Evening star., 1927-10-15
CANNING PRODUCE
/ CHEAP IN MARKET
Some Fruit Higher. but vege.
1 tables Move at Slight
f Profit to Farmers.


II is this season of the year that
the housewife is turning her atten-
ton to the work of preserving, can
ming and pickling fruits and vege-
tables to fill the larder- for the ap'
preaching Winter season, and market
dealers this week have had extra large
supplies of such products that were
offered at exceptionally low prices.
Damsons, ounces and crabapples
are the fruits that are scarce and high,
and dealers say consumers who want
anv of the three fruits will do well to
make early purchases. Crabapples,
mostly used for jellies and sweet
pickles, are selling at 81 a bushel, while
the New York ounces have been
bringing $3.50.
Only moderate supplies of pears are
being received. New York Bartletts
and sickels, both popular varieties.
were offered at SO and 81, some Of
the small size Bartletts selling as low
rs $3.50. Dealers report a small crop
of nearby pears, Maryland and Vir-
ginia dealers getting as much as S1.S0
and So a bushel for fruit similar to
that offered last season as low as so
cents.
Nearby Apples Scarcer.
Apples from nearby are not SO
plentiful and dealers are selling them
at $3.50 and 81 bushel, top quality
fruit selling as high as $3.50 bushel
Nvindfalls have brought 81 land Sl.25 a
bushel. A week end report of the
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. reporting the receipt of
liberal quantities of apples, a mod
crate demand and steady market
gave prices as follows:
Boxes-Washingto extra fancy De
licious, medium to large size, 4.00a4.50
mostly around 425; fancy Delicious,
medium to large size. 3.50a4.00; extra
fancy Jonathans, medium to large
size, 3.25; combination, extra fancy
and fancy. medium to large size, 800.
Bushel baskets-Virginia, 2% inches,
Grimes, United States No. l, 2.25; un-
classified Grimes. 212 inches up, 1.75:
2A inches up, 1.25a1. 1.50: unclassified
Jonathans, pa to 2b inches. 1.50a
LIS; Pennsylvania, unclassified Grimes,
2k inches up, cloudy, 200: Maryland,
unclassifled Starks. 25 inches up,
$50; Delaware windfalls, 2i2 inches
up, Staymans, 1.00a1.25; 8 inches. 1925
also; New Jersey, No. Delicious, 215
inches up, 2.25.
Very few peaches are being re.
ceived, the season being about closed
North Carolina. Delaware and New
Jersey dealers have supplied most of
the peaches to the local market this
season, following the early crop from
Georgia. Only very light demand
was reported for the few Eibertas
received recently from New York
shippers, some from storage plants
at SO and 1925 a bushel basket
Liberal supplies of grapes, Concords,
Niagaras, Delawares and Tokays. this
week met a moderate demand. The
Concords, it is stated. were in great
est demand. being the particular
variety that is suited for various uses.
such as preserves. jeIlies, juices and
other purposes. Tokays. more of a
table fruit. were quoted at $1.75. other
varieties commanding a wide range of
prices. condition and quality being
the determining factors.
Vegetables Are Cheap.
Farmers are up against it this
season." was the comment of local
dealer, mentioning numerous vegeta-
bles that have been offered the past
week at exceptionally low prices.
Particular attention was called to
the one item of cauliflower. This
vegetable has become popular In re-
cent years, 1t is stated, both for table
use and picking, and the choice New
York stock the past few days was
offered at 81 a crate. scarcely enough
TO pay the farmer for raising it.
Hundred-pound sacks Of onions re-
ceived from distant points were piled
high in the wholesale market this
morning. Dealers asked $1.75 for
them, and found slow sale at that
price. Lettuce. both home grown. and
shipped stock, was exceptionally
plentiful this morning, the home
grown selling as low as 25 Genes for
a dozen heads. Iceberg type lettuce
from California and Colorado, crates
Of to 5 dozen, were quoted at from
$3.50 to $3.50.
Immense crops of both white and
sweet potatoes in nearby Maryland
and Virginia are being harvested, and
so large is the sweet potato crop. 1t
is stated, that growers are shipping
them for immediate sale rather than
housing them for the Winter trade.
"a wonderful crop is what farmers
are reporting" commented dealer.
Jerseys and Nancy Halls, both
splendid varieties. have been received
in large quantities during the week,
and offered at 81 and s1.25 bushel.
Digging Late Potatoes.
Nearby farmers have started dig
ging their late crop of white potatoes,
according to dealers and increased re-
ceipts the past few days resulted in a
reduction from $3.50 to $1.25 bushel.
Agricultural Department reports on
shipped potatoes the past few days
were as follows:
Michigan, 150-pound sack, Russet
Rurals, United States No. 1, $40:
Maine. 150-pound sacks. Cobblers.
United States No. /, 3.25; Pennsyl-
vania, 15O-pound sacks, Round Whites,
United States No. /, 3.25, few higher:
Idaho, 110-pound sacks. Rurals, 2.75;
Minnesota, I50-pound sacks, Round
Whites, United States No. 1, 3.25.
String and stringless beans have
been more plentiful and cheaper the
past two weeks than ever before
known so late in the season. They
have found slow sale at so cents a
bushel, while cabbage, also plentiful,
was quoted at 40 and so cents bushel
this morning.
Tomatoes are still being received in
large quantities. They are finding
slow sale at 25 and SO cents for two
peck baskets, many Of them being sold
direct to consumers for use in the
making Of relishes. Red and green
peppers also are plentiful, dealers
quoting them at IS cents and 81 a
lbushel.
Recent rains are reported to have
helped the growing corn, and dealers
say the popular vegetable should be
plentiful and cheap the next two or
three weeks, unless frost should in.
tervene. Different grades of corn to-
day sold at from IS cents to $1.25 a
sack.
Pun1nkins I'm denoan for HaIIou,aap
celebrations. promise to be plentiful
and cheap this season. Large supplies
of them already are being received,
and dealers today offered them at 81
a barrel.
Kale, spinach. beets, carrots and
turnips are plentiful and in fair de.
] rnand. while SQUASH is not SO plentiful