Evening star., 1927-12-01
BUSINESS IS SLOW
At FISH MARKET
Decrease of Egg Prices Re-
ported by Dealers-0ys-
ters Are Plentiful.

An inactive condition Of business at
Municipal Fish Market the past few
days resulted from continued warm
weather. Not only was the demand
slow, dealers reported, but losses were
heavy.
Oysters continue plentiful. They are
not much in demand, however, and
dealers are advising light shipments.
Standards were quoted at S2.25 and Se-
lects at $3.50 a gallon. shell stock,
river oysters bringing $1.50 bushel.
Crab meat, not as good as usual,
was not much in demand today at 40
to 10 cents a pound and shrimp were
scarce at 90 cents for the green and
80 cents for the cooked.
Croakers and trout. products OF
Eastern Shore waters. were quoted at
121a cents. few rock fish from North
Carolina bringing IS cents.
Few MulIets i'm Market.
Dealers had a few mullets from
North Carolina and small quantities OF
yellow perch from the Potomac TO
offer at 90 cents, small white perch
from the Potomac selling at 10 cents.
Salmon and halibut, frozen, were
plentiful, the former selling at p and
the latter at 90 and 25 cents a pound.
Boston mackerei. not plentiful, were
quoted at % cents.
Egg prices took a slight drop today.
Current receipts, quoted at 4S cents
last month, dropped to 46 and Al cents.
while the hennery eggs changed to 55
and 58 cents. Fresh selected stock re-
mained at so and 81.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-Tresh 1-pound prints, 54;
tub, 51a52; store packed, 30a31.
Eggs-FreSh selected, 50a52; hen.
merry, 55a5S current receipts, 46a47.
Poultry, alive Turkeys, 43a45;
fowls, small and medium, 21a22; large,
%; Spring chickens, 25; roosters, 15a16;
ducks, 18a20; keats, young, 70a75; old,
35. Dressed-Turkeys. 50a53: Spring
chickens, 2SaS0; roosters, 1Sa20; ca
pons, fancy. heavy, 45a4S; small, asa
40; ducks, 25; keats, S0a90.
Meats, fresh killed-Beef. 1Sa20:
veal, 25a27; lambs. 25a27 fresh ham,
20a21; loins, 23a24; shoulders, 1Sa19;
smoked hams, 22a23: smoked shoul-
ders. .17a1S; strip bacon, "a; lard. IA;
calves. Is; lambs, 13.
Fruit and Vegetable Reviews.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the Market |
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Apples--Supplies moderate: demand |
moderate, market steady: barrels |
PENNSYLVANIA T.. S: No. /, 21s inches |
up, few sales, 600: 21a inches up
Black Twigs, 6.00a650; boxes, Wash |
ington, medium to large, extra fancy |
Delicious, 400a4.25: large size, $50; |
medium to large extra size fancy Stay |
mans, mostly 325: bushel baskets. |
Pennsylvania unclaSSifled Black |
Twigs. ga inches up. LIS.
Cabbage-Supplies liberal; demand |
light, market dull: New York sacked, |
per hundredweight, Danish type, 75a |
100: South Carolina, barrel crates, |
pointed type, few sales $50.
Celery-Supplies moderate; demand |
moderate, market slightly weaker: |
New York. % crates, 200a2.25: Cali |
fornia, crates, Iceberg type, As dozen, |
4.50a5.00.
Lettuce-Supplies moderate; de- |
mand moderate. market steady; Cali |
fornia, crates, Iceberg type, As dozen, |
4.75a5.25: Florida, 11a -bushel hampers,
best mostly $50, poorer low as 200. |
Onions-Supplies light: demand
moderate, market firm; Michigan, 100 |
pound sacks yeliows, u. S. No. /, me-
dium to large size, mostly 1855; New |
York, 10o-pound sacks yellows, u. S.
Is
mostly around LIS.
Potato Market Weaker.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; de- |
mand moderate market slightly weak |
er; Michigan, 150-pound sacks Russet |
Rurals, U. S. No. l, 3.15a3.25; Penn |
sylvania, 150-pound sacks round |
whites, u S. No. 1, S00a3.25; Maine, |
150-pound sacks Green Mountains, |
u. S. No. /, $50.
String beans-Supplies moderate: |
demand moderate, market firm; Flor
ida, 5s -bushel hampers green Ref
ugees, mostly 200, poorer, 1.50a1.75.
Tomatoes-Supplies light; demand
limited. market steady; California, re-
packed, 3s, ripes and turning, wrap
ped, fancy count, 400; 6s, ripes and
turning, wrapped, fancy count, 800: |
choice count, 100; Ohio and Iowa, 10
pound baskets hothouse, mediums,
2.75a300; large and small size mostly
around ESQ. =
EggpIant-Supplies liberal: demand
light, market slightly weaker; Flor
ida, pepper crates, fancy, 2.00a2.25.
Peppers-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light, market dull; Florida, pep
per crates, fancy, mostly 200. few
higher.
Squash Supplies light; demand
moderate. market firm; Florida, pep
per crates, fancy, whites, medium
size. $50; bushel crates, fancy white,
225; yellow. 400.
Carrets-No carlot arrivals; sup
plies ligat; demand light, market dull;
California, Western lettuce crates,
punched, 800.
-Homegrowns mostly supply
ing the market; Texas. no sales re-
ported.