Evening star., 1944-12-12
Washington Produce

from the war Food Administration,
EGGs-Market Arm; fresh receipts con-
tinued and storage STOCKS in limited supply;
seasonal increases slow in contrast to
prices paid for Federai-state graded esq eggs
received from grading stations December
H. H. Whites. browns mixed colors Y, g
srade a; medium 40. average AS; U; 8
frsds .Is large as CONN commercially srsdsd
B, AZ: current receipts, nearby. ungraded
LIVE PouLTRy-only a few coops OF
Fruits and Vegetables.
sales to am. on this morning whole
sale sppi PaEkst II less than esrIot quantities
Maryland: Pennsylvania. Virginia and West
Virginia. bushel baskets and Eastern crates
ne H0 s'aymsns nan ss snd teD Delicious
2ta-inch minimum. 3 35o-3.75; low as 3.25
mostly around $50 BLACK Twies Pa
S2.;inch minimum 1880; mostly a,25
mostly 5o.3 s5 inu alinch Minimum 800
s2S; mostly around 500: %%"inch mini.
mum 2.50-2.75; unclsssifed various va.
rieties, drops, culls, some utility, 100.
ea SNAP PsisE BEARsmMaTfeb RestlM a9 steady Florida
bushel baskets, Tendergreens, 4.00-4 25
PSss Bast 1.enas Sqs isr ansty ;sx s.s few sss ss
and condition, 4.oo-4 30. Pientifqls' best
100; few sales 425' fair quality and
cABBAoEIMarket slightly weaker. Do
nests msstie round type North caroina dd 80
baskets, packed locally. l.50-l.5 mostl,
read, l.boe.oo; mostly around 100; New
around 200: Florida, 50-pound sacks do
mestic round type, few sales :e.75
CARRoTsmMarset i,iI rm a, ceiling L
baskets. topped. washed, eoreIess, mostly
2.0o-2 IS; fair quality and condition. l75-
zoo; New Jersey, bushel baskets, topped
ss;hed as otsiT tsr sTslsy oo and condition 16-
fornia a crates and io-inch crates,
rimmes d tops oqlden Geld Heart 2,a5 dozen
s1''y .Pa TBS 4"ss ssie 2e
best 200; Ordinary to fair quality ane
plies very light; California; L. A. crates
eSf rqyas ras9efn aGef crates M BIZ Bostor
type, . dozen. mostly 1.s0.
Onion Prices Steady.
sacks; .. s. No. ]: yellows,. 6o-7o per CEN
: inches eo. and LARGER, Michigan and ol, ohio
sales. 200; some 1880 per cent 2 inches
and larger, mostly so; few sales. IS
Colorado, sweet Spanish, % inches. 65-
1.55: mostly 1.75; few sales, 1855.
PEPPERS-Market about steady. Flor
ida bushel baskets. World Beaters > so
300; few California Wonders. fine quail
ity, $50; fair quality and condition, . So
800; Texas. bushel baskets Ruby Kings,
:! .0o-3 so; mostly 325; California Won.
ders. fne quality. 3,5o-4 90; 11a-bushel
PoTAToEs-Market steady. loo.pound
,s!,,. ssekS s. No J Maine; Batshdins: ( ns
few sales higher 50-pound paper sacks,
1851 IS: New York Katahdins, 100
pound SACKS, U. S. No. l. 5000 25.
mostly 325 few sales higher.
SPINACH-Market about steady Bushel
baskets. Savoy type: Norfolk section OF
Virginia, mostly around ! 50: fair quality
and condition. few sales 35: few sales
best. rs; Texas, ,5O-l.15; mostly l.50,
few sales lower.
SQUASH-Market steady. Florida.
bushel hampers, yellow type: Supplies
insufficient to quote. Bushel hampers,
white; wrapped fair quality and condition,
S;5o-3O0; few, sales best high as, $50;
kets. Acorn SQUASH, generally Eood quail
ity 1.25-l.50, fair quality and condi-
ton. 90.
TOMATORS-Market firm; practically
no fresh supplies on the market Repacks.
lug boxes, green and turning. wrapped, 6x6
and larger 650-7 90, mostly 700; some
fair quality and condition, q 90: l0-pound
cartons, mostly :.35, few sales, 3.25; fair
quality and condition. low as 2 90
WATERCRESS-Virgi and West Vir-
ginla. per bunch, IS. few sales e.