Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-06-27
Entered at the Postof1ice at Acconac
G. H., Va, as sccond-class matter.
The extract below from "price-


current of Gordon & Wilson,
commission merchants, New
York, under date of Goth inst,
is published for the benefit Of
the shippers of potatoes from the
Eastern Shore, who continue to
crush" them TO market to the
detriment not only of themselves
but of all our people. 1t is hui
initiating to us, that the glut OF
Il, market should be attributed
to the folly of our people and
The burden becomes a CALLING
one when the loss is taken into
consideration. Past losses, pre-
sent depression in the market
due to their haste in forwarding
their potatoes, and the daily
counsel of commission merchants
to them to hold their potatoes
until ripe, seemto have no intiu-
ence, however. with our shippers
but despite the evidence, offolly
of our people, we venture the adj
vice again, so often repeated: by;
us and which common sense
teaches us is right. if your pota-
toes are ripe send them to mar
ket, if rot, have aproper regard
for YOUR own as well as the in
terests of others and hold them
until they are:
Shipments from Charleston
and Savannah, have fallen off
materially and the season for
these is now about over but from
n. G.. and Va, we have had
heavy supplies. of irregular quail
ity, the Eastern Shore district
sending a very large quantity
most of which has been of small,
immature stock, very poorly
culled or not culled at all. Prices
have fallen heavily and the
market closes in pretty bad
shape, chiefly owing to the effect
of a glut of these small green
Eastern Shore potatoes. Much
Letter results would certainly
have been obtained had growers
left their potatoes in the ground
until we'll grown. Prices open
Cd on Monday at $5.O0@5.50 for
rime Norfolk and N. G. Rose,
savannah and Charleston lots
going at about the same range.
There was no material change
in the market on Tuesday, ar
rivals being moderate, but on
Wednesday, there was decided
weakness and while few OF
the fanciest marks of Rose were
placed up to $3.50 early in the
day the bulk.of business was at
81. 50@5.0o, and for Eastern
Shore receipts $4.00@4.75 was
the ruling range. Prices con-
tinued to ease off on Thursday,
and to-day Friday under very
heavy receipts the market is
dragging heavily at decidedly
lower figures. largely owing to
a glut of common qualities. At
the close about the best lines of
Norfolk and N. c. Rose can be
bought at S3.50@4.00 and of
Chill Red at So. 5o@3.75. A few
marks of Eastern Shore stock
are good enough to reach $3.50.
but the price is extreme, the
great bulk of the stock going at
about $500 with many lots Of
very small and green offering
down to $3.50.
In this connection, a book re-
Gently published by S. H. & E..
H. Frost, well known commits
sion merchants of New York,
entitled Farmers Friend, is
commended to the shippers of
the Eastern Shore. The small
sum of twenty-five cents only is
charged for itand it sfull of use
full suggestions, as to the man.
ner of putting up, marking and
shipping produce to market.
Some idea of its value may be
inferred from the following ex-
tract, very appropriate in
this connection, in reference to
the shipment of potatoes:
Assert with care, sending only
those that are large, smooth,
sound and as uniform in size as
possible. Small potatoes mixed
with large ones do not increase
the bulk much, but add to the
weight, and damage the sale,
SO that they bring no return,
and actually depreciate the val
ue of the full-sized ones with
which they are mixed. Use
strong, sound, uniform-sized
barrels. Shake down very thor
oughly, and fill so full that the
head will press very tightly up
on the potatoes.