Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
Nearby Melons Arriving.


Other vegetables offered the trade
| at prices considered fairly reasonable
were cucumbers, elephants. lettuce.
| celery, onions, Lima beans and
| peppers
Virginia and Eastern Shore of Mary
| land growers have started gathering
watermelons and are sending small
shipments to the local market. The
bulk of the melons is coming from
Georgia and North Carolina, however,
and are finding ready sale at prevail
| ing prices that cover a wide range.
prices depending entirely upon size
| and condition of the fruit. Choicest
melons were quoted at rs cents while
| the smallest brought 25 cents.
Only moderate receipts met slow
| demand, according to reports, making
| the market dull. Cantaloupes also
were reported in moderate supplies
| this morning, good demand making
the market steady. Many tantaloupes
are coming from the Ridgeway sec
| ton of North Carolina, and Virginia
| and local growers also are contribIt-
| ing to the supplies.
California honeydews and Arizona
| honeyballs have been received in large
| quantities this week, and a good de-
mand for them is reported. Dealers
say the demand for the honeyballs has
| increased this year, many consumers
| heretofore not understanding their
uniform good quality.
Peach Supply Light.
Only light supplies of good peaches
were reported today. most OF them
| from North Carolina. Bushel baskets
| of Elbertas. very large size, were
| quoted at 81, best of the largest size
Hales selling at S.. Medium size Car
mems, Virginia stock. sold at S2.75.
A good demand for light supplies
of apples made the market steady.
Bushel baskets of Virginia and Della
ware stock sold at $3.50, $2.15 and So.
Light receipts of Bartlett pears from
California sold at $3.50 and 81.
Dry weather played havoc with the
blackberry crop, largely decreasing re-
ceipts and correspondingly increasing
prices. lIuckleberries also are scarce
and higher. both berries selling at
500 and 81 crate today.
There has been no scarcity of
marine products in Municipal Fish
Market this week. dealers having at
tractive offerings of practically every
fish handled in the local market, and
prices were low, according to dealers.
Buyers displayed an unusual inter
est in the crab market. the demand
for both the hard and soft crabs hav-
ing continued good throughout the
week. Because of largely increased
receipts, prices of soft crabs went as
10 was 30 cents a dozen for the small
ones to 81 .25 for the choicest.
Hard Grabs are Cheaper.
Hard crabs also were plentiful and
cheaper They were nothing like as
cheap as before the World War, how
ever. when it was possible to get a
barrel of them for dollar or two.
The weeks market closed with IL price
of 81 q barrel or 90 cents q dozen.
Crab meat also was in demand
throughout the week, thousands of
pounds cf it consumed by restaurants
in the preparation of deviled crabs
and salads. Prices this morning
ranged from So Il gallon for the claw
meat to $3.25 for the lump meat, the
flake selling at 81.
Live lobsters from Boston ship
pers and green and cooked shrimp
from the South also found ready sale,
much of the green shrimp being sold
for bait for use of NValtonites on trips
to salt water. A price of so cents a
pound was quoted for Holsters. green
shrimp selling at % and the cooked
shrimp at so cents n pound.
CLAIMS found ready sale at Sl.5O
n hundred. Dealers are already dis
PLAYING an interest in the prospects
for the approaching oyster season.
September / is the date set for the
formal opening of the season here.
hut large quantities of the Potomac
River bivalves seldom reach here
until cool weather i'll October.
Trout Receipts Heavy.
Heavy receipts of trout from New
Jersey meters We're received this
week. They were received in much
better condition than many of those
, reports of dealers. and sold at
price Of $12 a barrel Of 200 pounds,
chesapeake Bay stock selling as low
as 81 u barrel.
Rockfsh continued fairly scarce
and high, dealers quoting them at
so cents a pound. and there were
practically no perch. either white or
yellow. received from down-river
fishermen. They are expected later
in the season.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter--Fresh. 1-pound prints. 43a
ii; tub. al 12a42; store packed. 20.
Eggs-Fresh selected, 27a2S: hem
merry. 80; current receipts, 25.
Poultry, alive--Turkeys. hens. Is;
toms, a.5 fowls, 24a25: Spring chick
ems. large. 30a32: medium, 27a2S:
small. &c; ROSTERS. 15a16: ducks, Is;
keats, young, 5oa60; old, IS.
DresSed-Turkeys, 2Sa3Q; Spring