Evening star., 1924-08-08
WHOLESALE BUYING
IMPROVED TODAY
Cooler Weather Helps Local
Markets-Vegetable and
Fruit Review.

Cooler weather caused slight i'm
provement in early morning buying.
The increased trading was not heavy,
however, and dealers do not look for
much Improvement until the return
of vacationists in the early Fall.
Receipts of poultry were fairly
large, more than enough to supply de-
mands at prevailing prices. Decreased
prices the past week served to in
crease the demand and keep receipts
7 moving.
Egg prices, gradually soaring, are
not expected to decrease to any ap-
preciable extent this season. Contin-
ued losses in Gambling keep prices up.
Meat prices have undergone no
change the past few days. The mar
ket continues slow and draggy, lamb
being the only meat in demand. Lamb
always is a good seller in hot weather.
Butter and cheese prices were not
changed this morning.
Fruit and Vegetables.
The daily market report on fruits
and vegetables Compiled by the Mar
) ket News Service Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics) says:
Cantaloupes-Supplie light; demand
good; market strong; North Carolina,
Ridgeway sections. salmon tints,
section. Norfolk crates sweet as best,
400; other green meats. ordinary
quality, 2.25a2.50; Maryland. green
meats, standards. 36s. 400. Peaches
ket, steady: North Carolina. bushel
baskets. Elbertas. best. $50; bellies,
best, c.25; North Carolina and Georgia
6s. Bellies and Elbertas. best, 2.00a2.25
some medium size. 1.50a1.75; Virginia
bushel baskets. Carmans best, LISA
1.50; some small size. ordinary quail
ity, oOa1.00; half bushel boxes, Car
mans, fine quality and condition, 1,25.
Potato Supplies Liberal.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
light; market fairly steady; Norfolk
section and North Carolina cloth-top
slat barrels. Irish CoDblers, L. S., No.
], mostly 2.25; Virginia Eastern Shore
sblers, U. S.. No. l. branded, $50: New
Jersey. 150-pound sacks. Irish Cob
blers, L. S., No. l, mostly $50.
Watermelons = Supplies moderate;
no carlot sales reported.
Beets-Homegrown receipts light;
demand moderate; market firm: home
grown. mostly 800 per hundred
lunches
Cabbage-supplies light: demand
limited; market firm; Virginia, bulk,
pei IoH, y pc. fU.UV.
Carrots-Homegrow receipts mod
crate: demand moderate: market t
steady: homegrown, S.00a4O0 per
hundred lunches.
torn-Homegrown receipts light:
demand moderate. market tirmer;
homegrown. 5-doZen bags sugar corn.
1.Ioa2.00, few higher. Lettuce-Sup-
plies light: demand moderate, market
steady: New York crates. big Bos-
ton type, fair quality and condition,
l.z5ai.5O; some poor condition, 25a75.
sweet Potatoes Cheaper.
Peas-Supphes moderate; demand
moderate. market slightly weaker:
New York. bushel baskets. Tele-
phones, 2.00a2.25 Sweet Potatoes
Supplies light: demand limited.
market slightly weaker: North Caro-
lima cloth-top stave barrels. yellow
varieties, No. l. S.00a9.OO. Onions
Supplies light: demand moderate
market steady: Iowa. IOU-pound
sacks. yellow varieties, L. 5. No. !,
mostly 3.15. omatoes-Homegrown
receipts light; demand moderate
market stronger: homegrown, i:.-
bu ushel hampers. No. l. best. 1.75a
$50. Apples-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market firm: Virginia.
bushel baskets, yellow transparent,
1.75a2.00; some small size. l.25al.5O