Evening star., 1927-06-02
GET NEARBY FISH
IN BIG QUANTITIES
Dealers Receive BoatIoads
From River and Bay-To-
days Market Prices.

and Chesapeake Bay, laden with fresh
caught trout, croakeHs. hutteriish
rockdsh and drum. docGcd at th,
Municipal Fish Market this morning
making it possible for dealers TO Offer
fish at what they termed low prices
Dealers also had large supplies o
vatermelons to offer the trade, having
received carload consignments from
Florida. Large melons, MANY aNeraE
ing IS pounds, were offered at s each
the smaller melons bringing lower
prices.
Legal closing of the shad ana her
ring season yesterday brought to M
end 4 fairly prosperous season. Dealers
have 10 days in which to get rid al
their stock. making it highly probable
tha. these two popular varieties ol
fish will be or sale until the last day
Of grace Foe shad were quoted Al
40. and bucks at 20 cents u pound this
morning.
Good Crab Season Expected.
An exceptionally good crab season
Is anticipated by dealers, Soft crabs
good size, are gradually becoming
more plentiful. They were offered al
meat was plentiful at $S a gallon ol
so cents a pound. Hard crabs are not
Yet plentiful, and dealers quoted
them at S12 a barrel.
Drum from Chesapeake Bay nets
sold as low and so and 10 cents apiece
The drum is a fish that appeals tC
the Chinese.
Buckroe Beach fishermen are sup
plying the local market with large
quantities of trout roe, said by dealers
to equal shad roe, and a price of 80
cents a pound was quoted. Lohsters
from Boston at 60 cents a pound and
large frogs from down-river points at
$3.50 a dozen were among the delica-
cies offered.
Rock Are Scarce.
Croakers We're quoted at 4, butter
fish at and trout at 10 and Is cents
pound. Rock We're scarce at 25 and
35 cents a pound. Bluefsh and Span
ish mackerel were plentiful at S cents.
Haddock were quoted as low as 5
cents. f1let of haddock at 20. and cod
at Is cents. Many swapping turtles
and sliders were among the morning s
receipts, the snappers selling at 10
cents a pound, while some of the
others, weighing 60 or rs pounds, sold.
at $3.50 apiece.
Market dealers were able to offer
attractive displays of all commodities
this morning, and the cool weather
was conducive to fairly brisk trading.
Prices were substantially the same as
those reported yesterday.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter - Fresh. one-pound prints,
45a451A; tub, 43i2; store packed, 30
LsrrcvC sol nd
merry. 25; current receipts, p.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, hens, %;
old toms, 25: fowls, 24a25: Spring
chickens. ISAAC; roosters, 15a16: ducks,
Is: keats, young, G5; old, 30a35.
Dressed - Turkeys. 28aS0: Spring
chickens. 43a45; capons, fancy heavy,
3Sa40. smaller. 35; ducks, 20a25; Keats,
young, 60a70; old, 2Sa30.
Meat. fresh llilled-Beef, 18a19; veal,
1Sa20; lamb. 30a32: fresh hams, 23a25;
shoulders. Isaac; loins. 26a28; smoked
hams. &c. smoked shoulders. 1Sa20.
Live stock-Calves, choice, II; me
diunl, Sa10 thin, 7aS; Spring lambs, Is.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. says:
Cantaloupes-Supplie moderate; de
mand light market weaker; California
Imperial Valley. standards, ASS, sal
mon tints. $50; jumbos, 45s, mostly
around 600; ponys. ass and 54s. 400
standards, 12s and 15s, mostly around
2.25.
Lettuce-Supplies light: demand
moderate, market steady; California
crates, Iceberg type, AS dozen, 4.00a
4.50.
Onions-Supplies light; demand mod
crate. market steady; California, stand
ard crates, yellow Bermudas, Z. S,
No. L. 3.25.
Potatoes-Old stock, supplies moder'
ate; demand light, market dull; Maine.
120-pound sacks, Green Mountains, U.
S. No. J., 500; new stock, supplies
moderate; demand good. market
slightly stronger; South Carolina,
cloth-top stave barrels, Cobblers. u.
S. No /, S.50aS.75.
awberries-Demand fair, market
steady; homegrown, 32-quart crates,
varieties. 3,00a4.00.
Tomato Market Weaker.
Tomatoes-Supplies heavy; demand
slow, market weaker; Mississippi, lug
boxes. ripes and turning, wrapped
United States No. l, 1.10a1.25: Florida,
6s ripes and turning, wrapped,
fancy count, 300a3.50; choice, count,
250a275.
Cabbage-Supplies light; demand
moderate, market steady; Virginia,
Norfolk section. Il -bushel hampers
pointed type, 200.
String beans-Supplies light; de-
mand moderate, market steady; South
Carolina, bushel hampers, green, 2.50a
800; poorer, low as $50: North Caro-.
lima, bushel baskets, round type and
fiat type, mostly around $50.
Pcas-Supplies light, market strong
for good stock; Norfolk section Vir-
ginia. 5-peck hampers, 2.00a2.50.
Watermelons - Supplies moderate;
demand slow. market weak; very few
sales. Florida. Tom Watsons, 30-32
pound average, 70a1.00.