The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Washington
Produce
prices Paid Shippers-Net F. o. B.
Washington
~ Us. Bureau of AEriC uIturnl Economic

Washington
BY Us. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Eggs-Market steady to firm at un-
changed pTces. Government graded and
dated eggs; Whites L. S. extras, large,
2Jil cents, u. S extras, mediums, 2412
cents. S standards. large. 251a cents;
L. S. standards mediums, 221s cents.
Nearby ungraded eggs: Current receipts,
22l2 q IS cents: whites, 24m241a cents
Live POultry-Market higher on fowls,
Virginia rocks and turkeys. Fowl: Col
ored, heavy. 17@2O cents: No. 2's 1S4
IA cents leghorns II cents; rOosters,
l2ml3 cents. Chickens; Virginia rocks
% "A cents; Delaware rocks and crosses
2OG22 cents; mixed COlors. Is cents
Young turkeys: Hens, 25@27 cents, a
few at a premium: toms, 23625 cents,
few at a premium. Guineas, pounds
and over, 5Om6N cents each. under .
pounds, 1905 so cents each. Capons. :
pounds and over. 2SG 30 cents; slips and
underszes, 22025 cents.
L. C. l.. EMPRESS RECEIPTS
FIorida-t6 lugs avocados, - lugs
lines. II hushel baskets parsley, II
crates $50 pounds eaChl tangerines. 64
bushel baskets peppers. IS bushel baskets
squash, refrigerators G5O pints each)
strawberries, 11O bushel baskets snap
California-25 lugs mixed avocados and
citrus fruit
Unknown Origin-39 crates mixed vege-
ia bles.
Pennsylvania-2s4 3-lb. baskets mush-
rooms.
Michigan-35 (55-lb. cartons) rhu0arb
Virginia. barrels watercress.
AppleS-No CarlOt arrivals; l unbroken
car on track. Bushel baskets, [. 5. No.
l, supplies liberal, demand very slow
market dull. Maryland Pennsylvania,
Virginia and West Virginia, Grimes,
practically no demand; "a inch mini
mum, 500 soc; 212-inch minimum. 5O@
csc; Staymans, "a inch minimum, 6Od
65C: 212-inCh minimum. $4,000; ~
inch minimum, $191.1O; Yorks, "a
inch minimum, 4O@ soc; 2k-inch mini
mum, 60175c: pa inch minimum. so
S5c; Yorks, 2A-inch minimum 40 q soc:
minimum. 759S5c; Black Twigs, 2ta-
inch minimum, 65M 75c; 2%-inCh mini
mum. 75@S5c; Delicious, Pa inch mini
mum, 75@S5c; 212-inch minimum, $1G
1.10; Golden Delicious 2l4-nCh mini
mum, 5@75c; 2i3-inch minimum, 9Oc q
81; 2%-nch minimum. s1@1.15; utility
grade, 15G 25C. less; sCalded or decayed,
rs q soc less. Boxes and cartoons: Penn
sylvania and Virginia, combna tion ex-
ira fancy and fancy Delicious, 1l3s-l5Os
mans 113s-15Os. $1.25 @1.4O; SOs-1Oos
$1.35615O: Golden Delicious. 113s-15Os.
$115@135: SOs-1OOs. s125 q $50; Para
gons, 113s-150s, $1G1.35; SOs-1o0s, $1.35
OILS; fancy. Grimes S5c @$1.25, with
very few sales Romes, 1l3s-13Ss, $1.1OW
1.2j; 72s-96s, s1.5O@1.65; C grade, De-
licious, 81 a 1.25. as to size.
Mixed Vegetables-One Texas arrived,
, broken and unbroken cars on track.
Snap Beans-No carlot arrivals,
broken car on track, Supplies light, de-
mand light, market slightly weaker.
Florida, bushed hampers, Boutnifuls 81;
Stringless Black Valentines. $3.50 a 2.75.
Lima Beans and Cucumbers-Supplies
insufficient to quote.
Peppers-Supplies light, demand light,
market steady. Florida 1i@-bushel
crates green. s2.5O@S; hushel hampers,
California Wonders, S2.25; World Beat
ers, 81.
Squash-Supplies light. demand light
market steady. Florida bushel hampers.
white. wrapped S1.5Om2.
Eggplant-Supplies light, demand light,
market steady. Florida, / L -bushel crates,
$25O@3; bushel hampers, $1.5062.
rawberries-Supplies very light de-
mand slow; market dull. Florida, So
pint crates, Klondikes, CSC per pint.
POtatOes-Three Maine arrived; bro
ken and unbroken cars on track. Mar
ket steady; 1OO-pound sacks, U. s No. l ::
Maine. Green Mountains, s1.4O@1.5o;
Pennsylvania, ,Cobblers, s1.25; Idaho,
Russet Burbanks. s1.85T1.9O; Florida
Tomatoes No carlot arrivals; no
cars on track. Supplies light; demand
moderate; market steady. Florida, truck
receipts, lug boxes, green. ripes and
turning, wrapped, 6x6, $292.50; SKI,
i$15062, poorer, lower.