New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-12
PLENTY OF POTATOES PROMISED.
GOOD CROPS ON THIS CONTINENT.

GOOD CROpS ON 1IlO tON
PROSPECTS FOR AN EXPORT DEMAND-CHANGEst ~
THE MANNER OF CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS
TALKS WITH DEALERS.
IF there were any people so patriotic as 10
feel Inundated at having TO eat imported potatoes e
winter they can rest assured that the yield OF TINS spe
I'm ths country and the British Provinces TINS season
win Inc more than enough to supply home consumption
THE imports Of potatoes last season amounted 10 hou1
600 900 bushels. Had IL not been for TINS large nm
p"rt9ton the prices for this staple article OF food
would have been so high as to have paced u ir
viii GO from West to the Atlantic The light
crop IN south of Ireland Scotland and parts OF he
Continent will give an outlet FOR some Oh Tue so !o'"
The potato trade in this city is growing in size and the
few wears ago. The depot for the New-York Central
and Hudson River Railroad at the Manhattan Market
site presents busy scene especially In hc carry
morning. be found in the city Hundreds 40, OF
groccrs wagons vendors carts and trucks are loaded
every dav ON the south side OF the long row OF brick
stores willie inside small army OF men are NJ WORK
emptyIng the potato sacks and unloading the cars
which are run down in the rear OF the building me
dealers this depot have organized an EXchag
with rooms in the Manhattan Market Building when
viii helm TO further systematic the business Only three
vcars ogo the buyers had to founder through yard
filled with mud as they tried to lnd the dealers VINO n"u
From twenty forty of potatoes now arrive diy
nj this depot The Erie depot In Jersey city ncreas
Ing in Importance and Is especially convenient ior SNIP
pcrs and the dealers in West washington Marke ltS
conveniences are being increased ana as We roa TUE
through fertile part OF this state. ana also connects
Michigan. Ohio and Indiana, It receives large amount
of this staple which Is of good quality Potatoes are
now selling at wholesale AT - To - 70 nartel OF ~
pounds. But they are likely to be stl cheaper before
fong The varieties in market include the standard
early rose the Burbanks Seeding peerless, carry
Hebron. snowflake and pride OF the valley; =, :,
TEiDuNE reporter Tefent a W TAX NJ wh the Man
haitian Market. There is very good crop of pota-
toes" said he and it Is Of excellent quality WIN
fine exception Of the eastern part of this state ana small
belt in the central part where the crop suffered from
drouth there is hardly place where the crop Is NOT
good The Western States are already sending II large
quantity OF stock of good size and color ana IL Sells
better than States production. Maine ana the
oufli
must cheap aud that there will be plenty for export
There has been good business done In shipping
potaoes here from the West, but the competition ana
resulting low prices have made it less profitable lately
noticeable change in the manner doing business here
is the almost complete disappearance OF the commission
dealers Almost all Of the NcwYork dealers now send
men into the country to buy for them"
Mr. Heard. OF the firm of Heard Br0thcrS, sald IN
answer to the reporters questions " Yes; the potato
crop will be unusually large and of fine cooking Qualities
The Weld is heavy all the West. Potatoes nave
been bought IN Ohio. Indiana and Michigan recently
for - cents bushel; which enables them to ne ald
down i'm New-York cheaper than state stock \ man
who has just arrived from Prince Edwards Island tells
that the crop there is larger and liner i ever pc
large crops know Of no place where tue Yea Is gf
except up the Hudson few ola 9e ossS IN td" p part cG
But the country is large and potatoes grow all over IL
The market cannot be cOrncred. That was tried last
wear and il failed Scotland and England and Germany
The state Of Maine has fIne crop OF the best quality.
yet the East has sent no potatoes to market It's
crop pcns later and when does the market VIII be APT
10 he gutcd Especially is this so because great
many OF the exported potatoes Will be shipped from the
West through Baltimore. Then. too. our Southern ship
mcnts will he cut off, because the West Will supply
Southern cities Potatoes are almost as cheap IN New
Orleans as here. We shipping u few potatoes to
Cuba and South America. We must look TO Europe Tor
an outlet. and undoubtedly Great Britain VIII want
some potatoes, but the idea that we could ship them
with profit to Switzerland of our representatives,
In that country suggested seems to me npracucable
would cost too much for freight understand that
Hungary has fair crop and that country would DC TOO
near by to compete with her. Crops appear To
have iii good. owing the rains. Late potatoes
are still growing and the vines green The onion
crop is unusually fine Sweet potatoes are plenty ana OF
fine quality Though the apple crop Is failure III the
western part OF this state the orchards in Michigan ana
other western States have borne fine fruit There Is
already profitable export trade to Liverpool and other
- What do yOu think Of the effort Of the Produce
Exchange Committee to regulate the size OF packages for
potatoes, apples, etc.l n"
II is well enough but look an Exchange more as
place that gives facilities for gambling. ii may do i0r
wheat cotton which are not so perlshanIe
a. potatoes. But to sell them wants 10 be HSht
i'm the business. such one can 20 around on thc
market and sell consignment OF potatoes early III the
morning long before Exchange Is OPEN ~ the time
n broker rot back the Office with his sample 1t would
be 3 d. III. aud too late 10 sell anything"