Milford chronicle., 1931-07-24
Produce Market Notes

Fruits and vegetables have made
stronger market showing than most
other farm products this summer.
Prices are low but have compared
fairly well with those of last season
or with prices before the War, but
| around the middle of the month
there was a weaker tendency in a
number of leading products, owing
| to disturbances in outside markets
as well as to heavy seasonal ship
! ments of green products.
Production is ample and carlot
shipments are running about as US
ual at the rate of near 1000 carloads
daily. The car movement has been
increasing the past few weeks
while delayed crops of potatoes,
melons and peaches have been
catching up with the season. The
Eastern Shore is at the height of its
glory, supplying half the country
with potatoes and cucumbers, with
liberal shipments of tomatoes, can
taloupes, apples and the like soon
to follow. The southern peach sea-
son is swinging to the later and
larger varieties. The melon season
is advancing northward. Apple sup
plies are increasing and shipping
region extends as far North as New
Jersey and New York. Northern type
onions are again on the market
from Virginia, Iowa, New Jersey,
and Massachusetts.
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Potatoes Lower
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e. Prices of potatoes began a down
ward trend around the middle of the
month. Eastern Shore of Virginia
Cobblers, the leading line, receded
to $1.7O per barrel in producing sec
tions compared with high point of
$2.25 at the beginning of the sea-
son and with 50 during the recent
upturn.
Shipments of this stock are heavy
and demand slow at shipping points
and in many of the consuming mar
kets. Probably the height of ship
ments from this section was reach
ed the second week of July with
300 cars but about $500 cars were
scheduled for the third week of the
month after which local estimates
placed remaining shipments at $500
to 5000. A total of $4,000 to 10000
cars would be below early expecta-
ions.
Market for Eastern potatoes has
been extensive this year. Many of
he midwestern States report heavy
arrivals of this stock. The early
crop from Oklahoma
lorth to Minnesota seems to have
Deen damaged by alternate hot and
Amy weather, causing second q.
growth and other defects and
in the yield of potatoes
it for market. These conditions
lelped the demand for eastern po-
atoes which have been selling high
# at Chicago, than the same varie- :
les of mid-western potatoes. Ship
nents from the Maryland part of l
he Eastern Shore section are in
reasing rapidly but the season is a I
title late. Southern Virginia is i
till shipping heavily to southern I
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Peaches Selling Well c
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The peach market so far this sea- @
on has been satisfactory on fruit of =
ood size and grade. Prices took a o
lightly downward trend after the
liddle of July but so far have COM
ared well with last season when d.
lie crop was smaller. One reason ST
II the good reception of the peach N
rop has been the excellent color te
nd flavor. Another is that many of 81
lie small-size peaches were culled re
1t, thus reducing the supply suit m
lie for market. Delay of the main
op varieties also kept down the w
lpply and helped the price COM or
Lred with preceding years. Later SO
'aches are now becoming more 10
So far this season, the he
Iality of the Georgia peaches have ST
en above average. Shipments Sc
ON Georgia have been about two N,
irds those of last season but the to