Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-08
FISH IN ABUNDANCE
| IN MARKET TODAY
Croakers and Trout Cheap.
Sturgeon Being Sold,
But Is Scarce.

Immense catches OF croakers and
trout at Buckroe Beach. Va, the past,
few DAYS resulted in Increased sup.
plies at Municipal Fish Market today
for the Friday trade. Dealers re-.
ported price of s cents for trout
and cents for croakers, exceptionally
low prices for the two varieties.
Sturgeon from Cape Charles, Va,
were In market today. They continue
scarce. however ,s. and = price Of %
Boston mackerel continue plentiful.
Today,s price was 8 cents. a slight ad.
vance since last week Spanish mack
erel We're sold at Is cents, swordfish
at 80 cents and porgies at 1215 cents.
Prices ST other fish were reported
as follows: Halibut, 2S cents; salmon.
30 cents; founders, 10 cents; haddock.
8 cents: filet of paddock. IL cents:
sea bass. 1914 cents, and red snap
per- 20 cents.
HOLSTERS Are Scarcer.
Decreased receipts Of Holsters re-,
: suited to an increased price of from
so cents to so cents a pound Soft
crabs were quoted at from 81 to 81 a.
dozen. hard crabs selling at $3.50 a
barrel or rs cents dozen.
Sea scallops were offered at SO a
gallon and clans at $1.35 q hundred,
about as cheap as CLAIMS ever get.
The watermelon season Is on. sup
plies being received from Georgia. the
same as those offered in other mar
kets. Increased receipts the past few
days brought the prices down as low
as. % cents for small stock and SIS
cents for larger melons.
Only slight changes in prices of
several commodities were reported
rSf 4 NE q
kets. none of them being great enough
to materially affect retail prices.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter Fancy, 1-pound prints, 46a
~; tub, 45a46; store packed. 27a28.
Eggs--Fresh, selected, 31a32; hem
merry, 33a34; current receipts, 2Sa29.
Poultry, aliveTurkeys, So: Spring
broilers, 40a45; Plymouth Rock broil-
ers. ! y to 2 pounds. 20; smaller. 3Sa
20; White Leghorns, 35a36; fowls. 30;
Toosters. %: ducks. young. 20; old,
is; keats, young. 70a80; old, S5a40: .
4Sa50; keats, young. 9oa1.00: old.
4oa50.
Live stock--C Calves, choice. 10: me-
dunn, 8; >thin, Cat: hogs, heavy and
medium. 1917; light. choice, Is;
lambs, IS.
Meats--Beef, 17a1s: lamb. so: veal,
Is. dressed pork, heavy, 10; pork
loins, 36a36: western, 30a32; hams,
90; shoulders, 24a25: fresh hams, 32a
~; fresh shoulders. 26
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics) says:
Cantaloupes- Supplies liberal; de-
tn1aId good, market steady; California,
Imperial Valley, salmon tints. stand.
ards. ASS, some ripe. 3.50a4.00; ponys.
46s and 54s, some ripe. 2.50a3.00; few
best, 3.50: jumbos, Sos and ASS, 4.60a
800; flats, IFS and 15s, 1.60a1.75.
Lettuce--Supplies light; demand
slow. market dull; New York, 2-dozen
crates big Boston type, best, 100;
poorer, so
Onions Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; Texas. standard
crates yellow Bernudas, U. S.. No. !.
e.00a2.25.
Peaches Supplies liberal; demand
moderate. market steady: Georgia. IS,
Carmans, medium TO large sizes, 2.00a
2.25; Hileys, medium to large sizes,
2.50a3.00; bushel baskets Hileys, large
size, 800.
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smand moderate, market steady; North
Carolina, cloth-top staye barrels Cob
blers, u. S., No. !, 4.75a5.00.
Supplies liberal; de-
snand moderate, market steady;
Georgia, Tom Wateons, 1882 pound
average. GOATS each.
Lima Beans, 2.0Oa2 80.
Lima beans Supplies light; demand
Hight, market steady; North Carolina,
6speck hampers, 2.00a2. so.
Corn--Supplies moderate; demand
Hight, market steady; North Carolina,
crates, best, 1.50a1.75; poorer, 100.
Cucumbers- light; demand
slow, market dull: Virginia, Norfolk
section, hotbed stock. u -bu5hel ham.
pers. fancy and choice, Local so:
North Carolina. bushe1 hampers, fam
cy, best, 1.25a1.50.
Supplies moderate; de-
snand slow, market dull; Virginia, 81
uuart crates, 3.50a4.00.
sPeas--Supplies light; demand mod
Arate. market steady; New York,
busl1el baskets, 2.50a3.00.
Apples light; demand
Slow, market dull: Virginia, bushel
baskets, Transparent. 200; various
varieties. 1.00a1.60.
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