Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-26
PRICE CUTS OCCUR
AT LOCAL MARKET
Reductions Noted in Cost of Ger
tain Vegetables and
Fruits.

Reductions in four classes of vege-
tables and two classes of fruit help
| constitute the biggest change in prices
noted at Center Market during the
past several weeks. There also have
been several increases in prices,
although neither the decreases or in
| CreaSeS are sufficient to be termed
| alarming or unusual
| The biggest decrease listed was on
lima beans, which are selling at 90
cents a quart, 10 cents lower than
| last weeks price. Corn is selling at
| 60 cents per dozen ears rs compared
| with a minimum price of four ears
! for a quarter last week, while potatoes
are quoted at four pounds for %
| cents instead of three pounds for the
! same price, as last week, and tomatoes
are retailing at three pounds for Il
! quarter. one pound more than was
| sold for the same amount last week.
Pears and Grapes Reduced.
Bartlett pears have been reduced
! from so to 40 cents "a box, and grapes
! also are quoted at 10 cents lower than
they were last week. now selling at
| 70 cents a box. California grapes are
| to be had at 10 cents a pound.
! Sickle pears and damSOnS are new
| on the market, the former selling at 80
| cents a box and the latter at 20 cents
a basket, containing about three ana
one-half pounds.
| The only increase of any significance
noted in the vegetable line are on
peas. which jumped from last week
| price of Is cents pound TO 20 cents
| a pound, and celery. selling up to 20
cents a bunch. A top price OF ~
cents for honey balls, or cents above
| the top price for last week, constitutes
the only increase noted in fruit.
Best eggs are selling from As to 50
cents a dozen, the top price being b
cents higher than it was last week.
Market men predict further increases
in the price of eggs within the next
few weeks.
Other Prices.
Poultry. meats and cheese remain
the same as they were last week.
Other prices are quoted as follows:
Vegetables-New potatoes, 8 pounds
for % cents! string beans, l5 cents a
pound; spinach, Is cents pound; new
cabbage, 5 cents pound; out-of-doorS
cucumberS, 10 cents apiece; carrots, d
punches for quarter; turn1ps, cents
q Duncn, eggplant, from ID W 80 SSiieo
apiece; okra, 25 cents quart; kale, 5
pounds for % cents; lettuce, Is and 20
cents a head beets. cents bunch,
and Summer squash, pounds for 20
cents. AN
Fruit-Honeydew melons, 80 to 90
cents each; watermelons, IS cents to
81 each; cantaloupes, IS and 20 cents
each; plums, Is cents box; pineap-
pies, 25 cents apiece; blackberries. %
cents a quart; oranges, rs cents
dozen, and apples, cents each.
Baking and frying size chickens sell
| for As cents pound; stewing size. 40
cents a pound, and ducks at 40 cents
a pound.
Best butter continues to bring from
So to so cents a. pound; American
cheese, 45 cents a pound, and i'm
ported cheese, from 70 cents to 81 a
pound.
Best grade porterhouse steak. s.
cents pound; sirloin, So; round, As;
prime ribs, 40; chuck, 30; three-cor-
nered. 49, veal chops. so; veal cut.
let's, go: veal roast, So; lamb chops,
so to 65: lamb leg. As to so; breast
lamb, 30; shoulder, s., and pork
chops, As.