Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-12
prices OF FRUIT
AND VEGETABLES
MOUNT STEADILY
Fruit of Good Quality, While
Drought Hurts Vege-
tables.
CANTALOUPES ABUNDANT
AND VALUE GOES DOWN
Tomato Crop Hard Hit and Flat
Leaf Spinach and Kale cearce.
Apples Plentiful.

The drought, which Is parching truck
farms in nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia; has sent prices Of fruits anc
vegetables to level considerably higher
than is Usual at this season and COM
mission men are being forced more
and more, to buy their supplies in dis.
tant localities.
Dealers here continue, however, to
offer attractive goods, particularly ir
the fruit line. While the vegetable
crop in nearby communities has beer
badly damaged, the fruit is exception
ally good.
Prices are mounting steadily and
there Is little prospect OF decline this
season.
Tomato Crop Hard Hit.
The tomato crop has been hard hit
Due to higher prices, however, dealers
They believe the Gamers in Maryland
and Virginia will be forced to go Out
Of business for the rest Of the season
Two-peck baskets of tomatoes this
morning sold at 81 and $3.50, the high
est price the past few days for fancy
stock going as high as Sc q bushel
BuShel baskets during ordinary seasons,
according to dealers, sell around rs
cents to $1.25.
No FIat-Leaf Spinach.
There is practically no spinach of the
fiat-leaf variety to be had, prices this
week having been quoted as high as
$3.50 and 81 a bushel, the usual price
at this season being rs cents to 81.
Kale also Is scarce and high, selling at
$50 q bushel this morning, or about
81 higher than usual. Beets and car
rots this morning were quoted at S.
and So per 100 punches, approximately
three times the usual price at this
season.
String beans sold at $3.50 and 81 a
bushel this morning, approximately four
times their usual price, while squash,
lima beans and other varieties of veg
etables were similarly affected in price.
Corn, usually sold at rs cents and 81 a
sack, brought from $3.50 to $3.50 this
morning.
Apples have been fairly plentiful and
reasonable, many of them of inferior
quality, but it is expected they will not
be so plentiful the approaching Fall
season, nor Is the quality expected to be
so good, a direct result Of the continued
high temperature and lack of rain.
CantalOupes Plentiful.
Dealers say a surprising feature Of
the market is the plentiful supplies Of
cantaloupes from nearby and distant
sections. They have been received in
such large quantities the past month or
more, according to dealers, that prices
have fallen below the average.
Peaches also have been coming to the
local market in large quantities, the
quality being equal to that Of the fruit
In prior season. Most of them are from
the South, however, the crop in this
vicinity promising to be smaller than
usual.
Low prices offered by Gamers for
California fruit this season, 1t is said by
local dealers, have resulted in increased
shipments and lower prices of the fruits
offered the local trade. This. applies
more particularly to pears and grapes,
dealers say, the increased receipts OF
grapes being attributed to compliance
with the laws prohibiting the making
Of wine.
Bananas continue in heavy receipt
and prices are reported extremely low.