Evening star., 1953-05-07
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations supplied by the
United States Agriculture Department:
Apples-Bushel baskets and boxes.
U. s. Is, Pennsylvania. Delicious, ga
2h inches up. 3.25: U. 8. fancy. ga.
inch minimum, 400; New jersey Romes.
ga inches I'D. $50: 2h inches up.
325-50; West Virginia Yorks. 2ha inches
up. Door condition. $50.
Potatoes-Barely steady. o. S. IL.
size A. unwashed. Pennsylvania. So
pound sacks. Katahdins. 70-S5; few 30
cents. New slightly stronger. Florida
Sebagos. washed. 1OO-pound sacks, U. 8.
Is. size A. 4O0-25.
Sweet Potatoes-Bushel baskets and
50-5. 90; few fine quality $50; New
Jersey Goldens and Jersey Orange.
Beans and CABBAGE.
Asparagus - Pyramid crates, dozen
few 500 fancy. 3.50-3.75: small, 2.25-
extTa fancy an yiFgina' hpGu sTss
steady New Jersey. slightly stronger
others.
Snap beans-BaEely steady. Florida.
tenders. fair quality, 2.o0-2,50; few good
quality, 800.
Lima beans-No supplies on the mar
Beets-:No65th Carolina. crates, 80
Cabbage-siightly weaker. Domestic.
round, bushel baskets. packed locally:
Florida. 1.25: North Carolina, 1.15-1.25;
soIa,s South caTUlna fair sncks quality e:
bushel Wirebound crates. North Carolina.
1.50-1.75. few 200.
nond cagloTsF efsssF NoTth GsFel!ps wire
Corn --.,Vs Weaker gndertone Florida
s.oS-5 50; SO dozen, oxen fair to generally
Cucumbers-Barely steady. Florida,
bushel baskets, some waXed, 4.50-5.25,
some nH: best 5;3O-5515; fair quality $.5e-
Stronger; Florida busheI
basket. medium to large, 3.25-3.5O; fair
Endive@strons; offerings light; Flor
ida. l 1/9 bushels, wirebound cartons,
Greens and Lettuce.
Greens--Bushel basket and hampers:
nearby raps SSa5ds 3 Go tuFan fae toos
poorer, so. RepackS, cartons. 10-ounce
ccellophssnne bags. kaie 6s' co. SIS. 1.aO;
LeeksWNew Jersey bundles, 25-stalks.
Lettuce-North Carolina, 5-peck ham,
per. iceberg, 1;50-225; poorer, low as
Mushrooms--Maryland and, Pennsyl-
1519 low stssdH as oe Gior;da pns s5
onions-5oopound sacks United States
No, !; Georgia yellow Bermudas' medi-
Onions (sreenJ-Nearby per bunch
2-3, few 3Ha; New Jersey cartons. 1896;
bundle, 1.00-1.@5; some. IS.
basket; 75-l 90; bushel basket, 1.75;
Peas-slightly weaker; bushel ham
&c., 8eGS ESrh south cafoiIns fsF Csa5y go
Peppers = Barely steady. Florida.
bushel baskets California Wonder type.
medium to large. 2.75-3.50: poorer. rs
DasEs5s snsasSs 50 5aneSes NortS sfoS earolisa g.
nearby, per bunch, 90; white. 3.
Rhubarbs-Nearby per bunch 10;
-spinach-Bushel baskets. Savoy, Md.
lophane bags. 6s 90; IS; 1.20: 12s, so.
peTs sauashEEm st The sms n91do to msdn Sqfnf aa s
$50; poorer low as 90; yellow straight
necks. $50: crooknecks, fair quality.
80: 1;5G; '4-bgsheI hampers yellow straight
f4S in iso sss4sr s: s9S s
vania is-bushe baskets. few Is.
MISUNDERSTANDING hot-house, per
dozen punches. IS.
Poultry Quotations.
weak PGu1yMake Dn rSeas suppcs shrsy ypen sfHdy w
esay sht Crosses
nary fowl, fair to good on hest Some
pekin ducks sold today and yesterday
nt Bounds os sfofTs mostly aso 0yaf Hens
Pekins, 34-a5. " ~
Livestock Markets.
Cattle, soO holdovers, 400: eauiva-
loads stock cattle. trading moderately
active and generally fully steady with
Monday. scattered sales steers on the
strong side %OSt Of os steer run oDSs G0Sd
bulk sales. 2O75-225o; small lot and
odd head choice to $500: few small lots
an osd Snd nd roHd rns and 1900 1000
utility, heifers; i4;66-15.;!6o: few com: n:
tta II coSs Gamers 1g % and Cutters, 90,
1900: few commercial sausage bulls.
II 7,O019.OO: utility bulls, l5.50-17;00:
a63S pound stocker and feeder steers.
20,O0-22.5 inferior and common. 429-
97G Ga,Ses5o! pegnds 7GS1s,eH slow etsadv to weak
sorting much closer. fairly broad demand
for high good to prime but other grades
msinS little It'll SUf done 20 others
Hogs-1,o 900; fairly active: bsrrows
cents and fs oEer scsnT oer wees and soSs
and giits 95.0o5a5: e4o-270o pounds:
to weight and condition: 1901 40 pounds.
= = 20 50-e2 20; 14o.1so pounSs: I'd % SO:
under under 100 iSS poupds pdOs 20. 90. ts mostly
heavier weights. 1900 down; odd stags.
100000 under price OF same weight
sheep.-Ioo: run confined T. to sprins
otse os eood to prne
5000.
Grain Market.
Flour-Receipts, 1o,66o 1oo-pound
Wheat-Receipts. 67.sos bushels: ship
No. 2 red winter garlicky. ospot; dones-
ments. s4s73 bushels; stocks. s.a39'O5a
oats--Receipts, 5000 bushels; ship
mentS. none: stocks. none.
Barley-Receipts none: shipments.
none: stocks SEQ bushels.
Rye-Receipts. 13.4A4 bushels; ship
mentS none: stocks. Sa7 bushels.
Sovbeans-Receipts. none shipments.
none: stocks 3SS 400 bushels.
Millfe~I -r~~~'~tS Sn3 tons.
Egg Market Unsettled.
yesterdays Qu"tationS.l
Eggs--Market unsettled. Prices de-
clined 1a-2 cents on large and mediums.
/ cent lower on current receipts. Oner-
ines in excess and slow to clear under
a generally light demand. Few lots Of
small eggs purchased at 4o-43.
Prices paid fob. Baltimore bT nrst
Large. minimum so. percent a aual;;
ity. whites 5o-S3h; brown ,,1 and i,3,,I mizsoo so
percent A quality. whites, 41-51: brown
and mixed colors. 4T-51. Current re-
ceipts 44.45: few higher.
Egg receipts-3,050 cases.