Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
SOFT CRAB SUPPLY
BETTER IN MARKET
Chicken Prices Drop-Butter
Values Also Show Some
Decline.

Dealers at Municipal Fish Market,
anxious to supply an increasing de-
mand for crabs, both hard and sort,
reported this morning decided IN
crease in receipts of the soft crabs.
Crabbers at numerous points on
Chesapeake Bay and along the North
Carolina coast are quoting the crusta-
ceans at various sizes and prices
Word was received from Crisfield crab
bers yesterday that they were reaoy
to serve crabs caught off the Eastern
Shore of Maryland.
Local dealers were given price as
low as 10 cents a dozen. The cheap
est price was for culls, however, but
the demand for such variety is NOT
great. Other sizes were quoted al
$1.25 and 81.
Spring.chicken prices took drop to
33 and 35 cents, while the price OF
fowls this morning was "a ana 20
cents, Spring chickens, dressed, sold
at SO cents. Butter prices also showed
a decline, while the egg market re-
mains unchanged.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fresh, 1-pound prints, 44a
As; tub, 421Sa43; store packed. 26.
Eegs-Fresh selected, 24a25; hen
merry, 25; current receipts, 2113a22.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, hens, %;
old toms. %; fowls, 24a25; Spring chick
ems, 33a35; roosters, 15a16; ducks, 10;
keats, young, IS; old. 20a35. Dressed
Turkeys, 2Sa30; Spring chickens, 81;
capons, fancy heavy, 3Sa4O; smaller,
35; ducks, 20a35; keats, young, 6Oa7O;
old, 2Sa30.
Meat, fresh killed-Beef, 18a19; veal,
1sa20: lamb, 30a32; fresh hams, 23a25;
shoulders, 1Sa20; loins, 26a28;' smoked
hams, 26; smoked shoulders, 1Sa2O.
Live stock-4Calves, choice, IL y; me-
dunn, Sa10; thin, 7aS; Spring lambs,
Halls.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Todav's market report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau OF Agricultural
Economics, says:
antaloupes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate, market steady; Cali
fornia, Imperial Valley, standards. 45s,
salmon tints, 4.75a5.00. few higher;
jumbos, ASS, $50; jumbos, 36s, 5.OOa
5.25: jumbos, 27s, 4.75a5.0O; pony, 45s.
4.00a4.25; jumbo flats. 12s, 200; jumbo
flats. 9s, LIS.
Lettuce-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; California,
crates, Iceberg type, 40 dozen, 7OOa
$50: homegrown, bushel crates. Big
Boston type, 1.50a2.00.
Onions-Supplies light: demand mod
crate. market firm: California, stand
ard crates, yellow Bermudas, u. s.
No /, 3.25a3.40.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market about steady; North
Carolina and Norfolk section, Virginia,
cloth-top, stave and slat barrel Cob
blers, 5.50a6.OO; few fancy higher,
poorly graded, 500.
Peach Market Dull.
Peaches-Supplies light; demand
moderate. market dull; few sales;
large size, 2.75a3.50: Early Rose, large
size, 3.00a3.5 so; bushel baskets, Early
Rose, 4.00a4.50.
wberrieS-Homegrow supplies
moderate: demand moderate, market
slightly weaker; homegrowns, 32-quart
crates, various varieties, 3.50a5.0O.
Tomatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate, market slightly
stronger; Mississippi, As, ripes and
turning, wrapped, No. l, 1.35a1.4O; few
higher, ripe. 1.10a1.25.
String beans-Supplies moderate;
demand moderate, market slightly
weaker; North Carolina, bushel-
hamper green. considerable sandy.
2.O0a2.75; no demand.
Peas-Homegrown supplies moder-
ate; demand moderate, market about
steady; homegrowns, bushel baskets,
2.25a2.50.
Cabbag e-Homegrow supplies mod
crate; demand moderate, market
steady; bushel baskets, 1.25.
Watermelons-No supplies on mar
ket,