Smyrna times., 1928-07-11
|,III aI1lLDIPL CROP
IIjI ''IIIfI MOST PROFITABLE.
Id RETTER PRICES
poor LAR rIT THAN LAST
AlS lbaN
Market Expert for
|. SonbeIsI5s,, 5,,sterp Shore Associa-
gd-la Peview Of Reports

81 Ian and Mafhe'IllS
'ilon ~ Eastern Shore Assocla,
llr,' ! n,' ! report recently issueo
sd : 7 Department ! IF Agricul-
f,,ts, I, that this years s.aI. e2n-
inals.-'' .or NAV be more profitable
53ss.Tar-Va 3sli1Il Va grower than that
4 D'5Npe 4 reviewing the govern
! Dr. Bomberger pointed
4 sP9ss n reduction of l6 per cent
2. I,asrial u Valley acreage should
l.s, .s,a # the heavy burden q
plng inDDlv. and may tend to
9s ., ''tSf' t5e July market. This
W a.r.aue III The Imperial Nal-
! a..arted ,,,5 as being toward early
SV ,..rieties and away from the
I .,nri1g " varieties. The report
s.+ ii such developments AID
..-tirr t5 congested market condi-
N i occuEed during late
y NJ osrlv July last year. Heav-
! age " i reported il the inter-
!, =, St,tes. which ship largely
/ Jdy and August. The late
Colorado, esti-
\ NJ decrease III their cantaloupe
I N this year. Eastern canta-
4 S,-es are situated wholly along
/ ltrtic Coast from Florida to
/ Egsy. The crop is consumed
4 srtirely in Southern and East
4 s,tg Nearly half the carlot
I NJ Of Maryland cantaloupes
/ sr went to New York State.
/ nd shipped 1,16O cars; North
] \. 600 and Delaware, 430, be-
Il uck haulings from the Middle
\ \, area. Carlot movement from
1 Carolina i becoming increas-
\ nDortant. The total rail and
] aDnents from eight Eastern
] we're about $500 carloads dur
/ 1927 season.
Increase III Truck Movements
i Il; Connection it should be not
] tie relatively heavy production
4 .yaHd, Delaware and New Jer-
ras to market largely BY motor
\ nd does not appear in the fig
v 4 arlOt shipments. DR.. Bonn
\ aid that statistics over the last
4 five seasons show a heavy in
4 annually in the truck move
\ icantalOupes from Del-Mar-Va
I principal Eastern markets and
\ Of this the actual quantity
Eastern markets is not quite
E0ninately from the West as
from carlot figures. DR.. Bonn
explains that the straw which
n he camel's back last year, ac-
. the movement report, was
4 Wy movement during late June
I ry July. Peak of 552 cars was
N Imperial Valley on June
\ ld $500 cars rolled between
and 18th Of the month. The
4 Sn saw an exceptional period
Ined heavy shipments. A
lgle days shipments of $50
alfred on June 26th, 1924, and
% June 9th, 1924. on June
w the peak was reached with
mere having been $50 ship
Day before and GIT the day
ms 1872 record has never
h equalled. Discussing the
Il I ne seasonal shipments, DR..
4 e sad that, according to the
n nay be stated automatically
1 e are four rather distinct
4 -tng the season; the first US
4 4lng late June, when Imperial
n most active; the second IN
Il Vhen Arizona and Central
1 = afe competing for the East
; n the third in Mid-August
4 .'8iand and Delaware are
u 7 aad the fourth in early Sep
h 'aen Colorado il furnishing
l Y. e carlot cantaloupes. There
. N rIGeatIOn 4 that all Of these
.ilS year be somewhat low
4 y season, excepting perhaps
n l'med BY the heavy volume q,
dionia. iAOiia ahd zen
Market Prices To Be Upward
4a'y I truck shipments to the
\ -;,li,1 markets from the Del-Mar-
\ IA sala {. and New Jersey mater
! y. y. flty iobbing prices. ~ Dr..
4 NJ. in'efprets the government
Al lDnen+, q y are nlRn
hsayv TIN Imperial Valley
u \ 4 sAarp decline usual
4 gis lo,.. la'e June, frequently
4 hi /, nD,,.s ra. point during July.
i enbaT qIu ~ again in August
aer cs,..i however, the price
liz JiJupes mn. may 90 below
iftbe loW ebb il certain
4 3 snv M, ,o.al supply Is aug
Di,cn.-:.O .O'h nearby produc-
ab,t,Dtti,as.ln prices, Dr.. Bonn
acsSI.E N Ehere prices have ,'il.el,, bean
Vi om.,'1 H.. acreage i likely W "
~. sso.i1sevhat, and copyerseI,' q 4
h .a' nave been less fayorabIo ..J,E,
~. I acreage are nrobatI ~ erI s1Oie