Evening star., 1926-11-05
LARGE FALL LINES
APPEAR IN MARKET
New Season Enters With Wide
Variety Of Goods, Best Since
Last Spring

A new season Is in full swing at
Center Market with the recent arrival
of new Fall lines of vegetables. fruits
turkeys, keats and ducks, and today
rabbits are beginning to come in.
The market is well stocked with all
general lines of produce, the supplies
being larger and more attractive
than at any time since last Spring.
Prices generally cling to steady levels.
Rabbits. as yet somewhat scarce,
are offered at from IS cents to II
each. Turkeys are go cents a pound
dressed, capons are 60 and ducks As.
Baking and frying chickens are Of
fered at AS a pound dressed and fowl
is 40. Keats are quoted at $1.20, 20
cents higher than last week. Squads
are from 65 cents to 80 cents. Chicken
lvers are offered at 60 cents pound.
Pumpkins of both large and small
size are for sale at 5 cents pound.
and Hubbard squash, fine for baking,
also are available in goodly quantities
at S cents a pound. Summer squash
are 10 cents pound.
Persinlmons Are Scarce.
One of the rare delicacies of the
market is Chinese celery cabbage,
looking like q great head of Iceberg
lettuce, which is offered at S cents
pound.
Persimmons, scarce, are 10 cents
each, or three for 25 cents. Gran
berries, now available in large guam
titles, are 20 cents pound, and are
consistently OF fine quality.
Sheldon pears of medium size, which
are fine for preserving. sell at 40 cents
g., 80 fx,0v tn I ors$-
lett pears are IS cents for baskets of
10 for small ones and three for rs
cents for large pears. Seckel pears
are available at 35 cents for 1-quart
pans.
Great quantities of grapes are on
the market at widely ranging prices.
Basket grapes, Concords, Delawares
and Niagaras, are 25 cents for pans of
about pounds. Malagas are so cents
pound and Tokays are Is cents
pound.
Peaches. fine for eating or preserv-
ing, are still fairly plentiful, and sell
for 35 cents for baskets of 10.
Eating apples are generally cents
each and cooking apples are 8 pounds
for 25 cents.
Brussels sprouts are plentiful at 35
cents for box OF a pound and a half
and okra is 25 cents a. pound.
Lima beans are IS cents a quart
and string beans are 25 cents a pound.
Tomatoes are rs cents a pound.
White potatoes are pounds for rs
cents. and sweets are pounds for
25 cents.
Many Other Offerings.
Other offerings are: Cabbage at 5
cents q pound, heart celery at Is
cents bunch and large celery at 20
cents q bunch, lettuce Is and 20 cents
a head. caulifower 20 to 35 cents a.
head, peppers cents each, cooking
onions pounds for rs cents, Spanish
onions 10 cents each, white onions
20 cents quart, carrots and beets
10 cents a pound.
Grapefruit is 10 and Is cents each.
lemons are 80 cents a dozen and
oranges generally are 60 cents a
dozen.
Chestnuts, offered in large quanti-
ties, are 25 cents a pound.
Butter Of top-grade creamery
prints remain at it's high peak of
60 and IS cents, and eggs, hennery
grade, are 65 and IS cents a dozen.
American mild cheese is 40 cents a
pound. medium sharp American
cheese is 40 and sharp cheese is AS
Imported brands are 70 and 80 cents
a pound.
Milk sells at Center Market for IS
cents quart and buttermilk is the
same price. Single cream is 1s cents
half pint and double or whipping
cream Is 3S cents a half pint.
Meat prices remain steady, with the
following prices prevailing: Beef
Round steak, 49, sirloin, 45 to so; por-
terhouse, so and 60: round roast, 35:
chuck. 25: rib roast, 35 and 40. Pork
Roast. 40 to 45: chops. As to so; hams,
38; shoulders, 2S. Lamb-Best legs,
40; best chops. so, and shoulder 80.
The following fish prices are gen.
eral: Halibut. 40 cents pound; cod,
25; salmon, 40; bass, 80; rock, 80 and
35; butterfish, %; trout, 20 and 80;
mackerel, 80; founder, 20; spots, 20,
and croakers. 20.
Oysters are from so to 20 cents
quart.