Evening star., 1924-06-19
EGG PRICES HIGHER
AT CENTER MARKET
Charges Advance in Spite Of Hot
Weather-Butter Quotations
! Unchanged.
LIVE STOCK BIT WEAK
Meat Dealers Report Business
Active-Vegetable Review.

Eggs were Surging ahead on the
Washington commission and jobbing
market today regardless Of the hot
weather which has had tendency to
dampen the activity of many other
products in the meat, poultry and
livestock line. Selects were bringing
from 80 to 80 cents, jobbers reported, ),
while candled straight run stood at
around % and 30 cents dozen. But
ter was unchanged
Chickens and hens, although much
fewer in number on the commission
market today, still were understood
to be weak but no great change in
prices was reported. Livestock. ex-
cept lambs, also did not fare very
well.
The meat dealers had a little less
activity today but their products were
moving nevertheless.
The Department of Agriculture's
report Of the vegetable market here
follows:
CantaIoupe Supplies Heavy.
Cantaloupes-Supplie heavy; de-
mand good; market slightly weaker;
California. Imperial Valley. Salmon
Tints, standard ASS, 2.50a275: few
special marks 25 higher; Jumbo 3ss
and ASS. 2.75a3.00; ponys 54s, LISA
zoo: flats 12s and 15s, 100 Cab
bage-Home- grown supplies moder-
steady; homegrown. uncovered bar
Iels, pointed type. mostly $50.
Peaches-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate; market steady: North Car
olina. IS Red Birds, large size. 400;
medium size, fair quality. 2.5oas.oo;
many decay ed, wide range in prices.
1.0Oa2.0o; Georgia. 6s Uneedas, soft,
overripe. some decayed, 5oa1. So,
no sales reported; new stock. demand
moderate, market firm: North and
South Carolina. cloth top slat bar
rels. Irish Cobblers. L. S. No. /. 3.00a
3.25; Virginia Norfolk section, cloth
top stave barrels, Irish Cobblers, U.
S. No. 1, $3.50. Strawberries-Home-
grown supply liberal; demand moder-
ate; market steady. Home grown.
32-qt crates. large size. 25oaS 50;
plies moderate; demand good; market
steady; Mississippi, As. turning, wrap
ped. fancy count. 1.00a1.l5; South
Carolina, 6s. turning, wrapped, fancy
count, 200a2.50. mostly 2.25; 2l6s
mostly 1.50.
Few watermeIons in Market.
watermelons- Supplies light; de-
mand limited: market dull; Florida,
bulks per 100 melons. Tom Watsons' va sc ns
String beans-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market steady; Vir-
ginia, Norfolk section, 5-peck ham,
pers, green mostly, $50; North Caro-
mostly, ZOO. Peppers - Express re-
ceipts light; demand moderate; mar
ket steady; Florida. crates. fancy.
3.5oa4.oo. Eggplants = Express re-
ket steady; Florida. pepper crates,
fancy, 3.50a4.00. Cucumbers-Supplies
light demand moderate market steady
North Carolina. bushel hampers, No. 1.
bushel hampers. hotbed stock. fancy,
500. choice, 1.75a2.00 Dewberries-
Supplies moderate; demand moderate;
market fairly steady; North Carolina
32-quart crates, best, 3.50a4.00;- fair
condition, 2.00a2.50.
Cars on Track at 8 AM.
Beets-12o baskets, Virginia boat.
Cabbage-96 crates, Virginia boat
Cantaloupes-6 California freight, IS
crates. California express, ~ broken
and 10 unbroken cars on track. Car
.rots-1 North Carolina freight, 126
crates, North Carolina express; l6t
baskets. Virginia boat; l unbroken
car on track. Sweet corn-l25 crates.
Florida express. Cucumbers-104
crates. Virginia boat Eggplant-s5
crates, Florida express. Grapefruit
! unbroken car on track. Lettuce
s5 crates, Virginia boat. Mixed vege-
tables-1 South Carolina, l North
Carolina freight; broken and un-
broken cars on track. Lemons-1
broken car on track. Onions-50
crates North Carolina express; /
broken and l unbroken car on track.
Cranges-2 California freight: un-
broken cars on track. PeaS-125
baskets North Carolina express. Po-
tatoes-2 North Carolina, l South
Carolina, l Georgia freight; 400 bar
rels North Carolina boat; 5 unbroken
and unbroken cars on track. Squash
-s5 baskets South Carolina. 365 bas-
kets North Carolina express; 152 bas-
kets Virginia boat. Tomatoes
Mississippi freight, 122 crates Flori-
da express; broken and 4 unbroken
cars on track. Watermelons-2 brok-
en- cars on track. Peaches Geor-
gia freight, 400 crates North Caro-
lima express; broken and l unbroken
cars on track. Dewberries-56 crates
South Carolina express. Blackoerries
-265 crates North Carolina eXpreSS.