Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Government Review of
Fruit and Vegetable
Markets of the u. S.

United States department of agriculture
bureau of markets. Weekly market review
Of fruits and vegetables. prices to jobbers
and shipments for the United States for tile
I period December Is TO %, inclusivel
( Movement Lighter, Prices Irregular
Volume of shipments continued 20 decrease
/ as the preceding week on most lines. Price
movement was irregular. Celery aud lettuce,
oranges and grapefruit continued to rise.
| AupleS aud potatoes showed no DEFINITE
| trend while cabbage, beans. sweet potatoes
aud cranberries showed slight to moderate
| declines.
british minister of shipping (Canada) has
| released 10 per cent free space to all lima
| companies, such space 10 be used for the
! carriage OF foOdstuffs aud material urgently
/ required in Great Britain and to include
green apples.
Potatoes Continue Slow and Irregular
| Markets remain dull, without uniform
! trend Of prices. The outstanding feature was
/ an advance of CSC in the Chicago carlOt mar
| ket. which reached Sl,75 10 Sl.s5 per cwt.
I sacked. Other carlot markets showed little
! change for Minnesota, Michigan and Wiscon-
| sin sacked whites. Sales to jobbers ranged
I 50 90 10 S215 in leading markets. shipping
sections we're dull. with movement checked
! by conditions of weather. and market No.
sacked white stock ruled (. o. b. $1.55 at
Waupaea and SLIGO to Sl.65 at Grand
Rapids. MOOrhead quoted Red River Ohios
at S1.25 cash track. Prices TO growers for
wagonloads ranged steady at 9Oc to S1.3O
bulk and sacked, including most western and
mountain states sections. Greedy quoted
firm at 81 40 to S1.JO, sacked (. o. b. Call
fornia fancy sacked whites sold at S1.s0 to
81. 90 Z. o. b., and oregon Burbanks at lao
also. New York bulk white stock ranged
about steady at S1.S2dl.9I and at S2lOM
2.25 I'm consuming markets. Maine Green
Mountains ruled close around $500 per cwt.,
sacked, (. o. b.. but declined in New York,
ranging generally S2.S592.55. Shipments
still falling off, with l,1I9 cars, against
2.214 last week. but volume is fully one
third heavier than at corresponding time
last year. With crop and shipment revisionS
to December 10 and corrections, the move
ment from thirteen principal northern winter
and spring shipping states was $3.50 cars
against 1920 cars for the corresponding
period in 1917, showing a gain of IL, 800 this
year. In 1917-1S, 53,0Os cars were shipped
from these states after December 16. Reek-
oned on the same ratio Of shipment to the
total crop this year as last year, the indi-
Gated number Of cars available for shipment
after December 10, 1918, would be q, lS4,
or considerably more than one-half as many
as last year on that date. Estimate Of
stocks il dealers possession and in ware
houses revised by including figures from
late reports show 9,166 cars on hand Novem-
Der /.
Acreage OF spuds in San Benito, Tex,
district officially reported about one-fourth
of last years.
Apples Slightly Weaker
While general price ranges held about as
last week, few markets quoted slightly low
er. Northwestern boxed Winesaps, extra
fancy. after reaching top Of S2.4O I. o. b..
| shipping points, closed slightly lower at
S2.lOM2.25. Consuming markets closed at
narrow. slightly weaker range of S2.s56I
| $40 per box. New York Baldwins A-21s
| closed slightly lower I'm New York, but the
range was firm at S5.25d6.5O per barrel f.
| o. b.; sales in western New York shipping
sections ranged S5.O0d5.Ij. Virginia Yorks
A-2ls ranged firm in Chicago and st. Louis
| at S6.5Om 100. Shipments continue to de-
crease. with LBS cars. compared with 1.577
/ last week. Movement Is al about three times
\ the rate Of same time last year.
No. Baldwins ranged S6.50d 700 per
barrel in Quebec and SG.75 in Winnipeg
| December 10. Prices reported unchanged in
/ Ottawa and Toronto.
Cabbage Still Rather Weak
! values nearly steady in producing sections.
| New York Danish seed stock still ruled $40
| per ton bulk +. o. b. shipping stations. but
| averaged $500 lower in consuming markets.
| closing at $50 .0OG27.OO. Shipments continue
to decrease, with 229 cars, against 43I cars