Milford chronicle., 1931-10-23

Carlot arrivals of fruits and veg
etables are much less than las
season and the decrease include
most of the leading products of thl
kind, Prices too low to encourage
active marketing suggest the mail
reason for the falling off in distan
shipments. Smaller production linn
its the movement of onions, cabbage
pears and western grapes. lncreas
ing shipment by motor truck has re
duced the number of carlots iron
some districts.
There is not much in the October
crop reports to affect the produce
markets. The estimates promise q
few more potatoes than expected III
September. not quite so many sweet
potatoes and market apples, and a
light production of western grapes
and of onions. The quality i'll gen
eral is about as good as usual
None of the leading lines except
apples shows especially heavy pro
duction this season. The market
trouble lies in the absence of con-
fident dealer buying and OF brlsk
consuming demand.
Apple Market Unsettled
The apple market is going
through the interesting stage. Prices
are becoming established in the
large producing sections and in
the consuming markets also. the
harvest is we'll along, the movement
to cold storage is becoming active
and the carlot shipments are heavy,
sometimes exceeding 1000 cars
daily from all sources. Disposal OF
the large crop produced is one oil
the hard problems confronting pro-
ducers and retailers all along the
line. The southern and central ap-
ple regions each have more than
doubled their market apple produce
tion compared with last season. The
estimate for Virginia fell off about
1O9o compared with a month aSo,
but is still not far from three times
that of last season, and similar
gains occurred i'll several midwes-
tern States. Estimated market pro-
duction is some four million bar
rels more than last season and
some five million more than the s.
year average.
Holdings of apples in cold stor-
age as compared with October, 1880
showed decreases in barrels but
about the same quantity i'll baskets
and sharp gain i'll boxes, mostly
in the Northwest The Middle Allan
tic region has put away $4,000 bas-
kets and the South Atlantic States,
253, 900.
The apple market has no sharp
trend either way, but was rather
weak i'll the cast near the middle of
October. Liberal supplies and slow
described the position in
most of the large central markets. |
New York Wealthys sell at Csc to
$1.25 per bushel in eastern cities,
at S5c to SIPS, Mcintosh
at $1.5O to $1.75, and Yorks brought
only soc to 75c in New York. Stay
mans sold at $1.10 in Boston, $1.15
in Philadelphia, and 60 to 65c in
Maine and Vermont Nc
Intosh sold as high as SIS per bar
rel in New York and some lots
from New York State brought Sc.
Demand is slow in producing sec
ions and prices about steady. Bald
wins sell at 85c a bushel in western
New York, and Greetings from cold
storage sell around 81. Standard va
'ieties sold in the Shenandoah Val
ey section at 75c to 85c bushel.
Yorks in barrel pack dropped Csc to
| price of $2.25, and a carload Of
Grimes sold at same price.
Grapes And Pears
The grape market showed some
what stronger action around the
middle of the month, with firmer
one in central New York and other
producing sections. Demand was re-
ported improving at shipping points.
New York and Pennsylvania grapes
sold at 12c to 15c per 4-quart bas-
let in eastern city markets, with
supply and demand generally mod
,rate. Conditions were fairly steady
1t California shipping points. Haul
ngs i'll the Chautauqua and Erie
district of New York were heavy to
he juice factories but light to pack
ng houses and trend of prices was
lightly upward in mid-October,
With juice grapes at $23 to $25 a
on. Concords and Niagaras advanc-
d in the Finger Lakes district, with
emand active and sales of Con-
ords at $25 to $32 ton. Steady I
markets prevailed i'll Michigan pro- ]
ucing sections.
Shipments of eastern pears are j
light and supplies light 10 moder- {
tie in the large markets. Prices {
how an upward tendency, with
hoice varieties 81 to s2.25 per
ushel in eastern cities. Dull mar I
cts prevailed in western New York {