Evening star., 1953-05-26
Produce Markets

:. Baltimore quotations supplied by the
united states Agriculture DEPARTMENT.:
8. Is, Virginia delicious "l4-21a inch
ssaps 2A-@ia inch 5.s5. s-ait inch ' up
Potatoes--No / dull o. 8. Is size A
unwashed Katahdin type Pennsylvania
550o-ppoound sacks 1875. 1O-pound sacks
Sweet potatoe-BusheI baskets and
hampers ". s. Is Maryland Puerto
Beans and Cabbage.
-, ,AAsparagus-sliEhtly stronger: pyra:
and md 6esSsre Sffsss dozen eoos SInchf Ms5and
$50; Extra fancy 'sr 200; fSrSoo fSney 6Nv few
COLOSSAL: E% 4.5oo5 a. .ooi extra fancy, sss;
Snap beans-slishtiy weaker: bushel
nampsts Co. North teT b.:f sarOns
$:oo; ,contenders s.75; South h'SS't4ns. caroiins,
vaientines' a6 ! mes ordinary to fair quality.
cabbase1slightly stronger; domestic
6nshel 6;ni. Baskets; eo a pointed type, 90; VIZ:
wirebound crates. packed locally, 60-s5.
IT cosn1Firm; FL Florida; crates yellow
s go g dozen. fair 70 general good duality,
qreens-Bushel baskets and hampers.
$500; rape, s5; turnip tops, $3.50
dozen; Delaware, 2.oO-2 .25; New Jersey.
New jersey. eastern. era crates. SIS Boston; sto@;
2-dozen: LOO: ,bushei. basket, Romaine,
1.o9-1.5e; o9-1 g nearby bushel basket ice6ers'
= Green onions-Nearby, per bunch,
Parsley@curly. New Jersey, a-bushel
easket. l.OO-l25; Ohio, s-ouart basket,
Radishes-Nearby, per bunch, s;aa
cents; ooi oPennnssyylvanis nsyI luss. 80 bunches;
bunehes, 75-l 90. few I.l5. "
Rhubarb-Nearby. per bunch, $40.
Spinach = Bqshel basket. Savoy,
Maryland. 1.00-1.50.
Poultry Quotations.
Poultry-Market barely steady. Sup
plies of most classes more than ample
for q limited and selectiye demand.
while some .off-quality fowl sold for "a
cents, Broilers or fryers, over 3 pounds.
1880 cents. Hens, heavy type, 34-35
livestock Markets.
Cattle, 900: not enough any class cat
tie sold to establish a trading basis.
Calves, 200: active, steady; mixed good
to prime lots, 23,0O-26; 90; but prime
sooG ana sns sh6ee e ay Had Gti an
commeTcial, 16:0O-19. 90; odd culls down
to 1900 or under.
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pSunds oS56s heHiR% HEAVIER vGsSo veiGsts,
condition. aG"n 9aofo oaff9FqnG ponnds o %e1st end
14o-16O pounds. 23. -2425; 16O-1S0
pounds, o2a5,ooO-25; choice sows; under
around $50 pounGs s' and i iishter Goo a6eG neso
$500: 400. .45O pounds. 2O.0O-2I 90;
heavier weights. 1000 downward
mSed soSd 3D. to oTany pre steady truck .h- lot
lambs, 90; odd head utility and good
65-7S pounds. 2".OO-25.O0
Grain Market.
Flour-Receipts. 69S9 1OO-pound
.s,j;, s,Wjhest,-RecsdIpats,;o esst,-.Re a,o 154,ses bushels;
la1eky sSO Bushels domestic NG s sd vPssF Mss
3:isfs; No ). o:G3ia, N'l0a' May
shipments i soS.'$soo bushels; 0ss0sts; stoeks,
oats@Receipts, $500 bushels; ship
ments none; stocks none. -,
noPs BsFsERfsf4Ofs sfocE s. bushts Hsn' shipments
stocks, S97 bushels.
soybeans;-ReeeiDts cans; none; shipments
MillfeedNReceipts. 30 tons.
EgE Market Steady.
(Yesterday's Qu0tations.)
Eggs-Market about steady Prices
on large were half cent higher, balance
unchanged Receipts moderate Offer-
ings not heavy. been fully ample. Trad
ing slow. One lot of oil-processed for
market.
Prices paid fob Baltimore by FIRST
receivers: Large Large, min1imgm i1 So per cent
mixed colors 4Si2-5lla. Mediums min
imum so per cent A quality whites,
46-4S: brown and mixed colors. 46-4S.
Current receipts, 41-44; few higher;
mostly 43l.
Esq receipts-3.3s9 eases.