The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
HOMEGROWN PRODUCE IS
 VERY PLENTIFUL HERE
In Addition to Heavier Shipments From State Points Immense Amount of Produce is Brought to City in Muni cipal Market Places Always Crowded With Pedders.
 Roasting Ears Market in Small Quantities

Home grown produce is now exceed
 ingly plentiful on the Birmingham
 market and no trouble at all is en-
 countered by the housewife who de- sires to purchase provisions for the
 table. Large shipments of butter. eggs. potatoes, chickens, hens and honey are being received from all sections of the state and reasonable prices prevail here.
 In addition to shipping receipts great quantities of produce are brought to market each morning by the farmers and truckers of the Birmingham dis trict In the early hours of the morn ing wagons loaded to the guards with vegetables poultry and eggs. fresh from the farm and garden, may be seen traversing the streets of the city en route to market; and at Woodlawn and Five Points there is always a num- Der of wagons congregated at the city market places. Perhaps the largest gathering of wagons. however. is on Morris avenue. where for number of years past it has been the custom of the farmer, the truckman, the dealer, | the huckster and the merchant to pro- | ceed to barter in produce. At this sea- son of the year this avenue is double lined every morning with the wagons Of the produce men. at many places passage being almost impossible and with the sharp, crisp tones of the trader. the shrill piercing cries of the drivers, this trading center presents a busy and bustling scene. At times when
 the market is flooded with certain product large quantities are disposed of | by the producer for a mere song. while when the same commodity chances to I be most scarce on the local market one would gather from the conversation of l the owner that a kings ransom would not be sufficient to purchase quan- uty sufficient for an ordinary meal. l At the present time. however prac- l tically all kinds of vegetables and pro- duce are on the Birmingham market each day in abundant supplies Ala bama grown tomatoes. lettuce, snap l beans, new potatoes, carrots, cabbage. l turnips, squash, huckleberries, June ap- ples and fowls of all kinds are here in quantities.
 The home-raised roasting ear is also | on the market in limited quantities and the indication is that the corn crop | here this season will be very good. Homegrown pepper. egg plants and several kinds of fruit will soon be ill season.
 MT. Douglas of the Douglas Bros. l Co, wholesale produce dealers on Nor l ris avenue. makes the following re-
 marks regarding the produce situation | here:
 1 The farmer and the peddler is now l having his day in Birmingham. Great 1 quantities of produce are brought here I each day and disposed of direct to the consumer In fact, at this season 1t l would seem as though the wholesaler I who dealt exclusively in produce would l be almost put out of business by the I carts and wagons that stand in front of his doors in the morning and sell l to the trade and later on in the day these men. together with the huckster | or peddler. having loaded up a suf- 1 ficient stock for the days trade. driN . I to the outlying portions of the city and proceed to fill the air with shouts and to make warm competition for the retailer. The wholesaler and retailer who deals in produce. however. is abla | to import produce when scarce from all sections of the country. and Is in I this manner enabled to perform a serv- l ice to the trade. It Is in the winter months when home grown produce Is 1 most scarce that my firm is able to transact the most lucrative busine ss. | Yesferdav's ullotations folloW.