New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
POTATO CULTURE AND DISTRIBUTION.
THE WORLDS ENORMOUS CRoPs-NEw-YoRK's
SOURCES OF SUPPLY.

THE WORLDS ENORMOUS CROPs-NEW-foRkS
SOURCES OF SUPPLY.
The recent sharp advance In the price Of potatoes
lmpar,s much interest TO facts concerning their
culture and distribution. The estimated annual po-
,a,o crop OF the world Is over 100000 bushels.
exceeding the annual crop OF any one kind OF grain
nv 10 eoO.D bushels The United States stands
nfth on the list in point OF volume OF production.
the annual crops OF the I'VE countries which are
the largest producers being estimated In bushels.
"a follows: Germany. 100000: Russia, 52lVUVo'
France 5sj OocO: Austria. 2S.co0oo; United States.
DO al go Few Canadian potatoes are now brough;
70 this market on account OF the tariff and pre-
vaun, high rates OF freight but considerable guam
,it,es are consumed IN the Western States. There
has been n customs duty OF % cents bushel on
Canadian potatoes. 30 pounds In weight constituting
tho standard Of a bushel. The tariff bill re-
auces the duty TO 10 cents a bushel
The new duty will encourage Canadian competi-
ton and importation.
The annual potato supply OF this market is about
. 600 600 barrels OF this quantity average OF
about 5oD barrels a week Is annually exported to
rho West Indies the Havana steamships carrying
from 1000 to $50 barrels each trip. the freight on
which is 20 cents a barrel About 10000 barrels
are thus annually exported. leaving about $4,000
barrels for consumption by the zo""" population
in and around this city.
The four kinds OF potatoes most In favor In this
market are known as 1.-THE Early Rose. "the Bur
bank" the Reauty OF Hebron and the White
Star" Experienced housekeepers who are accus-
TONED to family marketing can usually distinguish
their favorie brands at a glance. though doubtless
many modest potatoes OF less pretentious names
ore often sold under the brands enumerated.
At different times In the year the local potato
sunn,v Is received from different sources About
February the new Bermuda crop begins to arrive
and comes in at average weekly rate OF ABOUT
200 barrels which usually sell at from - TO y
barrel AZ Wholesale The Florida crop. which Is
small begins To arrive about April l5 and generally
coils nj about the same prices as the bermuda
SUNNY The first heavy receipts come from ga
vannah n month or two later In the height OF
their season the average weekly receipts OF Sa-
vannah potatoes about TO- barrels. and their
nrce ranges from g TO 81 barrel under ordinary
Conditions As the year advances supplies come
from seaboard cities further north TIL the latter
nort Of July when the metropolitan market Is sup:
billed almost exclusively by the crops OF Long Island
and New-Jersey, the digging OF the early crop be-
Ginning in July and the late crop in September.
The Long Island and New-Jersey potatoes have
monopoly OF this market from July to the latter
mari OF December. when n limited supply Is re-
ceived from Bermuda 80
only ten OF the States OF the Union produce po-
,atons extensively for shipment to markets outside
~ their own border. They are Maine, Vermont.
Eew-York New-Jersey. Pennsylvania, Michigan.
ohio Wisconsin, Minnesota and Virginia. There Is
large potato plantation In Tennessee from which
some potatoes are shipped. but not In sufficient
Quantities TO enttlc that State 10 be classed with
tensive producers for shipment to distant markets