The Washington times., 1938-08-11
Washington
Produce

price Paid shIppers-Net F. o. b.
WashingtOD)
By U. s. Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics
Eggs-Market steady. Premiums of !
to 2 cents being paid on nearby un.
graded white eggs. Government graded
and dated eggs: Whites: U. s. extras
large, 32h cents; U. s. extras, mediums
26h cents; U. s. Standards large, %
cents: U. s. standards, mediums, Q;
II cents. Nearby ungraded eggs, cur
rent receipts whites. 21h to 22h cents
mixed colors, 10 to 20 cents
Live Poultry-Market about steady
Broilers and fryers low as Is cents on
occasional lots according to quality
is to Is cents; under pounds, Is to
Is cents; No. 2's, IL to 1S cents; leg
horns 13 to is cents; roosters, 10 to l.
cents. Chickens: Virginia ROC 8
broilers and fryers, all sizes. II to Ia
cents; No. 2's. IS to IL cents. Della
ware rocks and crosses. broilers end
fryers, all sizes, II to Is cents; No
2s, 1S cents; mixed colored fryers, II
to is cents; No. 2's. 10 to ~ cents
I,eEhorns broilers, all sizes, II to IL
cents. Turkeys: Old hens. 20 cents: old
toms, II cents: few broilers, small II
to 20 cents.
Fiorida-34 bushel crates lines and
45 Iugs lines, 20 crates pineapples Al
lugs avocados, 80 bushel baskets okra
10 lugs mangoes.
south Carolina-41 baskets lima beans
North Carolina-36 baskets okra' Al
|half-bushel baskets okra.
Tennessee-22 half-bushel baskets okra
New Jersey-55 (24-QuarD crates blue
berries.
Maine-14 crates blueberries.
UnknowE-12 crates mixed vegetables
California-14 boxes figs.
Apples-Market dull. One Calltornls
arriv ed; unbroken car on track; Bushe
baskets: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Viz
ginia and West Virginia, Transparents
U. s. No. l, inches minimum; 70 ISc
2h inch minimum, 10000. Wealthys
u 8. No. /, A-inch minimum, mostly
around soc: 2h inch minimum, 7O375c
Northwestern Greetings, U. s. No:
2h inch minimum, IS @75c; "a -lncf
minimum. S5c@$1. Rambos. U. 8 No
mum, 65075c. Peters, U. S. No. /, IN
inch minimum. 75@sOc; 2h Inch mini
mum, $1.10@1.16.
Cantaloupes-Market steady. No car
lot arrivals; 1 broken car on track. Cali
fornia, Salmon Meats, Jumbos 27s. So
36s, $3.50; ASS, H.75. Eastern Shore
Maryland, Hearts of Gold, 2-3 crates
24s, 75c; bushel baskets, 75@s0c.
Honeydews-Market steady. One Cali
fornia arrived; 2 broken and unbroken
cars on track California, Jumbo crates
Ss and 12s, $1.75@2; standard cantaloupe
crates, ass, $3@325 Arizona, standard
and jumbo crates. SIS to 12s. S202.15.
Carrots-Market steady. No carlot ar
rivals; 1 broken car on track: Callfor.
mia, Western crates, punched, $S.2 @
$50. Pennsylvania, bushel baskets
topped, washed, 75c; per dozen punches.
rs cents.
Celery-Market steady. One New York
arrived; broken and unbroken cara
on track. Michigan, \ crates. individu'
ally washed. 3-3h dozen, s2@225. New
York, n crates individually washed
3-6 dozen. $2,25@2.50.
Lettuce-Market dull. One California
arrived: broken and unbroken cars or
track. California, Western crates. Ice
berg type, dozen. $S@3.5O; mostly 81
@S.25; poorer, $3.50. New York, East
ern crates, Big Boston type Dozen
65@75c.
onions-Market steady. No carlot ar
rivals; no cars on track. Truck re
ceipts moderate. Twenty-pound sacks
yellows, U. s. No. /: Massachusetts,, 75c
New Jersey. 65@75c: Pennsylvania. 81
075c.
Peaches-Market weak. No carlot ar
rivals; no cars on track. Truck receipts
bertas, U. s. No. /. 2-2H Inch minimum
$1.50@2; 1% inch minimum, $1Q1.5e
U. s. No. 2, all sizes, 5Oc@&1: bushe
baskets Hales U: 8. No. !, 1%incf
l,sai BASKETS. Bellies. ElOertas and aaies
U. S. No. l, % inch minimum 81; 20
west virginia, bushel baskets. Bellies
U. S. No. 1, 2-2A Inch minimum, best
$50; poorer, 75c. New Jersey, 6nshe
baskets Bellies; U. 8. No. y s-sA-lncf
PeasmMarket steady. One Colorado
1 Idaho arrived; broken and un
broken cars on track. Bushel hampers
Telephones: Colorado. 22@2.2s; Wash
Potatoes-One Idaho arrived; 1 unbro
ken car on track. 100-pOund sacks, COP
blers, U. s. No. /: New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, S5c@$1; California, 100
pound sacks, White Rose, $2.75.
Mixed VegetableS-No carlot arrivals
broken car on track.
Snap Beans-Market steady. PennsyL
vania, bushel hampers long flat type
few sales, 6o@66c.
Lima Reans-Market steady, New Jer
sey, bushel hampers, $1.7H@2.
Cauliflower-Market steady. Crates
New York, S1.25@1.50; fair condition
81; California, SIS.
Sweet Potatoes-Market steady. Nortf
Carolina; bushe, BASKETS; Fuereo h'eanS
Observation-Disclosures steady. Boa
receipts equivalent to cars Virginia
Truck receipts moderate. Truck: Nortl
Carolina, Tom Watsons, 5O-Sz-pount
average, S0@35c each. Georgia, RATTLE
snake, S0-32-pound average. 50@60c each
West Virginia, bulk per 100 melons
Oranges California arrived, broker
and 2 unbroken cars on track. Cal1for
mia, standard boxes, $s@3.5O, as to grade
and size.
Lemons-California, boxes, No. 1, s.
@625; No. 2. $5@5.25, as to size.
| Limes-Florida, Persian Y boxes 81
1 SO; bushel baskets, $2.50@3: as to size
observation-disclosures baskets flat
81. .5O01.75.
Pears-California, boxes Bartletts, $l.7
q 225, as to grade and size.
Grapes-One California arrived; no car
on track. California, lug boxes, Thomp
son Seedless, $1.48@1.75: Red Malagas
$1.5O61.75. Eastern Shore Maryland
cartons containing IL 2-Quart baskets
blue varieties and mixed blue and whit
varieties, 81.
Blueberries-Maine and Nova Scotia
1S zoe per quart. New Jersey, cult
waited, 25@S0c per pint; poor stock loV
as 1Oc.
Huckleberries-west Virginia. 12h q
15c per quart.
Plums-California, 4-basket flats, vari
Gus varieties, $2.25@2.75.
| Avocados-Florida, flat crates, 75c q IL
| Cabbage-Relief. One New York al
rived; 2 unbroken cars on track. Penn
sylvania. IN bushel hampers. Roun'
type, 65@75c.
Parsnips- Pennsylvania, h-bushe
baskets 4OQ5Oc.
Rhubarb-Pennsylvani 3Sc per doze
| lunches
BROCC LI-Pennsylvania, crater
8 punches, SIPS.