Milford chronicle., 1931-07-10

1t is a good year for truck crops
and fruits according to the ship
ment figures which show gains of
several thousand cars weekly COM
pared with last season. Movement
of potatoes, melons, cantaloupes,
peas, stringbeans, and cabbages is
heavier than in 1880. Supplies
might be still greater but for the
lateness of apples, peaches and mel
Ons. Oranges from the old crop are
still an active feature.
Price tendencies of fresh produce
were downward the first few days of
the month except for a few side
lines including onions, lettuce and
tomatoes in which there was some
times temporary shortage of good
stock. Otherwise market quality of
fruits and vegetables seems to be
good especially for the leafy crops
and for potatoes. There is a ten
dency to small sizes of tree fruits
and of melons owing to dry weather
in some districts and heavy prOduc-
tion.
Early Apples Active
Apples from the new crop are be-
ing shipped from about a dozen
States and the beginning of July the
movement had increased so rapidly
that shipments were about three
times those of old apples from stor-
age. Early apples mostly Transpar-
ents from the Middle West and from
Tennessee and Maryland are fairly
IN,
markets and California apples are
also beginning to appear. Prices
started on a basis fairly satisfactory
to growers although tendency has
been downward since the first of the
month. Transparents from Della
ware, New Jersey and Tennessee
sold in eastern markets at a wide
range of S1.OO to $500 per bushel
but mostly $1.O0 to $1.50 compared
with top price of $500 for first ar
rivals. A few cars daily are receiv-
ed from storage in Washington, Vir-
ginia' and New York. Prices of
stored apples range close to those
prevailing in May and June. New
York Baldwins brought $175 to 50
per bushel in New York City early
in the month.
Peaches and Melons
Increasing receipts of peaches are
competing with apples as a leading
feature in the fruit line. Georgia is
the main source of supplies but ship
ments are increasing from the Caro-
lines, Alabama and the Central
Southwest. Prices tend lower espe-
cially for the small sizes which are
in majority this season. Sales of
Early Rose, a mid=season. variety,
ranged $3.50 to $3.25 per six basket
carrier. There is tendency to
market the fruit in half bushel bas-
kets this season. Georgia Carmans
sold at soc to $1.2O per half bushel
in Philadelphia, and Georgia peach
es in other markets brought 60c to
$1.O0. Haulings of peaches at
Georgia shipping points were light
the first week of July and markets
very dull with sales mostly $500
er carrier. The Georgia and Caro-
lima peach season seems to be about
ten days behind that of last year
owing mainly to dry weather. First
shipments of Hileys were expected
early in July. Georgia Elbertas are
still small and probably not ready
for market until the middle of the
month.
Georgia and Florida are still sup
plying the greater part of the melon
shipments. Combined shipments at
the rate of thousand cars daily
provided amply for the usual large
Fourth of July demand. Quality
has been good although there was a
tendency to small sizes resulting
from lack of rainfall when the fruit
was near maturity. The low prices
did not offer much inducement to
ship too early and not much green
fruit has found its way to market
Supplies of melons were reported