Evening star., 1927-11-17
TRADING IS SLOW
At FISH MARKET
Turkey Receipts Reported
and Birds Are Moving at
Unchanged Prices.

Warm weather made business at
municipal fish market this morning
anything but satisfactory. Dealers
had ample supplies of marine PROD
ucts to meet demands, but buying was
reported inactive.
| Crabmeat was nothing like as plen-
tiful as last week dealers reported
and nrices were higher, white meat
selling at 65 and the lump at ~
cents a pound. Only very feW sol.
or hard crabs are being received ana
are not in demand.
| Scallops were in fairly good demand
at $4 gallon. CLAIMS continue
scarce and high. IL price of $2 a nun
dred being quoted. TWO weeks ago
| they were plentiful at $1.23
Dealers received fairly large quan.
titles of white catfish for the Friday
trade and found it an easy matter to
sell them at 10 cents a pound. w hlte
perch from the lower Potomac were
! plentiful at Is cents pound "hle
| yellow perch were scarce at 20 cents
Roc!8fish From Carolina.
| Carolina meters furnished the local
market small quantities of rocktish
thaL were OIIeIeu 1T NthiH.
were quoted at $40 q barrel or ~
cents pound croakers at $22 bar
rel or IL cents a pound and founders
at S24 a barrel or i cents pound.
Other fish were quoted as follows:
Halibut. fresh. 28; frozen, %; salmon.
fresh. 27. frozen. 20; steak cod, 10;
small cod, 10: haddock. 8; fillet of had
dock, -: green shrimp, 20; cooked
shrimp, so. ,
OYSTER prices remained unchanged,
Standards were quoted, 2.25, and Sc
iects at $50 a gallon. Shell STOCK
sold at $50 bushel.
Poultry dealers continue to receive
s,,pplies of turkeys for the Thanks
giving holiday trade, no change III
prices being announced. The butter
and egg markets continue flrm ana
steady. Prices of most commodities
TODAY were substantially the same as
| prices quoted yesterday.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fresh, 1-pound prints, 81;
tub, 51a52: store packed, 3Oa3l.
Eggs-Fresh selected, 5Oao2: hen
merry. 55a6O; current receipts. 48.
Poultry. alive - Turkeys, 40a42;
fowls, small and medium, 22a23; large,
%; Spring chickens. 26a2S; roosters.
l6a17: ducks, 1Sa20: keats, young. goa
Is: old 35. Dressed-Turkeys. 4oa
so; Spring chickens. 32a33; roosters.
! 1Sa2O; ducks, 1Sa20; capons, fancy.
heavy, 40a45; ducks. %; keats, SOa90.
Meats, fresh killed-Baef. 1Sa20;
veal. 25a27; lamb. 25a27; fresh ham,
21a22; loins. 24a25: shoulders, 1Sal9;
smoked hams. 24a25; smoked shoul.
ders. 1S; strip bacon, %; lard, 1412a
Is; calves, Is; lambs, 13
l. Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Todays market report on fruits and
vegeta bles, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Apples-Supplies moderate: demand
light. market steady: boxes, Washing.
ton. medium to large size extra fancy
Delicious, mostly 400; Staymans,
Romes and Jonathans, mostly around
800; few higher; bushel baskets, Penn
sylvania. uncIassified Yorks and Stay
mans. 2L to 81 inches. windfalls.
25; Virginia. United States No. !,
Delicious. 2& inches up. 300.
Cabbage-Supplies light; demand
light. market slightly weaker: New
York. sacked, per hundred-weight
Danish type. 100: few higher.
Celery-Supplics liberal; demand
moderate; market steady; New York,
2-3 crates, 2.00a2.25.
Lettuce-Supplies light demand
moderate, market firm: California,
crates, Iceberg type 4-5 dozen. 4'50a
AIS.
Onions-SuppIies light; demand mod
crate. market about steady; New York.
1O0.pound sacks. Yellows, United
States No. I, medium size. 1.50a1.6b;
medium to large size 1.60a175; Michi-
gan. 100-pound sacks, YelloWs. United
States, No /. 1.75a1.S5.
| Potatoes-Supplies liberal: demand
moderate, market steady; New York
| and Pennsylvania, 150pound sacked
round whites, U. S. No. !. mostly
around 3.25: Michigan. 150-pound sacks
Russct Rurals. Z. S, No. ], 3.25a3.40;
mostly 335a3.40: Idaho, 110-pound
sacks Rurals, u. S. No. l, $50.
String beans - Supplies liberal; de-
mand light. market slightly weaker;
Florida. IS -bushel hampers, green,
best. 2.50a2.75: fiat stringless, few high
as 800: South Carolina bushel ham,
pers. green, 2.25a2 so; poorer low as
| $50.
Tomato Market Steady.
Tomatoes-Supplies moderate; Cali
l. fornia demand moderate; market
steady: lugs ripes, wrapped, best.
mostly OrQlndfy 10 poor Qudilty ana
| condition, 50a2.5 Ohio, demand linn
tied: market slightly weaker: 10.pound
boxes hothouSe stock medium size,
1.75a2.00; few high as 2.25; large size,
1.25a1.75 small size. 1.50a1.75; few
high as 200
Squash-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market steady; Florida,
pepper crates. fancy white 2.75; q.
bushel hampers, yellows, 200.
ucumbers-Supplies limited; de.
| mand moderate. market steady; Flor-
da, 7s-bushel hampers, fancy, 4OOa
| 4.50.
Peppers-Supplies light; demand
| light, market firm: Florida, pepper
| crates fancy. 300a3.50; choice, 250a
| 800.
Okra-Supplies light; demand light,
market dull; Florida. 7s-bushel ham,
! pers, $50.