Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-27
NORWICH MARKET REPORT FOR
 GROWERS AND DEALERS

Active demand for: Eggs, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Berries
 Moderate demand for: Lettuce. Cab bage. Beans. Peas
 Slow demand for: Onions, Currants Gooseberries, Squash.
 Market Conditions.
 An abundance of vegetables was offer ed to the market but buying was dull Potatoes have gone to pre-war prices at $500 per barrel Beans and peas we're firm. There was a shortage of all Der ries. Watermelons are quite abundant Tomatoes are being offered in liberal supply.
 The product, variety, grade, etc, prices received by growers and wholesale com mission men follows:
 Fruits. Cantaloupes, California 45's, s40G-5. % crate. Huckleberries, native, 20-25c quart.
 Blueberries, native, 25c at. Raspberries, red, native 1S-2Oc quart
 Gooseberries, native, 25c qt.
 Watermelons southern, 50-65c each.
 VeEc tables.
 Beets, native, 75c per dog. punches.
 Carrots, native, 60-75c dog punches
 Lettuce, native. S100-$150 per doz punches.
 Summer Squash, native, $1.Oo-15O per dozen.
 Radishes. native, soc per doz punches Celery, New York, $1.50 per dog. bunch Caulifower, native, S2.00-2.50 per dog. Peas, native, $2.50-3.0O bushel.
 Beans. native, S1.50-275 bushel.
 Cucumbers native, $1.00-15O dog.
 Potatoes, U. s. No, SS.00-S.5O barrel Cabbage, native. $3.0o-4.O0 barrel.
 Tomatoes. native, 15-20c ID.
 
 Poultry.
 Roast Fowl alive. 3S-4Oc ID.
 Roast Fowl. dressed, 44-4Sc ID.
 Broilers, alive. 4S-45c ID.
 Eggs, Conn. 'Newlaid Fancy 65-68c dog.
 Eggs, Conn. "Gathered', soc dog.
 Eggs, fancy western 4S60c dog.
 Meats. Live Cows, 05-08c ID.
 Live Steers, 0S-12c lb. Veal, 16-17c ID. Hogs, 14-17c ID.
 Stock Feeds, Cat Dealers Door). Hay, bailed, s45 ton. Oats, $3.90 per 100 lbs. Corn, S3.45 per 100 lbs. Bran. $3.25 per 100 lbs. Middlings, $3.35 per 100 lbs. Gluten, $3.S0 per 100 lbs. Hominy, $4.o0 per 100 lbs. Stock Feed $4.00 per 100 lbs. Cotton Seed, $4.00 per 100 lbs. Connecticut Agricultural College Mar ket Information Service. Reported by L. L. Newmarket. With the advancing summer season, much of the produce is being locally pro- duced. This week will see the last of the ! shipments of Long Island beans into this market Cabbage grown locally dis placed the southern shipments last week. | Gradually the native grown tomatoes are | increasing in supply, and they too will l soon supplant southern shipments. With l these changes going on the prices are going down and the goods bought are more satisfactory i In the farm produce crops we are be- ginning to approach pre-war prices. Po- tatoes are selling between $500 and s7 l per barrel or about s2.25 per bushel, which is where the price stood before we entered the war. Crop estimators and wholesalers are of the opinion that they have not reached the bottom prices yet, as the outlook for the crop yet to be harvested is very good in most respects Potatoes are a crop which the farmers are never sure of until he has it stored in his cellar. The crop may be mature, and have a blight attack it and render the tuber soft and worthless On tbe other hand it is a crop requiring much care while growing. It requires field cultivation like most crops, and besides this, chemical sprays must be applied regularly to combat Colorado beetles, blights and fungi. The yield in this area doesn't equal that of cooler, moist climates of high altitude which is very favorable They are also grown in hot climates in the spring under irrigation in Texas.
 The consumer may well rejoice because of the drop in the potato prices, and al l so the break which appears evident in the grain crops on tSe exchange. The | lowering of prices for potatoes is re- fected in the pockets of consumers in two weeks at a maximum, as the crop is consumed in the country entirely, and all offered to the market must be moved