Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
PRODUCE MARKET NEWS

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Truck crops are doing well along
the Atlantic Coast region. They are
generally poor to fair in the Gulf
States and Central South. Combined
carlOt shipments are in moderate
volume. The total for the season
runs about 6 per cent under that of
last season the corresponding date.
Fruit crops are a little later this
lyear. Some products show lighter
yield per acre, offsetting to some ex-
tent various gains in acreage, but the
main shortage this summer is i'll
fruits. Oranges, lemons and grape
| fruit account for fOur-fifths of the
comparative decrease in produce
shipments this season. Apples,
peaches and melons have been catch
| ing up slowly with last seasons ship
ping figures. Except for increases in
shipments of California oranges,
cherries. plums and cantaloupes, the
market would have lacked any very
liberal supplies of carlot fresh fruits
in early summer. Potato shipments
are 25 per cent ahead of last season
to date and most of the vegetables
have been coming in the usual vol
ume.
Prices show the usual midsummer
tendency toward lower levels as the
shipping season advances nOrthward
and local supplies of produce rival
or displace receipts from distant
shipping sections.
The height of movement of East
ern Shore potatoes was indicated the
second week of July, the 81 heaviest
shipments about the middle of the
week. The majority of shippers eX-
pect that more than 5000 carloads
will move from the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia this week and Maryland
probably will ship 500 to 500 cars.
Production in that leading Eastern
Shore potato region seems to be
about the same as last year, but ship
ments probably will be no larger this
season because the prices are too
low to encourage marketing of the
| low grade portion of the crop. Com
bined Eastern Shore shipments may,
in fact, fall below the 10000 carload
output of a year ago. Prices OF this
stock have. declined steadily in pro-
ducing sections since the opening OF
the market season. Many sales are
below $3.50 per barrel, or scarcely
half the seasons opening level OF
l$5.25-$5.5O. Many shipments have
been going to diversion points,
awaiting favorable openings in the
large markets. Potato shipments
from all sources run fully 1000 cars
daily at present. Supplies are re-
ported moderate in Philadelphia,
Baltimore and most midwestern cit
les, but liberal in Pittsburgh and
New York. Demand is slow to fair
Iy good and several markets show
declining prices this week. The gem
eral iobbing range of eastern Cob
blers the second week of July was
$3.50 to $3.50 per barrel in large
eastern markets. The Chicago mar
ket declined about 35c during the
week and several eastern markets
dropped 25c The downward trend
was expected to prevail during the
greater part of the week owing to the
| liberal carlot supplies on the way.
The cucumber crop is fairly good
| in the Eastern Shore region and
large output is expected owing to the
effect of recent ,rains;~ Forty car
tloads moved from the Eastern Shore
July z and growers were being paid
81 to $1.25 per bushel by auction at
shipping points. The acreage of Gu
cumbers in Delaware, Maryland and
New Jersey is slightly larger than
that of year ago. A slight cut OF
New Jersey acreage was the renee
ton of the poor yields obtained last
year. Growth in New Jersey has
been retarded by dry weather and
the same is true of midseason onions
in Ohio. Maryland and Delaware
lcucumbers are selling at a wide
range of 81 to $1.25 in the large east
ern markets with a few tops OF
$1.5O to $1.75. Virginia cucumbers
| in three-fourths bushel hampers
brought $135 to $1.50 in Pittsburgh.
Midseason onions are moving in
considerable volume but prices are
being fairly we'll maintained. Yellow
stock from Virginia Eastern Shore
and Kentucky sells in eastern mar
kets at $1.25 to $1.5O per bushel or
50-pound sack and around 50 per 100
pounds. Supplies are light to mod
crate in nearly all markets but de-
mand is generally slow. The onion
crop is reported making good growth
in New York producing sections. In
sects are working but have not done
much injury as yet. Harvesting OF
set onions has begun i'll orange
County and promises to make good
crop. Onion acreage has been gem
orally increased in New York State
as a result of the excellent crop and
fairly satisfactory prices of last sea-
son. The total in Is counties is
placed at 5000 acres. Orange coun-
ty lost about 10 per cent of its plant
ing as a result of high winds in May
but the area is placed at 5000 acres.
Madison county is credited with
1910, the district in Orleans and
Genesee counties with 1888, ana
Wayne county LILO.
The situation in the Connecticut
Valley onion district is affected by
the shift from seed onions to the set
crop. The change has continued for
several seasons past and this year
the acreage of sets is placed at l.
725 acres compared with S05, and the
seed crop total at $3.50 compared
with 2,730 last season.
Most eastern markets are liberal
ly supplied with western canta-
loupes. Demand is fairly good but
prices on the whole have tended
slightly downward this month. The
cantaloupe acreage on the Eastern