Evening star., 1937-06-25
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SPECIAL Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 25.-Po-
tatoes, new, barrel, 175a2 25; 100
pound sack, 1.20al,25 old, lOO-pound
sack, l.50a2.00; sweet potatoes, bushel.
75al.50; yams. 65al0O; asparagus,
crate 1.00a3.25; beans, bushel, 50a9O:
nearby, bushel, 75al0O; beets, nearby,
bunch. l12a2; cabbage, pointed type,
hamper, 25a50; nearby, hamper, 4Oa
so; bushel, 20a35; round type, bushel,
40a50, carrots. California, crate, 50a
500; Texas, bushel, $50; Virginia,
bunch, 2a3; cauliflower. crate, l50a
l.75; celery, crate, .75a5 25; corn, crate,
5oal50; cucumbers, bushel 5Oal5 so;
nearby, half bushel, 75a9O; eggplant,
bushel, l00al,25 crate, 50al75; let
tuce, Western Iceberg. crate. 200a425:
Eastern, Big Boston, crate, 50a65;
lima beans, bushel, 200a275, onions.
50-pound sack, 40a135 peas, bushel,
l.15a2 90; peppers, crate. 1.75a3.0O:
bushel, l.5Oa1.75; spinach. nearby,
bushel. 35a50; squash nearby. half
bushel. 50a75; tomatoes, lug. 75al.s5
apples. box. 240a275; bushel. 75a225;
blackberrles, crate, 200a275; canta-
loupes. crate, l.25a400; cherries,
nearby, sweet, pound, 8al2, Morello.
pound, 3a5, grapefruit, box, 4O0a4.5O;
honeyball melons. crate, 3.75a45O;
huckleberries, quart. 15al8; oranges,
box. 2.75a500; peaches, half bushel.
50al75; raspberries, red, pint, 6alO;
h12rR
each, 50a65.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers Rocks. pound,
2la23; mixed colors. 20a22; Leghorns.
l5al9; fowl, Rocks, 1ea20; mixed COL
ors. l7al9: Leghorns, l3al5; ROSTERS.
l0al2; ducks, 12al4
Eegs-Current receipts. dozen, 20;
hennery whites, large, 23a24; medium,
2la22; receipts, 1916 cases
Butter-Prints. pound, 34a35; good
to fancy, creamery, 32a33; packing
stock, is; rolls, l8; receipts. 1877 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-75; principally COWS on
offer selling steady with average
Thursday; low cutter and cutter
grades, 45oaeoo plain and medium
fat cows. 625a725.
Calves-75; vealers active: steady to
strong, good grade offerings mostly
1850; plain and medium largely 500
alO0O.
Hogs-250; mostly 25 cents higher
than Thursday; packing soUs up 20
cents; good and choice 10 to 2l0
pounds. 12.35a12,60; practical top,
1850; 220 to $50 pounds. e5al2.35,
260 to 300 pounds quoted l125all. 95:
140 to $50 pounds. 12l0al24O: 100 to
40 pounds, 1l.25all75; good grade
soWs, l000al050: hogs from doubt
full areas not represented in above
prices.
Sheep-l25: Spring lambs SLOW,
steady to weak: scattered lots trucked
IN, good to choice eve and Wether
sorts. l2o0al2.25 choice rail arrivals
considered eligible to 1850: bucks dis
counted 100; plain and medium
grades, 9.00al1,0O; fat shorn ewes
nominally steady, quoted from 400
down.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, pound, 5a6; dressed, 8al0;
carp, 3a4; eels, 8a1O; haddock, 8alO;
mackerel 5a6; rock, l0a12: white
perch. Gas; yellow, 8a1O: trout, 5a6;
bluefsh, 8al0; founders, 1Oa12: croak-
ers, 4a5; spots, 4a5; hardheads, 4a5;
butterflsh, 5a6; soft crabs, dozen, GOA
$50; hard crabs, barrel, 300a4OO;
dozen, 20a40; crab meat. pound 25a
so; shrimp, l5a2O; clans, large per
100, S0a90; Cherrystones, 6Oa65; Little
Necks, so; frogs, each, 20a35.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland farm leaf, nondescript, ga
4 per pound; common, 4al0; medium,
l0a30 good to fine red, 30a4O; sec
onds, common, 3a7; medium, Tails;
good to fine, 15a35.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red Winter, garlicky, spot domestic,
l.20 asked. Settling prices were: No.
2, red Winter, garlicky, spot domestic,
1.l9l2. Corn. No q yellow, domestic,
lib. Western billing at premium
owed this price; cob corn nominal
Oats, No. 2, white, domestic, 6Oa70:
No. 3, 59a69, with the exception of
grain on track, there is an additional
charge of 1l2 cents per bushel for
storage and elevation. Rye, No. 2,
l.l2al.l7. Barley, 70a75.
Hay market holds steady to firm
1,y,Aor n for oto
clover mixed at 17O0a22oO per ton,