Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
TRADING IS LIGHT
IN CENTER MARKET
Hot Weather and Decreased
Population Cut Sales
Heavily Today.

Iher0 was the usual early rTludy
morning demand for food products
for the weekend retail trade today.
Hot weather and a decreased popula'
ton formed combination that was
anything but beneficial 60 dealers.
however, the demand being anything
but brisk.
Last nights rain was reported as
having been of much benefit to grow
ing crops in nearby, Maryland and
Virginia. There was no scarcity OF
vegetables, however, with the one
exception of string beans, and dealers
said there were plenty substitutes to
decrease the demand for the one
scarce vegetable.
Prices quoted this morning were
substantially the same as those
quoted yesterday.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy, 1-pound prints, AGA
AZ: tub, 45a46; store packed. 2S.
Eggs-Fresh selected, 30: hennery,
31a32; current receipts, 26a27.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, 30; Spring
broilers, 32a35: white Leghorns, 26a
81: fowls, 27a2S; roosters, %; ducks,
young, 20: old 16; keats, young, IVA
so: old, ISAAC. Dressed-Turkeys,
4o broilers, S5a40; keats. young. ~
a1.00; old, 40a50.
Live stock-Calves, choice, IL; me-
dunn, 8; thin, Cal; hogs, heavy ana
medium, -; light, choice 10; lambs
Is.
Meats-Beef, 17a18; lamb, IS; veal,
IS: dressed pork, heavy. -; pork
loins. 32a3i; Western, 28a30; hams,
32a34; shoulders, 24a25; fresh hams,
S2a34; fresh shoulders, 20.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits
and vegetables compiled by the Mar
ket News Service Bureau OF ASrl-
cultural Economics) says:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; bushel bask-
cts, Maryland and Virginia, Trans
parents, medium to large size 5Oal 90;
Williams, 1.25a1.50, few higher.
Cantaloupes-Supplie liberal; de-
mand moderate, market steady; North
Carolina, green meats, standard JOS
and ASS, best mostly 200, ordinary to
fair quality and condition, 1.25a1 10.
East Shore Maryland, crates all sizes,
/. 5Oa2.75, flats, all sizes, LOCALES.
Lettuce-Supplies liberal, demand
limited, market firm; New York 2
dozen crates big Boston type, 75a90.
Western, supplies light; demand mod.
crate, market steady; Colorado, crates
Iceberg type 81 -5 dozen, 3.75a4.OO.
Onions-Supplies limited; demand
light, market steady; South Carolina,
l0O-lb. sacks Australian Browns, L. S.
No. /, 225a2.50, mostly 2.S5.
Peaches-Supplies heavy; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker;
Georgia, Elbertas, bushel baskets,
large to very large size, 1.75a2. 90; fair
condition, low as 1.50; skies, large to
very large sizes, 1.50a1.75; North Caro-
lima Bellies, bushel baskets, medium
to large sizes, 1.50a1.75; skies, medium
TO large sizes, mostly 1.25; bushel baS-
kets, Elbertas, large size, 1.50a2 90;
Virginia, bushel baskets CarmanS, me-
dunn to large size, LOCALES, mostly
100
Potato Market Unsettled.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate, market unsettled and
slightly weaker; North Carolina and
East Shore Virginia, cloth-top stave
barrels, CobblerS, L. S. No. !, 4.00a
$50, mostly 4.O0a4.25; New Jersey.
cloth-top stave barrels, Cobblers, u. s.
No. 1, 3.S5a3.90.
Watermelons-Supp liberal; de-
mand moderate, market weak: South
Carolina. bulk per car. Tom Watsons,
36-pound average, best 400; some poor
condition low as $50.
Corn-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market firm; homegrown
sugar corn, sacked, per dozen, 20a25.
Cucumbers - Homegrown receipts
light; homegrown " -bushel hampers,
50a1.00.
Peas-Supplies light; demand mod
crate, market firm; New York, bushel
baskets telephones. 1.50a1.75.