Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-07
Government Reviewof
Fruit and Vegetable
Markets of the u. S.

|
News Service, United States Department of
Agriculture. Weekly market review of
| fruits and vegetables. shipments for the
period of July 22-2S, inclusive, and prices
to jobbers, July 24-30, inclusive.)
| A net decrease Of nearly 900 cars oc-
cured in the total movement Of fifteen
leading fruits and vegetables, as result
of the lighter shipments OF potatoes, to-
ma toes, watermelons and pears. The ou-
| put OF peaches increased about 30 per cent.
and western grape shipments are becomin :
more active. Aggregate shipments for the
week ending July IS filled 14,923 cars.
Pota to prizes recovered partly; peaches were
generally higher, but cantaoupes declined.
Western Pears Plentiful
The heavy pear shipments this season
raise a question to the outlook for the
| total pear supply. TO July IS, the move
| ment of 3,055 cars may be compared with
only 1.400 ears to the same time last sea
son and with $40 cars two years ago
1t does not follow that the present season
I may surpass the high record of 1922, when
70, 1876 cars of pears were shipped. The
| increase TO date has been all from Cali
| fornia. During the early part Of last season
| and the year before. only about LOO cars
| had moved from shipping points in that
| state, whereas this season California has
| already forwarded 800 cars of pears, or
| about half of last years total Californis
shipments. 1t is simply an unusually carly
| in tho U-esf e"'' INV eNie'i'
! Total output from Californis may not
exceed the 1922 figures. unless the low
prices being paid by sanneries in that
| state force growers to ship the fresh gruit
| to market. Ordinarily. a considarahIA MO-.
| portion of California'S pear shipments go
! 70 Gamers but local reports indicate that
| factories was recently reduced from $50 to
! S35 per ton because of the large stocks of
| 1922 canned goods still hand. If this
| report is authentic, it may seriously affect
-. Iai ti' "a IresH Ifclt movement Al
| that state was increosad oUor tho Inv -
| forecast If ia sill 200 non hvsl,ots -
| Tho 1000 cron of : boz COZ hV, "JieiS 0elo"
| With the California season nrahob1v Of -.
Eheight average auction nrices or has+ Ror+o
| let's largely dsciined 75e in Now Yorty 1,itr
! closing at So 81 per box on July q and ~
| eraging only 81 40 in the Chinaoo Smction
| dull steady tone nrevajlpd in tho r a IA
| market around Sacramento, wbnro coriood
! cash track prices ranged q f0611 ~ no
| boy
| Last season vos on o-con+ioroi o f
| nesrs: bot, nrodncticn snd Sbinncnts rgaTa
heavy Cren forecast for tho pntire I-rited
States shows decrease of PERHAPS 20 per
cent? this year. New York may have little
| over half it's 1922 crop but the state OF
| Washington claims a slight increase. In
| 1922 New York shipped 1900 cars OF pears
and Washington marketed more than 1900
cars. The fiye-year average for both those
states was only $3.50 cars. Oregon and
Michigan each shipped about 1880 carloads
oqro aVerSse iof the pre-
ann co ~, 80 oit' 'oS '1te anu IRE
Son n,oU ho nv 70 49, n,'+ ~ ~ i. -.
I th we Jug ~ ~ reh1 "a lasI year -
49, to III IN 10y SIioM 9e,
800 w ~ pr hne ,"e1i ooIi
100, pi op@otS WIZ pe Ialser ih1h INA
~ ma+ aIA LUZ pc"OneA "|u pe"ts wiz NC less'
| Io'at snlpine"ts OIL "l'pleS "suaHT are seven
LINES LINES greater IMAM pears ana peaches double
'Hose VI pe"'s.
Potato Markets Recover
! The nendulnm SWING to tho otner side as
| the weekly shipments of potatoes dccrea sed
| 80 per cent and prices again advanced Many
| markets reDorted SuDDlies moderate Inf
homegrown stock is becoming quite impor-
! ant Haulings were light and urices higher
| in leading producing sections. L. s. No. /
| borrpIpI Cobhlprs gained 81 arornd only Vir
rinia and of midwestern shinnino noint c
| growers received about 30c per 100 pounds
more for sacked Early OhioS and CobblerS
ffoporhonate price rises occrrcd IN consum-
ing centerS' put eastern Darrelsd STOCK dld
not gam 50 mucn as central sacked potatoes
New Jersey sacked CObblerS closed stronger
In New York City at S2.o9@2.So per 100
ponnds, ana hentucky CUDDlerS ranged gen
orally =. S5G3 90 The season on eastern
shore or virginia is declining, only l.230 OF
the 2,ouo cars or potatoes ehlpped last week
came from that secCloh' MsF!lahu f.aSt
1noLe suPri,su ,i ~ cais an N"n1'S 8'0
| ~,
Ne"0ieS 1AAsNoi
Peaches also reached higher price levels
| during the week ending July 2S, except in
New York. That city is the largest peach
| market and, with the weeks arrivals Of
| 446 cars, values declined 20c TO SOC for fair
| quality Georgia Elbertas in carriers or
| bushel baskets. North Carolina Bellies sold
| lower at $2.O0@2.50. but Georgia Bellies held
nearly steady. AS the south Georgia season
| closed, stronger tone marked t. o. b. sales
| around Fort Valley. In view of the fact
thaL a9out haII the C@ild a pedcnes 80 ~
| Sta+o nrohoIIi 1id NOT MI os ,,I,lh frosh
| f,;t ~ +%a ~, orieo+ az a., I.oor.rioi = 300
| avs WI ti ,n,.o%,on+ Ia sta+ad fn,N
NV +i 10" 800 80
! 800 81 . ano mSeN $50 ,iti y Gao ~
polt VI oooo 90 to
,'arioa 80 " n[r 'V'' III INV .
PNi0u
WatermeIonS Irregular
| Temporarily limited supplies Of melons in
| some markets particularly in the east re-
suited in upward price trends, but Texas
stock in Chicago declined about $4,000 per
| ceiyed more for tboir meIons Tho mast Wool,
and q firm tone nrevailed at Ioadinr noints
| in North CaroIina and Taxos. Sonth caro-
lima sill led the LIST of shinpinp states Int
| i net decrease of 40 cars occurred in the
| weekly supplies.
cor+o1ornos nao1ire
| The TurlOCk section and the central dis