The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
100000 MELONS CONSUMED
 IN CITY DURING LAST WEEK
brmngham Capable of Absorbing Enormous Quantities Luscious Fruit-Week End Trade in All Produce Heavy
 Home Grown Cantaloupes Are Especially Plentiful

Business on Morris avenue was brisk
 for the weekend, and sales of melons
 and other produce proved exceedingly
 Leavy. Prices were practically unchanged
 in all lines at the close of yesterdays business.
 Now is melon time in Alabama, and this commodity was never more plentiful or popular than at the present It is estimated that fully 100 cars of water
 melons were disposed of in Birmingham during the past week. With an aver age of 1000 to the car. figures would in dicate that about 100000 melons were con- sumed in this district within the short space of seven days. The hot, dry wealth CT now prevailing Is said to increase the demand here.
 Homegrown cantaloupes are also plen- tiful, and Rocky Fords" raised in the l southern part of the state are exceed ingly popular at this time. The "Emer- aid Gem is another very popular home | grown cantaloupe that is now in full season. Dealers here state that an aver age of between 15 and 20 cars of water
 melons are now being received in Bir- I mingham each day from Alabama and
 Georgia points
 For the past few weeks the growers of south Alabama and Georgia have been placing great quantities of melons on | the northern and eastern markets. and | two or three tralnloads per day now pa ss | through Birmingham terminals en route Tor these centers of trade The most productive melon section is said to be that traversed by the Louisville and | Nashville and by the Atlanta. Birming- | ham and Atlantic railway systems, and these roads are now furnishing special | transportation facilities to melon ship pers.
 The average price for melons by the car load laid down in Birmingham is about | $75. and the price by the wagon load va ries from 10 to 25 cents for the largest sizes
 P. Morinini of the w B. Veal Co, | makes the following statement in regard | to the melon situation here:
 The Birmingham market has certainly shown itself capable of absorbing an extraordinary quantity of melons this l season. Fully 15 cars have been received | in this city on each day of the past week .and other days a great many more. I At one time last week there was 90 cars on the local track awaiting disposal good proportion of the melons now being consumed here come from Alabama points and are of large size. Warm weather and prohibition, l believe, are contributing causes which help to bring about such large consumption of mel | ons in this city. My firm alone received I 10 cars of melons on Saturday, and other dealers disposed of large lots. The melon | season will continue in full swing for several weeks to come and Birmingham will receive its full ratio during this time. Among receipts from Alabama points yesterday were: Ten hampers white onions, Bay Minette; nine coops chickens. Athens: three GOODS chickens and one case | eggs, Sulligent; two coops chickens. Win I field: three GOODS chickens Fayette; 16 | crates peaches, Eufaula; five crates can | taloupes, Thorsby; two hampers pepper Castleberry; one coop chickens, Alexan- | der City; Is crates peaches, Empire; two crates figs, Marion one crate figs, Rus l sell; seven crates cantaloupes. Greenville e: | 10 hampers lettuce. Nashville; four crates grapes, Thorsby.
 l Yesterdays quotations follow: