Evening star., 1926-04-16
PORK PRICES RAISED
FIVE CENTS A POUND
All Cuts Selling at Increased Cost
Now-Veal and Beef Are
Steady.

An increase of cents in the price
of all cuts of pork was made by meat
merchants at Center Market within
the last two weeks, due to boost in
wholesale prices, the dealers say
Veal and beef, however, remained at
steady levels. No increase IS expected
| in beef prices unless there is further
raise of / cent in wholesale charges.
Fish, available in good quantities.
remains at prices quoted last week:
Shad, 40 cents ii pound; halibut, 40:
salmon, 40: rock, 80; crokers, 20, and
mackerel, 35 cents.
Fresh killed chickens are extreme
| ly scarce and high, but storage foul
is abundant at normal prices. Stew
ers. bakers and fries are so cents a
pound dressed and fowls are 40
cents. F'resh-killed turkeys are 65
cents pound and fresh dressed
roaster chickens are 20 cents. A
| limited quantity of fresh.killed ducks
ire available for so cents.
Best grade Of fre"h eggs remain at
As cents and the top grade of cream
cry butter is 50 and 60 cents a pound.
| Double cream is 40 cents a half pint.
single cream 20 cents half pint and
| MIX lS 10 cents a quart.
While the Center Market has on
hand abundant supplies of fine fruits
and vegetables at prices moderate for
the season, it has struck the lull be-
tween the period for importation of
Southern products and that of avail
able home products.
The first cantaloupes of the sea
son have appeared on the market,
! selling at 10 cents each. Though
| priced as luXurieS, they are of fine
| quality and will drop in price with
! greater importations in the near
| future.
Honeydew melons. appearing in
| larger and larger quantities. are for
! sale al from 81 to sl.25 each. a bit
! higher than last week for the best
melons. but they are larger and of
| better quality.
! Cuban pineapples of fine quality
are offered for so and 60 cents each
| Strawberries continue to drop in
price a few cents at a time as larger
shipments are available from South
ern climes. They are quoted today
| at so and 65 cents a quart and are
of a firmer and more appetizing ap-
pearance than those offered in the
last several weeks.
! Tomatoes, another good index of
the market of Spring products, have
dropped to 35 cents a pound at most
of the stands. having been at 40 cents
a pound for a number of weeks.
They range from but Indifferent to
fair quality, but are good for this
eason.
The feature of the vegetable lines
is beans. available now in large
quantities in top grade. Stringless
green beans are offered at 80 cents a
pound and wax beans are 25 cents
pound. Lima beans are 81 to $1.25
a quart.
| New potatoes are Is and 1S cents
a pound and old potatoes remain at
| 7 and s cents a pound, level at
which they have stayed for a num-
Der of weeks
Other vegetah ahles and fruits which
remain at price and quality levels Of
| last week are:
Summer squash. Is cents a pound
artichokes are Is cents each. or for
25 cents; cooking apples. pounds
for 25 cents: oranges. so cents a
dozen an increase of 10 cents; grape
fruit. Is cents each: kumquats, 80
| cents a quart; grapes, Argentina. IS
cents and 81 pound; alligator
pears. 81 and $1.25, and peaches, 40
cents each.