Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-20
Local Produce Notes

The recent cold wave. which threat
ened to hurt all vegetable crops. has
passed without doing any damage OF
consequences, and the movement Is now
plant snap beans and new crop Irish
potatoes. However, there Is no scarcity,
arrivals being sufficient 70 meet the de-
mand, but prices are stu steep.
j. G. Bell says he certainly wishes
something would happen to the cab
bage crop to curtail receipts, because
they are glut on the local market
Prices have dropped about % cents a
selling at $3.50 and s1.75 per crate. the
lowest price of the season.
]. T. Elder, of Fidelity. says "The
pretty weather the past few days has
All dealers report very good business,
especially in fruits and vegetables. our
market is in fine shape. There seems
to be no surplus Of anything in the line
demand on arrival at good prices. Let
tuce has become scarce and the market
is showing an advance. Lettuce brought
$1.75 to 81 per drum Thursday"
The strawberry market is uncertain.
Some days fifty crates are received on
the market. while on other days re-
ceipts are compare lively nothing. Prices
Thursday ranged from 20 cents to 27h
cents quart.
Egg receipts on the local market con-
tinue heavy. with no increase in de-
mand Local 1obbers reduced prices
Thursday to 20 cents and 22h cents
a dozen A fairly active consumption
prevails, but dealers claim that receipts
are not cleaning up as they should. Ar
rivals are beginning to show a noticea
BILE increase over those. of few days
ago. Explanation for the falling of In
demand is easy. Farmers are peddling
them out from house to house for about
20 cents, and the housewife takes all she
can get at that price, because retail
ers continue to hold prices considerably
higher than they can buy them for II
is said that retailers have lost money
on eggs since the reaction set in and are
inclined TO keep prices up and recover
get their prices lower the quicker local
consumption will increase.
Live and dressed poultry continues
scarce. with prices advancing. Dressed
hens are selling at II cents a pound.
while live >stock brings so cents. ac-
cording to size. Live and dressed friers
are. selling at 30 cents a pound. while
turkeys bring % cents dressed and 10
cents on live stock. The scarcity in
this important article of food is said to
be due 10 heavy shipments going East.
where the weather Is cool and jobbers
stock. Local receipts are not half
enough TO supply the demand.
According TO Turner Bros. the FISH
market is almost bare of receipts, be-
cause Of more trouble on the coast,
which has delayed shipments consider
ably. cutting their supply by half.
Shad. trout, mackerel, black bass. perch,
water FISH and muliets are exceedingly
scarce and selling at the highest price
Of the year. Mullets advanced 50 bar
rel TO Sl3 Thursday, while other stock
advanced accordingly. Receipts are ex-
day and Saturday, on account of inn
proved weather conditions on the east
and west coasts. Last Saturday Turner
sold something more than 1900 pounds
of fish.
Apples broke into new high ground
Thursday. when the best fruit sold for
81 barrel. the highest price paid in
holders of fancy stock in the apple sec
tion are refusing to price their goods
yet. claiming there viii be further ad-
vance in the near future. and. in the
meantime the local trade IS handling
oranges, which are I'm liberal supply
very fine quality and selling at low
prices as compared to other fruit. Flor
ida raised a bumper" crop this year
and has fine weather TO gather and ship.
New York Baldwin apples remain un-
changed at $6 and Sc. 50 per barrel. while
oranges bring 81 to s2.25 per box
Grapefruit receipts are fairly liberal.
considering the small holding still to
be shipped from Florida. The market,
however. Is very firm, and dealers ex-
pect further advance soon. The pres
ent price is SO to $3.50 per box.
Pineapples are very scarce and high
There is only small section along the
Indian River in Florida where they
grow "pines," and a grower tells FL
deity that, owing to the enormous in
crease I'm the demand for grapefruit the
past few years and the fact that the
land used in growing pines" is espe-
cially fine for grapefruit, growers have
set their land in grapefruit and quit
growing the other fruit. According 10
this. they expect pines" TO sell at very
much higher prices the next few years
than they have been in the past FIVE or
six years.