Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-26
TRADING IS SLOW
IN CENTER MARKET
Increased Receipts Tomor-
row Expected by Dealers.
Melons Moving.

There were not many scenes of &C
tivity in evidence about the local mar
ket this morning, dealers saying It
was just another one of those dull
Mondays.
Fruit and vegetable dealers are eX-
pecting increased receipts tomorrow,
believing the recent rains will help
growing crops. especially tomatoes
and blackberries.
Considerable activity in the water
melon market was reported. Receipts
of melons have been heavy the past
few days, and street hucksters, taking
advantage of cheap prices, are buying
and selling thousands of them.
Today's prices were substantially
the same as those at the close or
Saturdays market.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy, 1-pound prints, SEA
~: tub, 45a46: store-packed. %.
Eggs-Fresh selected, so; hennery,
30a31; current receipts, q.
Poultry. alive-Turkeys. IS; Spring
broilers, ISAAC; white Leghorns, 80;
fowls, 29a30; roosters. %; ducks,
young, 20; old, Is; keats, young, 70a
so; old, 35a40. Dressed-Turkeys, 40;
broiIers, 3Sa45; keats, young, 90a1.00;
old, 40a5o
Live stock-Calves, choice, 70; me-
dunn, g: thin, CAT; hogs, heavy and
medium, 1915; light, choice, Is; lambs,
13a14.
Meats-Beef. 17a1S; lambs, so; veal,
IS; dressed pork, heavy, 10; pork loins,
S5a36; Westerns, 3Oa32; hams, 32a34;
shoulders. 24a25: fresh hams, S2a34
fresh shoulders, %.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics) says:
Apples-Supplies heavy; demand
slow, market dull; California, boxes,
medium to large size Gravensteins.
3.00a3.25: Virginia. bushel baskets,
Transparents, too few sales to estab-
lish market.
antaloupes-Supplies very heavy;
demand moderate. market weak; Ari-
IONA, Salmon Tints, standards, 45s,
few sales, 1.50a2.00 ponys, 54s, mostly
$50; jumbos, ass, 2.00a2.25: flats, LIS
and los. 65a75; North Carolina, Green
Meats. standards, 36s and ASS, best.
2.50a3.o0; poorer mostly around 1.50;
supplies not cleaned up.
mand light. market steady; New York.
2-dozen crates, Big Boston type. 75a90.
Onions-Supplies moderate; demand
light. market steady. South Carolina,
standard crates, Australian Browns.
United States No. /, 1.50; 100-pound
sacks, 2.50a2.75.
Peaches-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market steady; Georgia.
bushel baskets Hileys, 1.50a1.75; skies
and bushel baskets EEbertas, 2.00a
2.25; skies and bushel baskets Bellies,
1.50a2 90, mostly 200; South Carolina,
bushel baskets Elbertas, 200; Bellies,
1.S5.
Potato Market Steady.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate: de.
mand moderate, market steady; North
Carolina, Virginia, Eastern Shore and
Norfolk section, cloth-top stave and
slat barrels Cobblers, L. S. No. ],
3.25a3.50; few 3.75.
ermelons-Supplies liberal: de-
mand moderate, market about steady:
Georgia. bulk, per 100 melons. Excells
40-45 pound average, 70.00a75.00; &C.
40 pound average, $500; no carlot
sales reported.
Corn--Express receipts very light;
homegrown receipts moderate and
practically supplying the market;
homegrown, sacked. per dozen Adams
Early, 25a30; sugar corn, 40a50.
Cucumbers-Supplies light; demand
slow, market dull; Virginia and North
Carolina bushel hampers fancy, LOO.
Peas-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker;
New York, busheI baskets Telephones,
best, 175a2.00
Lima beans-Supplies moderate.
demand light. market steady; North
Carolina. bushel hampers, 1.50a2 90;