The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-27
Washington
Produce

Daily report on egg and live poultry
markets:
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merry whites, best quality. 2S@27c: ordi-
graded and dated white eggs: U. s. ex-
tras, large. 33c; u. S. extras, mediums,
26hc: U. 8. standards, large, BIC.
Live POultry-Receipts light; dealers
generally well supplied; prices nominal
FOwl cOiOred Lh heavy 1920; No; Is
10012c. Chickens: Virginia Rocks, rs
@2Sc; Delaware Crosses Is @27c: South
ern, 22@24c: reds. 3924c: leghorns
% 24c. Broiling turkeys, az pounds
pounds, $.SO@1.
L. C. L. Express Receipts
FlOrida-7e Tugs avocados; 81 Tugs
lines; So bushel baskets okra.
CalifOrnia-64 12-pound boxes figs.
Pennsylvania - Five 32-quart crates
huckleberries; 1872 4-pound baskets mush-
North Cardinals 1s-busheI baskets
okra; 80 bushel baskets okra; 20 bushel
baskets snap beans.
Tennessee-1S h-bushel baskets okra.
Unknown Origin-24 crates mixed
West virginia - Three busheI boxes
watercress.
Virginia-Five barrels watercress.
Apples-No carlot arrivals; no cars on
plies moderate: demand moderate; mar
ket slightly stronger. Maryland. Penn
sylvania. Virginia and West Virginia,
Transparents, 2-inch minimum, 400 soc;
2-inch minimum, 4O@5Oc; ~ inch mini
mum. 5O@6Oc 2h-inch minimum, 65@
Use; Duchess, 2h-inch minimum, 400
soc; 2h-inch minimum, 5O@66c; STAIRS.
minimum, 75@S5c; 2%-inch minimum,
9Oc@$1; Maidenblush, 2A-inch mini
mum, 50@60c; 2h-inch minimum, rs
@S5c: 2A.inch minimum soc o. 81;
Rambos, 2h-inch minimum, S5c; az
inch minimum, $1@1.1O; S-inch mini
mum, $1.1O@115; Northwestern Green
ings, 2h-inch minimum, 75c; * inch
minimum. 9Oc@$1; Summer Pippins,
2h-inch minimum Use; 2%-inch mini
Cabbage-No carlot arrivals; no cars
on track. Truck receipts moderate;
supplies moderate: demand moderate:
tic flat type, 1h-bushel hampers, so
@65c: 5-peck hampers, 75c@$1: Vir-
ginia. 5O-pound sacks domestic flat
type. Use.
broken and unbroken cars on track.
Supplies moderate: demand moderate:
market steady. New York. 2IS crates,
in the rough, S.s dozen. $1.25 @I.5O. few
$l.75; individually washed $2@2.25, few
$3.50. Michigan. Highballs 75@9Oc.
COrn-supplies light: demand fair.
market steady. Sacks, 5-dozen, nearby
sections of Maryland. s1@1.26. =,
broken and unbroken cars on track.
Supplies moderate; demand moderate;
market steady cslifornia' Western
mostly 81. New York. Eastern crates,
Big Boston type, 2-dozen, $1.5O@1.75.
OniOns-No carlot arrivals: no cars on
track. Supplies moderate; demand mod
crate; market steady. 5OIb. sacks, yell
lows, U. S. No. /: New York, $1.1O@
lis: Indiana, $1.1O@1.15, few high as
Peaches-No carlot arrivals; no cars
on track. Truck receipts moderate; sup
plies moderate; demand moderate; mar
ket steady. Virginia, bushel baskets, Ell
bertas, U. s. No. l, 4 inch minimum
$1.5O@1.75; 2-inch minimum, 81. 25 @ 1.50.
New Jersey bushel baskets Bellies U. s.
| No. I. IN inch minimum, $1.75. Mary
| land, bushel baskets, Elbertas and Bellies,
U. S. No. 1, IN inch minimum, $500
LIS; 2-inch minimum 1.25 q 1.60: Hales.
U. S. No. /, 2H-inch minimum, I.75 o..
Peas-One Idaho arrived; 3 broken
cars on track. Supplies moderate: de-
mand moderate; market steady. Bushel
LIS: Washington. $1.76@1sO; Idaho
POtatoes-No carlot arrivals; 1 broken
car on track. Supplies moderate; de-
| mand moderate; market slightly weaker.
| One hundred-pound sacks, Cobblers, U. S.
ST. 591. ss~ Jersey '-''
sweet POtatOes-Truck receipts light
supplies moderate; demand moderate!
| market steady. North Carolina, bushel
| baskets, Porto Ricans and Yellow Yams
| 81; Nancy Halls, u. S. No. 1, 1925: Mary
land. bushel baskets, Goldens, U. S. No. J.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. light; demand
moderate: market steady. Virginia,
$50 ACC; primes, 1O@1sc; culls' SOFA
| each.
Lima Beans-supplies moderate; de
mand moderate; market about STEADY
few best So. Delaware. $3.50 a.: rs
Maryland and Pennsylvania, mostly fail
quality and condition, $2@2.5O.
snap Beans-Supplies moderate; de
mand moderate; market steady. New
Jersey, bushel hampers, green Flat type
mand moderate: market slightly weaker
Pennsylvapia. bushel baskets, Use Qd
Honeydews No carlot arrivals: i
demand moderate: market steady. Cali
fornia, jumbo crates. Ss, 81; standard
crates, IS to 12s $2.25; Turlock section
s sSmSS Gre efstes S. ss
ard crates. ss to 12s. SO.
Oranges-Three California arrived;
broken and unbroken cars on track
California, boxes, S4.25@6.25. as to grade
and size.
LemOns-No carlot arrivals: no carr
on track. California. boxes, No. I
$7509S: No. Is, $7@750.
Carrots-one California arrived; nj
cars on track. Pennsylvania, 25@S0C
per dozen punches; bushel baskets
Beets-Pennsylvania. soc per dozsr
punches.
Grapes-No carlot arrivals; broker
car on track. California. lug boxes
Thompson Seedless. $1.75; Ribiers 81
Red Malagas, $1.75; White Malagas
$3.50.
CauIifIower-No carlot arrivals;
broken car ON track. New York, crates
CatskiIl section, $2@z.26.