Evening star., 1929-11-04
TRADING IS QUIET
AT D. c. MARKET
All Receipts Are Small on
TypicaIIy Draggy "BIue
Monday"

Nothing coming in and not much
| going out" was the blue Monday
| comment Of a wholesaler this morning
! Just the same old story" he added.
People eating Sunday leftovers and
| not doing much buying"
] Dealers in numerous commodities had
| supplies carried over from last week S
market, some of the fruits and vege-
tables being ordinary stock, such sup
| plies being offered at reduced prices.
Not all the supplies were of this
character, however, according to mer-
chants who pointed to attractive, dis
plays of fresh commodities. An almost
complete desertion of the farmers line
was evidenced this morning.
Tomato Receipts.
1t very seldom happens that the
farmers line Is we'll patroniZed Monday
mornings except when produce is ex-
tremely plentiful, when supplies are
brought to market in an effort to save
them from spelling.
Probably the most noticeable receipt
on the farmers line this morning was a
shipment of the small yellow preserving
tomatoes, the vegetable being of the
regulation size ana yellow color.
1t is very late for such tomatoes to
come in perfect condition. observed
dealer, and the demand for them at
rs cents for two-peck baskets is light,
possibly for the reason that the amount
of preserving done now does not any
thing like approach that of years ago."
Fruit displays continued attractive
Dealers had attractive supplies of sew
eral varieties of pears, apples, oranges,
grapefruit, grapes, bananas and perSlm-
mons. They also continued to have
large quantities of honeydews, some
ripe ana others in condition to require
them to be held a week or more for
ripening.
Shipped in vegetables also were fairly
plentiful, receipts being in excess of de-
mands. Cabbage, both red and white,
proved fairly good sellers, the white
stock, the kind ordinarily used for boil
ing and making kraut, selling around
81 a bushel, while the red variety sold
around So.
Mushrooms were plentiful and cheap,
selling from rs cents to $l.l0 basket.
Dealers had small shipments of yellow
squash from Florida that found ready
sale at 81 a basket. Oyster plant
brought So per 100 punches. and dealers
had plentiful supplies of carrots, beetS,
onions and other varieties of vegetables.
Poultry, meat, butter and egg dealers
had supplies more than enough to equal
demands at prices which prevailed at
the close of last weeks market. Prices
of practically all commodities this
morning were the same as last weeks
prices.
Today's Wholesale Prices-Jobbers'
Prices Slightly Higher.
Butter - One-pound prints, 45a46;
tub. 44a45; store packed, 30a32.
Eggs-Hennery, 55; fresh selected, AZ
a50; current receipts, As.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, young hens,
40; toms, 40; hens, old, 35a36; young,
35a38; Spring chickens, large, 27a28:
broilers, 80; Leghorns. 22a2S; fowls,
28a29; Leghorn fowls, 20a2l; roosters,
l8; ducks, 15a20; keats, young, 40a65;
old, 80. Dressed-Turkeys, young, Asa
as; old, 40a45; Spring chickens, large,
34a35; medium, SO; broilers, 37a38; Leg
horns. IS; ROSTERS, 24a25; ducks, 2Sa30;
keats, 70a80.
Meats - Beef, 2oa22: veal, 24a2s;
lamb. 26a27; pork loins, 20; fresh hams.
22a25; fresh shoulders, 2oa23; smoked
bacon, %; lard, in bulk, IA; in pack
Live stock-Calves, 141aa15; lambs,
The daily market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau Of Agricultural
Economies) says:
Apples-Supplies moderate; demand
light. market steady. Boxes: Wash
to large size, 3.75 extra fancy Jona-
thans. medium to large size, 325.
Bushel baskets: Virginia, U. S., No. /,
234 inches up, Delicious mostly ais;
Staymans, l.75a225; 8 inches up, 2.25a
ans Pennsylvania. U. S. No. /, 21a
inches up, Grimes, slight russeting, ZOO.
Cabbage-Supplies moderate demand
light, market steady. New York, 100
pound sacks, Danish type, mostly 1.65;
few low as 1.5c
Celsry-supplies light; demand light
market about steady. New York, "a
crates, 2.50a275; mostly ATS.
Lettuce-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady. California, crates,
Iceberg type, AS dozen, 2.75a3.00; few
best, 325.
Onions-Supplies light; demand light,
market about steady New York and
Michigan, 100-pound sacks, yellows,
U. S. No. /, medium to large size,
2.00a215.
Potatoes-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady; New York, 150-
pound sacks, round whites, United
States No. /, 425a4.40; some poor con-
dition, 300a3.50. Maine. 120-pound
sacks, Green Mountains, United States,
No. /, 3.50a3.65.
Sweet potatoes-Supplies light de-
mand slow, market steady; Eastern
Shore, Va, cloth-top barrels, yellows,
No. /, 265a2.75; Eastern Shore, Md,
bushel hampers, yellows, No. /, fine
quality, 1.25a1.50; poorer, GOAL 90.
String beans-Supplies liberal; de-
mand moderate, market dull; Norfolk
section, Va, bushel hampers, green,
round type, best, 250a2.75; fair quality
1.75a225; South Carolina, bushel
hampers, green, wide range in prices,
mostly 1.50a2o0, few best 225, poorer
low as rs; North Carolina and South
Carolina, some refused.
Tomatoes-Supplies light: demand
moderate. market firm; California, lug
boxes, ripes and turning, wrapped,
2.50a275.
auliflower-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light. market steady Long Is
land, crates, 2.75a3.00; Utah, pony
crates, 1.75al IS.
Oranges-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady; Florida, boxes,
Parson browns, No. /, 3.50a375; few,
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