Evening star., 1926-10-22
CREAMERY BUTTER
PRICE RISES 5 CENTS
Eggs Stationary at High Quota.
tions, But Other Market
Products Ease Of.

A f1ve.cent boost in the price of
creamery butter Of best grades Is eff.
fective at Center Market, bringing
the quotations to SO and IS cents for
one-pound prints. Tub butter of top
grade also was being sold this morn
ing at the same levels. though good
tub butter was available at lower
prices.
Eggs of best quality, OF hennery
grade. cling to the high quotation of
last week at so and 20 cents a dozen,
with candled eggs cheaper at various
stands.
The rise in the butter market. how
ever, was contradiction to prices in
other lines of produce al the market.
The price of vegetables generally
eased off and quantities were good. A
large selection Is available in both
fruit and vegetable lines and the dis
plays are featured by the arrival of
new sea asonable articles.
Notable among new offerings are
Hubbard squashes of fine quality,
which sell at the popular price of 5
cents a pound. and pumpkins, mod
erately small in size, also retailed at
cents pound
Another new melon in the market
is the Casaba melon, which sells at 60
and IS cents each, depending on size
and quality. They are second cous-
ms to the honeydew melons which
have been in demand here this Sum-
mer and early Fall. Honeydews now
aell for so and Is cents each.
Damsons for jelly and plum butter
are availa BILE in goodly quantities at
so cents for a four-quart basket. and
nedium-si|ed peaches which would
make good preserves or cannet fruit
sell at 25 cents for a basket of 10 or
IS cents for basket Of four quarts.
Grimes golden apples and Jona
thans. newly arrived here are 40 cents
for 10 and Delicious apples are four
for 25 cents and three for 25 cents,
depending on the size.
Crab apples, fine for jelly, are 35
cents for three-quart boxes and Gran.
berries are 20 cents a pound
Tokay grapes are Is cents pound;
Malagas. just coming into market,
are so cents a pound. and Delawares.
Niagaras and Concords are 80 cents
for two.quart baskets. this price being
a scent reduction from last week.
Pears are four for % cents ard six
for 2o cents. depending on size and
quality. Alligator pears are so cents
each.
Potatoes remain at six pounds for
25 cents for white variety, but sweet
potatoes are a bit cheaper. now being
offered four pounds for 25 cents in
stead of three pounds for 25 cents as
of last week
Tomatoes are 25 cents a pound.
Lima beans are available in large
quantities at Is cents a quart.
String beans are 90 cents a pound
and are adequate lin quantity; peas
are 2o cents pound, spinach is Is
cents pound, and beets and carrots
are 10 cents a pound. Okra Is 3S
cents quart and caulif1ower ranges
from 20 to 40 cents a head. depending
on size. Cooking onions are two
pounds for 25 cents and Spanish
onions are cents each.
Oranges range in price from. so to
IS cents a dozen. depending on grade
and size and the individual market
retailer, and lemons are 30 cents a
dozen generally. Grapefruit is 10, Is
and 90 cents each.
Lettuce Is from 10 to 20 cents a
head and celery is Is and 20 cents a
bunch. Artichokes are Is cents each
and few remaining ears of sweet
corn are cents each.
Mushrooms are Is cents "A pound
Meat prices generally remain steady
at prices that have prevailed for sew
erai weeks. with lamb quotations
wavering bit from day to day. The
quality Of meat now available, mar
ket officials say. is below that which
could be obtained during Summer
months.
Chickens now are plentiful at Center
Market and sell 40 cents a pound for
fowl, IS cents a pound for frys and
bakers and so cents for capons. Ducks
are 40 and turkeys are so, and keats
are 81 90 a pound
While some merchants handling
hi,,dc fro lnH oth
ha ndle frozen or storage grades
In the fish lines the following prices
are general: Salmon. 40: halibut, 40:
cod. %: haddock. %: 'f1lounder, 20:
trout. 20: b'uefsh. 25; mackerel, %:
perch. 20: spots. 20: sea bass. 80; but
terflsh. 25 soft crabs, which are near
ly gone. S2.5 a dozen and hard crabs,
S125 a dozen. oysters are so cents
quart for standard grade and 20 cents
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