Evening star., 1927-05-05
GLUT OF SEA FOOD
! IN MARKET TODAY
Prices Much LoWer-Shad
Selling for 10 and 20
Cents a Pound.

Municipal Fish Market was fairly
glutted with marine products from
the Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay
and the vicinity OF Boston and the
Jersey coast this morning. AS re-
suit of the heavy receipts, dealers
quoted prices much lower than usual
and buyers were very much in eYi-
dence.
Roe shad from the Potomac. fresh
caught and in the best of condition,
were quoted at 20 cents a pound,
bucks selling at 10 cents. Herring
were sold at the rate OF 100 for rs
cents, and there was a fairly good de-
4 mand for the herring roe at $3.50 a
gallon.
Perch brought from to 10 cents,
according to size, while catfish were
in demand at and cells at cents.
Rockfish, not so plentiful, sold at 80
cents a pound. the highest priced fish
on the market.
Croakers Plentiful.
Croakers from the lower Potomac
were as plentiful as they were last
week, but the cooler weather assisted
in getting them here in better condi-
ton. They were quoted at cents.
Swapping turtles were plentiful at s
cents and there was good demand
for them.
Crab meat from the South was plen-
tiful at So and So gallon. and deal
ers had a few hard crabs from the
Potomac that sold for $12 a barrel,
There were no soft crabs to be had.
There was an abundance of green
vegetables in market this morning,
and the strawberry receipts from
North Carolina were more than ample
to meet demands at current prices.
Prices Of most commodities were the
same as those reported yesterday.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fresh, 1-pound prints. 52a
So: tub, 51a52: store packed. 80.
Eggs-Fresh, selected, 26; hennery,
27a2S; current receipts. %.
Poultry-Alive: Turkeys. 25; Spring
chickens, 40a42; fowls, 2Sa29; roosters,
is; ducks, 20a25; keats, young, 65;
old. 30a35.
Dressed turkeys. 80: old toms, 80;
Spring chickens, 45a50; capons, fancy,
heavy, 3Sa40; smaller, 35: keats,
young, 60a70; old, 35a40; ducks, 2Sa30.
Meats - Beef, 1Sa19; veals, 20a23;
lambs, 30a32: fresh hams, 25a2S:
shoulders, 1Sa20; loins. 26a2S: smoked
hams, 26a2S; smoked shoulders. 1Sa20.
Live SIONh--OdlN6S, CHOICE, me-
dium, Sa10; thin, 7aS; Spring
lambs. II.
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 light; demand linn
tied. market dull; barrels, Virginia, No
poorer scaled low as 1.50
Asparagus-Supplies moderate: de.
mand moderate, market steady; Della
ware and East Shore Maryland, crates,
tgreen, very large size, few $50; me-
dunn to large size, 4.00a450; small
size. $50.
Cabbage-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market slightly stronger:
South Carolina. barrel crates. pointed
type, 800; Georgia, barrel, crates, ap.
proxlmately so pounds net, pound
type, fair quality, 3.75.
Lettuce-Supplies light; demand mod |
crate, market. slightly stronger: Cali. |
fornia, crates, Iceberg type, 4-6 dozen.
5.00a5.50.
Onions-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market about steady: Texas.
standard crates Yellow Bermudas. II
s. No. 1, 3.25a3.35; fair quality and
condition, 800.
Potato Market Firm.
Potatoes-Supplies limited; demand
moderate. market firm; old stock.
Michigan. 150-pound sacks, Russet
.Rurals, Z. S. No. l, 475a5. 90; New
YORK, 15O-pound sacks round whites.
u. s. No. l, AIS; Maine, 120-pound
sacks, Green Mountains. u. S. No.
4.00a4.25; new stock, Florida. double
head barrels, Spaulding Rose, u. S.
NO. i, best, mostly 500, few low as
1.75; ordinary quality and condition,
7.00a7.50.
Strawberries-Supplies moderate:
demand good for good stock, moderate
Tor small stock; market steady; North
Carolina, 32-quart crates, various
varieties, wide range prices. best,
5.00a6.00 best, mostly $50; poorer, 4. 90
a4.50; Virginia, Norfolk section, 81
quart crates, various varieties, 5.0Oa
$50: few high as $40.
String beans-Supplies liberal: de-
mand moderate, market slightly
weaker: Florida, q bushel hampers.
Screen Flat Stringless, . 2.50a3. 90; South
carolina and Georgia, bushel hampers,
Green, 3.00a3.50; few best, 400.
Tomatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market steady; Florida, 6s.
ripes and turning, wrapped fancy
count, 3.00a3.50; choice count, 2.50a
800.
Peas-Supplies moderate. demand
moderate, market steady; South and
North Carolina, bushel hampers. best.
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