Evening star., 1925-09-21
PRICES HOLD FIRM
AT CENTER MARKET
Warm Weather Slows Up
Trading-Receipts Also
!. Reported Light.

Warm weather early this morning
did not benefit market dealers. Buy
ers We're slow appearing and sales
We're not large.
Receipts We're about as slow as
usual on Monday, Sunday shippers
not being much in evidence in near
by Maryland and Virginia
Today's prices were substantially
the same as those reported at the
close of last week 8 market.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy, tub, 521a: prints.
SAY store packed, 3d.
Eggs-Fancy, selected, candled, 3Sa
30: average receipts, 3oa36.
large, Sla33; small. 81; heavy fowls
2sa3O; medium fowls, %; small fowls
22; ducks, Is: keats, 40a75; turkeys
25a30; geese, 12a15. Dressed-Sprlns
chickens. large. 80; small, 32: turkeys,
rs; ducks, 20; geese, 1212.
Live stock - Calves, 13: lambs,
Spring. 1412; hogs, IA.
Meat-Beef, Is; veal. 20; Spring
lambs, 80; hogs, %; loins. 81; smoked
, shoulders, %; hams, 81.
F., Todays market report on fruits
and vegetables Compiled by the Ma!
ket News Service Bureau of Agrlcul-
Apples liberal; demand
light. market steady: bushel baskets,
Maryland and Virginia. various va
rieties. large size. 1.50al.75: medium
sizes. LOCAL so; boxes, Washington,
extra fancy Winter Bananas, large
size. 2.75a3.00; fancy large size, 2.oo
a2.75.
Cabbage-Supplies moderate; de-
mand Slow market weak; New YORK
bulk per cwt Copenhagen. 1:Io.
Cantaloupes-Suppl moderate;
demand moderate, market hrm; COL
orado, Salmon TintS, standards 4os,
2.75a325; Pink Meats, pony flats,
15s and 18s, 125; standard flats, Us
and 15s, 15Oa1.75; Jumbo flats, IS
and 12s, mostly lis: Honey dews,
standard crates all sizes, 2ooa2.Z 20
some decayed, 1.50a1.75.
Grapes-Supplies moderate. demand
moderate market steady. Delaware
~ quart Climax basket Concords,
mostly around SIS. California, crates
Flame Tokay. 1.7oa2.00. Crates, Maia-
gas, too soft. 1.25a1.75.
Lettuce-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady; New York, ?
doz. crates. Big Boston type. best,
mostly 100: ordinary TO fair quail'y
and condition, 50a75; Colorado. crates
Iceberg type, "a dozen. 2.75a3.0O.
Onions-Supplies light; demand hsht'
market dull; New York, MASSACHUSETTS,
and Ohio. 100-ppund sacks helloWs'
United States No. l. mostly 2.To-
Peaches-Supplies liberal; demand
light. marekt slightly weaker; New
York, bushel baskets Elbertas, large
size. 2.50a2.75; mostly. 2.lo: New Jer-
sew. bushel baskets Elbertas, large
large size, few sales, 3.7o
Pears-Supplies moderate: demand
moderate, market steady; New 1ork'
bushel baskets Bartletts, No. l, 2.75a-
800; mostly 2.75; No. 2, 2.Ooa2.2o;
California, boxes, Bartletts. extra
fancy, mostly, 4.25; fancy. mostly, 3.fo.
Potato Supplies Light.
Potatoes-Supplies light; demand
limited, market firm: Maine. 150-pound
sacks, Irish cobblers. L. 5. No. /,
3.S5a4. 90; mostly, 400; Pennsylvania,
l5O-pound sacks long Whites. u S.,
No. /. 3.65a3.75.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies light; boat
receipts light; demand light, market
steady; Virginia, cloth-top stave bar
rels, yellows, No. l, AS; North caro-
lima, cloth.top stave barrels, yeilows.
No. 1. fair quality, $50.
Celery-Supplies limited; demand
light. market steady; New York, %
crates in the rough, fair quality, Z.oU
a2.50.
Tomatoes - Homegrown, receipts
light: demand light, market firm;
homegrowns, 1z-bushel hampers, best
mostly so cents.