Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17

offered around So and $3.50 a barrel.
Soft crabs. fairly plentiful. sold around
rs cents and 81 q dozen. some smaller
selling as low as go cents. Crabmeat
sold at prices ranging from rs to go
cents a pound.
Green shrimp of the jumbo size, re-
ceived from Georgia shippers. sold at
IS cents, t<< cooked shrimp bringing So
a gallon. Some small shrimp sold at
cheaper prices. Holsters, not very
plentiful, have been received in small
quantities from Boston shippers this
week and offered at IS and 70 cents
pound.
Fall fishing In the Potomac River
soon will start in earnest, meters getting
their paraphernalia in readiness to start
work as soon as the weather gets
cooler. Some Of the small nets already
are in operation and few fish are being
were caught by them the past month,
but catches OF the popular fish have
fallen of considerably and higher prices
are ruling.
Few white perch, not very large, and
small quantities of carp were the chief
catches in the nets this week. the for
mer bringing 6 and and the latter
10 and Is cents q pound. Rocknsn
this week sold at 20 and IS cents.
Trout, halibut, salmon. paddock, hllet
Of haddock, Boston mackerel. butterflsh,
founders, croakerS and pollock were
some of the other fish dealers had to
offer the trade this week.
Fruit and vegetable dealers have been
busy this week handling heavy receipts
of commodities from nearby and distant
points, some Of the commodities COM
ing In such large quantities that ship
pers were advised to decrease or cease
shipments. Peaches and cantaloupeS
were the fruits that continued plentiful
throughout the week, while lima beans
and peppers were the vegetables re-
ceived In quantities far in excess OF de-
mand.
Atop quotation of So q bushel basket
for extra large peaches early In the
week dropped to around 81 yesterday.
Some good Virginia Elbertas sold around
81 q bushel, some not in the best con-
dition bringing not much more tnan
so cents. Cantaloupes came from va
rious parts of Maryland and the West.
receipts being so heavy and prices so low
that shippers were advised to hold down.
Apples continued in liberal supply,
with a light demand that slightly
weakened the market. Best receipts
of the Maryland and Virginia fruit sold
around 50 a bushel, other grades ana
poor packs selling at $1.25 and $1.5o.
MOOGT2Ce supplies anu D StOW UCuAdAiu
for watermelons made the market
steady. Dealers report receipt OF some
show fruit from the Rappahannock
River section this week, some OF the
melons weighing so pounds and fnd1ng
ready sale at $1.25.
Pears and Grapes.
Bartlett pears. product of California,
were In light receipt during the week,
light demand continuing the market
steady. Other fruits In the weeks list
offered consumers included damsons,
crabapples, blackberries, huckleberries,
alligator pears and several varieties OF
grapes.
Concord grapes, received from Della
ware vineyards, came in such large
quantities the past days that slow
demands resulted in the fruit being
offered at prices considered remarkably
low for so early in the season, 20-pound
baskets selling at IS cents and 81.
Lima beans came in such large guam
titles that prices dropped and several
heavy shipments were refused. providing
the surprise in the weeks vegetable
market. Prices dropped to a. low as
81 q bushel, some not In best condition
selling as low as IS cents. Peppers also
came In such heavy receipts that they
were offered as low as so and 70 cents.
Lighter receipts Of potatoes again sent
prices soaring and by yesterday morn
Ing they had reached top price OF So,
dealers expecting prices to further in
crease before the close Of the weeks
market. r