Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
Local Produce Notes

IUCdl IIOuuCG NOL6S
THE wholesale dealers all say that
our new building on Produce place is
just what the doctor ordered and all
wonder how we did business as long as
we did under the Disadvantages of
Broad street and all report an increase
in business in the new quarters, re
marked j. +. Elder of Fidelity Fruit
and Produce Company.
our market is thoroughly alive on
everything In the line of fruits and veg
etables Goods of all kinds are meet
ing with ready demand at very good
prices. The largest car lot shippers all
over the country have their eyes on At
lanta and are making every effort to get
into this market. | have been in this
| business for IS years, and in all my
experience | have never seen such good
business done in Atlanta before. espe-
f. ciallY in the fruit ana produce line.
Atlanta in few years will be han
ding as much fruit and produce as the
. large Eastern cities
b. F. Bell says 81 look for % cents
eggs by Saturday and advise dealers
of eggs to get their buying prices down,
the market is sure to 20 lower on this
midsummer weather and heavy receipts
nreva ilnR Wednesday eggs were bring
Ing 30 cents per dozen and Thursday
morning prices We're quoted at 2712
cents per dozen, slump of 2Ia cents
a dozen over night The local mar
kets are overstocked with eggs and hard
to sell at prevailing quotations.
Cabbage is coming on the market
more freely than at any time this year.
Prices broke cents, to So per crate,
Yesterday.
Oranges display considerable strength
| and the local markets are almost bare
of desirable grades Prices have ad-
vanced from original shipping points 10
| TO 20 cents per box. The largest guam
ttty is coming from California. while
Florida s shipments are limited.
Celery Is very plentiful at 81 per
crate. while Florida eggplants about
equal the demand at 81 5013,75 per
crate. Florida bell peppers are only
arriving in fair quantities and the mar
Net is firm at 81 1904 75 per one and
one half bushel crates. Head lettuce is
arriving from Florida and Louisiana
and absorbed as fast as received at
81 5o@2.75 per drum. Shallots, spin
ach, parsley, carrots, turnips, beets,
radish and leeks, string beans. Califor-
MIA celery, Louisiana celery, California
caulitiower and long green cukes are
arriving on the market and selling at
satisfactory prices. The. demand for
all southern vegetables is extraordi-
narlly good, but prices are still a little
high for free movement.
stra wberries We're well sod out
| Thursday, causing slight rise in
prices Berries sold Thursday from %
to 80 cents per quart. The advance
was attributed to the fact that the early
shipments were of mixed qualities,
which brought only fair prices but the
ones on the market just now are large
and firm, and were absorbed mostly by
hotels and restaurants.
C. A. Henson. OF Turner Bros says
he expects to receive large shipments
of all kinds of fish Saturday, which will
be sod at moderate prices. owing to
the fact that the movement of fish and
oysters has been very heavy for the
past several weeks, on account of the
warm weather which has also restrict
ed business considerably. The supply
of snappers, shad. trout and roe shad
. is not quite as heavy as mullets perch,
/ bucks and mixed fish. which are in
limited demand. Snapper is readily alb
sorrbed at 3 cents per pound. Roe shad
selling at II cents; shad, 81 each bucks.
20 to 40 cents each; mackerel, 10 cents
per pound and mixed fish cents per
pound; mullet, $1l per barrel
The onion set market is in very sat
isfactory shape, Sales made several
months for future delivery are now
being shipped, and is keeping local deal
ers busy to prevent getting behind on
orders.
/ Local dealers say it Is up to shippers
/ 70 keep their stock rolling. 1t is said
1 that there is a disposition on the part
] of many shippers to keep their stock
/ back, anticipating rising market
/ Within the next few days Mccullough
/ Bros will omve into their new build
I ing on Produce place which Is being
: equipped with every modern convent
ence, and when finished will he such Il
will enable them to render the highest
class service to their numerous and va
rious customers. The firm is one Of the
concerns in this section.
Nym Mccullough saws that the gene
eral condition points TO a heavy Yield
of Florida vegetables of a sundry char
acter. The movement of which will be
in full blast within the next few weeks.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Hogs- REGENTS
25, 900 Market steady. Mixed and
butchers. s4OdS7O: goo Seavv. 5000
SO: rough heavy, S40Gs55: light. s35
1856: pigs. 690MS.00: bulk. S.50mS65.
Cattle-Receipts 1900. Market steady
fts.40; stockers and feeders, 6o0@7 So;
/ Texans, 6.b0m800: calves 875D1025
Sheep-Receipts 5000. Market steady
Native and Western, 35046.1O: lambs,
5 906IS.00.
ST LOUIS, Feb. Seattle: Receipts
steady; native beef steers 75O6925:
cows and heifers 4.25QS.50; stockers
and feeders 500m75 so; calves 5000
II %: Texas steers, 5.7O4s.00; cows and
heifers. 4O0G600
Hogs Receipts, $500: market steady;
mixed. S.60ds.80; good S,70GSS0: ~.
S.15MS. 40 lights. S.e0nSS0; pigs 7.OOa
40: bulk. S60mS75.