Evening star., 1925-04-04
EASTER EGG PRICE
TO Be UP THIS YEAR
Dealers Announce Rate Will
Be 35 Cents at Least.
Pork Bit Lower.

Egg-rolling the approaching Easter
holiday season will prove rather ex-
pensive, according to dealers familiar
with the condition of the egg mar
ket. 1t is believed wholesale prices
Will be such that consumers will he
unable to get them at anything un-
der 35 cents, and the price may go
even higher.
There has been an active demand
during the Lenten season. and the
eggs that are being stored here have
lessened the receipts for the current
trade, making IT almost impossible
for prices to go downward.
Dealers say the supply this season
has been less than the average, re-
ceipts falling below normal. White
eggs will be in greatest demand for
dyeing purposes, and they command
prices slightly in advance of average
receipts.
Early morning buyers found prices
of most commodities substantially
the same as they paid early in the
week. There was a slight decline in
pork products during the week, and
some of the vegetables from the
South were more plentiful and
cheaper.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy. tub, 52a54; prints,
55a57; store packed, 20a23.
Eggs-Fancy, selected. candled, 81
a32; average receipts, 291aa3O.
Poultry-Alive-Roo 10: young
Winter chickens, 35a3S; fowls. 80;
ducks, 15a22; keats. young, 6oa70
each: geese, 15a2O. Dressed-Fresh-
killed Winter chickens 35a3S; roost-
ers, 1sa2o: fowls 2S: turkeys, 45a5o:
ducks, 25a2S; geese, 20a25; capons, 40
a45.
Live stock-Calves. choice. Ia: me-
dunn, 10af1: thin. Sa9; lambs, Spring,
13; live hogs, 13al311
Meats-Beef. II; veal, 17a20: lamb,
%; hogs, 2012a21; loins. 2sa3O; hams,
2Sa3o; shoulders, 16a18
Weed End Market Report.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Apples-Supplies light: demand
,light, market steady; barrels. Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia,
A212 inches up Winesaps, 7.OoaS.O0;
A2i4 inches up, 6.00a6.50; A21a Inch
Ben Davis, 4.50a5.50: A21a inches up
Yellow Newtowns, 6.OoaS50. Boxes,
northwestern. medium 10 large sizes,
extra fancy Winesaps, mostly $50;
Yellow Newtowns, 2.75a3.00, few 325
Asparagus-Supplies liberal: de-
mand light, market steady; South
Carolina, dozen bunch crates, very
large sizes, 5.00a5.50; few, 500; large
size, 4.0Oa5.oO; small size. 3.ooa3.5o.
Cabbage-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light, market steady; South
Carolina. 1 Il -bushel hampers, pointed
type. 1.25a1.5o; barrels, crates, 225a
$50.
Celery-Supplies liberal; demand
light market steady; Florida, 10
inch crates, q dozen. 2,5oaS.oo.
Spinach Market Dull.
Lettuce-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady: California, I'm
perial Valley, crates. Iceberg type,
As doz., 3.50a4.00; North Carolina,
6-peck hampers. Big Boston type. or
dinary quality. 1.00a1.5O; South Caro-
lima, 2-dozen crates. Big Boston typo,
1.00a1.50.
Onions-Supplies light: demand
light. market steady; New York. 1oo-
pound sacks, yellows, L. s. No. 1, me-
dunn to large sizes, 3.60a375
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light; old stock; market steady;
New York, 150-pound sacks. round
whites. U. S. No. 1, 1.75a2.00: new
stock; market dull; Florida, double
head barrels, Spaulding Rose, U. s.
~ l. o.oVd7-ou, u >. NO. z, o.UUa6. oU;
No. 3, very few sales 300a350
Spinach-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market dull; Texas, bushel
baskets, 75a90: few LOO.
Strawberries Are Higher.
Strawbe cleaned up;
demand active, market stronger:
Florida pony refrigerators, 50a55 per
quart
Tomatoes - Supplies very light;
good stock scarce. demand moderate,
m arket steady: Florida skies. ripes
and turning, wrapped, best, 6.0oa6.50;
choice, 5.00a5.50
moderate, market steady; California,
crates, mostly around 800.
String beans-Receipts light; sup
plies cleaned up. demand good, mar
'ket stronger; Florida Il hushel
hampers, green, 6.00a7.00.
Peppers-Receipts very light. sup
plies cleaned up, demand moderate,
market stronger; Florida, crates,
fancy, mostly around 500.
Squash-Supplies very light; de-
mand light, market steady; Florida,
pepper crates, 5.00a5.5O.
Peas - Southern; Supplies very
light: Western supplies moderate, de-
1nand light, market steady; Cali
fornia, 45-pound crates, 460a5.0O.
ucumbers-Supplies very light;
demand moderate. market steady;
Florida, 7s 7s-bushel hampers, 5.50a6.O0.
kale-Supplies moderate: demand
slow, market dull; Virginia, barrels,
100.