Evening star., 1924-04-08
EGG PRICES seen
/ AT WIDE EXTREME
Local Wholesalers Note Diff
ference in Two Sections.
, General Market Review.

Washington's wholesale egg ma rk et
refused to be affected by reports from
New York that retailers were getting
from 42 to so cents a dozen and tina,
IN Baysvilie. KY, farmers are giving
them away when they learned the
quotation was 10 cents a dozen. Ac-
cording to a dispatch from Baysville
eggs have become so cheap that
farmers have quit taking time from
their planting to gather them and
that produce truck drivers are well
come to the eggs if they will only
gather them,
commission merchants reported
very lighA receipts in eggs and poul-
Try but declared the price for whole
sale lots, current receipts, was from
70 q cents a dozen. Jobbers Of
aerea fresh nearby eggs, candled and
butter and cheese remain unchanged.
Seasons Dairy Receipts Heavy.
| IL was explained by some merchants
To-Day that there has been an un-
usually heavy amount of dairy prod
ucts received during the season, and
mat the farmers are about cleaned
up and are turning more attention to
the soil.
Local packers reported a scarcity
IN good beef and a higher tendency
IN price, but western packers declared
Inelr market was rather plentiful
Ihe top price for good beef was about
IL cents pound. Pork and smoked
change
Bananas sold as low as 75 cents a
bunch today, while top grades
brought 81 and more.
Prices for fish were unchanged
along the fish wharf
Review of Vegetables.
Vegetables. as reported by the De-
partment of Agriculture, follow:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate; market dull. Barrels
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. No. I, 2is inches up, winesaps,
Ss.sseas'eo; Ben Davis, .s:ooa3:5O; Ganos,
rwis. badly scaided. zoo: ~ inches
up, Winesaps, 4.50a5.0O New York,
A h-inch Baldwins, fair color, 4.00a
80; Bushel baskets-New York,
Northwestern, medium to large sizes,
extra fancy winesaps, mostly go;
some poor condition, 1.75a200; Stay
man Winesaps. mostly 200; Delicious,
mostly 400; combination extra fancy
and fancy yellow Newtons, 2.25a2.35.
:, Asparagus-Suppli light; demand
light; market slightly weaker. Cali
Yornia, crates. punched green, large
size, mostly 500; South Carolina.
crates, dozen lunches ungraded. 400
aS.00. abbage-Supplies liberal: de-
mand moderate; market firm. Flor
ida, Inch, bushel hampers, Copen-
hasens, mostly 2.25. some low as ZOO;
Texas, bulk, per ton. round and fiat
type, 75.00as0.00. Celery-Supplies
moderate: demand light; market
steady. Florida, 10-inch crates, gold
dozen DO ~ Stalks. 4.a5a4.5e, IS .se ffeS"' few AS; 49,
sS-dozen stalks, 3.75a4.o0.
Lettuce-Supplies light: demand
moderate; market firm. California,
crates, crates ieeberg &c type, best 6;ooas' 90
Supplies Light, Demand Light.
light; market steady: Ohio and Mich
igan 1o0-pound sacks. yellow vari-
cites. No. 1, best mostly, 2.25; ordi-
nary quality and condition, low as
!.5o. Potatoes = Supplies moderate;
firm: Michigan. 15O-pound sacks Rus
set Rurals. U. S. No. l. 265a2.75: few
2.S5 per sack; New York, 150-pound
sacks round whites, U. S. No. 1, 285a
500 per sack; new stock. market
barrels Spaulding Rose. U. S. No. 4.
! Il. z.O0a12.50. Spinach--Supplies heavy;
demand moderate; market weaker;
Virginia. Norfolk SECTION. cloth-top
L.
condition. $50. Strawberries = Sup
plies light; demand light; market
steady; Florida, pony refrigerators,
best; 3oa35; ordinary quality, poor
oaaits oondition 1Sa25 s,,,pe per quart Sweet
light; market firm; South Carolina
5-peck hampers. Porto Ricans, No l..
3.o0a3.15 bushel; hampers, 2.5oa2.75;
North Carolina cloth-top stave bar
rels. Porto Ricans. No. / 6.5Oa7. 90;
11-
Supplies moderate; market firm for
good stock: Florida SKIES. ripes and
turning, wrapped, fancy count. best,
4.50a4.T5; choice count, best, 3.50a3.75:
express. wide range in price, 2.00a4.00.
Cars on Track at s AM. Today.
Apples, 1 New York freight, {
broken and unbroken cars on track;
car on track: celery, 2 Florida
freights, broken and l unbroken
car on track; potatoes, 1 Florida, |
New York freights, broken and
crates Florida and 36 crates North
Carolina express, s cars on track, in
cluding broken; grapefruit, Florida
freights, broken and unbroken
cars on track; oranges. Florida
freights. broken and unbroken
cars on track: tomatoes, 25 crates
Florida express. broken cars on
track; carrots. 1 broken and 1 un-
broken car on track: caultifiower, 1
California freight. l broken and !
Sunbroken car on track; string beans.
267 baskets Florida express; kale, 100
barrels Virginia boat: radishes. 'aS
baskets South Carolina express; egg
plant, 81 crates Florida express; pep
pers, s5 crates Florida express: spin
ach. 464 barrels Virginia boat, !
broken car on track; mixed vegeta.
bles. broken cars on track: mixed
fruit, Florida freights, 2 broken and
unhroken cars on track; bananas.
freight reShipped Baltimore un-
broken car on track; strawberries. 8
refrigerators Florida express: aspara-
gus, IA crates South Carolina, so
Crates reshipped New York express;
parsley, % crates New York express;
brussel sprouts, Is crates New York
express.
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