Evening star., 1925-06-03
PRICES HOLD FIRM
AT CENTER MARKET
Light Receipts Strengthen
Potato Trade-Eggs and
Meats Steady.

Very light supplies of old pota toes
and only moderate supplies of new
stock have resulted in making the
potato market strong.
Because of fairly good supplies of
other vegetable however, the de-
mand for potatoes Is reported AS be
ing only moderate. Irish Cobblers
from the Carolinas as high as S5.75
a barrel $3.50 being the low price
for a few small ones. Sacks of old
potatoes brought $2.75.
Only moderate dema nd for light
supplies of Texas onions was report
ed. Standard crates were quoted AT
81 and S4.25. Spring onions from
nea rby farms are only fairly plentiful.
Moderate supplies of tomatoes from
Florida and Mississippi are supplying
moderate dema nd. Cucumhers are
plentiful. while the supply OF peppers
fs light.
TodayS Wholesale Prices.
Rutter-Fancy tub. 81; prints. 81;
store packed. %.
F,Grs-Fancy. selected. csndled. 3Sa
8s: average receipts. 3la3li2.
PoultrN-Alive: Broilers. 4Sa4S;
White Leghorns, 35: heavy fowls, 26
a27: keats, 4Oa75; geese. 12al5; ducks,
n; turkeys. 23a25. Dressed; Fowls.
80: turkeys, 2Sa32; ducks. 20
Live stock-Cslves. choice lOl2;
medium. 1Oa1l: lean Sa9. Lambs.
Spring. l3lsal4. Live hogs. u.
Meats-Beef. 17alS; veal. IS: Spring
Ia mbS. 80: hogs. 21laa22: Ioins, 31a32;
hams. 26a2S: shoulders, 1920.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables. furnished by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Cantaloupes-Suppli light: de-
nland good. market firm; California.
Imperial Valley. salmon tint jumhos,
SIS. 900: standards. S6s. few stand
ards ass, $50: jumbo fats. 9s and l2s,
800
ucumbers-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate. market steady; South
Carolina and Florida. bushel hampers
and hushel crates, No. !, fair quality.
2.50a3.00: No. .. 1.50a2 90; Virginia.
Norfolk section. hotbed stock. few
sales. bushel hampers, 5.00a5.50.
Dnions-Supplies light: demand
moderate, market steady: Texas and
California, standard crates, yellow
Bermudas, L. s. No. I, mostly 4.25.
Peaches-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market firm: North Caro-
lima, SIS. Mayhowers. 2.50aS.o0; few
high as $50
strawberry Receipts Light.
Lettuce-Homegrow supplies mod
crate and supplying the market.
Potatoes, old stock-Supplies very
light: demand moderate; market hrm
New York. 150-pound sacks, round
whites. u. S. No. l. 2.75; few higher
New stock-Supplies limited; dema nd
moderate, market fairly steady; South
Carolina. cIoth-top stave barrels, irish
cobblers, II. s. No. /, 5.50a5.7o; North
Carolina. Cloth.top stave barrels. Irish
cohhlers, L. s. No. l, 5.00a5.5O; mostly
$50.
Stra awberries-Homegr grown. receipts
light and supplying the market.
Tomatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
Mississippi. fours. ripes and turning
wrapped, No. l, 1.o0a1.65.
Better Melon Demand.
watermelons-supp light; de.
mand moderate. market steady:
Florida. Tom Watsons, S0-pound
average, 1.10a1.15: 2Spound average,
mostly around 100; 22-24-pound
average. mostly Is.
String beans-Supplies light; de
mand good. market firm; North
Carolina, 5-peck hampers, green, fair
quality, $50; flats, 5.ooa5.50; few
higher.
Eggplant-Supplies light; demand
light. market fairly steady; Florida
pepper crates, No. l, 3.O0a3.5O.
Dewberries-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market steady; North caro-
lima. 32-auart crates, mostly 4.50a5.o0
limited. market steady; South caro-
Ina bushel crates. white, 1.50a2.Oo,
according condition; yellow, mostly