Evening star., 1925-10-12
TRADING IS BRISK
At CENTER MARKET
Visitors in City Help to Boost
Trade-PriCe Changes
Are Very Slight.

Cold weather and the presence in
The city of thousands of visitors
served 10 assist dealers to dispose of
moro supplies than were moved dur
ing similar periods the past few weeks
Monday morning trading was brisk,
dealers reported. retailers being much
in evidence during the early hours.
Foodstuffs OF all kinds We're in de-
mand. Meats, poultry. butter and
eggs We're quoted at the prices that
prevailed at the close of last week :
market, while slight changes i'll fruit
ana vegetable prices We're reported
Cantaloupes, the season almost end
ed, found ready sale ut reduced prices.
Dealers report the last shipments of
cantaloupeS of the season were in eX
cellent condition, not having lost their
sweetness because of the cool weather.
SO few cantaloupes are being re-
ceived, however. that prices are no
longer quoted. HoneydewS have
about taken their place. Moderate
supplies of honeydews are being re-
ceiyed from the West. and quotations
cover a wide range.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Buttcr-Fancy tub. 53: prints. %;
store packed. 81
Eggs-Fancy. selected. randled. +5a
-ij; average receipts. 42a4%: hennery,
white ga
Poultry-Alive- Spring chickens,
large. 30a3l Leghorn chickens, 25a26:
loavy hens, IS: medium hens, 25a26:
turkeys, ;5a3S; ducks. 2oa22: geese,
12a15. Dressed Spring chickens,
large, S2a33; fowls, 3oa3l; turkeys,
4ha42
Livestock Calves. II; lambs. Spring,
16; hogs, i.
Neat,Beef. Is: veal. 2oa22: Spring
lambs. 3oa32; hogs. -: loins. 37a3S;
smoked shoulders. 23a24; hams. 3oa32.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
I Today's market report on fruits
and vegetables FURNISHED by the
Market News Service Bureau of
Agricultural Economies. says:
AppleS-Supplies liberal: demand
moderate. market steady: barrels.
Virginia \ 2l2 inch up Grimes. 6.00a
$50 III inch up, mostly 500; boxes,
Washington, extra fancy Delicious.
medium to large sizes mostly. $50:
extra fancy Jonathans and Winter
Bananas, medium TO large sizes,
mostly 80; bushel baskets. Mary
land, Virginia and New York, No. l,
various varieties, medium TO large
size. 150a1.75: few best, 100.
Cabbage Supplies moderate; de-
nand moderate. market steady: New
York, bulk. per ton, domestic round
type, 2500a30.00: Danish type, most
ly $500
Celery-Supples moderate: demand
moderate market steady: New York,
fs crates Golden Self-balanCing, in the
rough. best. mostly 1.15: few, 200;
fair condition, 1.O0a1.50; full crates, in
the rough, fair TO ordinary quality and
condition, l.30a2.OU.
Onion Market Steady.
Grapes Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market steady: New York,
concords 12-quart climax baskets,
] GOAL %. 2-qudrt climax baskets, 24a
25; California, crates and lugs Flame
TokayS, 160a1.T5.
LettuCe-Supplies limited: demand
moderate, market steady: California,
crates Iceberg type, dozen. 4.0Oa
40; Colorado, crates Iceberg type, 40
dozen, best, mostly 4.50; ordinary con-
dtiOn, 3.u0a4.00.
Onions-Supplics liberal: demand
moderate, market steady: Massa
chusetts and New York, 100 pound
sacks YeIlows. L. S. No. l, 2.50a2.6 80;
Few. 275: Indiana, 1O0-pound sacks
White, picklers, few sales, 500.
Pears-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate. moderate, market steady;
New York, bushel baskets Bartletts,
NO i, pest IllOSlly o--O' blASil1l 'f1SfN's7
and bushel kegs Seckels, large size,
3.00a2.25; few $50.
Potato Supplies Liberal.
P"tatoes-Supplies liberal: demand
moderate, market steady; New York,
I50-Ib. Round Whites, L. :. No. l,
mostly $50; Michigan. 130-lb. sacks
RuSset RuralS. l.. :. No. /. 3.S5a4. 90.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies moderate;
demand moderate, market steady; Viz
ginia. East Shore, cloth-top stave bar
rels, Yellows. No. 1, mostly 800; North
Carolina. cloth-top stave barrels, Porto
Ricans and Yellows, No. l, mostly 4.50;
few higher.
neydews-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate, market duh; Colo
RADIO, standard crates, rs and los,
1.25a1 80; standard flats, rs and los,
mostly around 100.
ulifioWer-Suppli"s moderate: de-
mand moderate, market steady; West
ern New York. crates mostly go.
Cucumbcrs-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate. marl<t steady; New