Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13

and Eastern Shore of Maryland grow
ers, Virginia growers contributing
small quantities of the melon that al
ways is in demand. Many of the
cantaloupes offered this morning were
from the Ridgeway section of North
Carolina, mostly salmon tints, and
generally sweet. The cantaloupes
were of various sizes, some of them
so green that there was not much
demand for them.
H0neydews Are Plentiful.
Honeyballs and honeydews, product
of the West, were plentiful and in de-
mand today. Many of the former
have been received in an advanced
ripened condition and had to be sold
at reduced prices for fear of decay
ing, while others were hard and firm
or ripening and were in greater de-
mand Many Of the honeydews re-
ceived the past few days were espe-
cially large. They were mostly in
good condition, however, and found
ready purchasers.
Peaches this season are reported
especially large and of splendid
quality. North Carolina growers are
not having the large output they had
last season. While the crop is
smaller, it is stated, the fruit is
larger and bringing more money.
Dealers are receiving some of the
finest peaches of the season from
nearby growers in the Vienna, Va,
neighborhood, the fruit being attrac-
lively packed in boxes SO as to pre-
sent a splendid appearance. Retail
ers have sold some of the fruit as
high as 10 cents apiece.
Liberal supplies of the. fruit are
being received from both Virginia
and North Carolina growers, bushel
baskets selling as low as 81 for those
in poor condition to 1925 for best
stock. Box fruit, the specially Sc
lected, is sold on a different basis.
Apple Supplies More Liberal.
More liberal supplies of apples
have been received the past few
days, many of them from Virginia,
western Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Home grown receipts, heretofore
light, are being received in larger
quantities. Nearby fruit, bushel
baskets, sold at $3.50 and 81 this
morning. some of the specially Sc
lected fruit bringing as much as
$3.50.
Berries are not so plentiful, the dry
weather having affected the vines.
some ldl6 HuCkIcDSIIlcS anu DldCh-
berries of the everbearing variety
are in market, however, and dealers
also are receiving a few raspberries
of the same variety. Small guam
titles of late strawberries also are
being received Blackberries and
huckleberries were quoted this morn
ing at $3.50 and So a crate, the other
berries not being received in large
enough quantities to quote prices.
Good for everybody but the coun-
trymen who do the producing" was
observed of the condition of the vege-
table market this morning.
Almost every vegetable on the mar
ket is cheap" the dealer added, land
in some instances the prices paid did
not pay for the growing and gather
ing"
Sugar corn. it was stated. was the
only vegetable offered the trade this
morning that was really high. Sacks
of five dozen of the popular vegetable
sold at $3.50 and So, making the price
so and 80 cents a dozen.
Growers Lose on Tomatoes.
Tomatoes were so plentiful and
cheap that growers lost money on
what they hauled to the local market
today and the greater part of the
week. No. l tomatoes sold at 25 and
SO cents, some No. stock selling at
10 cents or anything growers could
get for them. Prices have been so
low the past few days that farmers
are very much discouraged.
A whole barrel of cabbage could be
carried from market this morning for
81, bushel baskets selling for so cents.
A slightly firmer condition of the pO-
tato market was reported, barrel stock
selling at 1925 and $3.50, an increase
of 25 cents the past week.
More plentiful supplies of cucum-
berS and peppers We're reported and
wholesalers were glad to get 81 and
$1.50 a bushel for them. String beans
were hard to sell at any price, only
the stringless variety of the vegetable
being in demand. They were quoted
at 81 and $1.5O a bushel, considered
unusually cheap.
Cymblings, both white and yellow,
found slow sale at so and rs cents a
bushel basket, while beets and carrots
sold as low as $3.50 and So per 100
punches.
Few Peas to Be Had.
Very few peas are to be had in the
local market. Some few are being re.
ceived from distant places, chiefly
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