Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17
IN APPLE
CROP IS REVEALED
Shipments, Mostly From
West, Are Averaging 1900
to 1900 Cars Daily.

ture, Bureau OF Agricultural economies,
Market News Service. Much OF the
supply has been coming from far West
ern sources. The crop shortage was Sc
we're in the Southern apple section, also
in the Midwestern States and in, some
parts of the Rocky Mountain area.
City consuming markets report mod
crate to liberal supplies, slow demand
and fairly steady prices. Eastern
Grimes still range $1.25 to $3.50 per
bushel on jobbing sales. A range OF 81
to $3.50 is quoted for New York Craven
stems, Greetings and various Fall va
rieties. Sales of York in West Virginia
producing sections rule 81 80 by the car
load. A few Ben Davis have sold in that
section at $3.50 per barrel. with Black
Twigs 81 and Staymans $3.50. A Few
lots of Winesaps brought $500 to IS.
A slow market and moderate export de-
mand prevails.
Prices Steady.
Conditions at shipping points in
Western New York and Western Mich
igan indicate slow demand at steady
prices. A well sustained export demand
for Ben Davis apples and Kieffer pears
was reported in the Rochester district,
and some sales have been made as high
as $4.25 for the export pack Of Ben
Davis, compared with general price
range for the variety at $3.75 to -.
Kieffer pears in bulk have been selling
at IS cents to 81 per hundredweight.
About twice as many apples have been
shipped out from New York producing
sections as at the same date last season.
The grape season in Eastern shipping
sections is about over. The juice fac
tories are no longer. taking much fruit,
and market shipments are decreasing.
The output from New York State seems
likely to be about the same as last
season Prevailing prices have been
near $40 to $45 per ton for juice Con-
cords and IL TO 1112 cents per two
ouart basket in carload lots. Shipments
of pears from Western New York have
been nearly f1ve times as heavy as last
season. The present activity Is mostly
in the Kieffer variety
Vegetables at Low Prices.
Nearly all the leading vegetable
products are selling lower than year
ago and general tendency OF prices mas
been downward around the middle OF
the month. owing to liberal market
supplies. Five leading Fall truck crops
onions. cabbage, lettuce, celery and pep
pers-all show increased production,
compared with last season. Most gains
are due to large acreage rather than
tn the Weld per acre. Liberal poduc-
ton in the West and North has onset
considerable shortage in the miocouh-
try sections.
Potato markets showed generally lib
eral to heavy supplies In midOctober
and slow demand Tendency Of prices
was downward most of the time during
the first half of October. Eastern mar i
kets have held somewhat better than
Western. The midmonth range OF
prices on Pennsylvania round whites
was Si65 to $2.15 in several large East
ern markets, showing slight decline over
the week before. Maine Green Noun
tains have been selling at $l.70 to 81
in Northern markets. New York round
whites followed similar range Of jobbing
prices in Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington. Green Mountains drop
ped 1Oc a 100 pounds near the middle
Of October at Northern Maine shipping
points. where lightp haulings and dull
markets were reported. Dealers in the
Rochester, N Y, district were buying
from the growers at 75c per busnel,
compared with $1.15 to $l.20 a year
ago and with soc to 35c two years ago.
Carlot sales by dealers at New YORK
Shipping points ranged $235 TO $2.4O
for l50-pound sacks of No. ! stock.
Production in western New York is es-
timated to be not much different from
that of last season, but on Long 1slano
this years crop will be about ooupie
that of 1929.
Estimated production of sweet pota-
toes showed some improvement in the
October crop report. but the probable
output is still 20 per cent below last
year and 8 per cent below the 5-year
average Much of the improvement was
In the Southern shipping States. There
was little change in Virginia, and con-
dition declined further during Septem
Der in Maryland. The group Of States
comprising Delaware, Virginia, West
Virginia and Maryland decreased 1872
600 bushels in estimated production
since September / and rates SO per
cent below the Swear average and 46
per cent less than the 1929 production
for these States. New Jersey also
showed q decrease, losing $4,000 BUSH
els. COMPARED with September estimates.
Supplies of sweet potatoes are mod
crate to liberal In city markets, with
sluggish demand. Virginia yellow va
rieties sold at So to SO per barrel IN
Norther nmarkets in m1d-Octoner
North Carolina red yams brought $3.50
to So in New York. New Jersey yellows
sold at 81. as to 81. So a bushel in East
ern cities. while Delaware and Eastern
Shore yellow sweets brought 81 to LIS.
General price trend has been slightly
downward.
Onions and Cabbage Lower.
Slight further declines In onion
prices took place after the middle OF
the month in important Western new
Work producing sections. Yellow stock
sold at 90 to 95 cents per 100 pounds
sacked. Dealers reported limited de-
mand, with prices hard to maintain.
New York leads other late crop onion
states. according to October production
Estimates. Yield Ia indicated at 456
bushels per acre. Onion shipments from
ali sources continue to exceed 200 cars
daily. Supplies are liberal from new
York and Midwestern sources. CIy
markets nearly all report suppneS Hiou-
erate hut rather liberal receipts are re-
norfed at Boston and Baltimore. De-
mand is continued generally slow ana
markets dull Eastern yellow stocK
cells in Eastern markets at u 70 $l'@o
per 100 pounds.
Most Of the carlot cabbage moving
from main crop producing sections Is OF
Danish type, the harvest Of the shorter
keeping varieties having. been nearly
completed The market has weakened
somewhat under slow demand. Recent
sales at Western New York shipping
points were as low as $40 to. $12 per ton
for Danish stock and growers received
only 81 to 90 per ton by the wagon
load Eastern markets report moderate
supplies and very slow demand. Sales
of New York late keeping varieties
range $l4 to $22 In Eastern markets. |
PENNSYLVANIA Danish stock ranged $50
to $I.75 per 100 pounds in Pittsburgh
and Washington in mid-October.
Celery Market Dull.
Shipments of celery from leading pro- |
ducing sections have been meeting dull
markets and low prices. Early kinds
sold In Western New York at 10 to 80