Evening star., 1927-09-29
SEA FOOD SUPPLIES
| ABOUND IN MARKET
Demand Good-Butter Is
Higher, but Egg Prices Re-
main Unchanged.

Plentiful supplies of fish, oysters
and crabs at Municipal Fish Market
today Interested retailers and con
Sumers who appeared there Tor sup
plies for tomorrow Demands lor tile
marine products were greater than
usual. dealers reported, due to snappy
weather and splendid condition OF the
products.
Numerous offerings from Boston
dealers claimed much attention, hau
rock, the cheapest of the offerings
selling at cents. the filet selilhs a'
Is. Afackerel, highest OF the boston
products, brought 20 cents, cod an,
founders selling at 10 cents ana scal
lops at $3.50 a gallon.
HaIibut and salmon, received from
New York dealers, We're offered at ~
and % cents q pound, respectively.
Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River
fishermen supplied quantities or AT
tractive trout, spots, croakers, perch
and butterfish. Fancy trout sold al
10 cents a pound, the smaller ones
bringing only cents. Spots and
croakers were quoted at 10, butterilsh
IL and small perch 6 cents.
Soft Crab Demand Poor.
Soft crabs, not so plentiful as last
week. were in poor demand at &C
cents, and there was not much de-
mand for crab meat at 40 cents.
Oysters were plentiful and in fair
ly good demand at So a gallon for
standards and $2.25 for selects. Shell
stock from the lower Potomac were
quoted at $f.25 a bushel.
jumping muilets, product OF North
Carolina waters, were III demand at
40 cents, while bluefsh from the same
water sold at 20 cents a pound. Green
shrimp was quoted at 20 cents and
the cooked shrimp at so cents pound.
Red snappers and Spanish mack
erel, received from Florida, found
READY sale, the former at 10 and the
latter at 20 cents a pound.
Dealers reported a continued firm
tondition of the butter and egg mar
kets. Egg prices remained unchanged,
but a slight increase in butter prices
was reported Prices of most other
commodities remained unchanged.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
.Butter-Fresh, one-pound prints, 53;
tub, 50a51; store packed 30a31.
Eggs--Fresh, selected, 40; hennery,
k6; current receipts, 3S.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys. 30: fowls,
small to medium, 21a22; large, 25a26:
Spring chickens. 2Sa30; roosters, 1Sa
10; ducks, 1Sa2o; keats, young, 65;
bid, 35.
dressed ufheSS, fodfA, cpAIii6
chickens, 35a3S; roosters, 1Sa20; ducks.
tsa20; capons, fancy, heavy, ISAAC;
smaller, 80; ducks. %; keats, S0a90.
Meats, fresh killed-Beef, 1Sa20;
zeal, 23a25; lamb 25a2S: fresh hams,
e4a25: loins, 34a35; shoulders, 49,;
smoked hams, 25a26; smoked shoul-
hers, IS; strip bacon, %; lard, 15a15 II.
Live stock-Calves, choice, Is; me-
hium, 13a14; thin, 9a10; Spring lambs,
t212.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
Vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service, Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Apples = Supplies liberal; demand
slow, market about steady; bushel bas-
kets, Maryland and Virginia, Z. S.
No. 1, 21a inch up Grimes. 2.o0a2:25;
eA inches up, 1.50a1.75; unclassified
Delicious. 212 inches up, 2.00a2.50;
eA to 215 inches, 1.25a2.00; u. S. No.
/, 21b inch up Jonathans, 2.00a2.25.
Cabbage - Supplies moderate; de-
hand slow, market dull; New York,
few sales bulk per ton domestic round
type, $500.
Celery-Supplies moderate; demand
hight, market steady; New York, two
thirds crates, 200, few 2.25.
light, market firm; New York, no sales
reported; California and Colorado.
erates Iceberg type, As dozen, 3.OOa
b.50.
Onions - Supplies light: demand
light, market dull; New York, Indiana
hnd Ohio, 100-pound sacks yellows,
Il. S. No. /, 1.75a2.00; few New Yorks
low as $1.65.
Grapes-Supplies Of Eastern stock
rl Kot,A voorlypf firm
Delaware, 12-quart climax baskets
Concords, e0a70; New York, 2-quart
climax baskets, Delawares, 14a1S;
Western stock, supplies liberal; de-
hand light, market steady; California,
hgs, Flame Tokays. and crates, Flame
Eokays, 1.75a2.00: Malagas, 1.25a1.5O. ,
Peach Demand Light.
Peaches-Supplies moderate; demand
light. market about steady: New Jer-
key, bushel baskets, Elbertas, large
EiZe. fair quality and condition, 1.50a
loo; White Freestones, poor to fair
buality and condition, 1.25a2.0o: New
York, bushe1 baskets, Elbertas, large
tize, mostly around $50.
Pears-Supplies light; New York.
bushel baskets, Seckels, No. /, 3.OOa
k50.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de-
hand moderate, market steady Mich
kan. 150-pound sacks, Russet Rurals,
f, S. No. l, mostly around $50:
Pennsylvania, 150pound sacks, round
whites, u. S. No. !, 3.25a3.50; Mime
kota. 150-pound sacks, round whites,
II. s. No. ]. fair condition, go.
Sweet potatoes-Supplles nght, oe'
hand slow, market steady; Maryland
anne Arundel County, cloth-top bar
Eel. yellows, No. /, 800.
Tornatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market about steady; u
bushel hampers, various varieties, 3oa
Is; few so.
Caulifower- liberal; de-
hand light, market weak; New YORK
crates. 125a1.40, mostly around l.1o
Lima beans-Supplies moderate
demand moderate. market firm; East
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