Evening star., 1926-12-16
FISH SUPPLY GOOD
2qIN MARKET TODAY
hWaterS From Canada to Gulf
of Mexico Yield Marine
I Food.

Offerings at Municipal Fish Market
this morning for the Friday trace III
cluded many varieties OF FISH from
waters extending between Canada and
the Gulf of Mexico. most OF the tisll
being fresh. Frozen stock lnciuded
salmon and halibut ut e cents, ana
Boston mackerel at - cents.
There was plentiful supply OF
Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River
.,vsters on hand. cold weather not
having affected the catch. and prices
quoted were what dealers termed
reasonable Bushel stock was
quoted at 81. standards at S2.2O and
selects at $40 a gallon.
Rockfish from points along Chesa-
peake Bay. fresh caught, were quoted
at 80 cents. Fancy spotted and bay
trout from the Carolinas were in de-
mand, the former at 25 cents and the
latter at 20 cents. Kingfish, also a
product of Carolina waters, sold at
Is cents.
Included in the list of fish We're the
following: Spanish mackered, sea bass
and red snapper, 25 cents; had6ock,
1215 cents: filet of haddock, 20 cents;
cod, 20 cents: small croakers, 10
cents: green shrimp, 80 cents; cooked
shrimp, 60 cents.
Supplies of crab meat from the Gulf
of Mexico, fresh picked, proved
good seller at 7J cents a pound.
Cold weather this morning put
added life in the general wholesale
market, but price of practically every
commodity was the same as that
quoted yesterday.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy. 1-pound prints, SO
~ 9,,I, o1-od 9Q
Eggs-Fresh. selected. SO: hennery
55a5S; current receipts, 50a51; storage,
3S.
Poultry, alive, Turkeys, 40a43:
chickens, 23a25; White Leghorns, ga
%: fowls, 23a25; roosters, 16a17; ducks,
young, 20a25; old, 20; keats, young,
60a70; old, 30a40. Dressed-Turkeys
50a52: capons, fancy, heavy. 47a4S;
smaller, 40a42; chickens, 27a2S: keats.
young. S0a90; old. 35a40; rabbits, No.
j, 35a40: No. 2. 20a25.
Meats-Beef. 15a17: veal. 22a23:
lamb. 25a27: fresh hams, 26a2S; shoul
ders, 23a24; loins. 2Sa30; smoked hams,
rs: smoked shoulders, 16a22.
Live stock-Calves. choice, 13; me-
dium, %; thin, 6a7; lamb. 13.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables, reported by the United
States Department of Agriculture, fol-
lows:
Apples-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market dull: barrels. Pennsyl-
vania, No. l Grimes, 21a inches up,
S.25a3.50; boxes, Northwestern, me-
dium to large size. extra fancy De
licious, 3.00a3.50: Spitzenburgs, 2.00a
2.25; few higher; busbel baskets,
Maryland and Virginia, No. 1, Stay
mans. medium to large size, 75a1.25;
unclassified Stayrnans, medium to
large size. 60a75.
Cabbage-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light. market steady; New York,
bulk, per ton. Danish type, 35.00a
sS.0
Celery-Supplies liberal: demand
moderate. market firm: New York,
two-thirds crates, 2.50a2.75; ordinary
condition low as 200; California,
crates, large size. 500; medium size,
$50.
Lettuce - Supplies moderate: de-
nand and trading light; market
steady: Florida, Ia -bushel hampers
Big Boston type. 2.00a2.25, few ESQ;
California, crates Iceberg type, CEN
tral district, AS dozen, 3.50a4.00, few
AIS: Imperial Valley, 40 dozen, 4.OOa
425.
Onions - Supplies light. demand
light. market steady: Michigan. 100
pound sacks yellows. u. S. No. ].
large size, 275, few high as 800; New
York. 100-pound sacks yellows, U. S.
No. /, large size. 2.50a2.75.
Potatoes-SupDlies liberal; demand
light, market firm; Michigan, 15O-
pound sacks Russet Rurals, u. s. No.
/, 4.5oa465: New York, 150-pound
sacks Round Whites, L. S. No. /,
4.25a4.40.
Spinach-Supplies light: demand
light, market dull: Texas, bushel bas-
kets, savoy type, mostly around LOO.
Norfolk sections, Virginia, no early
sales reported.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies light; de-
f1and slow; market dull: North Caro-
lima, cloth.top stave barrels, yellows,
No. !, best mostly ESQ; fair quality
and condition. s1.75a2.25; Eastern
Shore Maryland. bushel hampers, yell
lows, No. ], 1.00a1.25.
Cucumbers-Supplies very light;
demand light, market dull; Florida.
square bushel hampers, fancy, 800
a3.50.
String beans-Supplies light; de-
mand light; no early sales reported.