Evening star., 1927-10-03
POULTRY HIGHER :, ),
| IN CENTER MARKET
Vegetable Offerings Down.
) Butter and Eggs Are 4
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Increases in the prices Of one class
of live fowls and several varieties OF
| vegetables are noted in local whole.
sale market quotations today.
| Small to medium fowls are selling
at from % to "a cents a pound in place
of 21a22. the prices quoted Saturday,
and are likely to continue on the pres
ent level for several days, 1t is stated.
The increase in the prices of Vege-
tables. however, is nothing unusual for
Monday, it is claimed. butisattributed
to the fact that more is charged by the
farmers when they have to work Sun.
day to gather them.
One of the greatest increases was
in spinach. selling today at S1.00 and
SIPS a crate, against so and Is cents
crate Saturday. Tomatoes, quoted
Saturday at rs and so cents a basket,
are selling today at a minimum price
exctly double Saturdays low price,
while today's top price is 25 cents a
basket higher than was Saturdays.
Other vegetable prices remain about
| the same. A general increase in
nearly all varieties with the arrival of
cool weather is predicted by dealers.
! Other prices were quoted today as
| follows:
| Bunch turnips, beets and carrots
So and 81 per 100 punches; cutoff car
! rots, 81 a bushel; parSnips. IS cents
q half bushel: eggplant, 81 a crate;
| squash, $3.50 a bushel; sugar corn, 25
cents a dozen ears, sold in five-dozen
lots, and sweet potatoes. 81 and $1.25
a bushel.
Butter-Fresh, one-pound prints, SO:
tub, 50a51; store packed. 30a31.
Eggs-Fresh, selected, 40; hennery,
| 46; current receipts, 38.
| Poultry, alive-Turkeys, 35; fowls,
small to medium, 24a25; large, 25a26;
Spring chickens, 2Sa30; roosters. 1Sa
10; ducks, 1Sa20; keats, young, 65a75:
old, 35.
Dressed-Turkeys, 40a42; Spring
chickens, 35a3S; roosters, 1Sa20; ducks,
18a2O; Capons. fancy, heavy, ISAAC:
smaller. 35; ducks, rs; keats, S0a90.
| Meats. fresh killed-Beef, 1Sa20:
veal. 23a25; lamb. 25a28; fresh ham,
24a25; loins. 34a35; shoulders, 10
a20; smoked hams, 23a36ff smoked
shoulders, IS; strip bacon, 25; lard,
15a151a.
Live stock-Calves. choice, Is; me.
dunn. 1Sa14; thin, 9a10; lamb. IS.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
| Today's market report on fruits and
~getables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics, says:
Enples-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady; boxes, Washing
ton, combination, extra fancy Winter
bananas, medium to large size. 3.00a
3.25; fancy Delicious, large size. no
early jobbing sales reported. few sales
direct to retailers, 400; bushel bas-
kets, Delaware Jonathans, 2h inches
|
No. 2 Staymans, 21s inches up, 1.25
also: unclassifled, 3 inches, Its;
Maryland and Virginia, u. S. No. l..
21a inches up, Grimes and Jonathans,
2.00a2.25: u. S. No. 1, 2A inches. De-
licious, 2.50a2.75.
| Cabbage-Supplies moderate; home
grown mostly supplying market; New
York, no early sales reported.
| Celery-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate. market steady; New York.
two-thirds crates, 2.00a2.25; mostly
2.25.
Grapes-Supplies of Eastern stock
moderate; demand light, market steady;
Delawares, 12-quart climax baskets,
Concords, 70. Supplies Of Western
stock moderate; demand moderate.
market steady: California, lugs, Flame
Tokays, 1.90a2.00.
| Lettuce-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market firm; New York, 2
dozen crates, Big Boston type, 75aS0.
California and Colorado, crates, Ice.
berg type, As dozen, mostly $50.
| Onions-Supplies light; demand slow,
market dull: New York, 100-pound
sacks, yellows, U. S. No. 1, medium
size, 1.5Oa175. Michigan, 100-pound
190a2. 90. Oslo and Indiana, 100-pound
sacks. yellows. U. S. No. /, medium to
large size, 1.75a1.90.
Peach Market Dull.
Peaches-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light, market dull; New Jersey,
bushel baskets, Elbertas, some soft,
1.25a1.50. New York, bushel baskets.
Elbertas, 200.
Pears-Supplies light; New York few
sales, bushel baskets, Seckels, No. !,
ripe, 2.5Oa3.00.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
moderate, market firm; Pennsylvania,
150-pound sacks, round whites, u. S.
No. l, 3.25a3.40. Maine, 150-pound
sacks, Cobblers, U. S. No. 1, 3.25a3.35
Michigan, 150-pound sacks, Russet
Rurals, u. S. No. /. $50.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies light; de.
mand light, market dull; no early sales
reported.
Tomatoes-Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; homegrown, u
bushel hampers, various varieties,
mostly around so.
uliflower-Supplies light: demand
light. market dull; Long Island. crates.
$1.85.
| Peas-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; Colorado, As.
pound crates, 5.50a6.00.
Cantaloupes-Supplie light: demand
light, market steady; Colorado stand.
ard flats, 15s, pink meats, mostly
around 1.25; standard flats. 12s, pink
meats. 1.25a1.50; jumbo flats, 12s, 1.5Oa
LIS; IS and 9s, 1.25a1.50; pony flats,
| 15s 1.00a1.25; honey dews, supplies
| light: demand slow. market fulJ. Col.