Evening star., 1927-02-17
FISH PLENTIFUL
. IN MARKET TODAY
Most Buying in Fresh Stock,
But Foreign Product Is
in Good Supply.

Municipal Fish Market offerings
this morning included more than sup.
plies enough to meet q demand that
was not very great. Frozen fish from
the North and Northwest We're plenti.
ful, but consumers appeared to give
more attention to the fresh caught
stock.
Fresh-caught herring from North
Carolina waters were quoted at 3
cents a pound, a price reported ex-
ceptionally cheap for the early sea-
son, and there was a fairly good de-
mand for them. Express charges on
herring are so heavy. il is stated that
meters get very little for their work.
Roe and buck shad. products of
North Carolina waters, also were
plentiful, but the demand for them
at so cents and bucks at 80 a pound.
Rockfish Are Scarce.
Rockf1sh and perch were scarce and
high this morning, the former selling
at 30 cents and the latter at 25 a
pound.
Oysters We're very plentiful. but not
much in demand, the warm weather
having seriously affected the trade.
Selects were quoted at S225 and
standards at 81. There were fairly
large supplies of crabmeat on hand
from the Gulf of Mexico and Hamp-
ton, Va section, warm weather in
creaslng the demand for the meat.
A slight advance in prices of chick
ems and roosters was reported. Re-
celpts are not above normal, dealers
report, and the market is steady.
Meat, fruit and vegetable prices were
practically unchanged today
Butter~-Fresh, 1-pound print, 55a
90: tub, 53a54; store packed, 30
Eggs-Fresh, selected, 80, hennery,
S3; current receipts, 90.
Poultry, alive = Turkeys, 40a42:
cnickens, 32aS5: white Leghorns, 24a
20; fowls, 27a2S; roosters. 20; ducks.
20a25; keats, young, e5: old 3Oa3s'
Dressed-Turkeys, 46a4S; old toms, 40;
fowls. 2Sa30; capons, fancy, heavy, IS;
smaller, 30a32; fowls, 2Sa30; keats
young, 60a70 old. 25a30: ducks. 2SaS0;
chickens, 32a35.
Meats--Beef, 15a17; veal. 2sa26:
amos, 25; fresh hams, 26a2S: shoul-
ders, 2la22; loins. 25a26; smoked hams,
zsa3o; smoked shoulders, 1Sa2O.
Live stock-Calves, choice, Is; me.
alum, 11a13; thin, 7aS; lambs, 13.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's marget report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Apples-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market steady; barrels. Vir.
ginia, No. i Staymans. 21s inches up.
2.50a3.00, No. l Yorks, 2I5 inches.
ESQ; % inches UP. 800; few higher:
boxes, Washington, medium to large
size extra fancy Delicious, 3.75a4 90:
some ripe, 3.25a3.50; extra fancy Wine.
saps, Z.foa3.o0: bushel baskets, Vir-
elnla, NO. /, Yorks, 212 inches up, 90
Cabbage-Supplies moderate: de.
mand moderate, market about steady.
new stock, Florida, ] h bushel hamn.
ers, round and pointed types, 1.50a
1.75; few higher: Texas, barrel crates.
approximately 100 pounds net, round
type, 2.50a3.00; old stock, New York
sacked, per cWt., Danish type, ]. .4Oa
1.50
Gelefg'-Supplies moderate demand
moderate, market firm: Florida, 1O-inch
crates, 2.00a2.50; California, crates
4.75a5.00: few $50.
Lettuce-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker;
California, crates Iceberg type, four
dozen. mostly 2.75; five dozen. $50.
Onions-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market slightly weaker:
Ohio, 10o-pound sacks, yellows, u. s.
No. 1, medium to large size. 2.75a3. 90.
Potato Market Steady.
Potatoes = Supplies moderate; de.
mand moderate, market steady; Mich.
igan, 150-pound sacks, round white,
L. =. No. /, 390a4.00: mostly 400:
Maine, 120-pound sacks. Green Noun
tains, L. S. No. /, 3.4oa3.50; 150-pound
sacks, Green Mountains, u. S. No. /,
fair condition, 3.75.
Spinach-Supplies LIBERAL demand
moderate, market steady; Texas, bush.
el baskets, Savoy type, 95a11 10; South
Carolina, generally ordinary quality
and condition; no sales reported.
Strawberries-Supplies moderate; de
mand limited, market slightly weaker
Florida, pony refrigerators Mission
airy, 50a55: few, so per quart.
String beans-Supplies light; de
inand moderate, market steady: Flori
da, Is bushel hampers, green, e.50a
800.