Evening star., 1926-09-17
FOOD AND THRIFT IN THE HOME
PRICES REMAIN FIRM
AT CENTER MARKET
Plenty Of Fresh Vegetables and
Fruits-Eggs Near Peak.
Potatoes Rise.

The firm condition which has pre-
vailed in prices generally at Center
Market was maintained today, with
q slight rise in a number Of articles
and an equalizing drop in others.
Generally, however, staple vegetables
and fruits remained at last weeks
levels.
| The supplies Of fresh vegetables and
fruits, as well as the great variety of
| pastries, bread dried fruits, salads,
delicacies of all sorts and flowers at
| the market remained good and the
| quality fine.
The egg and butter market, which
| the past few weeks has undergone
| the usual and considerable upward
, change, Is firmer than ever. with
prices near the peak. Top grade but
| ter, one pound creamery prints. sold
at 55 and 60 cents. Retail dealers this
week are paying wholesale commits
sion men 81 and SO cents pound for
this grade of butter. Country brands
| of butter of course, are available at
lower levels.
| Hennery eggs, the best quality, are
| selling retail today for 55 and 6O
cents. Commission men say there is
a great scarcity of top-grade eggs,
while there is plethora of cheap
, grade eggs. Retail egg dealers are
paying As cents wholesale for top
| grade eggs.
| Milk Going Up
| Adding to the firm condition of
staple produce, the price Of milk will
be advanced l cent quart the first of
| October, this being the customary
Fall increase. Wholesale milk deal
ers have already announced that they
would increase their prices cents
gallon at the first of the month.
WatermelonS, now out of the big
demand season, are selling retail for
so cents each, the lowest of the SUM
mer.
| Tomatoes also fell 5 cents d pound
and are now offered at Center Mar
ket for Is cents.
| Potatoes, however, are trif1e tirmer
| in price this week, selling for ) cents
a pound, or 60 cents peck for white
potatoes. Last week they were quoted
at pounds for 20 cents.
| Sweet potatoes. on the other hand,
remain at last weeks level of pounds
for 25 cents.
1 q,
! the same as last week.
| New arrivals at the Center Market
are crab apples. which sell for %
cents for a 4-quart box, and green
cages, or unripened plums. which are
bringing Is cents for a box of seven.
| Peaches, still plentiful and of fine
| quality, are quoted at % cents a box,
pears are 40 cents box and eating
| apples are so cents for 10. Cooking
apples are pounds for % cents. ALT
gator pears are rs cents each.
Cantaloupes Are Steady.
White grapes are Is cents a pound
and red grapes are 20. Cantaloupes
are bringing Is and 20 cents-the
same as the past few weeks.
HoneydeW melons are quoted at
| 5Oa6O cents each and grapefruit is
| from 20 to 35 cents each. Oranges
are so cents dozen and lemons 35.
| Lima beans are IS cents quart
and string beans are 20 cents. a
| pound, with peas at 23 cents a pound.
| Celery is 15 cents II bunch and let
tuce 10 and 20 cents head Radishes
are selling for cents bunch. Egg
plant is 10 to % cents each sum.
mer squash is 10 cents, beets 10 and
carrots s.
Meats generally remain steady in
price. with pork advancing cents In
two cuts.
Pork chops, 5 cents higher than
last week, are selling at SO and IS
cents a pound and pork roast, also
cents higher, is quoted at As and
so cents a pound.
Other pork cuts are the same as
before, 30 cents a pound for fresh
shoulders and 40 cents for smoked
ham.
Chickens are steady. F'lys are 45
cents. bakers 80 and stewing fowl
40. Ducks are As cents.