The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-03-27
Crops and Markets Weekly Summary

somewhat lower. At virginia and
North Carolina shipping points,
cleaned 5umbos were slightly
stronger at 13h to IL cents per
pound. Shelled No. virginias
ranged 13B to 14ik cents, a loss of
y cent. Spanish stock was steady
at 17h@1s cents. Farmers, grade
virginias held unchanged at 81 to
sh cents per pound, and Spanish
stock showed a loss of 10 cents per
Dushel, closing at $50 to s3.15.
Cleaned jumbos declined slightly in
consuming markets. ranging II to
10 cents. No. -shelIed virginias
were cent lower in Chicago at
If1 to 10 cents. but held steady In
New YORK at Is to 15l cents. Span
ism NO. shelled were lower In New
fork and Chicago. where the range
1871 to 10 cents IN st. Louis.
Potatoes Generally Higher. Il
Virginia. Norfolk section--Local
reporter. March Is. 1920: Planting
continues. sonly about so per cent
Of the usual average. Crops win,
be late harvesting, as planting will
not be finished until about April
l.. Seed stock has been, late arriy-
ing due to heavy snow and cold
weather In Maine. Shipments week
ending March Is. 1920 and 1919, re-
spectively. s21 barrels, 2.24s. Vir-
gtnia, Norfolk section-Local report
er, March 20: Potato planting in
the Norfolk section is now in full
swing. Weather conditions have
improved. Light rains have been
falling during the past week. but
not enough to delay the farmers
from planting their crops. About
two-thirds of the acreage in pota-
toes have been planted and the size
or potatoes Is much larger than last
year. Acreage planted this year
Will be 75 per cent of last year.
Normal shipments Of Irish potatoes
In the Norfolk section are 1,500, 900
barrels, but, as shown. this num-
Der will be reduced by the per-
centage Of planting. Shipments week
ending March 20. 1919 and 1920, re-
spectively. 1.7s1 and 1.s41 barrels.
Norfolk Spinach shipments
Increasing.
Virginia, Norfolk section-March
10: Condition, IS per cent. Crop
Is IMPROVING WIN "edIncF
conditions. In about ten days some
good stock will move. Shipments
week ending March 10. 1920 and
1919. respectively. SIS barrels, 49,
40 barrels. Shipments week end
ing March 20. 1919 and 1920. respect
lively. $4,000 barrels, 2,575 barrels.
strawberry Outlook Favorable.
Virginia, Norfolk section-Local
reporter, March 10: Crop this sea-
son is expected to be the finest in
this section for many years. Plant
ing has been good and with favor
able weather the yield should be
profitable. Berries will begin to
move about May 5. Florida, H. A.
Marks. specialist: At Plant City the
movement to March Is was over
coo. 900 quarts OF which $500
moved within three days An aver
age of two cars daily are now NOV
ing by freight besides a daily move
ment of 800 or more S0-quart re-
frigerators. Prices were averaging
around IS cents per quart with PROS
poets that yield would continue at
the present rate for some time.
Other Truck Crops.
Peas-North Carolina, Wilmington
district, local reporter: Not more
than SO per cent OF normal.
Peppers-Florida. Miami district,
local reporter: Light supply. quality
fair, demand strong.
watermelons-Texa Pearsall dis
trict, local report, r: Only a couple
of fields have any large number of
plants up. Field mice and cool dry
weather have been cause of delay
in getting plants started. Farmers
are using poison for mice. Rain Is
needed for all trick crops.