Evening star., 1924-07-13
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star
BALTIMORE, Md, July 12.-With
the exception o. corn and peppers
native and nearby garden truck has
practically displaced all southern
vegetables and the demand is cen
tered on nearby stock with the market
ruling steady. Receipts so far have
not been burdensome and the market
mas been cleaning up daily at the fol-
lowing quotations: StringleSS green
ana wax beans, l to 1.75 bushel, and
20 to l.25 for strings on; lima beans.
Nv 10 300 bushel; beets, 800 to 500
hundred; cabbage and carrots. 200 to
400 hundred; cucumbers, 1.25 to las
basket; Norfolk eggplants, $50 to 600
per strawberry crate; lettuce, so to !. 90
bushel' spring onions. LIS and 200
hundred; peas, 1.50 to 225 bushel:
IadiSheS. 200 and 800 for long white
and l.5O and 200 for button: rhubarb
800 and 400 hundred; spinach. $50
and 200 bushel; squash, LOO and 1.25
basket, and native tomatoes, 200 and
200 per As basket and $50 to $50
per carrier for Potomacs.
Native and nearby fruits continue in
good demand, especially early June an
pies. but demand is centered on large
smooth stock with most of the arriva Is
running small. which are practically
nhsaidoie; u no largest apples will bring
5;oo to $50 barrel and 1.50 to 200 for
NO IS, with bushel stock selling
mostly so to l.5O as to quality and con-,
ditlon, while As baskets bring 40 and
ou cherries continue in good demand
put most OF the arrivals are of the
SUR variety and have to be sold at <
ana a pound. while large red bring
~ 10 D and wax to 10. Blackberries
Eooseberries and huckleberries are in
1alIIy good demand at to IL, to 6
anu 10 10 22 quart respectively.
Raspberries are in light recent and
reAdV n fo =
Tor red and II to 10 a quart for black
New potatoes have entirely dis
placed old stock. which is now being
useo only as seed stock. and the mar
liberal supplies, especially of No. :
stock, which is in slow sale. Eastern
shore Maryland and Virginia No. /
stock is is bringing. tor. prices of ESQ
and SEQ barrel, while Norfolk Kappa
hammock and York Rivers sell about
30 cents per barrel lower. No stock
of all sections will not bring over
100 and 1.25.
The egg market rules firmer under
continued light receipts of native and
nearby, stock, with values showing
an advance over last week Buyers
are taking hold more freely as the
censumptive demand shows improve
ment. Eggs should be properly
graded and shipped promptly, how
ever. to command top quotations
especially during the warm weather
prevailing at present. The markei
closed firm today at 27 cents dozen
for firsts in free cases Eggs sold
cases returned Y to l cent per dozen
loss.
The general live poultry market
rules steady under only moderate re-
ceipt Of fat quality stock and a fairly
good demand prevailing, especially
for large springers two pounds and
over, which sell AZ nd 43 pound and
3S to 40 for medium, while smaller
stock will not bring over 35. Old
hens will large sell mostly % to 26
but small and poor and leghorns will
not bring over Is to 20. Spring leg
horns have to be sold at discount
under other fowl and sell mostly 29
10 35 as to quality and condition. Old
roosters plentiful and draggy at Is
Young ducks are in fairly good de-
mand at % to 25, but old ducks unless
large and fat are slow sale at Is to
90. Pigeons are also plentiful at 80
and 35 pair for both young and old.