Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-20
CHOICE FISH LEAD
IN LOCAL MARKET
Vegetable Supplies During
Week Show InCrease-Fruits
and Melons Plentiful.


possible for dealers at Municipal Fish
Market to have an unusually attrac-
tive display of offerings Of choicest
fish this week. There was a time
when fishermen in the vicinity Of that
popular section confined their efforts
chiefly to hook and line fishing. but
since the World War, it is stated. the
number of meters has increased so as
to make it possible to ship fresh
caught fish to the local market within
two or three hours after they are
caught.
During the past few days the local
dealers received large shipments Of
big trout from Solomons Island, much
larger fish than came from Chesa-
peake Bay points in other sections, as
we'll as from the big nets along the
New Jersey coast. Many of the trout
weighed as much as 5 and 6
pounds and found ready sale at IS
cents a pound, while large shipments
of smaller trout from Buckroe Beach
and vicinity sold as low as 6 cents.
Spots of Large Size.
Not only were the Solomons Island
fishermen able to send supplies of the
big trout to this city, but they also
shipped spots as large as the largest
fish of that species caught in the vi
entity of Norfolk, Va, where so much
is heard of the celebrated Norfolk
spots. Because of receipts of the
spots from the vicinity of Norfolk and
the lower Potomac, it was reported,
price of the SolomOns Island catches
was kept dow nto about 10 cents a
pound.
Another fish received from Solo. |
mons Island meters was the bluefish. |
always in demand al fairly good prices, |
according to dealers, and a fish that |
seldom gluts the market. Dealers |
found 1t an easy matter to dispose of |
them at % cents. Rockfish from the |
same shippers sold at 20 cents yester- |
day.
Grabs Range at 81 Barrel.
Buyers are still deeply interested in |
the question of catches of crabs and |
the quantity of crab meat received for |
sale in the local market, more particu- |
larry the hard crabs. 1t is not believed |
cheap prices are likely to again pre- |
vail. A price of 81 a barrel was quoted |
for the yesterday, about the cheap |
est that has prevailed this year
Dealers report fairly good demand |
for soft crabs this week. Prices We're |
quoted at 81 and $3.50 dozen the |
past few days. and, according to deal
ers. some Of them We're of large size |
and in the best possible condition
Crab meat found ready sales at from
81 to SO a gallon.
Price of Boston mackerel dropped |
to 10 cents a pound the past two days. |
While croakerS, the most plentiful fish |
in the market, were to be had at the |
low price of 5 cents. Swordfish, re-
puted the most delicate of all the
products of the water. sold at a price |
of 80 cents pound. Halibut was
cheaper. dealers quoting price of |
10 and % cents, size of the fish regu-
lating the price.
Salmon and filet of haddock. also |
usually in demand, were more plenti |
full the past few days. The former !
were quoted at % cents. while the lat
ter sold at Is cents pound.
Vegetables More Plentiful.
Occasional rains have served to in
crease supplies of vegetables in the |
local market, according to reports of
dealers, and additional increases are |
anticipated in the next few days, |
prices being so low that growers com.
plain they are not making ends meet |
on the growing proposition.
Two-peck baskets of tomatoes, quail |
ity as good as that of any ever ham
died by local dealers, were plentiful
at SO cents, while No. stock, also
good but smaller than the choicest,
sold as low as 25 cents. Reports from
nearby country places tell of the start
ing up of the canning industry, and
dealers say housewives in the city al
ready are doing canning.
Dealers this morning offered Il
h,tc ha1nI an
cents, a price that is far below the
average.
Price of corn took q drop the past
two days, due, it is stated. to increased
receipts and possibly a decreased de-
mand. Early in the week dealers eX-
pericnced no difficulty i'll getting rid
Of supplies Of sugar corn at 80 and 90
cents, the price for the week end drop
ping to 80 and 40 cents.
Green peppers are very plentiful.
Early in the week they sold at 81 and
Sl25 bushel basket, the price drop
ming to IS and IS cents yesterday.
Cucumbers also were plentiful this
morning, selling at rs cents and 81
q bushel basket.
Potatoes i'm Moderate Quantity.
Potatoes are being received only in
moderate quantities, and dealers this
81 a. barrel for the product of nearby
farmers. Lima beans continue in
small supplies, prices holding up. TIE
shelled product sold at so and 60 cents
a quart the past few days, beans in
the pod selling at $3.50 and $500
bushel
Beets and carrots continue plenti-
full. prices being about as low as local
dealers have evr known them. Only
moderate supplies of homegrown let
tuce are reported. prices covering a
wide range according to quality.
Peaches, regarded by dealers as the
leader in the fruit market at this
season, are being received in liberal
quantities, chiefly from New Jersey
and Virginia growers, although West
Virginia and Maryland growers send
some of the fruit to the local mar
ket Prices covered a wide range
this morning, $1.50 being the cheap.
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