Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21
MARKET PRODUCE
OFFERINGS GOOD
Prices Still High, However
Poultry Business Shows
More Activity.

WVIC HvkIVilys
Attractive displays of fruits and yepc
tables continue to give the interiors of
markets and wholesale houses a decided
Summertime appearance. Prices Of
green vegetables are anything but cheap.
A few Of the fancy grapes from Ar
gentina still are reaching the local mar
ket, but the price. So to SO a pound,
limits the buying to comparatively few
consumers. Casabas. honeydews and
peaches are being received in New York
from South African shippers.
Oranges and grapefruit continue plen-
tiful and cheap. Lemons are high.
oranges are quoted. as to size and
grade, at $375 to $3.50 a box, some
fancy fruit higher: grapefruit selling q
salts to S425. extra fancy stock bring
ing slightly higher prices
Dealers reported moderate receipts Of
apples this week. The fruit met mod
crate demand. Barrel stock, Virginia
Staymans. No. 2. good quality and con-
dition. were quoted at $3.50 and ST.
bushel baskets Of Pennsylvania stock
selling at $2.25 and $3.50. some smaller
fruit selling as low as $3.50
Spinach From Texas.
Florida peas are finding slow sale
at prices lower than those from the
other States. dealers state Arizona
and Texas stock brought $3.50 and $40
for 2-bushel crates this morning.
Spinach Is being supplied the local
dealers by Norfolk. Va. and Texas
growers. the Texas product selling at a
product. Dealers quoted price OF
81 so and So for the Virginia spinach,
while the Texas product sold for 50 so
and So. Kale. much cheaper, was
quoted at $3.50 and 50 a barrel
Choice string beans have been higher
than usual, selling at So and SO a
basket. meaning retail price of 40
and so cents q pound. Light supplies
OF pepper from Cuba and Florida made
q steady market. Moderate supplies
of lettuce and onions and liberal sup
plies OF celery were reported.
Local dealers have had limited sup
plies of beets, moderate supplies OF
carrots and liberal supplies of cauli-
flower this week.
Three-pan crates OF the Nassau to-
matoes were quoted today at 50 and
SO. extra fancy stock bringing as much
as $3.50. The dollhouse stock from
Terre Haute is reported to be excep-
selling at 81
Cuban and Florida peppers. said nv
dealers TO be of about the same quality,
were quoted at 50 and 81 a crate. Mod
crate supplies of potatoes continue to
come from various sources
Weather Helps Fish Men.
Open weather this Winter meant
much to dealers at Municipal Fish Mar
ket
Dealers the past few weeks received
FISH found ready sale at prices that were
considered fairly cheap Several retail
ers II Is stated, specialize in the sale of
such fish.
Rec shad from North Carolina this
week brought so cents pound. the
bucks selling at IS and the jacks at Is
cents. Herring brought 10 cents a pound
Rockfish from Carolina waters were
fairly plentiful short time ago and
few Of them we're received from lower
Potomac and Chesapeake Bay nets. THIS
week they found ready sale at IS cents
a pound.
Spotted trout found ready sale at 90
cents the past TWO days White anc
yellow perch. not larg.. sold At 10 cents
pound.
HOLSTERS were not IN great demand a,
SIS cents. Frozen smelts. halibut.
salmon and Boston mackerel were re-
ceived from Boston shippers during the
week. the smelts finding ready sale a,
Is cents. Halibut and salmon we're
quoted al 20 and the mackcre. at 10
cents pound.
Haddock Cheapest Fish.
Hadcock, also received from Boston
shippers, was the cheapest Ash offered
this week. dealers selling them as low
as J cents. Demand for filet OF had
dock was fairly good at 20 cents,
kngfish and red snappcrs from
Florida waters found ready sale. the
former at IS and the latter at Is cents
pound. Spanish mackerel also we're
received from Florida meters in fairly
large quantities, and the same shippers
supplied green shrimp at Is and cooked
shrimp at so cents
Oystermen continue To supply the
local market with bivalyes. both
Shucked and shell stock. The shell
stock Is not much In demand however.
but there has been fairly good de-
mand for the shucked stock during the
week. Standards sold at S2.25 and
selects At 81 so a gallon.
Heavier receipts and lower prices
this week resulted In increased bust.
ness In the poultry market. Turkey
receipts have continued about normal
receipts being about equal TO the de-
mand. Fowls and chickens sold a,
week.
A continued steady condition OF the
egg market throughout the week was
reported. Current receipts sold at about
20 cents. specially selected and hen
Nery SUCK selling at an advance of
several cents. Slightly increased re-
break In The market. but the antic,.
pated break failed to materialiae
A decrease in butter prices wss a,
interesting feature OF the weeks mar.
ket "'a'
business during the earlv hours ,h,S
morning showed Improvement pr,ceS
remaining about the same as prices
, quoted yesterday. ''"'''
Today's Wholesale Prices.
hutter-~One- pound prints. Slss,. tub
ssa4e' store packed. 30. storage, Az
Esss-rresh. selected. @7a4s; hem
merry, aIaoo current receipts. as
ioulIry~.-I turkeys. alive. 40a42; Spring
, n.,., auaa2 fowls, 2ia35 ROSTERS,
200 aSn'' daeks. l8a2o, keats. young. 70a
$50 CO, oio' 50; Dressed turkeys. GOATS.
"p,ms en.ckens, s2a34; ROSTERS. 10
ao p,a. fancy. neavy. 45a46. small. asa
70 dncks. 2Sas0; keats, 30aoO'
Meats. fresh kiiled~~Beef ao..s, veal
asa2e lamb. 28a27. fresh hams, lOn
~ nins. ioa20; fresh shoulders, ibals
smoked hams, 22a23: smoked shoulders.
ears strip bacon. 22a23; lard. laisa
a. CAVES alive. is, lambs. alive. ~.
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