Evening star., 1928-11-03

22a27; lamb, 20a25; pork loins 25a26;
fresh hams, 22a23; fresh shoulders.
| l9a20; smoked hams, 25a27: smoked
shoulders, 2la22; bacon, %; lard,
| 14a14b.
Live stock-Calves, 1919; lambs. 13.
Attractive displays of numerous vege-
! tables and fruits along the country line
and in wholesale houses in the vicinity
of Center Market continue in evidence.
Owing to the absence of numerous kill
ing frosts. it is stated. supplies of vege-
tables this Fall have been greater than
usual and prices correspondingly lower.
Sugar corn, usually off this market
early in the season, still Is being re-
ceived in small quantities. Very little
of it is of good quality, it is stated
but it finds ready sale, many consumers
showing a willingness to purchase 1t
without questioning its quality Light
receipts of the popular vegetable this
morning sold from Is to 40 cents a
Dozen
Butter beans and peas, grown on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. continued
to reach here in small quantities this
week, rather late in the season for such
good stsck. and dealers experienced no
difficulty disposing of receipts. Best
quality of peas sold at 81 and Sc a
bushel, California stock selling at $3.50
and $4. Butter beans sold around
$3.50.
Lettuce and Tomato Prices.
California and ome-grown lettuce
crates of the California stock selling at
SIS and $5.25, regulation crates of the
home grown product selling at $3.50
and SITS. Shipped-in celery and cauli-
flower continued plentiful throughout
the week at prices dealers reported rea-
Sonable to cheap.
Homegrown tomatoes are about off
the market only small receipts of the
vegetable ripened indoors or under
glass being received. Dealers continue
to receive attractive tomatoes from
California and hothouse stock from
Ohio. Prices have depended entirely
upon size and condition of the vegcta-
BILE
Spinach and kale, leaders of the Fall
greens, have been plentiful this week,
homegrown supplies coming from near
by Maryland, Virginia and the truck
gardens in the District. Both vegetables
were offered the past few days at so
and rs cents bushel.
Elephants, top quality, have sold
around 50 a buShel most of the week,
culls selling as low as 81. Peppers and
turnipS continue plentiful at 81
bushel, parsnips, not so plentiful, SELL
ing at $1.50. Spring onions have been
plentiful at cents a bunch.
Carrots and beets continued plentiful,
the former selling at 4 and the latter
from to cents a bunch. Parsley not
so plentiful, was quoted at Sc per 100
punches. Cabbage. more plentiful, was
quoted at and 21a cents pound, the
hardest heads, suitable for sauerkraut
and Slaw, being in greatest demand.
Supplies of mushrooms, many from |
growers in the vicinity Of Kenneth |
Square, Pa, have reached the local |
market the past few days. The demand |
for them is not yet brisk, however, and |
prices quoted today were as low as 40
cents a pound.
Fruits, chiefly from the West, con-
tinue to come in plentiful supplies.
Grapes, exceptionally plentiful and |
cheap this season. have not been so
plentiful the past few days. 1t is re-
ported that an overproduction of
grapes in California this season brought
losses to some growers, and local deal
ers hear that in some instances the
growers permitted great quantities Of
The fruit to remain on the vines.
There is no doubt about some of the
growers incurring losses" remarked a
local dealer.
''I bought a carload of the fruit at IS