Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-15
EASTER-LIkE ASPECT
PREVAILS IN MARKET
Great Banks of Flowers Provide
Gala Attire for Old Trad
ing Center.

| Center Market this week took on a
distinctly Easter-like aspect with
! great banks of lilies and other sea.
sonable flowers prominently displayed,
| in addition TO large offerings OF fanci.
| fully colored Easter eggs.
| Easter lilies, growing in medium
sized pots, this morning were selling
| at IS cents bloom, while hydran.
| Seas were $3.50 and up, and hyacinths
and tulips We're $3.50 and up.
Cut carnations brought $3.50 to 50
| dozen, with white carnations scarce.
Red roses of a number of varieties
generally were quoted at SO dozen.
Easter eggs, done up in a style to
delight the eye of most any youngster,
were bringing 80 cents dozen
The regular line of foodstuffs on the
market were available In the usual
large quantities for the season, and
were offered at steady prices, with a
slight variation here and there.
Strawberries. looking very appetiz-
ing, were quoted at 40 cents a quart,
this being a reduction from SIS cents
since last week. The berries are of
good quality.
The price of -tep-grade oranges has
dropped during the week from 80 to
IS cents a dozen, while the minimum
have disappeared from the market
peaches also are absent at this time.
Lines are 80 cents a dozen.
Eating apples are 5, s, 10 cents each,
and grapefruit is offered at 10 and IS
cents each. Pineapples are so cents
each, and alligator pears remain at
DO cents each.
Old potatoes cling to the steady
price level set more than two months
ago, of pounds for 25 cents, and
small new potatoes are offered at %
cents a box, this also being at the
steady level.
Sweet potatoes, large in size, are
selling at 4 pounds for % cents.
Lima beans also remain in the list
of articles not subject to price
changes, retailing at 81 a quart, but
string beans of very fine quality are
cents lower this week than last,
selling at 20 cents a pound.
French artichokes are Is cents each,
or for 25 cents. and Jerusalem arti-
chokes are 20 cents a box. Spinach
is pounds for a quarter. Mushrooms
are so cents a pound. Old cabbage
is 5 cents a pound and new cabbage
10 cents.
Celery remains at its steady quota
ton of Is to 25 cents a bunch, and
lettuce IS 10 ana ~ cents a mead.
French endives are Is cents pound,
caulifower, Is to 80 cents: rhubarb,
20 and 25 cents bunch, and tomatoes
are 20 cents a pound. Kale is 3
pounds for Is cents. Cranberries sell
for 20 cents a pound.
Dairy products are without change.
The best creamery butter brings 60
and So cents a pound, and hennery
eggs are 40 and 45 cents a dozen.
American cheese remains at As cents
a pound, while imported brands, also
at steady price levels, are quoted at
from 20 cents to 81 a pound.
Turkeys sell for so cents a pound,
baking chickens at 45, frying chick
ems, so, and stewers. 40 a pound.
Keats are 90 cents each and ducks are
40 a pound, with capons at SO cents
Meats are quoted generally at the
following prices:
Porterhouse steak, so cents q
pound; sirloin, so; round, 40; beef
roasts, % to As cents; veal chops, so:
veal outlets, so; roast veal, rs to So;
pork chops. 40; roast pork, 35 and
40; lamp chops, so and SIS: leg of lamb,
As, and lamb shoulder, 80 and S5.