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

The recent cold wave, which threat
cned 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 70 meet the "e-
mand, but prices are stili steep
/ q Bell saws he certainly wishes
something would happen TO the can
bage crop 10 curtail receipts, 1hnt neeause
Prices have dropped about 20 cents =
crate within the past two days and are
selling at $3.50 and I.fb per crate the
lowest price Of the season
/ r Elder, Of Fidelity, says; The
pretty weather tre past few DAYS has
put new life IN the produce business
All dealers report very good business,
especially In fruits and vegetables, our
market is In fine shape. There seems
10 he no surplus Of anNthlng N the line
and everything Is meeting with a READY
demand on arrival al good prices. Let
tuce has become scarce and the market
Ia showing an advance. Lettuce brought
si76 TO 81 per drum THURSDAY
The strawberry market In uncertain.
Some DAYS ffty crates are received on
the market, while on other DAYS re-
ccipts are comparatively nothing. Prices
Thursday ranged from 20 cents to 2t3s
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 e2k cents
a dozen 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 few days
age. Explanation for the falling OF IN
demand is easy. Farmers are peddling
A. 30 hs.H for "A
20 cents and the housewife takes all she
can get az 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 10 keep prices up and recover
some OF their losses. The sooner they
get their prices lower the quicker local
consumption viii Increase.
Live and dressed poultry continues
scarce, with prices advancing. Dressed
hens are selling at II cents a pound,
while live stock brings 80 cents, ac-
cording to size. Live aud dressed frters
are selling at 20 cents a pound, while
cents on live stock The scarcity in
this important article Of food Is said 20
be due to heavy shipments going East.
where the weather is cool and tohbers
bidding aggressively for all kinds OF
stock Local receipts are not half
enough to supply the demand
According to Turner Bros. the Hsh
market is almost bare OF receipts, he
cause Of more trouble on the coast,
which has delayed shipments consider
ably, cutting their supply by half.
Shad trout rnackerel black bass. perch,
water Ash and mullets are exceedingly
scarce and selling at the highest price
of the year. Mullets advanced 81 bar
rel to sls Thursday. while other stock
advanced accordingly Receipts are eN-
pected TO show a material Increase to-
day and saturday, OF account OF im-
proved weather conditions on the east
and west coasts Last saturday Turner
sold something more than $4,000 pounds
Of FISH.
Apples broke into new high ground
Thursday. when the best 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
tion are refusing % price their goods
vet. claiming there viii be further ad-
vance ia the near future. and in the
meantime, the local trade Is handling
oranges. which are in 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 10 gather and ship.
New York Baldwin apples remain un
changed S. and Sc SO per barrel. while
oranges bring 50 10 s225 per box
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Grapefruit receipts are fairly liberal
considering the NtnAli NolNtnE StlN 10
be shipped from Florida. The market.
however. is very firm. and dealers cN-
pect a further advance soon. The pres
ent price Is IS TO $50 per box
Plnespples are hery scarce and high.
There is only small section along the
Indian River in Florida whore they
grow pines and grower tells FL
deilty that owing to the enormous in
crease IN the demand FOR grapefruit tho
past few years and the fact thar the
land used In growing pines" Is espe-
cially fine for grapefruit, growers have
SET their land I'm grapefruit and Quit
growing the other fruit According 10
this. they expect pines 10 sell al very
much higher prices the next few wears
than they have been in the past fVe or
SIX years