Evening star., 1926-09-18
BUTTER AND EGG
PRICES ARE FIRM
81 Cents for Creamery and
As Cents for Hennery
Grades Quoted Today.

Supplies Of produce continued good
In local wholesale market today, with
prices maintaining the Arm levels that
have prevailed this week. sweet po'
tatoes were an exception, having
eased of TO 81 barrel. White po
tatoes clung to yesterdays quotation
of $47S 10 s5 sack.
Dealers today still were paying 81
cents for top-grade butter Of one
pound prints and eggs brought A
rents for the best hennery grades
Further boosts in the egg prices are
impending. dealers say. The scarcity
nt hest grades are blamed for the ris
ing of both butter and egg levels.
Trading was good in fruit and
vegetable lines. Apples sold for SI.25
q hushel. celery at 81 dozen stocks,
lettuce. 81 for - heads and sweet
corn, % cents a dozen ears.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Rutter-F'ancy pound prints.
81: tub. AZ: store packed. 35.
Eggs-Fresh selected. 40: hennery
A.; current receipts. IS.
Poultry. alive-Turkeys. 35: Spring
broilers. 2s: White Leshorns, 24a25
fowls. 2sa27; roosters, 20; ducks
young, 20: old. Is: keats. young. 50a60;
old. 35a40 Dressed-Turkeys, l40a AZ
broilers, 33a3s; keats, young, Soa90;
old. 4oa5o.
Live stock-Calves, choice. IA: me.
dunn, llal2; thin. 7as; lambs, IA.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits md
vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics. says:
Apples-Supplies liberal. dema nd
slow. partly account Jewish holiday;
market dull; hushel baskets. Maryland
and Virginia. various varieties, large
size. 75al.00; few l.25: mostly around
100 small to medium size, 50a .;
boxes, Washington medium TO large
sizes. combination extra fancy and
fancy Jonsthans. 800; Grimes, 2.75
Winter bananas, 2.35a2.oo.
Cabhage-Supplies moderate; de
mand moderate; market steady: New
York, bulk per ton Copenha gems
30. .00a35 90
'antaloupes - Supplies moderate; :;
demand light. market steady; Colo
RADIO. pink meats, jumbo fats. IS 10
Ss. 75a90: AZ to I2s, l.0Val.25: stan
dard fats. 12s, LOCALES; salmon
tints. standa rds. ass and ass. 2.5oa
900, mostly 2.15a3.00: standard fats
l1s and l5s. l.0osl.l5; jumbo fats.
9s and l2s. l.i5al.25. mostly lis.
Ce!ery-Supplies moderate; demand
light market duh; New York. 23
crates. 2.25a2.50.
Grapes Supplies moderate: de-
mand light. market dull: Virginia.
e-basket crates. Concords. No. l.
l.00a so; Niagaras, No. |. l.25al 80;
Delaware, I.-duart climax baskets.
Concords. No. |. 7S.
I.ettuce-Suprlies liberal demand
light. market hrm: New York. >
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1.25. mostly 90: ordinary quality
and condition. low as 80: Colors do,
crates. iceberg type. 3 dozen. mostly
500.
Onions-Surplies light; demand
light. market duh: Michigan. 100
pound sacks. yellows. L. s. No. |.
200.
Peach Market Firm.
Peacbes-Supplies moderate: de-
mand light. market firm for good
stock: PENNSYLVANIA and New jersey
bushel baskets. Elbertas, very large
size. eo0a".3s few higher: medium to
large size I.S0al.75; some soft. ripe.
1.25al 80: PENNSYLVANIA. skies Bellies.
large 10 very large size. l.75a2 90:
mostly LIS.
pears-Supplies moderate: demand
light market dull: Washington. boxes
Rartletts. fancy. 4o5: G grade. $50;
New York. hlishel baskets. Hartletts.
No. l. green. $50.
rotatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light. market firm: New Jersey.
1kO-pound sacks. cohhlers. L. s. No. |.
475a4sS.
Sweet potatoes Supplies moderate:
demand light. market dun: North
Carolina, cloth-top stave barrels. vel
lows. No. I. mostly 400: medium size.
some wasty. 2.ona2 40: Tennessee.
hushel hampers. Nancy Halls. 40. /.
trading slow. .50a Is: mostly l.0".
Corn-Supples moderate: demand
light: market steady: homegrown.
sacked, per dozen. sugar corn. l3a3o.
mostly. 2ha23.
C,icumbers-Su Supplies light: demand
slow; market steady; New York. bush
el baskets. fancy. .0oal.25.
Peas-Supples light: demand light
market steady. colorado. 45-pound
crates. telephones S.5oa6.ao; poorer.
low as 500: lettuce. crates, 7.S0aS.0o.