Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
FRUIT SHIPMENTS
REVEAL DECREASE
Drop to approximately 5000
Cars Daily Shown in
Produce Movement.

about 5000 cars in early November.
compared with nearly 1000 cars day
most of the time last month, says the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
Market News Service. This falling of
is in the principal Northern and West
ern products, while Southern vegetables
oranges and grapefruit are only begin
hing to fill the gap. Combined weekly
produce shipments are less than they
were a year ago by about one-third.
Prices show mixed gains and losses.
The changes most encouraging to hold
ers are the scattering gains in the
apple market some tendency to recover
in Eastern potatoe sections and 1alrly
strong markets for celery and Eastern
lettuce. Grapes and sweet potatoes
show little market improvement. onions
and cabbage hold values fairly Well
Heavy Apple Shipments.
Apples continue to lead in shipments
with about 900 carlots daily. Vr-
pinia West vi GINA and washington
Iocether account for about half the
daily shipments The apple movement
from the Shenandoah Valley section
reached its peak in late OCTOBER puC
shipments have not decreased quite SO
rapidly as was expected. Inere Is sun
considerable stock to be picked In the
orchards around Martinsburg ana WIN
chester. mostly Yorks and Staymans.
THE drop was rather heavy in early
November and extra crews were placed
in the orchards to complete tne
harvesting. Shipments this season
from the districts of Pennsylvania,
, Virginia and West Virginia, grouped IN
[: the Shenandoah section, were apouC
6O ner cent heavier than during the
same period last year but were less
than the 5-year average. This nghter
movement was partly due to iate-
ness of the season but TENDS 10 pear
out the general impression tnat the
harvested crop will be CONSIDERABLY
lighter than production 1igureS Woulu
indicate. Most storage houses are wen
filled with fruit, mainly of No l grace.
Demand showed some improvement
especially in export demand in early
November, and the same was true IN
Western New York, resulting IN
slight tendency to higher prices. Ihere
is complaint of poor keeping Tor the
large-sized fruit
Standard grade Yorks are seliing a.
60 cents to rs cents per bushel ana
Stav,nans 80 cents to 85 cents. Bar
relied stock of various kinds ranges from
s225 on Ben Davis to 1925 on wine
sans Most varieties show little change
in price in Western New York, put
greetings from cold storage sold as nlgn
as SIPS a bushel. and some of this stock
is held at higher prices. Greetings In
barrels brought 81 to $3.50 in large city
markets in early November. Vermont
and New York Mcintosh sold still higher
at S4.75 to Sc in New York, although
Eastern Yorks are still selling at 81 rs.
Rushel packs of various Eastern varle-
ties range from go cents to 81 in East
ern markets.
Celery Markets Steady.
Prices on celery are fairly steady IN
the Eastern producing sections<although
a few sales as low as $3.50 per crate
were reported in the Rochester olstrlct
the first week of November. About one
third the carlot supply is from Western
New York. Most of che city markets re-
port supplies moderate and the demand
light. although the season is approach
ing for the usual Thanksgiving trade.
New York celery sells at $2.25 to SITS
per two-thirds crate in most Eastern
markets and about IS cents higher in
Midwestern markets. washington and
Atlanta range SO to $3.50. At the end
of october 524, 900 crates were in stor-
age in Western New York. This guam
tity Is only about 1000 crates less than
were on hand at this time last season,
but nearly all the crop has been har-
vested and holdings are likely to de-
crease rapidly.
Cabbage Prices Low.
Sales in CARROTS of bulk cabbage OF
the Danish varieties hold nearly I'M
changed in Western New York at So
to So per ton, although a few are re-
@1I 1Arr nd
growers have held mostly in the neigh
borhood of Sc. The unreasonable
weather conditions that prevailed dur
ing September and October brought
most of the cabbage quickly to ma
turity and lessened the storage quality.
Accordingly, much of the crop was sent
directly to market. Prices are steady
in Eastern markets at $12 to $18 per
ton in bulk tor the Danish varieties.
HIidwestern marsetS showed somewhat
better action than Eastern and the
price situation is firm in Wisconsin,
with some sales at Sill in the Racine
district.
Eastern lettuce shows an upward
tendency in early November, and stock
from the Rochester district brought 40
cents to rs cents per tWo-doZen crate
i'll New York, but price trend in Cali
fornia shipping sections was downward
Some lots of New Jersey lettuce sold at
top price of 81 in New York. but held
at SO cents to rs cents in Philadel-
phia.
Potato Shipments Lighter.
Carlot shipments of potatoes have
been decreasing rapidly the past two
weeks and sometimes run at scarcely
more than half the daily totals moving
in late October. Low prices seem to
have led to a tendency to withhold
stocks in producing sections. Quantity
held on track in the large markets con-
tinues liberal, although below the fig
ures for late October. Most of the
Eastern cities report moderate supplies
and slow to fair demand. Prices as yet
show little response to the lighter ship
ments. Jobbing range in the Eastern
markets on Maine Green Mountains is
around 81 per 100 pounds, with tops of
SIPS to 81 so in Washington and South
ern markets. New York Pound White
varieties sell at IS cents to IS cents in
Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania
stock brought 80 cents to 30 cents in
the same markets. The Chicago potato
market declined about 5 cents the first
week of November, but most Midwest
ern markets were unchanged. Prices OF
Maine Green Mountains for January
delivery advanced slightly and there
was a firm tone TO the market in Maine
Shipments for most producing sections
are light in proportion to the reported
production. Growers in Western New
York hesitate to sell at 25 cents pei
bushel in bulk Long Island is more
than 200 cars behind last seasons move
ment and Maine has shipped 1000 cars
Less this season.