Milford chronicle., 1930-08-08
PRODUCE MARKET
NOTES

Potato shipments fell off sharply
near August l. Two main sources
of the midsummer output, the East
ern Shore of Maryland and Virginia,
also the Kaw Valley districts in the
Middle West, are near the end of
their season and there is a corre-
spending gap in the daily potato
movement despite the beginning of
activity from New Jersey, Long Is
land, Minnesota, Colorado and other
late shipping sections.
New Jersey is gradually taking
the lead of the midseason group, as
it usually does in August. Some re-
cent shipments of Eastern Shore po-
tatoes showed damage from scab and
decay. Poor market grade was part
ly responsible for failure of the To-
cal price to recover under the light
shipments of the past two weeks.
Shippers were getting $2.25 barrel
at loading points, just half the price
in early August last year. New Jer-
sey potatoes sold at about the same
price as those from Eastern Shore.
The cut in daily potato shipments to
about One-half, compared with
month ago, has placed the city mar
kets in stronger position and trend
of prices slants upward. New York
and Boston advanced, but Pittsburgh
quoted lower prices and liberal re-
ceipts. Late potato shipping sections
seem in no hurry to enter the mar
ket actively at recent price levels.
The crop in prospect is a moderate
one at best. Probably the drought
has reduced the future supply from
some producing sections. Reports
from miscellaneous sources indicate
serious damage to the early Grip in
Minnesota on account of heat and
dry weather. Rainfall was also too
light in early shipping sections OF
Wisconsin. Various degrees of dam
age were reported from producing
sections of New York, Pennsylvania
Ohio, North Dakota and Iowa. Lack
of much activity in several midsea-
son shipping sections suggests mod
crate supplies to come through Au-
gust.
The cantaloupe season of Eastern
Delaware and Maryland will be
shorter than usual owing to recent
dry weather. Some of the receipts
are of fine market quality; others
are poorly netted and lacking in
flavor. Best stock brings So to $3.50
a crate in producing sections. East
ern markets are moderately sup
piled. Prices tended slightly lower
during the last week of July.
If,o,,, O,o tI,ird fo Ona-half fbn T0- /
cent daily carlot totals of lettuce ar
rived from western New York. Sup |
plies continue moderate in nearly all |
eastern markets, but demand is slow
and prices declined to 10 cents a
crate during the last week of August.
General jobbing range in eastern
markets was so to rs cents a crate. |
Prices of western lettuce also show
ed small declines in some markets.
Onion shipments have been arriv-
ing in considerably greater volume
than in late summer of 1929. The
crop is known to be a large one,
even making some discount for
drought injury. Nearly all the large
cities report receipts moderate but
slow. Prices tended slightly
downward in late July. New Jersey
yellow stock sold at rs cents to 81
per bushel. in eastern cities. Red
onions from Orange county, New
York, sold at about the same range
of prices. Massachusetts yellow
onions brought $1.25 to $1.5O per
hundred pounds in New York, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia. Yellow onions
from Maryland and Pennsylvania
sold at $1.25 to $1.75 in Baltimore.
continue dthe leading
Eastern shipping section around Au-
gust 1. Prices at shipping points
were $1.10 to $1.15 per hundred
pounds with demand limited but
market steady. In consuming CEN
ters these onions brought Sl.25 to
S1.50 per hundred pounds.
Some eastern markets are being
literally supplied with western ap-
pies. Shipments from eastern
sources are moderate, not greatly
exceeding 100 carloads daily. New
Jersey Transparents follow wide
ranges according to quality, selling
from 35 cents to 81 per bushel in
eastern cities. William and Trans
parents from Pennsylvania and Del
lware sold at 81 to $1.50 for good
stock in Boston and Pittsburgh.
Prices of peas from New York
producing districts were well main
aimed for good stock in late July,
ind the price was 81 to $1.50 per
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