Evening star., 1926-09-26

BALTIMORE, September 25 (Spe-
ciaD.-Market for white potatoes
rules easy and A shade lower in price
under ample receipts for we'll graded
stock. There is A fair demand at
81 80 to $4.25 barrel and $3.50 to $o.75
hundred pounds. but ungraded and
No. stock is not desira BILE. and offer
ings of such move slow even at the
sharp difference in price of S1.25 to
$3.50 barrel and $l.00 to $1,25 hundred
pounds. Sweet potatoes and yams
continue in liberal recent and the
market is dull and demand slow
To draw full quotations of $25 to
SO barrel sweets must grade No. l.
as anything of off grade. small or ir-
regular quality is hard to move even
at S1.25 to $3.50 barrel. No. vans
will bring So to $3.50 barrel and 81
to $3.50 for smaller stock. Rushel
hampers sweets and yams sell mostly
so cents to Sl.l0. AS to quality and
condition. Demand for native and
nearby garden truck continues good.
supply the market ruled steady at the
following quotations:
Stringless beans. lis to 1.2a huShel
heets, 200 and 800 bushel: broccoli.
35 to 40 bushel: cabbage and carrots.
800 to 800 hundred: sugar corn. Is
to 25 dozen, and 10 to Is dozen for
field corn: egg plant. so and X bas-
ket: lima beans. $50 and 400 bushel:
onions. 1.25 to 200 hundred pounds:
green and red peppers. 2o to 40 has-
ket, and needle peppers. so to Is:
spinach. so and so bushel; squash. 50
TO 40 basket, and tomatoes, 35 to so
basket. and LOO to LOS bushel for
packing stock.
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orally easy, and it takes fancy hand
picked apples to bring $50 to 800
barrel and 125 to $50 bushel. No.
apples will not bring over zoo to $50
barrel and so TO 100 bushel.
Cantaloupes in ample supply at %
to 70 basket While demand is only
fair for peaches at LOO to 200 bushel.
Bartlett and Seckel pears, in good de-
mand at so to 100 hamper, but kief
fers are plentiful at 20 to 80 hamper.
Grapes in good demand at 40 TO 50
per 14.quart basket,
Sea son for watermelons nearly over.
but extra large selects still i'm good
demand at $500 and 5000 hundred.
while selects at 1900 to 1000 hundred.
and primes 1900 to 1000 hundred are
slow ale. and culls are not wanted
at any price.
Dairy Products.
Receipts of native and nearby strict
ly fresh eggs continue light and for
this sort there Is prompt sale at pre-
MUM over quotations, but the aver.
age nearby receipts of so-called firsts
are of such irregular quality they
are slow to f1nd favor the trade gen
orally preferring Western eggs, which
show less loss under the candle.
The market continues firm with
values a shade higher. closing today
at SO and 40 cents a dozen for firsts
in free cases.
Prompt shipments and careful grad
ing. however, are necessary to COM
mand top values. AS all held stock
must be sold at a discount with the
exception of old hens, which continue
In good demand.
The general live poultry market
rules easy. Old hens will be wanted
next week, when the Jews return to
the market. and liberal shipments are
advisable. Receipts of Spring chickens
while only moderate have been ample
for trade wants, and it takes large,
smooth birds to bring top values of
26 to Is a pound, with small Leghorns
and black Minorcas selling % to as.
while poor and thin springers will not
bring over 20 to %.
There is no surplus in the daily
receipts of large. fat old hens. which
clean up readily at % to %; but small
fowl and Leghorns are slow sale, the
former at 20 to 25 and the latter at
Is to 20. Old roosters plentiful and
slow saleoat IS to 20.
For the better grade of ducks there