Evening star., 1925-05-23
PORK AND SPRING
/ CHICKENS HIGHER
Butter Comes Down During
E. Week-Egg Prices Hold
Very Firm.

Cheaper butter and higher pork
products featured the weeks market
Spring chickens also were higher than
they were the preceding week, lower
prices during that period resulting
from glutting the market.
The egg market continues firm. with
prices ranging from so to 80 cents, ac'
cording to quality. Cheaper prices are
not anticipated during the Summer
season, when Gambling losses are
heavy.
Only moderate or light supplies of
vegetables from distant points are re-
ported, and Strawberries are not as
North Carolina berries sold today at
from SO to $3.50 a crate, while Vir-
ginia berries in fair condition brought
IL and 13 cents a box.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy. tub, 81; prints, 81;
store-packed. %.
Eggs-Fancy, selected, candled, 81;
average receipts, 30a3012.
Poultry-Alive, broiled, 45a4S; White
Leghorns. 35; heavy fowls. 2Sa29: me-
dunn fowls. 26a27; keats, 40a75; geese,
1ba1S; ducks. 25; turkeys, 22a2S.
Dressed fowls, 80; turkeys. 2Sa32;
ducks, 20a25.
Live stock-Calves, choice, II: me-
dunn, 10a11; lean, Sa9. Lambs, Spring,
16a1S. Live hogs, 13a1312.
Meats-Beef, 17a1S; veal, is; Spring
lambs, 80: hogs, 2112a22; loins, 32a34;
bans, 27a30; shoulders. 19a2O.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
of or
Economics) said:
Cabbage-Supplies liberal: demand
light, market steady; Virginia. Nor
folk section. barrel crates pointed
type, 2.00a2.25.
ucumbers-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market steady; Florida, Is
bushel hampers, No. /, best, 3.50a4 90;
lima, bushel hampers, No. l, 4.00a4.5O;
Virginia, Norfolk section, hotbed
stock, bushel hampers, fancy, 500;
choice, 500.
Onions-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady; new stock, Cal
nornia and Texas, standard crates
Yellow Bermudas, commercial pack,
mixed, Nos. / and 2, 3.50a2.75.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light, market steady: old stock.
New York. 150-lb. sacks, round
, whites, L. S. No. l, mostly around
4-25; new stock, Florida, double head
barrels, Spaulding Rose, L. S. No. l.,
700; South Carolina, cloth-top stave
barrels. Irish Cobblers, u. S. No. l.,
6.00a6.25.
awberries-Supplies moderate;
homegrown receipts moderate, de-
mand good, market steady; North
Carolina, 32-qt. crates. various varie-
ties, wide range quality and condi-
tion. best, 4.o0a5.5o; mostly, 4.00a4.5U;
poor quality, soft, wasty, 2.00a3.00:
Virginia, Norfolk section. 80 and 60
qt. crates. various varieties, best,
16a1S; poor quality, small, wasty,
12ha13.
Tomatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate, market steady; Flor
ida, skies rtpes and turning wrapped
originally fancy count 4.00a450
choice count, 3.0Oa3.25; ordinary quail
tty and condition, fancy and choice
count, 2.00a3.00.
String beans-Supplies moderate, de-
mand light. market steady; South
Carolina, bushel hampers, green best,
3.50a3.75; B-bushel hampers, 3.00a3.25.
Peppers-Supplies light; demand
light, market dull; Florida, crates,
No. /, best, $50, poor quality, 1.50.
Plenty of Green Peas.
Pea+Supplies liberal: demand mod
crate, market steady; Virginia, Nor
folk section, 5-peck hampers large
mostly around, $50: small, 2.00a2.25.
Cantaloupes-Suppli light; demand
light, market steady; California, stand
ard, ASS; salmon tints, 9.00a9.50. few
sales. 1000, flats, II and 15s, $50;
ponys. 54s, mostly around, 100.
Corn-Supplies moderate; demand
good, market steady; Texas, bushel
baskets, approximately dozen, 2.50a
2.75.
ackberries-Supplies very light;
demand moderate, market steady;
South Carolina, 32-quart crates, poor
condition, soft, wasty, 3.00a5. 90;
North Carolina, 32-quart crates, 25a
80 per quart.
Yams-Supplies liberal; demand
slow, market dull; North Carolina,
cloth top slat barrels, 4.00a5.00.
Lettuce-Supplies moderate: demand
light. market steady; California. CEN
trail district, crates, Iceberg style, As
dozen, 3.50a4.00; ordinary condition,
250a3.00; Virginia, Norfolk section, s.
peck hampers, Big Boston type,
mostly around 1.50.