Evening star., 1928-09-22
STORM HAVOC FELT
IN MARKET HERE
Fish Dealers Supply Shut
0ff-ChiCken Prices Off.
Butter and Eggs Firm.

Damage that the storm caused to
crops and transportation proved a seri-
Gus handicap to both wholesale and re-
tail merchants throughout the greater
part of the week. The effects will prob
ably be felt during the entire season,
merchants think.
Dealers in fish found their efforts to
get a supply of any Find of sea food
frustrated at every turn. Fishermen
along the entire Atlantic coast were
driven from their work by the wind. The
Chesapeake Bay section was handicap
ped just as badly and it is only today
that the fish markets are beginning to
again get the products required by their
customers.
Tomatoes, the supply of which was al
ready limited fell to the onslaught of
the weather, as a result of which the
supply has been meager and the quality
poor Other vegetables that have been
coming from the Eastern Shore and
Southern sections suffered, but not to
the extent Of the more periShable to-
matoeS.
Chickens Drop.
Chickens dropped several cents on
the pound during the early part of the
week. returning to almost their normal
prices yesterday. They are still cheaper
in proportion than beef, lamb veal and
pork, which are so high now that sales
are slow. Prices on these articles were
advanced slightly in some cases, none
amounting to more than cent on a
pound.
Butter and eggs have remained firm
during the week. Butter is plentiful but
eggs scarce and Of questionable quality.
Storage eggs are now on the market
and these and current receipts are
about all there are to be had by whole
salers. A few strictly fresh eggs are to
be had in the retail stores that forage
for their own among nearby producers.
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady; bushel baskets,
Virginia, United States No. /, 212 in
ches up Delicious, 200; Grimes, LISA
$50; varieties, 213 inches up, 75a1,25.
Cabbage-Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; New York, 90
pound sacks, domestic round type,
$50; Virginia, barrel crates, domestic
round type, $50.
Cantaloupes-Suppli limited; de-
mand light, market dull; Colorado, pink
meats, standard flats. Us and 15s and
jumbo flats, IS to 12s, GOAL IS; mis-
demand moderate, market steady. Col
oraco, standard crates Honey Dews,
mostly green. 1.75a2.00: California,
standard crates, Honey Dews, mostly
$50 few high as 2.75; Persian melons,
jumbo crates, mostly 800; standard
crates, 250a275: pony crates, 225; few
extra jumbos, 3.25a3.50.
Celery-Supplies light; demand light,
market steady; New York, % crates,
best, 225a2.5O fair quality and 'condi-
tion, 1.75a200.
Grapes - Western stock - Supplies
moderate; demand moderate, market
about steady; California lugs. Flame
Tokays, 1.35a1.50, mostly $50, few
higher; lugs. Malagas, mostly 1,25.
Eastern stock-Supplies moderate; too
few sales reported to quote.
Lettuce-Supplies of Western stock
moderate; demand moderate, market
firm; Colorado, crates Iceberg type, AS
dozen, 4.50a4.75, few 500; California,
crates Iceberg type, AS dozen, 600a625;
Eastern stock-Supplies moderate; de-
mand slow, market dull; New York,
2-dozen crates, Big Boston type, fair
quality and condition, LOCALES, few
best, l,50a1.75.
Onions and Potatoes.
OnionS-SupplieS liberal; demand
light, market dull; New York, 100-pound
sacks, yellowS, U. S. No. /, medium to
large size mostly $50, few low as 3.25;
Michigan and Indiana, 100-pound sacks.
yellows, U. S. No. /, mostly 400; Utah,
l00-pound sacks, Valencias type, U. S.
No. l, 3.75.
Peaches-Supplies liberal; demand
slow, market dull; Pennsylvania, bushel
baskets, Elbertas, u. S. No. /, large size.
best, mostly $50; few high as 2.75;
bushel baskets Bellies, small soft, rs;
New York, bushel baskets, Elbertas, U.
S. No. !, large size, 200a2.25.
Pears-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady: Oregon, boxes,
Bartletts, fancy medium to large, $50;
ripe, soft, low as $50; New York, few
sales bushel baskets Bartletts No. l,
2.25a2,5 2-inch minimum, 200a2.2 IS;
No. 2, 125a150; poorer low as 100;
Seckels. No. /, $50.
Potatoes-Supples moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; Pennsylvania,
150-pound sacks round whites, u. S.
No. l, 200a2.15.
Sweet Potatoes-Supplies light: de-
mand slow, market steady; nearby
stock, bushel baskets, Nancy. Halls, No.
l, $50; few lower.
String beans-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light, market steady; East Shore
Maryland, bushel hampers green, string
less, Its.
Lima beans: Supplies light demand
light, market steady; East shore Mary
land, bushel hampers, few sales, 450.
Peas Supplies very light. Too few
sales reported to quote.
Carrots: Supplies light Too few sales
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