Evening star., 1937-05-14
Baltimore Markets
erecial Dispatch to The Star

BALTIMORE, Nd, May l4-Po-
tatoes, old, 100-pound sack, 125a2.OO;
new, barrel, 300a5 so; 100 pound sack,
l65a300 bushel, l.O0a1.75; sweet po-
tatoes, bushel, LOCAL go; yams, bushel,
75a1.l0; asparagus, crate, 125a3.50;
beans. bushel, 2o0a400 beets, crate.
275; cabbage, pointed type, hamper,
l.00a1.50; carrots, crate, 3.50a4.00;
caulfloWer, crate, 200; celery. crate,
l.75a250; corn. crate. 800: cucum-
bers, bushel, 40Oa7 so: kale, nearby,
blue, bushel. 30a4O; lettuce, Western,
Iceberg, crate, 275a375: Southern, Big
Boston, hamper. 50al25; lima beans
bushel, 300a5 90; mushrooms. 4-quart
basket. 5Oa90; onions. 5o-pound sack,
l.00al.5o peas, bushel. OOa2 .25 pep
pers, bushel. 325a4oO: radishes.
nearby, red tips, bunch. 1a1A; rhu-
barb, nearby. bunch. 2a4; spinach,
bushel, 25a40; squash, bushel, LISA
$50; tomatoes, lug, l00a325; apples.
bushel, SOAP so; box, 250a26 grape
fruit. box, 2o0a3 rs; oranges. box, 275
a4.75: strawberries, quart, l0al5.
Dairy Market.
Live poultry-Broilers, pound, 24a
Is; mixed colors, 23a24; Leghorns,
20a22; fowl, Rocks. l9a2O mixed COL
ors, l8al9: Leghorns, l5al7; roosters,
l0al2; ducks, l6al8.
Eges-Current receipts. dozen, 10;
hennery whites. large. 20; medium,
10; receipts, 4.523 cases.
Butter-Prints. pound, 35a37; good
to fancy, creamery. 33a34: packing
stock, l6al7; rolls, l9a20; receipts, 4O7
tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-75 only few head low cut
ter and cutter COWS on offer; market
on those steady; sales from 4.5oa
$50
Calves-25; light supply fully steady;
good grade vealers, 95Oal000 mostly;
plain and medium quotable 70oa9oo;
culls down to 500.
HogS-650; all weights and grades
10 cents higher than Thursday; good
and choice. ITO to 2l0 pounds. 11.1oa
l1.40, practical top, l140; 22O to 25O
pounds, 10.85al1.l0: heavyweights
down to 1895 or below; 14O to l6O
pounds. 1065alll0; l20 to 14o pounds
quoted l0loal055: good packing sows
s.35a9 so; hogs from doubtful areas
not represented in above prices.
Sheep-l00; not enough on offer tc
make an accurate test; few lots me-
dlum to good grade Spring lambs
around steady. from l2O0al3.5O:
small lot choice, IS pounds average
on city butcher account, above steady
400 quotable top on choice and no
criterion of dependable outlet, other
classes absent.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish. pound. 3a5; dressed, 7a8
| carp, 2a3: eels, 9al0; haddock, 8alO
herring, 3a4 mackerel, g. rock. 1os
IL; white perch, Gas; yellow, 8alo
trout, 5a6; bluehsh, 8a1O; founders
l2al5; croakers. 4a5: spots. 4a5: hard
head, 4a5; butter fish, 5a6; roe shad
20a22; split shad, l5ale; buck shad
| l5al8: soft crabs, dozen. 70al IS; hard
crabs, barrel, 3.50a4.50; crab meat
pound, 25a45, shrimp, l5a18; clans
large, 100. 90; cherrystone. 6oa65
little necks. 50a55; frogs, each, is.
Tobacco Market.
Quotations on old stock-Marylane
firm leaf, nondescript, 3a4; common
4al0; medium, 10a30; good to fine
red, 30a40; seconds, common, Sat
medium, good to fine, 15a35.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat-No. 2
red, Winter, garlicky. spot, domestic
1.37; May delivery. 1877. Settling
prices were: Wheat-No. 2, red, Win.
ter, garhcky. spot, domestic, 1874;
May delivery. 1874.
Corn-No. 2, yellow, domestic, 1872,
Western billing at a premium ovel
this price; cob corn, nominal
Oats-No. 2. white. domestic, 64a
"a: No. 3, 63a73; except grain on track
there Is an additional charge of II;
cents per bushel for storage and ele.
| vation on all sales of oats.
Rye-No. 2, 1.33al.3s.
Barley-93a98.
Hay-Market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy anc
clover mixed at 17.0Oa22.OO per ton
but it takes well-graded No. l stock
to bring the price. Poorer grade.
hard to sell and market irregular or
oil orodnc Lolou, M . e%ool>