Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-07
MELONS PLENTIFUL
IN CENTER MARKET
Peaches in SuppIy--M0st
Vegetables Are in Album
dance Today.

from Georgia and North 'Carollna
have enabled the "red-ripe- wafer
melon man" to continue very much
in evidence on the streets through
out the week Watermelons nave
been piled high at Municipal Fish
Market and on the wholesale line IN
the vicinity of Center Market the
past two or more weeks, and the
demand has been great enough TO
keep them moving.
Dealers say the watermelon bust
ness this season il similar TO what
1t was many years before the Worio
War. when melons sold at ridlcu
lousy low prices. Prices were hlSh
during and since the war period, but
now they run as low as 20 cents
the choicest stock selling at 20 cents
an additional charge being made for
icing.
Other Melons Abound.
Cantaloupes. honeydews and
honevballs also have been eXcep-
tionally plentiful and cheap this sea
son. The season for the honeypdnS
Is about drawing to close, Whlle
honeydews and cantaloupes continue
plentiful and cheap. CantaloupeS
from the Norfolk, Va, section nave
appeared in the local market ana
a rev nome grown oHcS diSo 49,
in evidence this week.
Heavy supplies of peaches the past
two or more weeks met moderate
demand and weak market. Most OF
the peaches on the market this morn
ing were from Georgia and Nofth
Carolina Virginia contributing only
small shipments. Prices covered
wide range of from Is cents TO wa,
some specially selected stock retailing
at so cents a dozen.
Liberal supplies of apples from
Maryland and Virginia, mostly Trans
parents and Oldenbergs, today met
moderate demand and steady market.
Transparents were offered as low as 90
and SIS cents bushel basket. and there
were few sales Of choicest Oldenbergs
at $50.
Most Vegetables Plentiful.
Most varieties of vegetables continue
plentiful and cheap, string beans being
the only exception, the beans having
become suddenly scarce and high the
latter part of the week Sugar corn
has become plentiful. homegrown
stock chiefly supplying the market.
Choicest stock was quoted at 20 cents
today, cheaper prices prevailing Tor
some not so good and the shipped
product.
u
ing the market, only few shipments
from distant points being received.
The homegrown product sold as low
AS 80 and % cents bllshel hamper
TODAY. only moderate supplies OF
peas, pota toes and onions and lIbera
supplies Of lettuce are being received
Abatement of the severe storm along
the coast last week resulted IN IN
creased receipts and lower prices for
rrndnata Fish nricp9 were
materially lessened. Hard crabs con-
tinued scarce and high. however, COM
manding a price of $12 barrel,
single dozen bringing as much as
81 80. Soft crabs were more plentiful
and cheaper.
An easier meat market this week
resulted in cheaper prices Of some OF
the meat products. and prices OF poul'
try changed during the week. being
trifie higher today than earlier In the
week. Today's prices were substan-
TALLY the same as those reported yes
terday.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy, 1-pound prints, Asa
~: tub, 45a46: store packed, Is.
Eggs-Fresh selected, 30: hennery,
3ia32; current receipts, 26a2..
Poultry, aIive-Turkeys, 35: Spring
broIlers. SASS: White Leghorns. 26a
81: fowls. 27a28; roosters, %: ducks.
Young, 20; old. l6; keats, young. 10a
40. old 35a40 Dressed-Turkeys,
40; broilers. 35a40; keats, young, goa
100: old. 40a50.
Live stock-Calves. choice. II: me-
dunn, 8; thin. 6a7: hogs. heavy and
medium, 49, light, choice, Is; lambs,
49,
Meats-Beef. 17a1S: lamb. 2S: veal.
@. Ia, n0rk
loins. 32a34: Western. 2Sa30; hams.
s2a34: shoulders. 24a25; fresh hams,
S2a34; fresh shoulders, %.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits
and vegetables compiled by the Mar
ket News Service Bureau Of Agricul-
tural Economics, says.
Apples-Supplies moderate: demand
moderate market steady: Maryland
and Virginia. bushel baskets. Trans
parents, medium to large size, 75a1 90,
few higher; Oldenburgs. mostly 100,
few higher.
Cantaloupes-Supp liberal: de-
, mand moderate, market fairly steady;
North Carolina, sta ndar ds. 36s and
ASS. Green Meats, 1.75a2.00, poorer
l.OOa1.50: East Shore. Maryland,
crates all sizes. mostly around 2.40
Honey dews. trading slow, standard
crates. I.00a1.50, mostly LOCALES,
wasty low as so.
Lettuce-Supplies liberal: dema nd
light: market steady; New York. 2 doz-
en- crates big Boston type 75a90: West.
ern supplies, light: demand. moderate;
market steady. Colorado. crates Ice
, berg type, S1a5 dozen, 3.75a4.00.
Onions-Supplies light: demand
steady; South Carolina loo.pound
-. O.
!, 2.25a2.50, mostly, 2.S5.
Peaches-Supplies heavy: demand
moderate, market dull and slightly
weaker: Georgia and North Carolina.
bushel baskets, ElbertaS. large to very
large size, best, l.7ja2 90. mostly. Us.
fair condition low ~ | 90, skies Ell
bertas. large to very large sizes,
1.50al.15, poorer LOO; bushel ba skets
Relies, large to very large sizes.
1.5Oa l.75: medium to large sizes,
1.2Jal 30; skies Bellies. large size l.25.
Potato Market Dull.
Potatoes-Su Supplies moderate; de.
mand moderate. market dull: East
Shore Virginia. cloth top stave bar
rels Cobblers, u. s. No. /. 400a4.25:
New Jersey, cloth top stave barrels
Cobblers. u. S. No. |. 2S5a4.00.
ermelons-SupplieR liberal: de-
mand good for good stock: demand
light for poor stock, market steady:
carlot sales South Carolina bulk, per
car, Tom Watsons, 24.s0.lb average,
1875. 00a200.00, according to condition;
Thurmand Grays, 32-lb average,
$4,000. Correction Fridays report
South Carolina bulk, per car. Tom
Watsons, 26-lb average best, $4,000,
should have read 275.00.
Corn-Supplies moderate; demand