Evening star., 1925-08-31
BUTTER PRICE FIRM
IN RETAIL MARKET
Fresh Eggs Now as Cheap as
Storage Product-Meat
Is Unchanged.

Slight advance in wholesale price of
butter last week is not yet felt in
the retail market. The increase did
not reach l cent a pound, but dealers
believe other increases in the near
future will send prices soaring,
Ample supplies of fresh eggs are
being received to meet all demands
and prices are as cheap as prices for
storage eggs, making sales OF storage
product next to impossible.
Reports received by local dealers
are suggestive of cheap eggs the COM
ing Winter, There are several hundred
thousand more cases of the storage
product on hand than at this time a
year ago, according to reports, and 1t
is stated that some of the storage eggs
are already being offered by packers
a a loss.
TOday's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy. tub, 40; prints, So;
store packed, 29a3l.
Eggs-Fancy selected, candled, 35a
81: average receipts. 81.
Poultry: Alive - Spring chickens,
large, 81; small. 2Sa30: heavy fowls,
26; medium fowls, 23a24; small fowls,
lSa20: ducks. 20a25: keats, 40a75;
turkeys, 11a12; geese. 12al5. Dressed
Spring chickens, large. 35; small, SO;
turkeys, 30; ducks, 20; geese. 10.
Spring. 1312a14; hogs, 14al5.
Meat-Beef, l7alS; veal, Is Spring
lambs, 30a32; hogs, 2la22; loins, S5aS6;
smoked shoulder, 20; hams, 80.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Todays market report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Apples-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady; West Virginia,
bushel baskets, Rambos A 8 inches,
80 to 200, Maryland and Virginia,
bushel baskets. various varieties,
large size, $50: small to medium sizes,
SO to 100. Virginia, barrels, Grimes
A 2A inches up, few sales, 500 to
500.
Cantaloupes-Supplies liberal; de-
mand limited, market steady: East
ern Shore Maryland Hearts of Gold,
standards, 36s. 1.50: Jumbo, 36s, LIS.
Colorado, Salmon Tints, standards,
ASS, 3.25; Pink Meats and Salmon
Tints, standards, flats. 12s and 15s,
75 to 100.
Grapes-Homegrown supplies light;
demand moderate, market steady;
Homegrown, 6-basket crates, Con-
cords. 200
Lettuce-Eastern supplies liberal;
demand light, market dull; New York.
2-dozen crates, Big Boston type, 50a7 5;
few So: Western supplies light; de-
mand moderate, market steady; Colo
rado, crates, Iceberg type, 3l2- 5 dozen,
42.50a3.00; mostly ATS.
Onions-Supplies limited; demand
light, market steady; New York and
Massachusetts. 100-pound sacks, Vel
lows, U. S. No. /, 3.5oa3.65.
Peach Market Steady.
Peaches-Supplies heavy; demand
moderate, market fairly steady; New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, bushel
baskets, Elbertas, large size, best,
mostly 2.75; Virginia and New Jersey,
bushel baskets, Elbertas, ordinary
quality and condition, few decayed,
large size, 2.00a2.50; New Jersey,
bushel baskets. Hales, medium to
large sizes, high colors, S.25.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market iairly steady; New
Jersey, 150-pound sacks, Irish Cob
blers, U. S. No. 1, 4.00a4.25: Green
Mountains U. s. No. 1, 400; Michigan,
l50-pound sacks, Russet Rurals, U S.
No. /, fair condition, 3.75.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies light; de
, mand limited, market dull; North Car
olina, cloth-top staye barrels, yellow
varieties No. l, fair condition, $50.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS liberal; de-
mand limited, market steady; dock
sales, Virginia, bulk, per 100 melons,
Excells and Thurmond Grays, select,
S5.00a45.00; primes. 15.00a25.00.
Green corn-Homegrown receipts
light; demand moderate, market firm;
homegrown, 5 dozen bags, 25a35 per
dozen,
Tomatoes - Homegrown receipts
moderate; demand limited, market
firm; homegrown, Il -bushel hampers,
50a75, mostly 50a60.
ucumbers-Supplies liberal: de-
mand slow, market dun, New York,
bushel baskets, 75a1 90.