Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

business in foodstuffs. Halloween and
Thanksgiving holiday season, not far
of, probably will mean boosting Of
trade. -..s
at is true that the Halloween holiday
will mean nothing like the volume Of
business that is bound to come during
the Thanksgiving holiday season." was
remarked by o dealer.
Pumpkins, chestnuts, apples and
Autumn leaves are certain to be In
demand" he added, land while de-
mands for these commodities will not
entail the outlay of large sums of
money, it will be a case Of every little
bit helps"
Thanksgiving business will be entirely
different. In the first place." said a
merchant, immense quantities Of tur-
keys, chickens and other poultry will
be In demand"
dealer, will be the vegetable and des-
sert accompa ailments.
Celery, cranberry sauce and numer-
Gus vegetables will be required to &C
company the poultry" the merchant
added, and the quantity OF pumpkins
ordinarily sold for pies means much to
the growers and dealers"
The Thanksgiving holiday season Is
less than six weeks of, this years day
of Thanksgiving prayer falling on the
28th Of November, and about four weeks
later will come the Christmas holiday
season.
Turkey Crop.
Some Of the earliest notes on the
approaching Thanksgiving turkey mar
ket received by the Bureau of Eco
nomics, Department Of Agriculture
came from Portland Greg,
"Advices indicate that the oregon
turkey crop this year exceeds last years
by about Is per cent" Is a statement
contained in q bulletin of the bureau
furnished merchants this week. 1T is
reported that the condition Of the birds
is Of exceedingly good quality"
It also is set out in the bulletin that
some Of the heavy dealers are quoting
price of 40 cents q pound for fancy
No. i dressed young toms, fob. al
country skipping points. Old and
young hens are given price of SO
cents and old toms 80 cents pound
Second grade stock is quoted at To
10 cents less q pound.
Local dealers say they have received
no advance information of the probable
prices the birds will bring here. They
believe, however, that turkeys will be
fairly plentiful and that high prices
will not prevail.
No matter what prices will be charged
here, it is stated. many consumers will
content themselves with other varieties
Of poultry, roaStS and other meats.
Small fresh hens usually are in de-
mand for the THANKSGIVING holiday
season." a dealer remarked, land there
are many consumers who insist upon a
dinner Of stuffed smoked ham Thanks
giving day, holding back until Christ
mas for their one big turkey dinner.
big home dinners at Thanksgiving
and Christmas are not as popular a:
they were years ago." the merchant
said. many families patronizing hotels
dining rooms and cafes to save both
trouble and expense"
Dealers had small quantities Of tur-
keys to offer the trade the past few days
chiefly cold storage stock, although light
receipts Of live turkeys came from near.
by Maryland and Virginia. Live tur-
keys wgre quoted at IS and SO cent:
yester ny, dressed stock bringing 40 and
IS c%lts q pound.
Prices at the close Of the week.
market, the same as during the Severa
Butter-One-p pound prints, 4712a481 "a
tub, 46Ma47A; store packed, 30a32.
Eggs-Hennery, SIS: fresh selected
48a50; current receipts, 43a45.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, hens, IS
toms, SO; Spring chickens, large, 27a28
broilers, 80; Leghorns, 24a25; fowls
27a28; Leghorns, fowls, 20a21; ROSTERS
1920: ducks, 15a20: keats. young, 40s
so; old, so. DresSed-Turkeys 40a45
Spring chickens, large, 37a38; medium
35a36; broilers, 37a38; Leghorns. IS
ROSTERS, 24a25; ducks, 28a30; keats
79a90.
Meats-Beef, 2oa2s: veal. 24a2s
lamb, 26a27; pork loins, 80; fresh ham
22a25; fresh shoulders, 20a23; smoked
hams, 26a28; smoked shoulders, 18a20
bacon, 20; lard, in bulk, IA; in pack
ages, is.
Live stock-Calves. 14h: lambs
12laa13.
Heavier receipts of fruits have con.
tinued to reach the local market this
season than for a number of years past
according to reports Of dealers, and
much of the time cheap prices ruled.
Take honeydews, for instance" re.
marked o dealer. They have been re-
ceived in the largest quantities ever
received here, and prices have beer
cheaper.
when crates of the popular fruit
are brought here all the way across tbs
continent" he added, land sell arounC
$1.25 and 81, the cheapness Of it GER
tainly cannot be questioned"
Honeyballs, much smaller than the
honeydews, also have been plentiful
The demand for them continued sc
great, however, that prices remained
almost stationary, only the real ripe
and soft fruit selling at bargain prices
Persian melons, a heretofore favoritt
California fruit, also reached here ir
much larger quantities this season. The
season for them Is said to be nearly
over. There are some of the melons
still to be had at prices as low as q
and 80 cents, but their quality is saic
| by dealers to be below the standard.
Pink meat cantaloupes, plentiful al
the season, are still to be had, prices
being much cheaper than early in the
season and the quality 1t is stated, moi
so good. Dealers had fairly large guam.
titles Of them this morning.
Peach Season Ending.
Peaches are about or the market
| The season this year has extended ovel
q long period. beginning with Florids
and Georgia fruit early in the season
and endirAs with the New York stool
| the past two or three weeks. White
Heath cling peaches also have beer
more plentiful this season than usual
Watermelon season, also ended
proved more interesting than usual Il
| growers and sellers. Much fruit Of TIT
show variety appeared IN the loca
market, but prices were cheap for onl,
. short period, prices most Of the sea
, son ranging between so cents and 81