veal
which were reported slightly off.
Spring lambs had a range of IS to
81, it was declared. Veal was about
IL and good beef, IL to is.
The Department of Agriculture's S
vegetable market report follows:
Apple Supplies Moderate.
Apples-Supplies moderate, demand
moderate. market dull. Barrels: Mary
land. Virginia and West Virginia, No 1,
212 inches up, Winesaps. 4.75a5.50: Ben
Davis. 2.5oa3.00; "a inches up. Wine
Saps. 3.75a4O0- Boxes: Northwestern.
Winesaps mostly, as. Cabbage-Sup-
plies moderate, demand slow market
dull: Virginia, Norfolk section barrel
crates, pointed type. $1.50a2.00: home
Grown, uncovered barrels. pointed type
mostly, 200. Cantaloupes-Suppli
liberal. demand moderate. market
steady: California imperial valley,
salmon tints, jumbos 36s and ASS, 5.00a
900: standards, 4.50 50ETAOINETAO1N
$50; standards, ASS. 4.5Oa5. 90; ponys,
S4s, 3.50a4.oo. I.ettuce-Supplies mod
crate, demand limited, market steady:
homegrown. 2-dozen crates, Big Bos-
ton type. we'll headed, 200: leafy. 1.25a
l.o0. PeacheS-Supplies very light. de-
mand light, market steady: North
ly 800.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal: demand
good market steady; old stock,
rails, L. S. No. /, mostly 800 per sack
new stock: South Carolina, cloth top
Slat barrels, Irish cobblers, L. S. No.
!, 4o0a4.50: some field run, $50; car
lot sales, South Carolina. cloth top
stave barrels Irish cobblers, u. s. No.
l. cars, 400. Strawberres-Supplies
moderate; demand moderate: mark ct
steady; Virginia Norfolk section, 80
and so quart crates various varieties,
$a12l2 per quart; Eastern Shore, 81
quart crates various varieties. poor
condition, 2.00aS.00 per crate; home
Erown, 32-quart crates various varie-
ties, 4.00a6.00, mostly 4.50. Tomatoes
Supplies liberal; demand moderate
IT
and turning wrapped, best fancy
rount, $50: few higher; choice count,
2.oOa27o; many ripes, some decayed,
fancy and choice count, 1.00a2.5o.
Cars on Track at AM. Today.
Apples unbroken car on track.
Beets-120 crates South Carolina.
155 crates North Carolina ex-
press; crates and As baskets Virginia
boat. Cabbage-509 crates Virginia
boat Cantaloupes-S California freight,
> broken and 3 unbroken cars on
track. CarrotS-156 crates South
Carolina express: 81 baskets Virginia
boat. cucumbers-1 South Carolina
freight, $50 crates South Carolina, 65
crates Georgia, crates Alabama, ex-
press; ia crates Virginia boat, l un-
Hroken crstss car pard. on track xnrsI Eggplant
iruit-1 Florida freight. l broken car
sIna boat: Mixed vegetables
North Carolina freight. broken cars
on track. Mixed fruit Florida
broken and unbroken cars on track.
Onions Texas freight, unbroken
cars on track.
String beans-Supplies heavy, de-
for ordinary quality, market about
steady. North and South Carolina,
hushel hampers, green, 1.25a1.50.
Virginia. Norfolk section. 5-peck
L, E.-O
Cucumbers-Supplies liberal. De-
mand light, market dull. South Car
olina, bushel hampers, No. !, LOCAL so,
many refused: Virginia Norfolk sec
ton, "a bushel hampers, hotbed
stock. fancy $50: choice, 1.50.
Dewberries-Supplies moderate.
Demand limited, market weaker.
North Carolina. 32-quart crates, 350a
500, mostly 4.0Oa4.5O.
Oranges. California freight,
hroken and 3 unbroken cars on track :;
parsley. Sc barrels Louisiana express
peas 200 baskets South Carolina, 265
baskets North Carolina express. 1872
baskets Virginia boat; peppers, 8
press; potatoes, Michigan, South
Carolina, New Jersey. 1 Florida
freight, GIG barrels North Carolina
boat, broken and 10 unbroken cars
on track; squash, II baskets South
Carolina. 40 crates Florida expresS
straw berries, = South Carolina, l Vir-
ginia freight. 175 crates North Caro-
lima. 81 crates South Carolina ex-
press, 301 crates Virginia boat,
broken and l unbroken cars on track;
string beans. $40 baskets North Caro-
lima, 765 baskets South Carolina, $50
baskets Georgia express $50 baskets
Virginia boat, broken and l un-
broken cars on track; tomatoes, 5
~ baskets Georgia express. broken
End l unbroken cars on track; turnips,
80 crates North Carolina express;
peaches, 4S'crateS South Carolina ex-
press; blackberries, $50 crates North
Carolina express; huckelberries, 125
crates North Carolina express;
cherries, 10 baskets Tennessee ex-