Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Local Produce Notes

The recent cold wave. which threat
ened to hurt all vegetable crops. has
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. 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 20 cents
crate within the past two days and are
lowest price OF tho season.
]. T. Elder of Fidelity, says: "The
pretty weather the past few days has
put new life In the produce business.
All dealers report very good business. e
market is in fine shape. There seems
to be no surplus OF anything in the line
and everything Is meeting with ready
demand on arrival at good prices. Let
is showing an advance. Lettuce brought
N75 10 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 2Ih
cents quart.
Egg receipts on the local market con
tinue heavy, with no increase In de-
mand Local iohbers reduced prices
Thursday to 20 cents and 22R 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 notcea-
h1a inpraa 10 thnQN nf a iHVS
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. IL
is said that retailers have lost money
on eggs since the reaction set in and are
some of their losses. The sooner they
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
turkeys bring 23 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,
W
bidding aggressvely for all Bnds Of
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.
water fish and mullets are exceedingly
scarce and selling at the highest price
of the year. Mullets advanced 81 bar
rel TO S13 Thursday, while other stock
advanced accordingly. Receipts are ex-
pected' to 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 $4,000 pounds
OF fish.
Apples broke into new high ground
Thursday, when the best fruit sold for
81 a 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 to price their goods
yet, claiming there will be further adj
vance in the near future. and, in the
meantime, the local trade is handling
very fine quality and selling at low
prices as compared to Qther fruit Flor
ida raised a fhumper" crop this year
and has fine weather 10 gather and ship.
New York Baldwin apples remain un-
changed at SO and Sc. sd per barrel. while
oranges bring So TO $2.25 per box.
Grapefruit receipts are fairly liberal.
considering the small holding stil TO
be shipped from Florida. The market,
however. is very firm, and dealers ex-
pect further advance soon. The PRES
ent price is 50 to so per box.
PinesppIes are very scarce and high.
There is only a small section along the
Indian River In Florida where they
grow pines" and grower tells FL
deity that. owing to the enormous in
crease in the demand for grapefruit the
past few years and the fact that the
land used I'm 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 hrices the next few years
than they have been In the past five or
six years.