Evening star., 1928-06-04
PRICES UNCHANGED
|NLOCAL MARKET
Sloppy Condition at Farmers
Stands Serve to Hinder
Business.

Sloppy conditions at Farmers Mar
ket this morning were not conducive
to heavy or comfortable trading.
Numerous dealers have improvised
sheds along the line of the old mar
ket, however, but have no idea how
long they will be permitted to utilize
them, having heard that the contract
for eXcavating that block to make way
for Government building soon Is to
be given.
Business usually Is dull with whole
salers the first shopping day OF the
week. according to merchants. especial
this mornings rain probably did not
mean much to dealers or buyers.
Wholesalers had ample supplies of
all commodities for the retail trade this
morning. Spring green's continued
plentiful and there were plentiful sup
plies of other vegetables and fruits to
offer the retail trade.
1t is reported that some crops of
Strawberries in nearby Maryland and
Virginia, their ripening delayed by the
cool weather, will reach the local mar
ket the next two or three days. Prices
of most commodities this morning we're
substantially the same as prices quoted
Saturday.
Today's Wholesale Prices.
Butter-One- pound prints, 45a46;
tub. 44a45; store packed, %.
Eggs-Fresh, selected. 29a30: hen
merry. 29a30; current receipts. %.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys: 25; fowls.
large, 27 small, 25a26: leghorns. 2oa22;
a.
80; Spring broilers, large. 44a45; me-
dium. 40a42: small SO: leghorn broil-
ers 35a3S. Dressed turkeys. 80; Spring
broilers, large, 48a50: medium. 45a46;
small, 42a43; leghorn broilers. 40a45;
fowls, large, 29a30; small, 27a28; leg
horn fowls. 25: capons. large. 44a4S;
small, 30a35; ducks, 20a25; keats, 1.ooa
1.l0.
Meats. fresh killed-Beef, 1Sa22: veal
top. %: lamb IS; pork loins, 26a27;
hams. 23a24; smoked shoulders, 14al5;
bacon. 20a2l: lard. l3al3l2; calves, IL;
Spring lambs, II.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables, compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau OF Agricultural
Economics. says:
Cabbage - Supplies liberal; demand
slow. market dull and slightly weaker:
Norfolk section Virginia, ll2-bushel
hampers pointed type. 90al 90; South
Carolina, ll2-bushel hampers, pointed
type, rs.
Cantaloupes - Supplies liberal: de-
mand light. market about steady: Call
ifornia, salmon tintS. jumbos. 36s, $50
a3.75: standards, ass. 3.50a3.f5; jumbos,
ASS, 4.00a4 IS; ponys. 54s, 325; stand
ard flats, lis and l2s. l.25al so: mostly
lao: as, i GOAL rs: Mexico. honey dews,
trading slow account green: standard
crates, Il .75a200; standard cantaloupe
fats. l2s and l5s, 1.00a1.25.
Lettuce-Supplies moderate: demand
light. market steady: California crates.
iceberg type, AS dozen, 3.25a3.50; few
best, 375: fair condition. 800.
Onions-Supplies moderate: demand
light, market steady; Texas standard
crates yellow Bermudas, u. s. No. i,
mostly Its.
Potato Market Dull.
Potatoes--Old stock. supplies light,
demand light, market dull: Maine i20-
pound sacks Green Mountains. u. s.
No. /. 2.50: Idaho. il0-pound sacks
Russet Burbanks. u. s. No. /. 2.25: new
market dull: Florida, douhle-head bar
rels, Spaulding Rose, U. s. No. /. few
sales, 400: 150-pound sacks u. s. No. l..
400; u. s. No 2, $50: North Carolina
and South Carolina, cloth top stave
barrels. cobblers. u. S. No. /, mostly
$780, some South Carolina, small size.
2.75a325.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. grown. supplies
receipts moderate and mostly supplying
the market; Delaware and East Shore,
Maryland, 32-quart crates. various
varieties. fair to ordinary quality and
condition. 225a300; home grown. az
quart crates. various varieties. 3o0a4.00;
few poor condition, low as 400.
Tomatoes--Supplies moderate: de-
mand light, market slightly weaker
Florida, skies. ripes and turning. wrap
ped. good quality and condition. fancy
count. 375a4,25: choice count. 275a
325; some ordinary condition, fancy and