Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
PRESERVING SEASON
FINDS GOOD MARKET
Fruits and Vegetables for Canning
at Reasonable Prices for Thrifty
Housewives.

This is the season of the year when.
NE housewife, mindful of home needs
an Winter, is giving thought to can
ming, preserving and picking. While
it is trif1e early for certain fruits
and vegetables that are largely used
for canning there are some varieties
plentiful and cheap enough.
1t is urged by dealers that peaches
for canning are about as plentiful
now as they will be, and prices, they
say. are right Large freestone
peaches from Georgia and South Car
DINA were offered this morning at
s175 a crate of six large pans.
Ten-pound boxes of New York
damsons were offered at Is cents
box: nearby fruit. sold by measure,
being a trif1e cheaper. Crabapples, in
demand for Jelly. are three pounds
for a quarter. bushel baskets being
offered at prOportionately cheaper
prices. Plums are fairly plentiful.
Large cucumbers have been fairly
plentiful the past two weeks or more.
according to dealers. and prices have
been cheap enough for persons VINO
want them for picking. Small Gu
cumbers. the kind that usually are
more plentiful later in the season, are
in greater demand for picking.
tomatoes and cauliflower usually are
plentiful and cheap. Cling peaches
for sweet picking also are in market
in late Fall.
In spite of the continued hot wealth
er. it is stated, nearby growers still
have fairly large supplies OF all kinds
of vegetables. string beans being the
only vegetable that is anything like
scarce. They were quoted at two
pounds for a quarter. Lima beans,
always in demand, will be offered to-
morrow at SO cents quart, or less.
New York growers are supplying
the local market with telephone peas,
a commodity that is scarce in this sec
ton. and dealers are offering them at
Is cents a pound. Green corn is to
he had at prices ranging from 20 TO
80 cents.
Beets. radishes and carrots, among
the bunch vegetables. are fairly plen-
tiful. Carrots, many of them from
distant points, are from 5 to 10 cents;
heets are quoted at from to ~ cents,
and radishes are cents bunch:
Tomatoes. all sizes and qualities,
are ranging from to POUNDS Ior
y quarter. and cymings. one of the
cheapest vegetables. may be taken for
almost any price Sweet potatoes, not
vet plentiful are selling at 1212 and
Is cents a pound. Peppers are 70
cents dozen; lettuce, 10 and ID cents
a head and spring onions are SIX
punches for quarter.
Watermelons. at from IS to -
cents; cantaloupes. at. from to 20
cents. and large honeydeWs. at ~
and so cents. are among the fruits III.
greatest demand. Blackberries ana
huckleberries are 20 and 70 cents q
box
Oranges. getting scarce, are selling
at so cents for small fruit and IS ana
so cents for the choicest ones. CAN
fOrnia pears are Az cents uoZei'' anu
plums So cents.
Turkey salad a dish that appeals
70 many consumers for Sunday sup
per in hot weather, is as easily OBJ
tainable as during the Winter months.
a price of 40 or As cents prevails.
Snring chickens are quoted at from
40 TO so cents; fresh killed ducks sell
ing at as cents. 1t is trltle early LOT
young keats.
Fish dealers have a splendid array
of stock for the week end TRACE.
Large frogs from the South are pc
ing offered at SO cents, and dealers
cali attention to the fact that the en-
fire frog and not only the leg, as was
generally supposed years ago, is edl-
BILE.
Soft crabs. large and small: are
quoted at from $3.50 to $3.50 dozen
and live Holsters from Boston are sell
ing at IS cents. Prices of other hsh'
furnished by a Center Market dealer.
are as follows: Boston mackerel: 81
cents; Norfolk spots, 30 cents; niue-
fish. 35 cents; trout, 20 cents; hahout'
40 cents: croakers, 90 cents; salmon,
40 cents: cod, 25 cents; rockf1sh. ~
cents: green shrimp, so cents cooked
shrimp so cents.
Meat prices will be found substan-
TALLY the same as prices a week ago
Butter prices of 80 and 90 cents are
quoted. Eggs are 40 cents Tor Sc
lected stock, hennery eggs sellnS AT
s cents advance. Sharp cheese IS oo
cents. mild. 35 cents, and imported
Swiss brings 20 cents. Honey is Of
fared at 81 cents a pound.