Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
WEATHER AFFECTS
MARKET BUSINESS
D. C. Wholesalers Hopeful
That Hot Spell Will Not
Be Repeated.

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It IL hoped by wholesalers in all lines
Of naarket trade that the last OF the torrh
weather is in sight. Hot weather and
absence of more than the usual number
of vacationists from the city this Sum-
mer has resulted in generally draggy
condition ~ the market. and dealers
saw business the past two or three
weeks has been exceptionally slow.
Business should pick mp to an appre-
ciable extent after Labor day, accord
ing to dealers. about the close OF the
vacation period for thousands OF resi-
dents Of the city. They are certain the
vast majority of them will return by
the middle Of next week, and practically
all be back in time for the opening Of
| the schools.
| Many changes In prices Of foodstuffs
| have been reported this week Fruits
continued cheap throughout the week,
| but with vegetables 1t was a case of
| cheap one day and high the next. Sew
! eral changes in tomato prices were
reported during the week and the same
was true of lima beans and other small
vegetables.
Meat Prices High.
! Meat prices continued high. Sever
| al decreases in prices of Spring chickens
were reported. prices Of other poultry
/ continuing about the same throughout
the week Butter prices went q trifie
| higher. as did eggs, while fish and 9TH
er marine products were reported cheap
| most of the week.
| Retailers were on hand early this
| morning to get first pick OF commodities.
| many of them in time to return to
| their stores to serve the early morning
breakfast trade. Prices OF most com
modities this morning were substantial
ly the same as prices reported yester-
day.
TOday's Wholesale Prices.
Butter - One pound prints. s0a51:
tub 4sa49: store packed, 30a32
Eggs-Fresh. selected. 37a38: hem
merry, 38a40: current receipts, 49,
Poultry alive - Turkeys, IS, fowls.
large. %; Spring chickens. large, 33a34
medium 30s32; small, 28a30: Leehorns.
30; ROSTERS. l8al9; keats. young, S0a60;
| old. 30. Dressed-Turkeys. 80: fowls.
large, 32a33 small. 2Sa30; Spring
| chickens. large, 42a43; medium, 40:
small 3d. Leghorns. 81; capons, large.
44a45; small, 30a3s; ducks. 2oa25
keats, young. 80a1 90.
| Meats. fresh killed-Beef. 22a26 veal.
| 22a25; lamb. 25a28: fresh hams, 28a29:
| fresh pork loin, 40, shoulders, 20a2l
smoked hams 2sa29: smoked shoulders
lea2o: bacon. 24a26; lard, Is.
Live stock-Calves. 16taal7, lambs,
| Halls
Persian melons. product of California,
| chiefly from the vicinity of Modesto,
attracted much attention In the fruit
. market this week. They are somewhat
larger than the big round cantaloupes.
! the meat being exceptionally thick and
the fruit exceptionally heavy, Retailers
| sold them around 81, reporting the
| flavor of the fruit exceptionally de-
/ licious.
Watermelons from the lower Potomac,
! Rappahannock and Coan rivers. Va.
and some from as far south as North
/ Carolina glutted Municipal Fish Mar
| ket the past few days. additional re-
| ceipts coming from the East Shore of
, Maryland and the East Shore of Viz
| ginia, There was as many as two dozen
| boatloadS of melons at Municipal Fish
! Market single day Prices ranged
| from 10 30 cents. dealers reported.
/ haulers refusing no reasonable offer
There also has been an abundance
of cantaloupes received here during the
week. II Ia reported by growers that
the numerous rains and hot weather
forced the growth of the fruit and
ripened large quantities of 1t at the
same time.
Rain Affects Fruit.
Rain also deprived the fruit OF much
yNf tie tn
and wholesalers rendering much of the
stock worthless. In numerous in
stances. Ii is stated, growers. unable
to get rid of supplies even at IS cents
a crate. found 1t necessary to return
shipments to the country and use 1t for
feeding stock.
Receipts OF the fruit the past two
days we're much smaller than earlier
in the week and there was fairly
good demand registered. Best cants-
loupes this morning sold as high as So
a crate. 1t Is believed the supply Of
the fruit will not hold out as late this
season as usual.
Dealers this week received fairly large
shipments of seckel pears from Mary
land and Virginia farmers. Only fair
demands were reported, prices being
low because Of plentiful supplies and
cheap prices of other fruits and
number Of dealers put their stock in
storage to await an increased demand
and better prices
Liberal supplies of peaches continued
throughout the week, the light demand
the past two days making the market
weaker. Maryland and Virginia, bushel
baskets, Elbertas. sold around Sl.TS
and So. the past few days, some extra
fancy stock selling higher. Country
peaches, as the loose stock Is termed.
sold at si2S and $50 a bushel. few
small stock selling as low as 81.
Dealers report liberal supply of
APPLES during the week met light de-
mand that weakened the market and
made II dull Prices ranged from so
cents 10 $l75 hushel Dealers along
the street wholesale line had nurner-
Gus large shipments of the fruit during
the week according to reports, and
much good stock went as low as the
minimum price quoted.
Grape and Pear Receipts.
Thompson Seedless. Muscats, Mala-
gas and Alicantes we're the varieties
OF California grapes received during
the week, prices ranging from rs cents
10 $50 lug. Concords and NiagaraS.
product of neagby Maryland and Viz
ginia farms. were fairly plentiful on
the country line this week. the best
quality selling as high as S2S0 a
buShel, mostly $3.50 and So
Pears have been received In only
small quantities this week with the
exception Of fairly heavy receipts OF
seckei pears about the middle OF the
week. Dealers had few Bartletts
from nearby Maryland and Virginia
that were especially attractive and of
unusual quality.
Small shipments Of huckieberrieS and
olackberries continue TO reach the local
market, many OF the latter coming
from New Jersey, Prices depended en-