Milford chronicle., 1930-05-02
Produce Market Notes

The season is a week or TWO to lato
IN The East. Strawberry shipments
fro1n e. southern Maryland will haruIy
bogin before the middle OF May anu
+be asnaragus season had eXtenueu
Uor+bward % only as far as the caro-
Iinas and southern Illinois tne l.'e
week of April, although scanCy sup
niles were arriving from some OF Cne
iater sections of the producing Iel-
ritory. ,-.oa bova
Earlv southern strawberries nave
o1oraged rather low market quallCy
t'is season. Production is less thah
that of last year and shipments our
ing May, which is usually the lnonIn
of heaviest carlot movement 0l
Iil,elv to be more moderate In''H
they were year ago.
The asparagus market has peen
danressed during April by heaVy
sbinnoents from California anu
nTices of southern asparagus were
about 81 a dozen below the Ieve'
nrevailing in late April IasG ye%t'
Most fruit sections report good carry
-rosnects except for the peach crop
which is expected to be hght III 'no
South. -.
Heavy supplies of spring green's
o.nociai1v of spinach and kale, were
a feature in the market near tno
end of April. Virginia splnacn, UHe
mast month, has been moving II
Yearly twice the volume OF the Same
oeriod a year ago and the Maryianu
-sSoinnine season is fairly actiVe.
Prices tended lower. Virginia savoy
sninacb reached prevailing Jop6lns
nrices in the large cities OF the EasS
pf Ok to go cents a bushel. Marylanu
spinach sold at 80 cents III OiS'o
land. o,+born on
ions had dwindled to only a 1e" ,'ai ca
1oade daily and there is very HttIe
+rading in this product in eastern
nroducing sections. The majority VI
the scattering carlots remaining are
owned by the large firms IN tne ciCy
markets. A few sales Of New HolA
1o11ow onions were reported IN cas-
$orn markets during late April aC
S1.75 to So per 100 pounds teAaS
onions have reached low levers -
,-oducing section with much stock
saI1ing at a range of rs cents TO $4
nor crate for the yellow varletles.
cbinments of old potatoes nave
6ocraased to not much, over 500 car
Soods daily and new southern sCOcA
;s still in moderate volume. the ear
" southern crop has been turning
ont a rather light yield per acre anu an
nrices at Florida shipping polhIs az!
vauced 81 per barrel in late Apl1l
thus affording considerable encour-
! agement to northern holders OF po- !
tatoes. Shippers in Maine and Wes-
fern New York appeared to take a
confident view of the situation ana
some growers were holding LOT !
higher prices. Dealers in western ,
New York were still obtaining lew
POTATOES at $1.25 bushel to grow 2
.rs during the third week OF tne f
Month but most lots cost $1.4O to :
4 10. The market in the Rochester I
listrict, however, appeared shgntly :
,nsettled with some sales by deal 6
.rs a shade lower than the range +
Prevailing near the middle OF the
Month. Holders were basing their fl
.onfidence on the reduced country G
vide shipments and the price ad- a
,ances of southern potatoes, also on H
he recent advances Of III to 10
ents at Chicago and some other eI
cities. Apparently the v
'osition is stronger in the West than
4 the East according to the location 81
+ remaining supplies. Cool weather IL
uring April has favored the oe- q
1and for old potatoes and market
uality has been good for so late IN II
be season.
Ample shipments are decreasing
yeek by week and average for the % %
,et mart of April was hardly more I'll
IAN 100 cars daily from all sources
Tavv York is still shipping about one y"
,urth of the daily totals, Virginia 81,
nd West Virginia shipments are ~
,oderately active and there are sa a
catering carloads from Pennsylva- ~
Ia and other eastern States. Busl- n,
ess has been dull in western new OF
ork producing sections and prices
1o11t steady. Number one BaldWlns W,
ore selling for $2.1O to $2.25 per to
1sheI toward the end of the month
nd unclassifed Baldwins ruled
eO to s1.9O, depending on how
.avv the pack ran to Number ones
1shel stock seemed to be in better
,nand than barrels. Sales OF un-
assifed Baldwins ranged near 50
e. barrel, with a few slightly high
Many Of the cars now moving
!. on consignment. Some of the
y h sales are obliged to submit
discount before they are accepted
the purchaser in the city market
cause of scald or defects Of the
,it on arrival. Prices Of best
wins are firm in the New YORK
,rxet at $3.50 to 81, others show
! scald selling at SIS to $3.50 per
yrrel in Philadelphia. General 1oD-
e range on New York Baldwins
:, eastern markets in late April was
" s2.B q bushel. Vifgipia New !
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