Evening star., 1926-10-29
FOOD PRICES HOLD
| STEADY AT MARKET
Large Supplies Available in Many
Lines, With Few Fluctua-
tions in Charges.

Conditions at Center Market were
steady this morning. with large
supplies available in most lines Of
produce and the quality generally
fine. Prices clung to last weeks
levels with hardly a change.
| Top grade eggs are bit scarcer.
| commission merchants report and
hennery eggs of best grade are SELL
ing at 65 and IS cents a dozen, with
! candled or selected eggs at vary
ing but slightly lower prices. Best
grades of creamery butter of one
pound prints retail today at 60 and
65 cents, the new quotation reached
last week when scent boost went
into effect.
| Cottage cheese is quoted at 20
cents a pound and mild American
cheese, 40 cents: sharp American, As
cents, and imported brands range
from 20 cents for Swiss to so cents
for camembert solid.
| Milk sells at Center Market for
| 10 cents quart, or 8 cents a pint,
and single cream Is IS cents a half
| pint and double cream is SO cents
a half pint.
Dates, done up in fancy boxes of
a little less than a half pound, sell
| for IS cents and figs are Is cents.
| ~ Acthlui z III lIle HldTkSl Is 1HlnSSS
celery cabbage. looking like an enor-
nous head of Iceberg lettuce, which
| is retailed at 35 cents each.
Lettuce Is Is to 90 cents d head, and
celery is Is to 25 cents a bunch.
Grapes shifted some in price this
week. Tokays went up from Is cents
to o5 cents a pound, and Concords,
| Niagaras and De!awares dropped from
30 to 25 cents a two-Quart basket.
| Pumpkins, large enough to satisfy
the most ardent Halloween.observing
youngster. sell at S cents a pound.
| One of the most attractive articles
on the market today is Hubbard
squash, which sells at cents a
pound.
| a new arrival at the market is
Sheldon pears. middle sized green
fruit. which are fine for preserves,
selling at 40 cents for a pan of from
| 10 to II.
! Seckel pears, also in the preserving
class. are 35 cents for Il one-quart box.
| Damsons for jelly and plum butter
are available at so cents four-quart
basket. and medium size peaches
which are fine for canning or preserv-
| ing sell at 25 cents for a basket of
| 10, or IS cents for four.quart basket.
Red-cheeked crabapples for jelly are
35 cents for three-quart boxes.
| Casaba melons are so and Is cents
| each, and honeydeWs are SO and rs
| cents each.
| Cranberries, now available in large
! quantities. are quoted at 90 cents a
,uart. PersimmonS, scarce, are 10
'ents each. Mushrooms are rather
|. ,lentiful at so cents a pound. a drop
If Is cents from the general quotation
| last week.
Potatoes remain at six pounds for
% cents for white variety, and
sweets are four pounds for % cents.
| Tomatoes sell. for 25 cents a pound.
Lima beans are IS cents a quart,
string beans are 20, peas are Is a
pound and beetS and carrots both 10
cents a pound. Okra is 35 cents a
quart and caulitlower ranges from
rs to 40 cents head, depending on
! the size.
Oranges range in price from so to
10 cents a dozen. depending on grade
and size, and lemons are 80 cents
a dozen generally. Grapefruit Is 10
| to 20 cents each.
Chickens now are very plentiful in
| Center Market. They are 40 cents
a pound for fowl As a pound for
| frys and bakers and 60 cents for
capons. Ducks are 40 and turkeys
so. Keats are 81. Some bird dealers
handle fresh-killed products and
others frozen or storage grades.
Meat prices are steady generally,
with the following prices prevailing:
Beef-Round steak. 40; sirloin, As to
so; porterhouse. so and 60; round
roast, IS; chuck, 25: rib roast, IS
and 40. Pork-Roast. 40 to As;
chops, IS to so; hams, 3S; shoulders,
2S. Lamb-Best legs, 45; best chops,
| 60 and shoulder 80
The following fish prices are gen.
eral: Halibut. 40 cents a pound; cod.
25: salmon, 40; bass. 80; rock, 80 and
35: butterfsh, %; trout. 20 and 30;
mackerel, 80; founder, 25; spots, 20,
and croakers, 20.
Oysters are from 60 to 20 cents
quart. Crabs are gone from most
stands at Center Market.