Evening star., 1924-06-03
PROVISIONS MARKET
SHOWS few CHANGES
Slightly Higher Tendency in Price
of Eggs at Wholesale
! Is Noted,
OTHER PRODUCTS NORMAL
Report on Vegetables by U. S. De-
partment- Bureau.

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The wholesale price of eggs on the
commission market today in. whole
sale lots was reported by merchants
at % cents a dozen while iobbers Of
fcred candled selects at % cents. This
was about the only product on the
market for dairy and live stock COM
modities that had higher tendency
over last week.
The market for calves was under
stood TO be weakened somewhat and
had about dropped from it's 11-cent
figure of the past week or two to
l0ia cents. The lamb market also
was around Is cents.
Spring chickens were ranged from
40 to SO cents, according. to size and
hens were about IS cents.
The meat market was about the
same as yesterday.
Report on Vegetables Supply.
Vegetables as reported by the De-
partment of Agriculture, follow:
Appies-SupplieS moderate; demand
light. market dull; barrel, Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia, No l.
Eeiiow Newtowns and winesaps, gig
d.
N inches, mostly 100: Ben Davis
Z inches up. mostly 2.50a2.75: boxes
northwestern, medium to large sizes
extra fancy winesaps, 2.50a2.75. Cab
bage-Supplies light: demand moder-
ate: market firm: Virginia, Norfolk
section; barrel crates. pointed type,
2O0a2.20. Cantaloupes - Supplies
light; demand moderate: market
steady; California, Imperial Valley
salmon tints. standards, ASS. 7.o6a7' So
I.UU 1C nnaZ
tuce-Supplies light; demand moder-
ate; market steady for good stock:
North Carolina and Virginia. Nor
folk section. 5-peck hampers big Bos-
d1; Ton TYPE, poor to ordinary quality and
onions-Supplies moderate: demand
light. market fairly steady. Texas,
standard crates yellow Bermudas,
I. 5, No; l, 1.75a2.0o, few higher. Po-
saooss-Snppnes stoos Sanlns moderate; new
slightly weaker. Florida, doubfe-head
barrels. Spaulding rose. U. s, No. 1.
6e0a6.50; South Carolina cloth top
stave and slat barrels Irish cohblers,
graded, 4.ooa4.50: L. S. No. 2, mostly
zoo Old stock-Demand moderate.
market firm: Michigan, 15O-pound
sacks russell rurals. U. S., No..t, most
ly $50. :. -
Supplies Moderate.
straw berries - Supplies moderate,
North 1h9 carniina mIaerass ssonns market steady
slonarys. ordinary to fair quality and
condition. 3.o0a4.O0 per crate: Vir-
ginia, Norfolk section, 80 and 60 quart
crates, Missionarys, 1212a1S. mostly
around Is per quart; few Gandys, 1Sa
20 per quart; home crowns, 32-quart
crates, various varieties, 5.00a6. 90, few
high, nigh as 500: Tomatoes-supplies
slightly weaker; Florida skies, ripes
and turning, wrapped. best fancy
count. mostly 400; choice count. 3.O0a
dition, 1.ooa2.5O Peaches-suppltes
very light. demand moderate. market
steady; South Carolina skies, Cneedas
mostly 400. String beans-Supplies
steady; Florida and Georgia, 3 bush
el hampers, green, 1.00a1.50; South
Carolina, bushel hampers, green. 1:5o
s-peck pee; % hampers, s''g green, % best. be mostly mostly
$50, few higher. Peas-Supplies mod
crate. demand moderate. market
steady; Virginia. Norfolk section.
a2.50:~ some poor condition, LOCAL. so.
light, market weak; Florida, square
bushel. crates, i. .50al.I5-- '..
Cars on Track at AM. To-day.
Apples. broken cars on track: ba-
nanas, Baltimore, Nd. freight,
beets, 35 baskets Virginia boat; cab
bage. sos crates. Virginia boat.
broken car on track; carrots SO
crates. South Carolina express; 80
baskets, Virginia boat, z broken cars
on track: caulifiower, % crates Vir-
ginia boat: celery, 1 Florida freight
l broken car on track; sugar corn, So
crates, Florida express; cucumbers,
436 crates Florida express, 205 bas-
kets South Carolina, i14 baskets
Georgia EXPRESS. 125 baskets Virginia
boat, broken car on track: eggplant,
65 crates Florida express; grapefruit
l broken car on track; lettuce, II
North Carolina freight, 120 baskets
Virginia boat. broken cars on track :;
mixed vegetables. Florida freight,
broken and 2unbroken- cars on
track: mixed fruit, 1 Baltimore. Md,
freight. / broken and unbroken cars
) broken. and 2 unbroken ears on
track: onions, California freight, 2
broken and 4 unbroken cars on track:
oranges, 1 California, Florida
freight, broken and unbroken cars
on track; parsley, Sc barrels Louis
ginia boat: peppers, 126 crates Flor
ida expresss potatoes. ) South Caro-
lima freight, Sc barrels, Virginia
boat. IL broken and 8 anbroken cars
on track; squash 139 crates Florida,
IS crates and 296 baskets South Caro-
lima express; strawberries. 39f crates
North Carolina, 1875 crates Virginia
E. s., express, 2SS crates Virginia boat;
string beans, IS baskets North Caro-
lima, 167 baskets Florida. 491 baskets.
South Carolina, 235 baskets, Georgia
express, 1 broken and L unbroken
cars on track; tomatoes, Florida
freight, 8 broken and unbroken cars
on track; watermelons, l broken car
on track; peaches. 121 crates South
Carolina express.