Evening star., 1928-11-27
TURKEY HIGHER
THAN LAST YEAR
Most DeIicacies for Thanks.
giving Dinner Cost More
Than a Year Ago.

That quaint old custom of giving
thanks on the last Thursday in Novem-
ber, to the accompaniment of groan-
ing board piled high with seaSonable
foods, and dedicated to the ancient and
honorable custom of doing away" with
turkey, will cost Washington just a
bit more this year than last year. 1t
may be the early Winter, or high tariff,
or what have you but the fact is that
your Thanksgiving day dinner will set
your pocket back just little more than
it did last year.
The piece de resistance of the dinner
is quoted today at Center Market at
prices ranging from so cents to so cents
a pound, with the latter figure pre-
dominating. The 50-cent birds are usu-
ally cold storage turkeys, while the more
expensive birds are "freSh-killed do
mestic birds, right from Maryland and
Virginia, sir" Some dealers have shaded
the price down to SIS cents for what
they claim are the same domestic, fresh
birds. but the prevailing price in market
today for high-class turkeys is 60 cents.
The price may drop a little If the
weather tomorrow comes true, but mar
ket men claim drop below So or SO
cents pound is unlikely. Turkeys,
fresh-killed, were quoted two days be-
fore Thanksgiving last year at from As
to so cents pound. So it goes today,
with ducks and chickens and all the
other time-honored "fixin's" Ducks are
selling for 40 cents pound, while
fresh-killed roasting chickens sell at As
cents.
All down the long list Of delicacies
the prices today are just shade above
those Of last year. CranberrieS from
the bogs OF New England, another
traditional fixture around the corpse
of the erstwhile proud gobbler. all pol
ished and shining like holly berries, are
quoted today in market at from 20 to
rs cents pound. Last year they ran
up to % cents and started at Is. Some
dealers are selling them in paper boxes
OF one-half pound for 10 cents.
Pumpkins. scarce and high this year,
are 10 cents pound at the prevailing
market price, while squash sell for 8
cents pound. 1t brings back men,
ories of the days when a fair-sized
pumpkin sold around Halloween time
for IS cents and less, and squash were
almost given away. Celery ranges in
pIlCG IOul ~ CGIlbS DuI1CIl up 10
Is cents for the ull-blown hearts, and
turnips run from 10 cents pound
to three pounds for quarter Oranges
are selling for from 25 to so cents a
dozen. while apples bring cents a
pound and more.
That luscious looking fruit cake which
used to be brought on the table ringed
around with a blue flame in the pre-
Volstead days sells for so cents a pound
and more today. But Notwithstanding
these prices, Center Market is an eye
full for the epicure.
Here are the prevailing prices for the
accepted Thanksgiving day delicacies,
as quoted today at the market:
Turkey (cold Storage), so cents a
pound; fresh killed, drawn, SIS and so
cents.
Ducks-Fresh killed, 40 cents a pound.
Chickens-Fresh killed, IS and so
cents pound.
Cranberries-18 to IS cents a pound.
Celery-10 cents to IS cents bunch.
PumpkinS-10 cents a pound.
Squash-8 cents pound.
English walnuts and pecans-50 cents
a pound.
Turnips-1O cents a pound, pounds
for a quarter
Oranges-25 to SO cents a dozen.
Fruit cake-50 cents a pound.