Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-29
PRICES UNCHANGED
IN LOCAL MARKET
Crabs and Crab Meat Good
SeIIers-Meat Business
Fairly Active.

Municipal Fish Market this morning
was the scene of the usual Friday
morning activity. Wholesalers were
able to fill all demands at prices re-
ported cheap or reasonable. Hard and
soft crabs and crab meat proved good
sellers. Hard crabs sold at SIS barrel,
soft crabs brought from 81 to 81
dozen and crab meat sold at SO and 60
cents a pound,
Business was fairly active in the meat
market, buyers getting supplies for their
Weekend trade, DESTROYS OF accommo-
dating the Saturday half-holiday Gov
eminent employees who are anxious TO
get out of the city soon after closing
hour.
Fruits and vegetables also moved
fairly well this morning. Dealers had
almost every variety of fruit to offer
the trade and, it is stated prices OF
most such commodities we're fairly rea-
sonable or cheap TodaY's prices were
substantially the same as those quoted
yesterday.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-One-poun prints, 46a47;
tub, 45a46: store packed, %,
Eggs Fresh selected. 30a3l: hem
merry. 30a3l; current receipts, 20.
Poultry. aliye--Turkeys, 25, fowls
large. 25a26: small. 23a24; Leghorns,
20; Spring broilers, large. 40; medium
37a38; small, IS; Leghorns, 3oa32'
ROSTERS, 16: keats. young. rs; old, 80.
Dyessed-Turkeys. 80, Spring broilers,
large. 42a45: medium, 40a42: small. 40;
Leghorns, 80; fowls. large. 27a2S; small
25a26: capons. large 44a45; small, 30a
IS. ducks, 20a25; keats, 100al,l0.
Meats. fresh killed--Beef. 22a23; veal,
20a24: lamb. 23a28; pork loins, 26a27;
fresh shoulders. l6al7 fresh hams, 22a
%; smoked hams, 25a26; smoked Shout
ders. I7al8. bacon, 22a24; lard, 13a
1872; calves, Ia; Spring lambs. 13a14.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau Of Agricultural
Econemics) says:
Cantaloupes--Suppli moderate. de-
mand moderate. market about steady,
California salmon tints. jumboS. ASS.
400a4 so: ripe, few low as $50; jumbos,
36s, market firm. 400a4,25; few 450,
ripes. $50; standards. ASS, 325a375;
mostly around $50 flats, oil sizes, / IS
ATS, according to size and condition.
Iiettuce-Western stock supplies mod
crate demand moderate market slight
ly stronger: California, crates, Iceberg
type, As dozen. 450a5 90: mostly 500,
Colorado, crates, Iceberg type, dozen,
fair quality. 425a4.50.
Onions-Supplies light: demand mod
crate. market steady; California and
Texas. standard crates, yellow Bermu~
das. y. S. No. l, 1.50al.75.
Peaches Are Steady.
Peaches Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market about steady; North
Carolina, skies Greensboros, medium
size. fair quality and condition, / so;
skies Early Rose, large size. 3.1os
medium size, $50 small size. 2.00a2 IS;
bushel baskets. Early Rose, medium
size $50: Georgia, skies. Early Rose.
small to medium size, 200a2.25.
Potatoes Supplies moderate: de-
mand moderate, market about steady:
new stock North Carolina and Norfolk
section Virginia cloth-top stave barrels,
Cohblers, T. S. No. /. 200; East Shore
Virginia cloth-top stave barrels. Cob
blers, U. S. No /. branded, few sales,
225.
Tomatoes. Supplies limited; demand
moderate, market signify weaker
brokers carlot sales delivered Wash
ington, Florida bulk per car Alters Tom
WatsonS, 30-pound average, s625as650.
Tomatoes Weaker.
Tomatoes Supplies liberal; demand
moderate. market slightly weaker
Mississippi tours, ripes and turning
wrapped, No. j GOAL 90; leaky, 50a75;
few badly decayed. 7a25.
sparagus--Supplies light; demand
light. market steady. Delaware, IL
bunch and i8~bunch crates, green. lisa
200: best. mostly 1.50a1 rs; East Shore
Virginia. i2-bunch and l9-bunch crates,
long, 200a250; few fancy high as 800.
Cucumbers-~Supplies moderate; de-
mand light, market about steady, North
Carolina, hushel hampers, No. /. l.00a
l25.
ackberries-Supplies moderate: de-
mand moderate, market about steady.
North Carolina 32-quart crates, mostly
fair quality and condition, 3,00a3.50;
poorer, 200a2.50.