Evening star., 1927-10-24
YELLOW PUMPKINS
IN GOOD DEMAND
Halloween Variety Moving
Well in Market-0ther
Trade Reported Draggy.

Old.fashioned yellow pumpkins, the
kind that children use in connection
with Halloween celebrations, are in
demand. the demand for them being
much greater than for the sugar
numpkins used for strictly food pur'
poses.
Dealers this morning were Offering
+he former variety at prices ranging
from o5 cents to 81 each, and the iarg'
or the pumpkin the greater the de-
mand.
Sugar pumpkins also were in de-
mand at IS cents a basket or $l.o0 a
barrel. pumpkin pies being in demand
In hotels, dining and lunch rooms. The
greatest demand for them usually is
about the Thanksgiving holiday sea
son.
Dealers reported draggy condition
of the market this morning, buyers
not being out in large numbers, and
prices were about the same as prices
quoted at the close of last week $
market.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fresh, 1-pound prints, SO
tub. 50a51 store packed, 3oa3l.
Eggs-Fresh selected. 4Ia4S. hen
merry. 5odbO, current Get'IplS, 20
Poultry. alive-Turkeys, 81: fowls,
small and medium. 24a25; large, pa
&c; Spring chickens, IS; roosters, ~:
ducks, 1Sa20. keats. young, 10a13: old
S5
Dressed - Turkeys, 40a45; Spring
chickens. 33a35; roosters. 21a23; ducks,
1Sa2O: capons. fancy, heavy, SHa4O
smaller. S5: ducks, %; keats, S0a90.
Meats, fresh killed-Beef, 1Sa20
veal. 23a35; lamb. 25a2S; fresh ham,
a4a25, loins, 35a36; shoulders, 19a20;
smoked hams, 23a26; smoked shout
ders, IS; strip bacon, 25a26; lard, 15a
15!2; calves, Is; lambs, 1S.
Fruit and Vegetable RevieH.
Today's market report on fruits
and vegetables, compiled by the
Market News Service Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, says:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
hight, market steady; barrels, PennSyl-
vania, PA inches up, Grimes unclassl-
fed russeted, few sales, 4.00; boxes.
Washington medium to large size
extra fancy Delicious, 4.00a4.23; mostly
4 90; fancy Delicious, 350aS.75; mostly
$50: extra fancy Staymans, 30;
bushel baskets. Virginia, ~ inch
Yorks, unclassified. 1.50.
<
mand light. market steady; New York,
sacked. per 100 lbs, Danish type.
1.25al.50.
Celery-Supplies liberal; demand
good, market steady; New York, %
crates, best, mostly 2.25; some fair
quality 200.
Grapes-Supplies of Eastern stock
limited; demand moderate, market
slightly stronger; New York 2-quart
climax basket Concords, 17a1S; Mich1-
gan. 12-quart climax baskets. 65a70.
Lettuce-Supplies of Eastern stock
light; demand light, market dull; New
York. 2-doZen crates big Boston type.
poor quality and condition, so; New
Jersey. 2-dozen crates big Boston type,
few sales. 100: supplies of Western
stock moderate: demand light, market
steady: California crates Iceberg type.
4-dozen, 3.00a3o5: few higher.
Onions-Supplies moderate: demand
light, market steady; Michigan and
New York. 10O-pound sacks, Yellows,
Z. S. No. i, medium to large size, 1.45
a200
Pear Market Steady.
Pears-Supplies light: demand light,
market steady; Nsw York, No. l,
bushel baskets, Bartletts. few sales,
800; bushel baskets, Seckles, 3.00a3.25;
Washington. boxes, Anjous, extra
fancy, medium to large size, 4.25.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market steady: Michigan,
150-pound sacks. Russet Rurals, Z. S.
No /. $50: Minnesota, 120-pound
sacks, round whites, L. S. No. l, 2.65a
2.75; Pennsylvania, 150-pound sacks,
round whites, u. S. No. 1, 1925; Maine,
15O-pound sacks. Green Mountains, L.
NJ g 6523 IA
Sweet tatoes-Supplies moderate;
demand light, market dull; Maryland,
East Shore, cloth-top barrel, Yellows,
2.25: North Carolina and Virginia, Nor
folk section, cloth-top barrels, Yellows,
2.00a2.25.
Tomatoes-supplies light: demand
light, market ABOUT steady; home
grown. Is-bushel hampers, various
varieties, mostly around 1.00a1.25
Caulif1ower-Supplies light; demand
moderate, n7arket firm; New York,
Long Island, crates, mostly 200; few
higher.