The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-28
Bic PMENTS
Of LETTUCE BY
CAL|F0RN|ANS

Cincinnati Dec 2i.-Ine 1mpef 1th
Valley Of California will soon b the
source Of enormous shipments OF let
tuce. Total lettuce movement decreased
slightly during the week ending Decem-
Der %, but that was only the luli Dc
fore the period Of heaviest supplies.
AL other principal fruits and vegetables
decreased in movement except caun.
flower and celery, bringing tho tota
shipments down to $500 cars. or per
cent less than the preceding week. Gel
cry shipments nearly doubled.
In eastern cities the general market
tone was steady to Arm. Chicago price
on several products again declined
after advances Of the previous week.
Tho cabbage market showed snghtly
downward tendency. Apples closed nrm
in western New York producing sec
tio,.s and strengthened In many OF the
large city markets.
Active Lettuce 0SsSon 11pScesd-
All indications point TO q bigger let
tuce season than ever before. This
popular green vegetable 10 available In
car lot shipments tho year around. and
is Krown 70 an increasing extent In hot
houses and homo gardens. HeaVles'
shipments usually are made from Janu'
AIRY 10 March, because Of the large out
nut from the Imperial Valley OF Call
| foruia, coupled with the important move
ment from Florida. Local estimates IN
dictate 1900 to $4,000 acres In the I'm
perial Valley this season, about evenly
divided between the upper ana lo"ei
ends of tho valley. Distributors e1pec.
to ship 5000 carloads from that distrlc'
during the next three or FOUR months.
/ Much Of tho early crop IN Flor!oa Wen
! to seed, but during the remainder %
the season shipments are expected '.
be quite heavy. Paintings In ManAtee
and Orange counties Will exceed tnoss
/ OF last year. In the lower RIO Uranus
valley Of Texas tho lettuce area proo.
ably will be ten per cent less tnah ias
years, OF around 1000 acres. Ship'nen'
from the Carolinas Will start "oou'
March.
Two r.atures Of tho fall season were
tho Increased shipments from "ee.etn
states and the high quality or ioan.
stock. Although autumn mosene..'
from the Los Angeles district and otne,
SECTIONS OF California was ohe,'h..
lighter than In 1921, Idaho narhee es
about 500 carloads. compared WIN M
the previous season. washington az 1,s
shipped more than 500 cars; oregon 80
cars, compared with 20 IN w.
Colorado approximately Teo cars -
' 200 more than the previous !esf.
wv 49, attention than ever before hal
| boen given to the grading and packlns
~ lottuce in producing sections. Ln'
exceptional quality Of Idaho stock u.'
SEASON Is seen in tho premium OF eoo q
A. on n.r crate paid for that lettuce IL
ths New York wholesale market com
nared With stock from other districts
| Res, Idaho sold at 33.5o-S.oo per lars'
cratc WASHINGTON and Oregon lettue'
ranred .25o-5.O0 and California stoc'
around s2.5O-400. In eastern cities
New York and New Jersey lettuc'
iobbed At 100000 per crate OF wv
dozen heads, weakening at the close q
ON average OF 800. Under the Increased
shipments from Florida, l u blu. hamper
from that state declined to $l.oO II
Nav York City and 800 IN the middle
wsr Iceberg lettuce from Californis
and Arizona closed weAker at $Sbo
1903 per crate in Chicago wholesa4'
m,rk.t and about 800 above that rang
In the east.
Potato Prices Irregular.
! or the eastern potato markets PITTS
burrh was most sluggish; Michigan ant
wisconsin stock closed at 31.o5 per 10y
/ lbs. with practically no demand. wei
GRADED bulk stock from Pennsylvania
topped tho Philadelphia market ut Sl.6S
and Naine Green Mountains were equal
" high IN Now York City. Prices were
generally firm in the east but northern
Round whites declined in tho Chicago
carlot market to $500 for sacked stock
with bulk potatoes averaging 1oc above
that range. Shipping points were quiet
Growers and distributors are awaiting
post oliday developm snts; There were
| but few price changes IN producing sec
lions Carlot movement from Neorasks
aKain became quite active and there
we're increased shipments from NORTH
centrsl stitsA Maine, however. led With
6I2 cars, followed By New York and
Wisconsin.
| Apple 1nAS1ses 0tfoaesr.
Now York state supplied 70 PER cent
| Of the shipments from barreled appla
areas. Just before Christmas, cold stor,
age BaldvinR 2Lt in, sold At $4.2b-4.Sl
fob. shipping points. With car short
ago limiting the movement, 1obbini
| prices In eastern centers were frm u
higher, reaching $500 for best varieties
Middlewestern Jonathsns topped the 81
| Louis and Chicago markets at $500 {
Dbl Shipments from all boxed apple
states except Warrington decreased
sharply. Washington forwarded SIT OF
tho S38 cars.
| Onions Steady to FIRM
Sacked Yellow onions were .beinl
quoted at Western New York loading