Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
TRADING IS SLOW
IN CENTER MARKET
Eggs and Pork LoinS Go Low
er Today-Weather Cuts
Business Down.

Center Market wholesale prices re
main generally unchanged today
Trading is slow on account of the
Geld sr@,l and confined to telephone
orders. Hennery eggs are reduced 2
cents, while a 2-cent reduction is also
noted in pork loins, and half a cert
in live lambs
The week end fish supply from local
waters is more plentiful than South
+, ern shipments A limited quantity of
crab flakes is now on the market.
North Carolina and Florida furnish
the most varieties of fish on hand at
the municipal pier.
TOday's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Fancy i-pound prints, 55a
SO; tub, 53a54; store packed, 80
Eggs-Fresh. selected, 40: hennery'
10; current receipts, %; storage, 3Oa3Z.
Poultry Alive: Turkeys, 4oa42'
chickens. 30a32. white Leghorns, goa
%; fowls, 27a29; ROSTERS. IS; ducks.
20a26; keats. IS; old. 27a2S. Dressed;
Turkeys, 47a48; poor and crooked
breasts, 30a35; old toms. 80; capons'
fancy. heavy, 37a40; smaller, 3Qa32;
chickens, 30a32; fowls, 2Sa30; keats,
young, s0a85; old so; ducks, 28a30;
rabbits, No /. 35: No. 2. 15a20.
Meats-Beef. 15a17; veal, 22a2S;
lamb, 25a27: fresh hams. 26a28; shout
ders, 21a22: loins. 24a26: smoked hams,
2Sa30: smoked shoulders, 20.
A Live stock--Calves, choice, 10; me-
dunn, 11a13; thin, 7aS; lambs, 1212.
Current prices on marine products
are as follows: Rockfish. 20; large
white perch, scarce, 25; Potomac bass,
25: North Carolina shad, first of sea
son, buck, 30; roe. so; salmon trout,
plentiful. IS: North Carolina fresh
herring, Z: Florida Spanish mackerel,
20; king mackerel, 49, red snapper,
IS. From Northern waters: Fillet of
paddock, Is; whole haddock, 8; fresh
cod, 121a; pollock, 8; crab fakes, $50;
Cape Charles scallops, 2,75; oysters,
2.25a2.50.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
The following are the current fruit
eand vegetable quotations issued today
by the Market News Service, Bureau
Of Agricultural Economics:
Apples-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market steady; barrels,
Pennsylvania. No /, Yorks "a
inches, LOO; Virginia, No. l, Staymans,
21a inches up, 3.00a3.50; Grimes, 3
inches, ripe, some scalded, 1.50a2 so;
.
: size, extra fancy, Delicious, 3.75, few
higher; bushel baskets, no sales re-
ported.
Cabbage-Supplies liberal; new stock;
too few sales to establish market. ac-
count of weather; old stock, demand
light; few sales account of weather;
market dull; New York, bulk, per ton,
Danish type. few sales, $500; sacked,
per cwt., Danish type, 1.50a1.65, few
ITS.
Celery-Supplies liberal; too few
sales to establish market account
weather.
Lettuce-Supplies moderate; too
few sales to establish market account
weather.
Onions-Supplies moderate; demand
light; few sales account weather;
market dull: Michigan and Indiana,
100-pound sacks, Yellows, L. s. No. j,
medium to large size, 3 00a3.25.
Potato Market Dull.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
light; very few sales account weather;
market dull; Michigan. 150pound
sacks, Russet Rurals, Z. S. No. !,
425a44O: Maine, 120pound sacks,
Green Mountains, u. S. No. i, 3.75a
$50, mostly 3.75: Cobblers, U. S. No. /
size, fair quality, $50.
Spinach--Supplies moderate; de-
mand light few sales account
weather; market firm; Texas, bushel
baskets. Savoy type, 1.25a1.40
String beans-Supplies very light;
demand light; few sales; Florida. Is
bushel hampers, green, 9.OOal200;
best mostly 1900.
Strawberries-Supp very light;
demand light market firm; Florida,
Pony Refrigerators, Missionarys .65
per quart