Evening star., 1928-04-14
ATTRACTIVE FOOD
SUPPLY IN MARKET
Bananas Are Plentiful and
Cheap-Good Stocks of
Nearby Vegetables.

ana cheaper than other fruits. accord.
ing to reports of dealers the past month
They have been of exceptionally fin,
quality this season and prices are re.
garV5e0 by dealers as being very cheap
selling at So per loo pounds this morn
ing.
Pineapples have been added TO the
supply of fruits in the local market
the past few days. coming from Cuba
and Porto Rico. They are by no means
plentiful. however. and prices are not
quoted. II is expected that receipts
will increase 20 = material extent the
next week or two
Moderate 10 light supplies Of oranges
have been reported the past week. The
demand is not very heavy, however, due
to recent Of other fruits and rhuharb
Both Florida and California oranges are
still in the market, and dealers today
Quoted them at from SIS 10 So a box
A steady condition Of the market was
reported this morning.
Grapefruit Stronger.
Light receipts of grapefruit were re-
ported today. meeting light demand
2 that made the market slightly stronger
Prices quoted today were So and Se.5U
a box. Much Of the fruit received here
the past few weeks has been small.
Dealers are receiving few grapes
mostly imported, and prices are re-
ported anything but cheap. wholesalers
did not quote prices today, size ana
quality of the fruit determining the
price.
Rhubard. gradually becoming more
plentiful, is taking the place OF some
Of the fruits as a breakfast dish. ana
good demand for It is reported, II was
offered at wholesale this morning at 4
n-S ro,,3s s,rireS S4ichtiv below the
retail prices.
Moderate receipts of strawberries
from Louisiana and Florida we're re-
ported the past few days, slow oe-
nand making the market dull.
II is believed the work Of storing
eggs for next Winter will begin in
earnest the first OF next week. There
were some eggs put away before the
recent cold spell in the West, local
dealers learned, but the storing prob
ably was halted when the freezlng
weather appeared. eggs put away when
affected by frost soon spelling.
Storing TO Start Soon.
Local dealers also soon will begin to
store eggs. Some. IL is reported, already
have put away some Of the surplus
stock, but the storing of large guam
titles probably will not start until next
week. and not then should cold wave
appear. Dealers Jared so well with their
storage stock the past season, 1t Is
stated. that increased quantities PROB
ably win be put away this season.
Current receipts were quoted this
morning at 81 cents, price that is
said TO well suit packers, many eggs
the past few years having been stored
at much higher prices. So good was
the quality of storage eggs last season,
II is stated, that the margin between
their prices and those of fresh stock
was very narrow.
No unusual feature Of the poultry
market developed this week. Spring
br0ilers continue in fairly good demand
al IS cents q pound prices this season
being lower than usual Turkeys. fry
ing chickens, fowls. ducks and keats
were in demand for the Easter holiday
season. as well as meats.
Meat Demand Better.
Demands for meats and poultry the
past few days have been slightly above
normal, il Is stated, probably for the
reason that thousands Of Easter foli-
6ay visitors were still here. The de-
ruaYld for turkeys continues fairly brisk,
many Of the king fowl being consumed
for salads and sandwiches In public
eating houses.
Brisk northeast winds affected the
local fish industry the middle OF the
week, prices going beyond bounds and
the demand decreasing. Demand Tor
marine products this week were moth
tnr like as great as demands during
the last week Of the Lenten season.
when the demands usually are greater
than at any other season.
Roe ghad prices jumped from 10
cents early in the week TO % cents q
pound Thursday morning. other fish
from Chesapeake Bay and Potomac
River also selling at advanced prices,
while FISH from the North continued
70 be offered al low prices. Small had
dock, REGARDED by dealers as an excep-
tionaIIy good fish. sold as low as cents.
founders selling at 6 cents. Salmon
and haliout were quoted at Is cents a
pound, a cheap price for both fish.
No Frozen Fish.
Dealers reported an absence Of frozen
fish, all supplies received being fresh
caught Cranneat has been received
IN fairly large quantities the past week,
the Mississippi meat being rated espe-
csallv good. warm weather there having
fasfened the crabs. Other supplies
came from packers at Crisfield. Md.
end Hampton, Va. and receipts we're
60 heavy that the price dropped TO so
cents a pound.
gnrsup and holsters continued
scsYce ard high CLANS were received
IN large quantities. however. and found
ready sale al 81 so per 100. Increased
receipts Of frogs a. So dozen were
reported,
Nesrby truckers are supplying market
dealers light supplies Of asparagus. re-
sespts nos being ample 10 meet de-
r,1Andg, and North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia growers are stiil
depended upon for supplies. Supplies
from the South are gradually becoming
lighter. according 20 reports. and
prices of the shipped vegetable this
morning. as 10 size and condition,
ranged from 81 10 $3.50 a dozen
bnncfeg
Potato Supplies Moderate.
Moderate supplies of both old and
neg potatoes have been reported the
past -fe~ days. ooth meeting only a
naooerste demand. Michigan Ruseet
Tsufals. oid stock i5g~posind sacks, this
morning were Q1oted st 81 and 14.i5,
FloYi1a new stock. were quoted At $40
ana sIE barrel Texas. lO0-pound
SACKS bringing $3.50 and S6.75.
Tomatoes continued IN moderate
eupgly throughout the week, many OF
them, reported ~ Government agents
rs u unknown origin, we're Iepacked
tn Baltimore A. moderate demand
made tiae market tTihe weaker and
slightly lowered prices. 1odAy's prices
ranged from So ~ 81.
Western. G0llthern and homegrown
lettuce Spring onions radlsiaes. kale.
spinach sud other early green Vege~
tables aTe coming ~ quantities. SUI
fletsi3a ~ nleet demands and prices
according " dealers. we're fairly reason
ebie of cheap f1ls ng1Bing
R3ofi1a growers shipped quantities oi
es..ssssk. k.eqs ~ tins Ecra8 spAggef fa5F