Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-19
Government Review of
Fruit a nd Vegetable
Markets of the u. S.

Bureau OF Markets. Weekly Review % Fruits
and Vegetables. Prices 20 johhers and ship
ments for the United States Tor the period Of
POTATO VALUES STRONGER.
frm average Tsnse. supply and demand were
both moderate Rad rUads. the opening ~
spring work and the low prices all tended TO
check hauling Car supply appeared generally
adequate except in Michigan and Colorado pro
ducing sections Green Mountains >nld IN
changed az SI..I per cwt bulk. Pressure Isle
Maine. with light demauI. Round whites in
bulk. track side. ranged steady Sl-lO-SI-25.
az Rochester. \. Y Held firm. 6O-SOc at
Grand Rapids. Mich and tended higher 6o-
9oc At Waupaca. Wis Track side sales. sack
81 No by grJwres- al California and Idaho
Ter cwt-, and held nearly steady 65-5Jc at
oregon shipping stations. including sales to
evaporators- Field hun in bulk sold 90 starch
i0c at Waupaca. Field run track side touched
nc at Greedy. Colo. sales % feeders. ship
ments continued light. at a rate q about 500
cars per day. an amount which equals about
Two weeks requirements Of all the army can
Comments Movement for the week recovered TO
yars. cOmParJ with las cars last week. Load
ing states were. Maine al. Colorado 500.
Michigan - ears shipment q new stock from
si1rida was lSS cars against only II last week
No Spalding Rose sold So fob. cash. fob.
track az Hastings and $50 in northern in
lets Sales % old stock 81 inbberS ranged 81 Is
So per cwt-. bulk in eastern markets for
whites. inriudinE Green Mountains. and 81 -
SIS for round whites in all leading markets.
but ruled 5-l5c higher in several markets. Car
lots tended slightly higher. az SI-1O-1-sO Per
eNt.- IN thcasO, and Sl-0S in ST Paul Colo
FA1o White stock sacked. ranged Si-2j-I 80
m southern markets sales for No sacked
sdysncSd ~. ranging Sl-55-I-6 % al Rochester
and advanced S-i5c 10 SG-IS-I-.U At Grand
Rapids.
oaieas Market Advance
Old onions are selling az prevailing general
tanges from sscstSl-15 per cWt.. sacked Sew
eral eastern markets. made sharp advances
NsE AorE aud Boston reachihs s. for GOOD
except where strong cumpetition 81 new Texas
stocS began 10 APPEAR In CENTRAL ard south
eastern markets which remained slow and
rather depressed AZ r.nge % 0lcGSl-21- Ship
ments Of old stock coufinued Iighs. 80 ears in
Guiding So from Massachusetts and ~ from
New YORK but new Texas onions are coming
more freely. with =tS caTs- compared with -
last week The onion requirements Of the
army cautonments for Sray are abuur IuOlO
SNt; DemsnS a. Texas shipRing points was
good. AZ Sl-lSH l-a5- mostly Si-50 per crate
Tor No. yellow $50 for No. white. also
sI-i09i- Der crate for No yellow and
Sl-aa & $50 for No =. white T. %. b. usual
terms Movement Of Texas stock a. vet is
moderate By the end Of Marrh in 1916 ship
ments were az the rate Of 80 ears per day.
were reached about April Il. In 1916 Texas
had shipped l-J0o fo- the season 10 date.
and last year S25 cars lad moved before April
10 This year the figures % April Is in
elusive ara 80 cars CARROT prices AZ Texas
shipping points in 1917 ranged S2.5OH2.S - per
crate for yellow stock. and s. G1a3O0 for
white These figures wee 81 s541 so higher
than the corresponding range in 1918. In the
consuming markets the past week. some con
yellow sold generally Sis per standard
crate. but reached s. SO in some Of the
smaller markets. and No yellow ranged
chiefly Si.5o1l-55. while inferior lots were
quoted SI-OO61-6O. No. I white stock ruled
sl-1S9=O0 IN Chicago JobbiEg prices for the
sS c. t si week last year ranged mostly
Cabbage in Fair Demand
he position u Old cabbsge was little changed
western New York with supply becoming
light. and total movement OF old stock only
3 cars. The distributing markets were some
what irregular. Coed New York Danish seed
ruled S55-uua $500 per ton in most eastern
markets. and showed tendency TO advance
n New hors. Boston ftttsburg and ST Louis.
closing near the top. Wisconsin Holland seed
vas strong az $500 in Chicago. New cabbage
ranged in the shipping sections Sl.65GI-s5 per
crate for Flat stock and l-351 90 for pointed.
cars. gain Of las. and South Carolina &c. a
l. a. B. cash 70 growers. FOrida shipped so
gain Of IL Total movement Of new cabbage
week and 4Os the week before. FLORIDA fiat
stock ranged SS-OOeI $50 per crate. and pointed
type Sl-&g2@S per llz-bushei hamPer. and
5000 400 per crate in northern markets.
SsrAEnsrTIes aIgEer - = -
Growers have been selling strawberries At
hiShsr a. O Per twenty f O. ssT rss
snd mostly S5-5OM6-S5 per twenty -four-Iua
crate. with demand reported good. price reach
ing xT.1j at auction Monday. Louisiana klOn-
dykes were strong in northern jobb!Rg markets
at Sse504.O0 per twentv-four-pint crate. and
s. O0I.T 5 per twenty fOur-luart crate also 26El
dc quart basis, with generally good demand.
Last year AZ corresponding date Jobbing prices
were s. 5OgS-c0 for twentyfOur pints and $500
q $40 for twenty four quart Louisiana nor
Mally ships far more than One-half Of the total
early southern crop. Movement from Louisiana
declined 70 torty-iour cars, WITH lUs cars last
week. Alabama also declined. and Florida seems
nearly done. but North Carolina opened the sea
son with fifty cars. Total for the week. I57
cars. compared with 1872 cars last week and lT5
Florida Tomatoes a. Firm Values
Prices received BY east coast growers fol
per six-basket carrier, with fair to good demand
East eeast shipments were ~ cars. decline Of
four cars. compared with four cars in CORE
spending week Of last year Sales Of fancy
stack in northern markets ruled steady at $500
ai-2J per carrier; These priees are lower than
for the corresponding week q last year, when
tho bu;k Of sales ranged S3-T5a+.I5. but are
much above the corresponding week Of 1915,
when the range was 81 -T5H3-00-
Other Vegetables and Fruits.
Asparagus, south CAROLINA Colossal. sold to
fornia fancy and extra fancy. ranged generally
$3.50. but the best packs reached IS in
third from California and one-third South
Carolina Movement far this season is
lighter from California but heavier from south
Carolina Louisiana punched beets were firm
at s4-j0-N per barrel in Chicago
Louisiana heets raugeI generally Ss-TT-4-Tj
Rsdishss ruled Sass per barrel in Chicago.
parsley. $3.50 LOuisiana spinach ruled s.. 80
per barrel In Chicago. Norfolk district spinach
sold mostly S2-2-5O per barrel Texas spinach
struH=ef- hanging os--SI re- bu. I1rila
green string beans held about steady at s.. -
3.75 per crate Florida eggplant stronger
81 s. 2i-i-55 Ter ale Eirr.t. .-.. ers
at S3.254.T5 per crate. Florida grapefruit.
west coast briEhts. sold $3.50 per crate.
and central district bright $3.50 Movement
OF apples was SO ears compared with 500
last week. and 800 for the corresponding week
last year shipments are fairly equal from
bcy and the barrel sections. Celery Shipments de-
elned about On cars. mostly from Florida. Flori-
dz shipped l64 cars Of grapefruit. compared
with $50 last year and 141 the week before.
Oranges. Us -rars we're chiefly from California.
Lettuce movement. ia cars. continued about
steady, the gain from South Carolina being
offset By loss from Florida and Louisiana.
". GARY THOMPSON.
Market Station Assistant.