Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-29
WHOLESALE TRADE
IS DRAGGY TODAY
Local Market GIutted With
Carolina Cantaloupes-Heat
Hurts Egg Market.

Early morning trading the f1rSt mar
ket day of the week was inclined to be
slow and draggy, according to reports
of dealers, receipts of most commodities
being in excess OF demands.
A Generalization of the cantaloupe
market was reported by wholesalers,
packers of the fruit in the Ridgeway
N. c., section continuing to glut the
market.
This is the first season in many
years that these cantaloupes have not
been up to a high standard" COM
mented a dealer, and the reason for
their not possessing their usual sweet
ness has not been explained"
1t was difficult TO quote prices this
morning, said a wholesaler. the price be-
ing determined entirely by the condi-
ton of the fruit and the desire on part
of local merchants for 1t.
The dealer said gathering and Grating
of the fruit costs approximately Is cents
and carriage so cents.
Go at 50 Cents a Crate.
"And STILL" he added, 1--WE have had
to sell some of the fruit as low as so
cents a Create"
Prices OF 81 and $3.50 a crate were
stock. choicest Of the receipts. sold
around $3.50 and SO crate. There
were plenty honeydews and honeyballs
to offer the trade, many consumers
taking the two fruits in place of cam
taloupeS.
Peaches from North Carolina and
South Carolina also were received much
in excess of demands today. Many of
them were not of the best quality ana
sold as low as 81, while there were some
especially fine stock Elbertas that
brought $3.50 bushel basket.
Apples. not particularly plentiful.
we're offered at a wide range of prices,
and various prices were quoted for
California pears. plums and cherries.
There were a few pineapplcs also Of
fered the trade.
Tomato Prices High.
Tomato prices keep up. Late Satur-
day sales we're made as low as $l,2S for
2-peck baskets. but dealers this morning
had none to offer at that figure. They
quoted them at SITS and 50. Sugar
corn from nearby farms this morning
brought 30 and 40 cents dozen, field
corn selling slightly lower.
Continued hot weather is playing
havoc with the egg receipts. losses in
Gambling being particularly heavy. One
dealer reported loss of more than f1Ve
dozen in a crate of 80 dozen eggs. il
was Stdbtu iIlS olbC
of the eggs being in such condition that
they had to be sold at prices far below
the market quotations.
There were very few changes in prices
reported this morning, most prices
being what they were Saturday. An
easing of poultry prices was one OF the
few exceptions.
TOday's Wholesale Prices-Jobbers'
Prices Slightly Higher.
Butter-One- pound prints, 43s44; tub,
42a43: store packed, 28a30.
Eggs-Hennery, 37a38; fresh selected,
36a37: current receipts. 30.
Poultry, alive-Turkevs. hens. IS;
toms. 80: Spring chickens. large. 30a32;
medium. 30: small, %: Leghorns. 27a28;
fowls, 32a33 roosters. 90 ducks. Is:
keats. young. 60a65; old, ISAAC. Dressed
Turkeys, 38a40: Spring chickens,
large. 4Oa42: medium. 37a38: small. 35a
IS: Leghorns, 35a36; fowls. 36a37;
ROSTERS, rs; ducks, 28a30; keats, goa
100.
Meats. fresh killed-Beef. 24la; veal,
%: lamb 28a30; pork loins. "a; fresh
hams, 3oa32: fresh shoulders. %;
smoked hams. 80: smoked shoulders.
%: bacon, 2Sa30; lard in bulk, IS; In
packages, Is.
Live stock-Calves, 1872; lambs, 1917.
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
Today's market report on fruits and
vegetables compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. quotes
neutrality-suspicious. Supplies mod
crate: demand light. market dull; Jum-
hos. 36s and ASS, Salmon Tints. 2.50a
800: Jumbo fats. 9s and 12s. LOCAL rs.
North Carolina. Ridgeway section: Sup
plies liberal; demand moderate, market
weak; Standards, 36s, Salmon Tints,
local so, mostly l25; Standards. ASS.
75al 25. mostly 100; poorer low AS so.
Miscellaneous melons-Supplies mod
crate; demand moderate. market firm,
California, Imperial Valley, standard
crates Honey Dews IS to l2s, 1.50a2.25,
best mostly 200: California, Jumbos,
ASS, Honey Balls, 3.00a325a
Lettuce-Western supplies light. de-
mand moderate, market slightly
stronger California and Washington
crates Iceberg type, As dozen, 6.50a
100, mostly $50. Eastern stock-New
York: Supplies moderate: demand mod
crate, market about steady: 2-dozen
crates Big Boston type, 75al.o0, mostly
coal 90.