Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-05
PEACH AND CANTALOUPE
MARKET CONDITIONS
Receipts and Shipments Reported by
the Department of Agricul-
ture Bureau.

Today's peach and cantaloupe market
conditions, shown by reports to the Of
flee of markets and rural organizations,
department of Agriculture, are an
nounced as follows:
Peaches-New York received 20 cars
of Georgias, cars of Tennessees. 3
cars of Arkansas and 1 car OF Mary
lands; Bellies selling at $1.25 to $1.75;
Elbertas at SLIP to $1.75, fancy at $Z.Oo,
quality fair; Arkansas half-bushels at
soc to 90c: IL cars West Virginias, Car
mems, carriers, selling at $1.00 to $1.37,
baskets at 30c to soc, quality fair. mar
ket active; $500 crates of New Jer-
seys, Delawares and Marylands. car
riers selling at 75c to $1.37; auction
yesterday, 1870 boxes; market strong
er. Tuscans selling at soc up; Deckers
at 45c to 55c.
Philadelphia received IL cars of
Georgias; carriers selling at $1.35 to
$3.50: Tennessees selling at 1925 to
heavy receipts of New Jerseys, Mary
lands, baskets selling at 20 cents to 30
cents.
Baltimore received / car from Georgia.
Elbertas, carriers, selling at $1.25 TO
$3.50; l car from Tennessee, carriers at
$1.4o to 1.6o. Bellies at $1.25 to $3.50,
quality good, demand fair; cars by
boat, Maryland carriers at 40 cents to
IS cents. boxes at rs cents to SO cents,
half-bushels at Is cents to SO cents /;
mems, carriers, at 81 to SIPS. half-bush-
els at 80 cents to SO cents; demand ana
quality good.
Chicago Received 80 cars; Arkansas
and Oklahoma bushels, best, selling at
SIPS. ordinary at 81 to $1:10. demand
OF DAT hnYpS
sold, Tuscans at so cents to 95 cents,
Elbertas at IS cents to 81, Deckers at
IS cents to SIS cents, Crawfords at so
cents to IS cents, Fosters at so cents;
cold, rainy.
Cantaloupes Received.
Cantaloupes-New York received 2
cars of Arizonas, standards selling at
$3.50 to $2.25, flats at Is cents to 81,
quality fair, demand slow; S cars of
North Carolinas, best standards at $3.50
to s1.75. best ponies at $1.00 to $1.25,
quality fair; 10000 crates of Delawares
and Marylands. Jumbos at $3.50 to 81.
standards at 81 to $50, ponies at IS
cents to 81.
Philadelphia. Delaware and Maryland
receipts heavy. selling at 81 to $3.50.
Baltimore received two cars of North
Carolinas. standards selling at 9Oc to
81, ponies at SOC to 75c, quality fair, de-
mahd slow; three and a half cars of
Marylands, standards at 81 to $1.15,
ponies at 35c to 45c. half bushels at
Csc to roc, demand fair.
Chicago received sixteen cars; Ari-
iona standards selling at $3.50, flats at
soc. Turlock standards at 1925. good
Arkansas standards at $3.50 to SITS,
soft; Indiana standards at $1.75 to 81,
fair; fancy Turlock standards at So,
ponies at 1925, flats at $1.1O.
Shipments Recorded.
Cantaloupe shipments yesterday-Del-
aware. 40 cars; North Carolina, 3 ;, Ten
nessee. 2; Arkansas, 9; Texas, 1; Ari-
iona, 5: California. 80; Potomac yards
reports 6; Washington terminal reports
$50 crates. Tuesday shipments not
previously reported-Indiana, "a; Ar
kansas, 6.
Peach shipments yesterday New
Jersey, 4 cars; Delaware, cars; Vir-
ginia. l car; North Carolina, 3 cars:
Georgia. Al cars. incomplete: Tennes-
see. IA cars; Alabama, / car; Ozarks.
1o3 cars, very Incomplete; Oklahoma,
SO cars; Texas. 4 cars; Washington,
6 cars; California, 81 cars; Potomac
yards reports "A cars.
Tuesday shipments not previously
eported-Georgia, 2 cars; Tennessee.
cars; Ozarks. 81 cars; Texas, 2 cars:
Oklahoma, 3 cars.