Evening star., 1925-09-23
PRICES ARE HIGHER
AT CENTER MARKET
Cooler Weather Starts Live
!ly Demand for Meats.
G. Beet Unchanged

Cool weather already has increas sec
the demand for meats, and sales will
continue to increase as the tempera
ture continues to drop. Veal and lamt
prices were reported high this morn
ing, while beef prices remained un
changed.
Lambs were quoted at 80 and 81
cents, while prices quoted for veal
ranged from 20 to 22 cents, and beet
was quoted at is. 14swer grades were
quoted several cents lower than prime
products.
In the pork market hams were
quoted at 2S and 80, shoulders at 20
and 90, loins al sc and 3s, bacon
at "a and SO and lard at 19 and 20
cents.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy, tub, 5212; prints.
543a; store packed, 30.
Eggs-Fancy, selected, candled, asa
40; average receipts, 35a36.
Poultry-Alive, Spring chickens,
large, So; small, 81; heavy fow>s, 20a
II; ducks, Is; keats, 40a75; turkeys,
25a30; geese, 12a15. Dressed-Spring
chickens, large, 80; small, 50; turkeys,
20: ducks. 20; geese, l212.
Live stock - Calves, 10; lambs,
>,
Meat-Beef, IS; veal, 20a22; Spring
lambs, 30a32; hogs, %: loins., 81;
smoked shoulders. %; hams. 2saS0.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables FURNISHED by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics) says:
Apples-Supplies liberal demand
light. market steady; bushel baskets,
Maryland and Virginia. various varie
ties, large size. 150aI.I5; medium size.
1.00al.50; boxes, Washington. extra
fancy Winter bananas, large size, 2.75
ASSOC; combination extra fancy and
fancy Jonathans, small size, mostly
$50.
Cabbage-Supplies light; demand
light, market dull: New York, bulk
per ewt-. Copenhagens, 1.5oa1.75.
antaloupes-Suppiies moderate; de-
mand slow, market dull; Colorado,
Salmon tints, standards. Ass, 300a325;
few $50; Ponys, ASS, 2.75a300; stand
ard crates, Honey Dews. 9s and 12s.
2.25a2.50; Nevada. Hearts of Gold,
standards, 45s, 4.25a4.50.
Grape Market Dull.
Grapes-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market dull; Delaware, 12-
qt. climax baskets, Concords, mostly
20; New 1ork, 2-qt. climax baskets,
Dslawares and Niagaras, 26a27;
Salems and Brightons, 22a23.
Lettuce-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady; New York, 2-doz
crates, Big Boston type, wide range in
quality and condition, best few sales,
75a1.00; mostly so.
Onions-Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; New York, 100
h. sacks. Yellows, U. S. No. 1, 800.
Peaches-Supplies liberal; demand
slow. market dull; New York, bushel
baskets. Elbertas, large size, 2.50a275;
poor color. 2.25.
Pears-Supplies moderate: demand
slow, market dull; New York, bushel
baskets, Bartletts. No. 1, 800; Sickels,
No. 1. $50.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate: de-
mand moderate, market steady; Maine,
15O-lb. sacks. Green Mountains, L. S
No. 1, 3.75a4. 90.
Sweet Potatoes Nleady.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies light; de-
mand moderate, market steady; Vir-
ginia, East Shore, cloth-top stave bar
rels. Yellows, No. l, 4.25a4.5O
Celery-SupplieS moderate; demand
light, market steady; New York 2-3
crates, in the rough. best, 2.25; fair
quality, 200.
Tomatoes - Homegrown receipts
moderate; demand slow. market
steady; home crowns, " bushel hamp-
ers. so.
Cucumbers-Supplies moderate; de.
mand light, market dullt New York,
bushel baskets, No. /, wide Ianse in
quality and condition, wide range in
prices, 1.00a2.00.