Evening star., 1927-10-01
Plentiful SuppIy of Tomatoes.

in pods.
Plentiful Supply of Tomatoes.
A continued plentiful supply of TO-
natoes is reporfed, ard fairly large
quantities of the green vegetable Tor
nickling purposes are being received
They were quoted at 25 and so cents
a basket this morning. String beans
are not so plentiful and are hlgher,
buf the demand for them at 81 ana
$125 was not great.
Bunch turnips. beets and carrots
quoted at So and 81 per 100 bunches'
were not much in demand. The cut
off carrots, offered at 81 a bushel'
were much cheaper than the bunch
stock. Parsnins were plentiful at 20
cents a half-hushe1 basket. Elephants
sold at ST a crate and oysterplant was
quoted at 81 a dozen punches.
Both white and yellow cymlings.
also called squash, are gradually get
ting scarcer. and dealers this morning
eyperienced no difficulty getting rid OF
supplies at $50 a bushel.
Activity i'm Fish Market.
Changed weather conditions this
week were welcomed by dealers at
Municipal Fish Market. Cool weather
NOT only made it possible to ship fish
and other marine products to the bet
fer satisfaction of dealers and consum-
ers. il is stated, but it also served as
= means of increasing demands for
such food.
Increased demands the past few
days resulted in a display OF unusual
activity about the market and kept
merchants and their assistants busy,
a change that meant much to the
dealers and consumers, dealers as
serting that cheap prices of fish as
sisted in reducing the cost OF living
for many families.
Chesapeake Bay fishermen continue
to send supplies Of attractive products
of that great body Of water that lur-
nishes so much food for persons IN
all sections of the country.
Fancy trout for the week end trade
fine specimens Of that particular va
riety of the finny tribe, were or1ereu
at 10 cents, the smaller trout Seillhs
as low as nickel a pound. Large
TorfoIl1 snots and big fat croakers
were offered at 10 cents, while small
nerch sold as low as cents. Butter
fish were a good seller.
Product Finds Ready Sale.
New York, New Jersey and Massa-
chusetts fishermen also sent plentlfuI
sunplies of fish to the local market.
salmon and halibut, steak fish that
are in demand, whether fresh
or frozen, found ready sale, the FOR
mer at 23 and the latter at 20 cents
a pound.
Haddock, one Of the cheaper fish
offered the week end trade, was
quoted at Z cents a pound, the filet,
always in demand, selling at Is cents.
Cod and founders were offered at 10
cents, Boston mackerel at 20 cents
and scallops at $3.50 a gallon.
Not much demand for SOFT craps
was evidenced this week, the crabs
getting scarce and the demand de-
creasing as the weather conditions
change. The slow demand Tor the
soft crabs resulted in prices dropping
TO 60 cents a dozen. Crabmeat con-
tinued plentiful, but not so much in
demand, according to dealers, and the
price dropped to 40 cents a pound.
Increase in the oyster trade was re-
ported. Oysters are being received
from lower river and points on Chesa-
peake Bay, selected stock selling at
S2.25 a bushel, while standards con-
tinue to sell for 81. Shell stock from
the lower Potomac was quoted at
$1.25.
Thanksgiving Turkey Outlook.
Poultry dealers say it is little too
soon to be giving much thought to the
probable condition of the Thanksgiv-
ing turkey market. Some inquiries
are being made. however, and re-
sponses indicate there will be no
scarcity of the king bird for the first
of the Fall and Winter holiday sea-
sons.
Supplies Of chickens throughout the
week were ample to meet demands.
Spring chickens this morning were
quoted at % and 80 cents, the market
on fowls being weaker at 25 and 26
cents. Young keats were in fairly
good demand at 65 and rs cents.
A continued firm condition Of the