Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
WEEKLY PRODUCE
MARKET NOTES

other lines have been fairly wei
maintained. Demand is very goo
but hardly active enough to take tn
increasing supplies for any grea
length of time and still hold the re
cent price. gains. Heavier shipment
have been the rule this month for po
tatoes and southern or southwestern
green produce.
More Potatoes Shipped
The slightly higher prices at pO
tatO shipping points this month Lei
TO some increase of shipments ant
the market weakened little at sOmC
shipping points. On the whole, tho
net advances of last month have been
holding quite well. The increase oil
shipments to an average of about zoe
cars daily tends to increase the mar
ket supply but as yet the large mar
ket centers report only moderate
holdings and fairly good demand.
Apparently, the surplus has been
taken out by buyers who were anx-
iOus to forestall further advances in
price. Much of the shipping activity
is from Maine and the Rocky Noun
tain region. According to the guam
there would still be some 10000 cars
to come from the Far West, mainly
Idaho and Colorado, and a somewhat
smaller quantity from Maine. These
two regions would supply about two
thirds of the remaining shipments of
old stock. Accordingly, shippers in
other regions are watching prices
carefully from such sections as Ida
hO and northern Maine. Shippers in
western New York place considerable
importance on prices and conditions
at PresqIe Isle, Maine.
Potato shipments by rail are of
only moderate Importance in west
ern New York and daily loadings
rarely exceed 80 to 40 cars in the
Rochester district. Growers have
been receiving lately 75c per bushel
for potatoes in bulk. The potato mar
ket in Maine has been Teacting from
the heavy supplies brought by farm
crs during the price advances of car
" January. The heavy haulings
brought temporary drop in the
price but recent sales have been re-
stored to prevailing range near $1.4O
per hundred pounds for sacked
stock. .tg.it..r ~
Nearly all eastern markets report
supplies of sweet potatoes moderate
but the slow demand has prevented
amy general change in prices, Della
ware and Maryland yellow stock con-
tinues to sell at a jobbing range OF
$1.50. to So a bushel in eastern cities.
New Jersey stock in busliel hampers
sold at 50 to $240 in eastern mar
kets. Sales of North Carolina Porto |
Iieans followed a range Of $1.25 to |
$3.50 per bushel in Boston, Pitts
burgh and Washington tile first |
week IN January. Tennessee Nancy |
Halls sold at $1.25 to SLIGO in eastern .
markets. |
Onion Market Dull .,.
The leading onion market report /
moderate to liberal supplies an6 I
slow demand. Eastern markets weak !
6ued d little during the first seven |
days Of January but showed ten |
d6ncy to recover and recent price |
range strengthened to 81 to $1.40 |
poF hundred pounds OH tobbinG sales
ii New York, Philadelphia, Boston /
aud Baltimore. Onions have been
selling very slowly in eastern pro-
ducing sections and country mar
kots have continued dull for several
weeks. Storage holdings of onions
and carrots are being REDUCED slow
ly and probably the large quantity
OH hand will prove a handicap in the
event o. a rising tendency of the
market f
Old Cabbage Tends Higher
Prices of cabbage haze shown
renewed upward tendency this
month in the large EASTERN markets
with various price gains Of 81 to 81 b
per ton for bulk stock of. the long
keeping varieties. Good western New
York cabbage brings $40 to-. $22 per
ton in city markets. Regent ship
ments from western New York have
averaged close to 20 cars daily De-
mand has been only fair and sales of
sacked Danish type cabbage, small
TO medium size, have been mostly
around $17 per ton. Shipments to
date have exceeded those Of last sea-
son by several hundred cars. Local
estimates on quentity remaining in
storage in that section ranged from
5000 to $500 carloads. Market sup
pltCo VI uCN SdDuuSG are AlGl OdoAuS
and this class of stock fails to share
the rising trend Of the general cab
bage market.
The celery market is quiet in east 1
Crn producing sections. Most of the
celery seems to be III con-
troll of few operators who bought
some time ago and are holding the
celery in storage for their regular
trade. Most other dealers are either
closed out or have only small guam
titles of stock to offer. Recent re-
ports indicated about las cars still
in storage. Quality of recent ship
ments, has been only fairly to ordi-
nary and prices have shown little
change. Florida and California start
cd in at this point to take care of
trade for the balance of the winter
and spring.
Apple Markets Dull
Dealers in producing sections
have been complaining for lack of
business in apples. Even at the com
low prices prevailing, only
limited quantities of fruit can be
sold. The export movement is in
creasing but majority of the ship
ments from eastern sections for ex-
port trade consists of assignments
rather than cars sold outright. The
dullness seems to have
extended to the northwest also, few
sales being reported at leading ship
ping points in Washington and Ore