Evening star., 1926-11-12
RABBITS Plentiful
AT CENTER MARKET
Nearbys offered Today at IS Cents
Seasonable Produce Stocked.
Prices Vary.

A wealth Of fresh.killed rabbits from
nearby sections of Virginia and Mary
land, retailing at IS cents each gen
orally, are available at Center Market
today, giving an added touch OF Win
ter to the market, which recently has
undergone a marked change with the
arrival Of distinctly seasonable lines
of produce.
Rabbits began to come into the mar
ket last week. but because of their
scarcity at that time sold at 81 each
A 25-cent reduction In price was ef
fected with the arrival of more plenti
full supplies. and present offerings are
of much finer quality:
Center Market is well stocked with
all general lines Of produce, and since
the Fall season struck it's stride. sew
eral weeks past, prices have become
steadier along with quality and quan.
titles offered
Butter and Eggs Hold.
the past several weeks. and best
grade eggs are reported scarcer than
ever, and ii is not improbable that a
new high peak price may yet be set
for this Winter. Hennery eggs. the
| best offerings. are quoted at IS and IS
cents a dozen, with candled eggs at
| but little less. Top-grade creamery
| butter of onepound prints is bringing
! 60 and 65 cents, with country butter
| at slightly lower prices at most stands.
| American mild cheese is 40 cents a
pound. medium sharp and sharp
| domestic cheese Is IS cents a pound
| and imported brands generally are
| 20 and 80 cents.
| Milk is quoted at Center Market at
Is cents a quart, and buttermilk is
also offered at Is cents. Single cream
| is 1S cents half pint and double or
whipping cream Is 80 cents a half
pint.
Meat prices remain steady generally
throughout the market, though there
has been some slight easing off in
wholesale quotations on beef, lamb
and veal in the past few days. Whole
sale prices, however, meat dealers
| say, will have to drop or 8 cents
more before there could be any reduc-
ton in retail prices.
Fish Prices Steady.
Fish prices remain steady, with sup
plies plentiful at the following price
/ levels: Salmon. 40 cents a pound;
rock, 80 and 35 cents; matkerel. Is
cents; trout, 20 and 25 cents; bluefish,
| 80 cents: croakers. IS cents; butter
! fish, 25 cents; halibut, 40 cents: cod,
25 cents crab flakes, 80 cents pound;
crab meat, 60 cents a pound. and oys-
ters, so and 70 cents a quart.
Lima beans are still available in the
vegetable stalls at the market. retail
ing at IS cents a quart, but they are
| nearing the end of their present sea
SON. They are consistently Of fine
quality.
Sweet potatoes of large size sell at
four pounds for rs cents, and white
potatoes are six pounds for 25 cents.
Red cabbage of unusually fine quail
| fty is offered at cents a pound, the
same price as white cabbage.
Rutabaga turnips are in the market
In large quantities and are offered at
5 cents pound and other varieties
are three pounds for 25 cents.
| EndiveS are SO cents a pound. and
are choice delicacies that are available
but for short periods of the year. An
| fairly good quantities Is huge Chi
nese celery cabbage at 5 cents a
pound.
| Oranges are Scarcer and have gone
up some in price. now being offered
at Is cents for medium sizes and 81
for large ones a dozen.
Pumpkins of both large and small
| size are cents pound. and Hubbard
squash, splendid for baking, is also 5
cents a pound. Summer squash is 10
cents pound.
Persimmons Scarce.
Persimmons are scare, and cram
berries are 20 cents a pound, avail
! able in plentiful quantities.
Other offerings today are Sheldon
pears Of medium siZe 40 cents for
pans Of 10 to ID pears: Bartlett pears,
| 75 cents for a basket of 10 small ones
and three for 25 cents for large ones;
Seckel pears. IS cents for one-quart
pans: Concord, Delaware and Niagara
grapes, 25 cents for pans of about
three pounds; Malaga grapes, so cents
| a pound: Tolxays, Is cents a pound.
! Eating apples, 4 cents each,
and cooking apples, three pounds for
25 cents; Brussels sprouts. IS cents
for boxes of one and half pounds;
| okra, 25 cents a pound; tomatoes. 25
cents pound; heart celery, 25 cents a
bunch: large celery. 20 cents a bunch:
lettuce, Is and 20 cents a head; caulli-
! flower. 90 and 35 cents a head pep.
pers. cents each: cooking onions,
three pounds for Is cents; Spanish
onions, 10 cents each; grape fruit, 10
and Is cents each, and lemons, 80
cents a dozen.