Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-17
LIGHT POTATO CROP
INDICATED IN U. S.
Survey Shows Production
This Season viii Be Three
Bushels Per Capita.

The feature of the November potato
situation Is the showing of increased
production in the northern part Of the
potato belt, but even this gain of about
II, o0O, 900 bushels leaves the crop light
one, showing only bushels per capita
Of population, says the United States
Of Agriculture Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, Market News
Service. The season Is still to be COM
pared with the light crop years Of 1926
and 1926, when prices were decidedly
higher than prevailing quotations.
All the Northeastern States raised
their potato production estimate In the
November report. New York and New
England have crop above average
and, with the exception of Maine, larger
than last year. New Jersey has q crop
below average quantity, but greater
than last year. Pennsylvania's crop is
smaller than average Of last season,
The shortage IS greatest In the central
region of the country and In several of
the Middle Atlantic States. Average
quality Of the potato crop Is the lowest
since the droughty season Of 1901,
which means o high percentage Of
small and defective potatoes in the crop
and comparatively liberal supply Of
the No. 2 grade. Markets or potatoes
were weak in mid-November. Ship
mentS mao decreased to sometimes not
much over 500 CARROTS daily. Some
Northern markets felt strongly the COM
petitlon OF Prince Edward Island pota-
toes, which can be landed at coast
cities on competitive terms with Maine
and Long Island stock. Green Moun-
tain potatoes from Maine or Long Island
have been selling from 81 80 to S2.65
per 100 pounds In Eastern cities In mid
November.
Potato Supplies Liberal.
Liberal supplies of potatoes are re-
ported In nearly all. Eastern markets.
Slow demand and slightly downward
trend OF prices. Recent sales of PENN
sylvania Round White varieties were
$1.50-el.75 per 100 pounds, sacked. New
York potatoes brought .$1.65-$1.T5 in
Pittsburgh and sold as high as $3.50 in
Atlanta. A weak tone prevailed in
Northern Maine shipping points, where
bulk stock was selling at $1.00 per 100
pounds, Q decline Of about 10 cents dur
ing the second week of November.
Growers In that section appeared UNI
willing to sell at lower prices and were
expecting to recover. An unusually
large proportion of the crop is still held
by the growers in that section. Most
recent haulings have been Nfrom COM
mon storage, but some growers In need
Of funds have been selling In q limited
way from the Winter storage.
Shipments Of sweet potatoes have
been decreasing gradually and were only
Of November. About half the current
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Of Virginia. Moderate supplies are re-
ported In nearly every large market
and fairly good demand. A slight adj
tendency appeared in the New
York market near the middle Of the
month, with top Of $3.50 for Virginia
yellow stock and q range of oOc-$1.O0
per bushel pack. Pittsburgh sold this
stock as high as sass, and Middle West
ern markets quoted from 1884. Georgia.
Louisiana and South Carolina Porto
Ricans sell at unchanged prices, rang
nessee Nancy Halls tended q little
higher at Chicago and Detroit, reach
ing $125 per bushel. Delaware sweets
sold at $l-$l.50 per bushel, and New
Jersey at $l-$1.75 In New York, but
sass In Pittsburgh.
Apple Markets Steady.
Although the general average Of
apple prices has advanced slightly since
harvest time, there is little recent
change In the market position. Price
gains have been irregular and applying
only to certain varieties. Eastern
Grimes sell at $125-$3 per bushel In
the large markets. Eastern Yorks
brought $3.50 in New Orleans the Sec
ond week in November. Eastern Bald
wins still sell mostly around 41.25 per
oushel. Eastern Staymans followed q
jobbing range Of $t.25-$1.75 and Jona-
thans, 4l25-S1 so. Eastern Mcintosh
sold a. high as So per barrel in New
York. Ben Davis advanced IN Western
New York to range Of $4.35-$4.45 per
barrel and Baldwins sold at around
81 IS per bushel, with q flrm local meT-
ket and moderate demand. Steady con-
ditions prevailed in other apple-produc-
ing sections. The Northern and West
ern crops seem to have turned out a
ole Atlantic and Southern States were
the only groups where the production
did not increase for Novem-
Der, but decreased further, losing about
per cent, compared with the october
figures.
New England, New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania have apple crops
above average, also much larger than
last year. About so per cent of this
years crop in the barreled apple region
Is in these States. The barrel and box
crops are about evenly divided this sea-
ION. The decreasing importance of the
barrel apple pack In cold storage for
The domestic trade is suggested by the
showing of more than four times as
many baskets IS Of barrels in the No.
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important in the East, but even in the
Middle Atlantic region there were
!. 522. 900 baskets, compared with S48,-
BOO barrels The South Atlantic States
nave $4,000 baskets, compared with
i40, 900 barrels in cold storage.
Onion Supply Moderate.
Although carlot shipments are still |
moving actively from the Central West, |
the supply Is reported moderate in
nearly all Eastern markets. Some |
In mid-November. Demand appears to |
be . little better than early in the |
month. although still very slow in New
York, Chicago and st. Louis. The crop
IS large one this season, and Western
producing sections shipped literally /
early in the season because of lack of
sufncient storage as protection from
freezing. The situation Is gradually
settling to Winter basis. Prices are
low and have not shown
much recent change Growers In q
lew Far Western sections are reported
getting as low as 80 cents per 100
pounds, but more general range in
producing sections is so to 80 cents
Eastern yellow varieties are selling in
the large markets at 81 to 81 rs per 100
pounds and little higher rate in the
50-pound sacks.
Prices of cabbage were fully MAIN
aimed in the second week in Novem-
Der In most markets. The standard is
Western New York, which has been
selling at SIS to $40 per ton bulk in
various large markets. Considerable
cabbage frnrn Pennsxl.