The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-19
NEW MARKETS FOR TRUCK.
Savannah Vegetables Going to the
West and Northwest.

west and Northwest
This week will be busy one with the
truck farmers. as potatoes and beans will go
forward heavily by rail and steamer.
The action Of the Pennsylvania railroad
In compelling commission merchants to
take goods regardless of condition and pay
ire ght charges has caused considerable loss
to receivers, and this action will have a
tendency to diminish the shipments of
Florida vegetables. In fact, northern COM
mission men have advised no further ship
ments OF beans and squash from Florida,
as there is no hope of a reaction in prices of
Florida beans ard squash on account of
Savannah and Charleston sending them in
heavily.
The Stacking of Florida vegetables viii.
have tendency, it is believed. of main
tanning present prices of Savannah vege-
tables, even if it does not cause a slight ad-
vance.
Savannah beans sold in New York Sat
urday at 81 1215 per crate, and in Philadel-
phla at 81. This is not as good as was ex-
pected, and leaves only slight margin for
growers, as these sales, reported by tele-
gram to Hart Bros, we're of goods in the
best condition which were sent by refrig-
orator car. With freight by refrigerator
car to New York at 81 cents per crate, and
from 10 to 20 cents for picking, with cost of
package, commission and handling, the
margin is quite small
THE REFRIGERATOR TRUCK.
During last week eight refrigerator cars,
containing about $500 packages, went
north, besides the solid vegetable trains
daily by the Coast line and shipments by
steamer.
Tomorrow Mr.. R. NJ. C. Crawford will
send refrigerator car of Savannah vegeta-
bles to Cincinnati, the first of the kind ever
made nE
tables aud potatoes will also be
sent to Chicago and Cincinnati dur
ing the week, a new departure of
finding western and northwestern market
for Savannah truck. These shipments will
to some extent relieve the supply to north
ern markets and, it is predicted, will have
tendency to keep prices up.
Cucumbers will begin to go forward to-
day, and before the week closes the ship
ments viii be heavy, with good demand,
at from 81 to So 30 per crate, as to quality.
Beans were shipped quite largely last
week, and there will be heavy shipments
this week, with one more week of shipments
before the bulk of the crop is moved.
Prices, 1t is thought, will range from 81 to
81 Is, as to quality. Should the bottom be-
gin to drop out of the market, Savann nah
truckers will hold off until the demand
compels better prices. The truck farmers
who plant on an extensive scale are salts
fed with 81 Is per crate.
THE POTATO CROP.
Potatoes will move quite freely this week,
and Savannah meyer had a more promising
crop. and the season, it is predicted, will
last until July. Potatoes are bringing IS so
to So, as to quality, and it is thought that
there will not be any heavy falling off in
the price. 1t is reported that the floods and
cold weather have cut short the Mobile and
New Orleans crops, and a gentleman well
posted In the Florida crop said last night
that ne does not believe there are 1900
bushels of potatoes in Florida. Charleston
potatoes will move with the Savannah crop.
Newberne, N. c., will begin to ship early
next week, aud Information from Norfolk
is 10 the effect that the crop there will be-
gin to move aDout June 5.
While the early movement Of potatoes in
North Carolina and Virginia would ordina-
rily affect Savannah potatoes unfavorably,
the demand from the west and nor Invest
this season, it is predicted, will tend 60 keep
the prices up.
DEMAND FROM THE WEST.
A western and northwestern demand is
said to be something new here, and Cincin-
natl and Chicago dealers were here last
week looking over the field and arranging
to handle portion of the Savannah output.
One Chicago house contracted for thirty
car loads Of Norfolk potatoes, none of which
crops have ever gone to the northwest in
former years. A shortage IN the Kansas,
Texas and Illinois crop of last fall has made
the people i'll the west and northwest potato
hungry, and prime early rose of spring
growing is delicacy for the table which, it
is claimed, Chicago, st. Louis and other
cities OF the northwest will not deny them
selves in future seasons after this springs
experiment.
The rains OF last week were of incalculable
advantage to the truck farmers. They have
settled the fact that the bean, cucumber
and squash crops and the potato crop
cannot be failure. In fact, it may be said
that these crops are now made, as without
any more rain the cucumber vines will be
most prolific. Beans, potatoes and squash
viii need no more rain. The watermel IN
vines are looking well, and in many patches
young melons have formed. They will want
occasional showers
THE RUSH AT ITS HIGHT
The railroads and steamships will have all
the truck this week and next athat they can
HANDLE and they are doing all they can to
facilitate the rapid and proper movement
of crops. A solid vegetable train leaves the
Savannah, Florida aud Western yards over
the Charleston and Savannah and Coast
Line roads at 2 o'clock p. m. daily. Some of
these trains last week had as many as
twenty-five cars. Special vegetable trains
iCoFo anu PICK up Vegetables
along the line of the Charleston and
Savannah railway as far out as Hardevile,
s. c., and local trains pick up the vegeta-
bles along the line of the Savannah, Florida
and Western as far west as Blackshear.
The vegetables are then sent out in the solid
train from this city. The Central, with it's
local freights, bring in the vegetables along
its line daily for the steamship line, and no
complaints have been heard thus far ia the
season of any lack of facilities
1t may be of interest to know what the
freights are this season. On beans, cucum-
bers and squashes the freight tariff per crate
to New York is by steamer % cents, all rail
40 cents, refrigerator cars 81 cents. Pota-
toes per barrel by steamer 43 cents, all rail-
81 cents. To Philadelphia. Boston and Bali
timore potatoes are 10 cents less per barrel
by rail and steamer. Very low freight
rates have been secured for the west and
northwest on carload lots. Vegetables to
Cincinnati 10 cents per crate. to Chicago 20
cents. Potatoes per barrel to Cincinnati AZ
cents, to Chicago 55 cents.
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