The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-17
RAIN HELPS LOWER
PRICES OF PRODUCE
Showers Increase Prospects
for Corn, Berries and To-
matoes, Say Gr0cers.

A marked decrease in prices OF gar
den truck coming to local grocers Is
expected the first of next week.
This Is due to the rains of the last
week, which came at most oppor-
tune time for crops and garden pro
duce. Farmers say If the rain had
been delayed another week large
part of the garden products would
be dried up and prices would shoot
skyward. The ground is now thor
oughly soaked, the rain making thou
sands of dollars for the farmers of this
county.
Sugar corn is beginning to come on
the local market. The first appeared
today, and it is expected that little
will be for sale at groceries tomorrow.
By the middle Of next week there Will
be a good supply. The corn that has
been sold is Adams Early and the
Adams Extra Early variety. and is not
nearly SO sweet as sugar corn. The
price of corn is about tho same as it
has been, rs cents dozen.
The rains helped corn materially,
and much better quality is expected.
There seems to be about the same
quantity of sweet corn as last year.
and consequently there will not be
much imported for the local market.
1t is expected that by the middle or
perhaps the last of next week corn
will drop to IL or Is cents dozen.
and perhaps lower.
6lackberries Poor.
The only berries Oh the market are
blackberries, and on account OF the
dry weather several weeks ago they are
not of very good quality, but it is ex-
pected that within few days large
quantities will be on the market and
the price will fall. They are now SELL
ing at Is to IS cents quart. There
are some dewberries on the market,
but they are getting scarce, the price
ranging from Is to 20 cents a quart.
Potatoes are rather scarce this year.
Rains of this week will help great
deal in making the quality better than
was at first expected. A large part
Of the potatoes now on the market are
imported. The price was lowered dur
Ing the last week from 20 to Is cents
a quarter peck, and 1t is probable that
It will continue to decrease next week.
Beans, cabbage, cucumbers and
beets are plentiful, especially since
the rains, and it is expected that next
week will show marked decrease in
their prices. Tomatoes have dropped
to 10 cents a pounds, and the wet
weather has aided them more than any
other garden produce so that it is ex-
pected that next week will show
big decrease in price. Cabbage is of
better quality this year than usual,
And there is plenty Of it.
Pea Crop Failure.
The garden product that suffered
most from the dry weather of several
weeks ago and which was too far gone
10 be benefited by the rains of this
week is peas. The crop this year is
practically failure. They were lit
orally dried up during the hot weather
and consequently very few appeared
On the local market. They are selling
at 20 cents a quarter peck.
From all indications the apple crop
In Wayne county this year will be
poor. The reason for this is not
known, but for the last few years ap-
pie trees in this section have been
blighted in some way, and not for sew
eral years has there been good SUP
ply OF homegrown apples. The qua l.
ity also is rather poor. Trees are
gradually disappearing and farmers do
not seem to be planting new trees to
replace the old ones. The apple crop
In other sections of Indiana, however,
Is reported as being good, and conse-
Quently it will not affect the local mar
ket to any great extent even if the To-
cal crop is failure. A large supply
OF apples come from northern Indiana
and Michigan orchards and are of good
good quality.