Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01

| quantities that prices we're forced
down to around 81 a barrel, reminder
of the days when free crab feasts
we're offered patrons of local restau-
ANTS in efforts to boost trade.
with the price at 81 a barrel and
prospects of even lower prices" OBJ
served a dealer, "it looks very much as
Lar. possibly not SO much in restau-
rants as In private homes"
Soft crabs also have been plentiful
and cheap, the small stock selling
around IS cents a dozen, the larger
one bringing 81 or more a dozen.
Many of the soft crabs received this
week were not so large, but dealers
say they usually are better than many
of the larger crabs.
Crabmeat also has been plentiful
and cheap. selling as low as IS cents
a pound, the choicest Mississippi crab
meat from Biloxi shippers selling at so
cents. Grabs usually get plentiful and
cheap the latter part of May, the glut
of the soft ones coming on the full of
noon.
Trout, croakers and spots have been
received in exceptionally large quanti-
ties this week, and dealers gladly ac-
cepted 5 cents a pound for them, the
low price of trout being only for the
small fish. Larger trout were quoted
most of the week at 10 cents. Meters
say small trout have been exceptionally
plentiful this season. receipts being so
heavy at times that boatmen were will
ing to accept almost any offer for
them.
Shad Season Closes.
Season for shad and herring closed
yesterday. Officials in charge of en-
forcement of the law, however, permit
dealers 10 days in which to get rid of
supplies or hand. 1t is deemed rea-
sonably certain that will be
able to get shad until the expiration
of the 10 days of grace. Herring prob
ably will be off the market early next
week.
Dealers say they have had a good
shad season, catches having been large
enough to keep plentiful supplies in
the local markets throughout the sea-
Sol Roe shad were to be had this
morning for 20 cents a pound, bucks
selling at 1919 cents. Shad roe also
has been more plentiful this season, a
natural result of the heavy catches of
shad along the lower Potomac and else
where.
Plentiful supplies of bluefish, one of
the more popular varieties of marine
products, have reached the local market
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around Is cents a pound. Boston deal
ers furnished supplies of halibut, salmon,
haddock, fillet of paddock and cod.
while Jersey meters ent supplies of
founders and Boston mackerel.
Dealers depended upon Florida ship
pers for supplies of shrimp, a shellf1sh
that has not been plentiful the past
few months. They were quoted at 80
cents a pound today. Redsnappers also
have been received from Florida this
week, selling at rs cents a pound.
Practically no fish were received from
North Carolina this week, shippers
there realizing business would not be
very profitable with such plentiful sup
plies coming from the Potomac and
Chesapeake Bay.
California cantaloupeS appeared in
the local market the first of the week,
following close behind receipts of the
same fruit from Florida. The former
fruit, always rated high. sold as high
as So a crate of SO cantaloupes of
medium size. while the Florida fruit
brought only $3.50 and "a. Cheaper
prices ruled later in the week.
Peaches, mostly from Georgia and
North Carolina, appeared here early in
the week. While some of the fruit
was large and attractive enough to claim
the attention OF. buyers, some of it was
SO much affected by the heat that
dealers we're unable to dispose of it at
any price. 1t found few takers at SO
cents a bushel. The best of the fruit
brought around SO and $3.50 a bushel
basket.
Strawberries continued plentiful
throughout the week. receipts early in
the week probably breaking the record
for the fruit. The berries were so plenti-
full that prices dropped to as low as 81 so
for crates of 80 quarts, and in a few
instances, it is stated, the prices went
as low as $l.25. They were only fairly
plentiful today.
Other Berry Receipts.
Blackberries, huckleberries and cher
ries also came in heavier receipts, deal
ers complaining that receipts, espe-
cially of the blackberries, were too
heavy to handle before some OF the
berries showed deterioration to the ex-
tent of causing reductions in prices.
California cherries, attractively packed
in boxes, also came in heavier receipts.