Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-25
Local Produce Notes

Trading in green vegetables and
fruits has not been restricted by the
colder weather. and business continues
as brisk as ever" says j. r. Elder, OF
the Fidelity Company.
I'VE received car OF fancy and
choice tomatoes this morning from Arck
Greek, Fla. the second car OF the sea
son. and they have sold like hot cakes,
bringing good prices. Fancy stock sold
al $3.50 per crate, while choice brought
SIS. However. II certainly takes pile
OF money to bring one OF these cars 10
Atlanta something over $1,000, CON
tanning l20 crates TO q car. Last year
We bought against the world, and re-
ceived the FIRST car out of there >of the
season. which had TO be sold for fancy
prices.
strawberries are noticeably in more
liberal sunply, especially the past few
days. and are selling at the lowest price
OF the season. Saturday they sold for
20 to ~ cents quart. but the colder
weather cut the consumption. and deal
crs had TO lower their prices or have
them spoil on their hands They We're
plentiful At II cents q quart. with indi
cations pointing TO still lower values
The demand for all lines Of vegetables
is especially good, with receipts very
heavy al this time OF the year. Snap
beans are quite freely offered, but meet
ing ready sale At 81 to 49, per drum.
Egg plants are in less liberal supply
than they have been for some time, but
prices remain practically unchanged
from q week ago. being 81 per crate.
r1and very heavy at 81 per drum. Csuli-
flower is in good demand but less
scarce Receipts, however, are limited
at times. Present quotations are $500
TO $3.50 per crate.
Bunch vegetables. such az radshes.
beets, green mustard parsley, carrots,
turnips and spring onions are in good
selling at ~ to 50 cents dozen punches.
Tho first shipments of new crop Irish
potatoes were received by Fidelity Mon
tains three -fourths Of bushel.
The call for celery is heavy, and the
market Is almost bare of good, sound,
fancy stalks and selling for 50 TO s2.15
per crate. depending on the quality.
The market for cabbage continued
rather slow, with an abundant supply
OF stock on hand and available, This
means that at present there IS no iudt-
cation of a change in prices. at least
an advance. Cabbage, good sound
heads. bring $3.50 10 S1.75 per crate.
With the declining tendency checked
in eggs for the moment. as result of
the sudden cold snap, local dealers con
tinue 10 predict still lower prices, due
to the heavy receipts, with limited con-
sumption Dealers say eggs are high
at 20 cents a dozen. prevailing price,
and IL weather conditions become more
cheerful, the housewife will see an
other slump in prices. Seventeen and
one half cents a dozen by next Satur-
day il the prediction along Produce
place. which means, that the housewife
can buy them from her grocer Tor about
20 cents. The past two or three weeks
have seen such heavy supplies of eggs
and dropped about 10 cents q dozen
from former quotations. This means
that egGs are selling at the lowest price
since early last spring. A selling price
means that these eggs should go to the
housewife al % to "a cents dozen.
Live and dressed poultry continues
scarce and selling at high prices. Heavy
bidding ana huSing IN the East has
sbated receipts considerably
Very few tangerine oranges are on
the market, and selling ON arrival at
very fancy prices. The same can he
said of pineapples.
Apples continue scarce ana high. New
York Bsldvins selling at $3.50 per bar.
| rel
The butter market is frmer in de-
uand. hut prices failed TO move IN
! Tuesday, as had been predicted by the
Fox River Company who base their
| prices on the Chicago Board OF Trade
every TUESDAY The receipts. however.
are SUI liberal. but meeting quick alb
sorption at SS's cents rer pound