Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
Local Produce Notes

Business in the fruit and vegetable
lines continues 10 show Improvement
but receipts were pretty well cleaned up
Wednesday, owing to the heavy buying
by Eastern 1obbers who are in Florida
buying stock ahead for Easter and also
because Florida Is busy shipping 10 the
Northern markets. This has resulted
in O general curtalment in receipts on
this market. but local dealers anticipate
freer shipments the latter part of the
week, becau the Eastern buyers will
finish their trading in Florida bout
Thursday Eastern buyers are com
PEELED to purchase their supplies of
fruits and vegetables a week OF two
weeks in advance, so that shipments
will reach their destination before Eas-
ter. on the other hand, Atlanta. being
so much nearer Florida, can get snip
ments rushed here within couple Of
days.
What is perhaps the most valuable
information gained through local com
mission merchants Tuesday was the
assertion of !. G. Bell that Atlanta
would not be short Of eggs during
the Shrine week and that prices will
hardly exceed present prices-lI TO IL
cents. This talk Of tremendously hlgh
prices for eggs during Shrine week
makes me tired, said Mr.. Bell If 1t
were left to the egg market to tell the
people that Atlanta was going TO De
overlooked with Shriners, the public
4.
full of eggs at present and we have had
to advise shippers to curtail their ship
ments, on account Of the insufficient de-
mand to absorb what receipts we nave
on the market. II receipts begin 10 get
small during Shrine week, all we nave
to do Is to touch the wire and the mar
ket Will be flooded with them, so let $
cut out this talk of high eggs and
think about the extreme. prices we are
having to pay for Strawberries
!. T Elder, of Fidelity. says their
market will be full Of all kinds Of green
vegetables and fruits Friday or Satur-
day and they expect to sell theih ~
satisfactory prices, on account o. Ihe
heavy demand for all Rinds OF green
stock. I'VE received car Of celery
Monday and we have very little ON the
market now; also received a car ol
New York Baldwin apples Iuesday,
which sold like a flash OF lghtmnB az
Sc T5 per barrel There is good demand
for oranges which are very scarce, es-
pecially the fancy brands, and prices
are $3.50 to s275 for Florida ordinary
stock and 81 for Indian River orahd,
California oranges have begun to move
freely. but not in sufficient volume 70
meet the demand They are hsiHs
S2.75 per box.
Tberh has been no let-up I'm the local
demand for strawberries, Whlcn Co eli
Tiunp In extreme lBHl SIbbA' So
ing at the highest prices Of the seasoi -,
ZIibc to zoe per quart uesudS 80.
CENTS were only twenty crates,
nary receipts al this time OF lhe yea
average between loU ana no cEISo-ida
day. The recent freeze IN Florloa'
which abated the crop waterway, 70
gether with the fact that shippers ~ az
sending their stock to the Nor rI,.;'.e =,
market where record nreahus p' ~
are being paid for them. explains the
N
Fancy head lettuce was in good de
mand TUESDAY a. $3.50 TO S2.l5 per drum.
Receipts OF fancy lettuce are very
scarce, but there Is World OF Sile
head stock, bringing from 81 TO SIP
,s,' drnm This stock is IN SLOW demand,
however. and bushels Of II Is dumped
into trash barrels every morning
BELL peppers for immediate consump-
ton are plentiful selling al $3.50 per
drum.
Both sweet and Irish potatoes were
in erratlc demand the past Week quo
tatons were around 500 a bushel I'f
new crop Irish potatoes, while Ola crop
brought 81 10 a bag, containing "a push
els TO the bag. However, the recei pts
Of sweet potatoes are light, mol M y
enough being on the market to supply
the demand This condition has char
acferl2ed the market for the past ten
DAYS Quotations on sweet potatoes are
firm al Sis per bushel
There has been Improvement In the
Quality of tomatoes, but the stock on
hand is rather poor. owing To IT'S over
ripeness The bulk Of this stock arrives
in more or less heated condition ana
consequently meets with slow demand
and lower prices