Evening star., 1927-12-03
See Heavy Turkey Receipts.

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Price of live turkeys the latter part
of the week advanced several cents,
with a corresonding advance in price
of the dressed stock.
| Chickens have been plentiful
enough this week to force slight
drop in prices, while prices of ducks.
| capons and keats remained little
| changed.
Large shipments of rabbits con
tinue to reach the local market.
although receipts the past few days
| have not been as heavy as during the
| few days preceding Thanksgiving.
| Prices are regulated entirely by the
| size and condition of the game.
Butter prices have held firm through
out the Fall and early Winter seasons.
Increased demand for the dairy prod
| uct invariably comes with the advent
of the holiday season, hut what
| changes. if any, will be made before
| then dealers do not care to predict.
An easing of the condition of the
egg market came two days ago, ac.
cording to reports of dealers.
Hens Laying Sooner. ,
Hens started laying a trif1e sooner
than usual because of the Weather.
increasing supplies without a CORE
spending increase in demand.
Nearby truckers and farmers con-
tinue TO supply the local market large
quantities of seasonable vegetables.
Sales of some vegetables continue to
he made without much profit to grow
er or dealer. and the market is sup.
piled with more than enough vege-
tables to supply demands.
Cabbage. the most plentiful vege-
table on the market, is cheap, best
quality selling as low as rs cents a
barrel or 40 cents bushel basket.
homegrown peppers and tomatoes
are about off the market, and dealers
are depending upon Florida and Cali.
fornia for supplies. Ohio hothouse
tomatoes also being offered here. Only
light demand for peppers, making
| dull market was reported, crates of
the Florida product selling at 50 and
500 A few tomatoes are reaching
the local market from Texas. as well
as from Florida and California, but
the demand for them is light.
Moderate supplies of string beans
are being received from Florida ship
pers The green fiat type. Il bushel
hampers. were quoted at $1.75 and 81
a crate. those of the round type selling
at 81 so and $175. Some of ordinary
quality and condition are selling as
low as 81.
Light supplies of carrots from Cali
fornia are reported making the
market steady. Homegrown carrots,
cutoff. were plentiful this morning.
They sold at 60 and rs cents a hushel
the price of beets, punched stock sell
ing at So and $4 a 100.
Sweet Potatoes Higher.
Dealers report receipts of moderat to
supplies of potatoes, Michigan and
Pennsylvania stock selling at from
$3.15 to 1886 a sack. Homegrown
whites this morning were quoted at
Sl.25 a bushel, red potatoes selling at
81. Sweet potatoes were not so .plenti-
ful. and slightly higher prices pre-
vailed.
New York and California growers
are supplying more than enough celery
to meet demands, and the latter are
sending moderate quantities of lettuce
of the Iceberg type. Eggplant, a
Florida product, has not been received
in large quantities this week. and the
| market was reported dull at So and
| So. so a crate.
| Fairly large receipts of apples. from
nearby Maryland and Virginia were
| reported the past few days. best stock
| selling from $3.50 to $2.25 a bushel
| A recent report of the Market News
| Service Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics reported the condition of the
| apple market as follows:
Supplies moderate; demand light
market dull; barrels, Virginia, unclassi
| fed, Staymans. %. inches up, pale
color, 5.00a5.50; boxes, Washington
medium to large size, extra fancy De
licious, 400a4.25; large size fancy
$50: medium to large size extra fancy
Staymans. mostly 3.25; bushel baskets
Virginia unclassified. Staymans, 21a
inches up, 1.75; ripe, 1.25a1.50; un.
classified Black Twigs, 212 inches up,
l.50; "a inches up, 1.25.
Fish Supplies Ample.
Supplies in the fish market this
week were more than ample to meet
demands that We're not great, but
better business conditions are antici-
pated with the advent of colder
weather. Potomac River fishermen
are not supplying local dealers many
fish. few yellow and white perch
being the principal arrivals at the
| river front.
| Oyster prices continued at about
prices reported the past few weeks,
! $2.25 for standards and $3.50 for Sc
| lects. Shell stock from the Potomac
| this morning was quoted at $l.50 a
| bushel.
Trout and croakers from Eastern
Shore waters were offered today at
| 1919 cents. a few rocktish from North
Carolina selling at a quarter. North
! Carolina jumping mullets, not We :
plentiful sold at 20 cents.
Very little demand for crabmeat
and practically no demand for lob
sters was reported. The crabmeat
va quoted at 40 and 20 cents a pound
White 60 cents pound was the price
| Of Holsters. GEN shrimp were
scarce at 20 cents, the cooked shrimp
selling at 80 cents pound. Frogs
from Louisiana were quoted at $4 a
dozen.
Frozen salmon and halibut were
received in plentiful supplies, the for
mer selling at 20 and 70 cents. the
| latter at % cents. Boston mackerel,
not plentiful. were quoted at 25 cents
| a pound.
TOday's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fresh. 1-pound prints, 81
| ub. 51a52; store packed, 30a31.
Eggs-Fresh selected. 47a4S; hen
merry, 50a55; current receipts IS.
Poultry. aive-Turkeys, 43a45
! fowls, small and medium, 21a22: large
%; Spring chickens. 25; roosters. 15a
16; ducks, 1Sa2o keats. young, 70a7o