Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-02
SEAFOOD IS SCARCE
IN LOCAL MARKET
Frozen Fish, Mostly From
North and West, Form
Principal Supplies.

With a coating OF ice on the river
preventing the arrival Of oyster boats
from the lower Potomac and with but
q few varieties OF fresh hsh coming
dealers at Municipal Fish Market this
morning were without their usual large
assortment Of attractive offerings ioi
the Friday trade.
Frozen FISH. chiefly from the North
and West. were on hand III SuppheS
large enough To obviate dealers and con-
sumers leaving the market empty
handed.
Kms and Spanish mackerel. received
from Florida. found ready sale at !,
cents. while sheepshead. also caught IN
Florida waters, were quoted at l2'a
cents. Green and cooked shrimp from
Florida. attractive sellers. were quoted
at IS and so cents. respectively.
Fresh cod from Boston sold at 10
cents. haddock at 49, and fllet OF had
dock at IS cents. Canadian Smelts were
quoted at IS cents
North Carolina shippers supplied the
Jack snad at l2ic. herring at 10 and
small croakers at 8 cents a pound.
Oyster prices remained unchanged
selects selling at $3.50 and standards al
$225 q bushel, and the damand for
them was not heavy Very few shell
stock have been received the past few
days
Butter. egg. fruit and Vegetable
prices remained unchanged this MORN
Ing. while slight changes in poultry
prices were reported.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-One- pound prints. SoaSl;
tub. isaac; store packed, 80.
Eggs-Fresh. selected. 42a4S: hen
merry. 43a45: current receipts. 40.
Poultry-Turkeys. alive. 35a36: Spring
chickens. 30a32: fowls, 27a28: ROSTERS.
IS: ducks. iSa20: keats. young. 70a75;
old, So. Dressed turkeys, 40a45: Spring
chickens. 32a34; ROSTERS. 20; capons.
fancy. heavy. 38a40; small, 30a32:
ducks 25a30: keats. 3oa90.
Meats. fresh killed-Beef. 20a25: veal,
e4a2s; lamb. 26a27: fresh hams. 1920;
ioins, 1920: fresh shoulders. Ia:
smoked hams 20a22: smoked shoulders.
l4ai5: strip bacon. 22a23: lard. l213:
calves. alive. Is: lambs. alive. Is.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Todsy's market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics says:
Apples-Supplies moderate: demand
moderate, market steady: barrels. Penn
sylvanis, q. S. No. i. 2i2 inches up,
Yorks $50: Virginia. Z. S. No 2, Stay
mans 2ia inches up. good quality and
condition. 6ooa7o 90: U. S. fancy Stay
mans. 2i4-234 inches. $50: U. s. No.
!. 2i4 inches up. Staymans. high color.
$50: boxes, Washington. medium to
large size, extra fancy, winesaps. 3.75;
Staymans, 325: extra fancy Delicious.
AS: bushel baskets. Virginia, U. S. No.
]. Staymans. %. inches. 2.75a3.o0 un-
classified: Staymans. 2l2 inches. LIS;
Pennsylvania. q. S. No. !, Black Twigs,
2sS inches up 2,50a2.75.
Cabbage-Supp,ies moderate: demand
moderate. market about steady: new
stock. Texas crates. approximately 100
pounds net. round type. 3.00a3.25: few
higher: Fiori6a Il2-bushel hampers,
pointed type. ITS: old stock. New York.
sacked per hundredweieht. Danish type,
l.o0aii5.
Celery-Supp;ies moderate: demand
moderate. market steady: California.
crates. $50: stripped. fine quality and
condition. 500: Florida. lo-inch crates
vide range quality and condition. wide