Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-12
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Talks With some Of the Large VeSeta
Dealers Of rhis CITY.


Dealers Of ans CITY.
A REGISTER reporter spent few mln'
utes Yesterday skirmishing around
among the commission houses on Mar
ket street, near Eleventh, sampllng
nears. apples and whatever else OF a ve4-
etahle nature he could lay his repOrtOrl-
al hands upon. At Bachman Il Meyer :,
one oil the largest commission houseS III
the State, We had lew moments con
yersation with Mr.. II. c. Meyer, VIII"
gave us some OF the salient points o. the
stains oil the business Tor the past SIX
months, and also some predictions Tor
the winter. "On account OF the very
low stage OF water this summer and lali
all kinds Of produce were scarce. heet'
ing derives her supply OF potatoes, p0ul
try, butter. vegetables. x, irom points
below here, and from I"ese NJ have
been cut oil fOT the last hall year, almost
entirely, although We were able IRON
other sources to supply the demands
very nearly ali the ;!Rt, from the Las;
and from points accessible by rail. 50
far as prices were concerned the iruII
serson Mas u good one. All kinds OF
iruit finding really aud rapid sae as
soon AS it arrived here. Strawberries
and raspherries were almost an average
crop, although there were large quaint
ties diverted from this market to chicago
and the West this year. This happened
in Belmont and Guernsey counties, .,
and is accounted for by reason OF tie
superior prices obtained i'll The West.
Peaches were handled in large quaint
ties and were sold at moderate prices,
although generally at prices higher t!ian
have been obtained tor some time. inns
cron was about one third, and the
reaches came from MARYLAND and Viz
ginia. Apples are about a hall crop.
The early varieties were very
fine and choice, while the fall
specin ems are not nearly so tine, and
they do not promise 10 keep well. In
this vicinity the supply was very light,
and We obtained ours from down the
river. do not think apples will last
long this fall and toward spring they
will be high and scarce. Potatoes are
nearly failure in this locality and con-
seQuently high. They are coming IN IN
large quantities from Northern New
York and the West. They cost from SLID
10 s.. % per 5ushel. The floods OF June
DESTROYED the crops OF potatoes along
the river and the drouth did the rest Tor
them in other localities. Sweet potatoes
are going up on account OF the failure OF
the late crops. All in all the season has
not been as bad one as We expected.
Xarnitz Bros. X Co, large commission
merchants, said: "rhe apple crop IS
little precar.o Gus. Our supplies are drawn
from Belmont and Monroe counties in
Ohio and from the river counties OF
West Virginia. We ship some to PhiIa-
delphia, where We get from S2.4O to
$500 barrel, but large proportion OF
the apples are sold right
here for home consumption.
Potatoes are a failure here and our
supplies come from northern New York.
They are worth from g % TO - 30 per
barrel. At the beginning OF the sea,On
thew cost from so to - and 50 cents 4
bushel, but they soon ran up in price.
The grape crop was both light and poor,
and the grapes were high III price, as
also are pears. Turnips are worth \
dollar barrel. Onions come from
Cleveland. They are worth g 10 bar
rel and are largely sold in this city, and
are yearly becoming more popular.
Other dealers in produce and fruits
gave US similar data, and all agree that
produce, fruits and vegetables will be
high this winter.