Evening star., 1924-04-07
AVERAGE PRICES
MIN LOCAL PRODUCE
Wholesale Market Dealers
See Little Change-Com-
mission Trade Quiet.

Wholesale market today and there
was little change in prices over last
week. Commission merchants ex-
perienced the usual Monday auietude
brought about by slight shipments
because of Sunday.
Fresh meats were generally quoted
today as follows: Good beef, 16 and
Il cents; medium, IA to Is, and cows.
10 to IS. Lambs, choice, fall, 20 to
90; spring (very scarce), 80 TO 4o.
Pork, IS to 90 cents; shoulders, 10 to
JOE; ribs, 10. and fresh hams, IL to
1S cents Smoked meats: Hams,
grade l, 20 to 21; grade 2, IL, and
grade 8, 16; grade l bacon, 2S; sliced
81, and grade ., 16 cents. Callies were
around I0n cents.
Butter shows Small LOSS.
Butter lost about a cent over last
week for all grades when the market
opened today. The general quotation
ran from Al to 81 cents, the former
being for the lowest priced and the
l;.tter for the highest butter. Eggs
with packers had a stronger tendency,
3 cents per dozen being reported as
the lowest and 20 as the hlShest price.
These eggs are graded.
Commission merchants had very
little on hand today, the receipts
being nothing to speak OF. Nhile
not anticipating climb in price.
some merchants declared they would
not be surprised to see eggs about
cent or two more by the end of the
week. 1t was explained the storing
season is now about under way and
with the expected increase in de-
mand around Easter, placed against
light receipts, the foregoing con-
More than 5000 rockfish and 200
bushels of large white perch reached
Municipal market, foot of 11th street
southwest, from Maryland point, forty
five miles down the river, this morning.
The seine in operation this year is
trifie smaller than the one that car
ried off the first prize at the world
fair, Chicago. 1t is approximately II 900
feet in length and covers a radius of
about four miles when in operation,
and, it is stated, no other net anything
like as large will be operated this sea-
son.
Twelve shad were included in yester-
days catch, the largest number caught
any day this season. This time last
season the largest catches of shad of
the season were being made. High and
muddy water are assigned as the causes
for the firSh not appearing so early as
they did last season.
1t is thought that a few days good
weather will improve fishing conditions.
There are plenty shad and herring be-
ing caught in the vicinity of Norfolk,
the supply being large enough to de-
crease prices in the local market.
Review of Vegetable Market.
The vegetable market, as seen by
Department of Agriculture reporters,
follows:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate: market dull; barrels, Mary
land. Virginia and West Virginia, No.
!, ga inches up, Winesaps, 5.5oa6.0o;
Ben Davis, S.00aS.5o; Ganos: 3.25a
$50; Romes, 4.ooa5.00; 2A inches up,
Winesaps, 4.50a5.00; New York, 4
IL inches, Baldwins, fair color, 4.00a
$50; bushel baskets, New York Bald
wins No. l. 1.25a1.S5; boxes, north
fancy Winesaps, mostly, $50; some
poor condition. 1.75a2.0 90; Stayman
Winesaps, mostly, 200; Delicious,
mostly, 400; combination extra fancy
e.S5. aragus-Express receipts
light; demand light; market steady;
california, crates, punched green,
dozen punches, ungraded, 4.00a7.00:
few, 500. Cabpage-Supplies liberal;
demand moderate; market steady;
Florida, 112 bushel hampers, Copen-
Texas, bulk. per ton. round and fiat
type, 70.00aS0.00. Celery-Supplies
moderate; demand moderate; market
steady: Florida, 1o-inch crates, Col
den self -bIanching in the rough AS
dozen; stalks, 4.25a4.50; few, 4.75; 5
dozen, stalks, mostly, 400; some fair
quality, $50. Lettuce-Supplies light;
demand moderate: market firm; Cal
500; some fair condition, $50; Flori-
da, IL bushel hampers, big Boston
types, best, 4.50; poorer, 2.50a3.50.
onions-Supplies light; demand light;
,rly ~ Cyfz lrv-
10o-pound sacks, yellow varieties, No.
!, best mostly, 2.25; fair quality and
condition, low as 1.50.
Potato Demand Moderate
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market steady; old
stock, Michigan, 150-lb. sacks Russet
Rurals United States No. 1, 2.60a275,
few $3.50 per sack; New York, 150-lb.
sacks Round Whites, United States
No. 1. 2.S5a3.00 per sack: new stock,
trading slow: Florida, double-head-
No. L. 13.0Oa13.50. Strwaberries-Ex-
press receipts moderate; supplies
moderate; market steady. Florida,
pony refrigerators, best, 3Oa35; ordi-
ach-Supplies liberal; demand moder-
ate: market fairly steady; Texas,
bushel baskets 1.4oa1.5o: Virginia,
Norfolk section, cloth top veneer bar
String beans-Supplies liberal; mar
ket slightly weaker; Florida. y
bushel hampers green, mostly 4.00a
500; fair quality, 2.50a3.o0, wax, best,
500. Peppers-Supplies light; mar
r ket steady; Florida, crates No. 1, fair
condition, 5.00a5.50, No. 2 and culls,
. 5.o8a4o0. Eggplant-Supplies light;
market steady; Florida, pepper crates,
No. ordinary quality, 250a3.oO.
Arrivals Since Fridays Report.
Apples Washington, New York.
/ Virginia freight, broken an6
Florida, 1 Texas freight, 10 broken
and unbroken cars on track. Gel
ery-1 Florida freight. broken and
unbroken car on track Potatoes
boat, broken and unbroken cars
on track. Sweet potatoes South
Carolina freight Lettuce Califor-
MIA freight, so crates Florida, SO
crates North Carolina, 10 baskets re-
shipped New York express, broken
-.s,d 1 unbroken car on track. Grape
fruit-5 Florida freight, broken and
unbrol1en cars on track. Oranges
Florida. feight, boken and un-
broken cars on track. Tomatoes
Florida freight, so crates Florida ex-
prss, broken and l unbroken car on
track Carrots Texas, i Louisiana
freight, unbroken cars on track. Caulf-
fiower-l broken car on track. Beets-l
baskets Florida expresa Peas-So
baskets Florida express. Radishes-
25 baskets South Carolina 10 bas-
kets North Carolina express Egg
plant-115 crates Florida and 10
crates reshipped New York express.
Peppers-40 baskets and 125 crates
Florida express Spinach Texas
freight, 342 bbls. Virginia boat.
broken cars on track. Mixed vege-
ta.bles-1 PENNSYLVANIA, 1 Texas
freight, 2 broken and 1 unbroken
Mixed fr1fff-1 E.1nr-