Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
Local Produce Notes

The recent cold wave, which threat
ened to hurt all vegetable crops, mas
passed without doing any damage OF
consequence, and the movement is now
going rather freely, except squash, egg
plant, snap beans and new crop irish
potatoes However, there is no scarcity
arrivals being sufficient to meet the de-
mand, but prices are still steep.
J. c. Bell says he certainly wishes
something would happen to the cab
bage crop to curtail receipts, because
they are glut on the local market;
crate within the past two days and are
selling at $1.5o and Sl,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
10 be no surplus of anything in the line
and everything is meeting with a ready
demand on arrival at good prices. Let
tuce has become scarce and the market
Is showing an advance. Lettuce brought
S1.T5 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 comparatively nothing. Prices
Thursday ranged from % cents to 27h
cents quart.
Egg receipts on the local market con-
tinue heavy. with no increase in de
mand. Local jobbers reduced prices
Thursday to 20 cents and 221s 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 noticea-
BILE increase over those of a few days
ago. Explanation for the falling off 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 pound,
while live stock brings so cents, ac-
cording TO size. Live and dressed friers
are selling at 30 cents pound, while
cents on live stock. The scarcity In
this important article Of food is said to
be due TO 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 mullets are exceedingly
scarce and selling at the highest price
of the year. Mullets advanced So bar
rel TO Sl3 Thursday. while other stock
advanced accordingly Receipts are eX-
pected 10 show a material increase to-
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 hest fruit sold for
81 barrel. the highest price paid in
ten years or more, Some of the largest
holders of fancy stock In the apple sec
ton are refusing TO price their goods
yet. claiming there win be further ad
vance in the near future, and in the
oranges which are In liberal supply
very fine quality and selling at low
prices as compared to other fruit. Flor
ida raised bumper" crop this veal
| and has fine weather to gather and ship
| New York Baldwin apples remain un'
/ changed at Sc and Sc so per barrel Will,
oranges bring So to $2.25 per box.
l
Grapefruit receipts are fairly liberal
| considering the small holding still tc
be shipped from Florida. The market
| however. Is very firm, and dealers eX-
pect a further advance soon. The pres
| ent price is SO to $3.50 per box.
Pineapples are very scarce and high.
There IL only small section along the
Indian River in Florida where they
grow pines" and a grower tells III
deity that. owing to the enormous in
crease In 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
growing the other fruit According 10
this. they expect pines" TO sell at very
much higher rices the next few wears
than they have been In the past five or
six years.