Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
FRUIT SHIPMENTS
SHOW RECENT GAIN
Vegetable Supplies Also
Larger at MarketS-De-
mand on Increase.

Shipments Of fruits and vegetables
were increasing during the first half Of
January and prices Of some lines Of
produce are beginning 10 show the eff
fectS of heavier supplies on track, says
the United states Department Of Agri-
culture, Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
nomicS, Market News Service. The po-
tota movement gained sharply from
Maine, Idaho and Colorado. Prices have
been holding quite firmly ana continue
TO advance in far western producing
sections, but showed little weakness ii
Northern Maine and western New
York around the middle Of the month,
with decline of to 10 cents per 100
pounds.
The Great Lakes region, usually q
source of liberal supply, is not shipping
many pototoes this season. Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, together,
have shipped scarcely more than half
Is much as Maine alone. Long Island
has shipped more potatoes than any OF
these three Western potato States. Pro-
ducers will note with interest that the
heavy shipments of potatoes this sea-
son are from those sections that make
o speciality Of q choice or special line
Of potatoes. Idaho ana Colorado baking
stock and Green Mountain potatoes
from Maine and Long Island all sell
higher than most other potatoes.
Potato Holdings Moderate.
Although most of the great markets
report slower demand the holdings on
track are still moderate despite the
heavier shipments, indicating that con-
siderable buying is taking place for flu
ture requirements as result of the up
ward price tendency Of the first half Of
January. Demand is reported fairly
active at New York and Boston. Arri-
walls of from three to six cars from Can
ada daily are reported at these markets
and at Philadelphia. Maine Green Noun.
tains follow fairly steady jobbing range
at $1.80 to $2.15 per 100 pounds in the
Eastern markets. Prince Edward Island
potatoes bring 50 to $2.25 per 90-pound
sack. Pennsylvania stock OF rural type
brings $1.75 to $190 per 100 pounds.
Long Island potatoes topped the Eastern
market in New York at $2.35. Chicago
potato prices have held about steady
this week. Light haulings from the
farms to shipping points are reported in
Western New York, Maine and the
Middle West with dull slightly weaker
markets in these producing sections
Potato shipments from Florida amount
to only few cars daily as yet. Condi-
ton of the Florida and Texas crop is
fairly good at 70 to 70 per cent Of nor
NAL.
Carlot supplies of sweet potatoes from
all sources average now only about so
cars daily, but prices have declined q
little in the face of decreasing ship
ments. Tennessee furnishes about one
third Of the daily CARROTS. Maryland.
Delaware and New Jersey are still fairly
active. Nancy Halls from Tennessee
range $l.15 70 $1.60 per bushel. Porto
Rican stock from North Carolina de-
cline slightly to SIPS to $1.40. Jobbing
range on Maryland potatoes is sl.2B to
s1.75 in Eastern cities. Some New ,Jer-
sey stock reached top of $2.75 in a few
markets.
Onion Prices Hold.
After the slight declines Of early
January onion markets showed q
steady tendency near the middle Of the
month. Price movement was irregular
but fairly steady on the best stock. Most
sales Of New York yellow onions were
close to 81 per 100 pounds in New York
ana Boston, but best lots reached 81. rs.
Dull, slow markets prevailed in eastern
producing sections, with sales around 30
cents. Light supply and demand was
reported from western Michigan, with
steady prices, and most Western pro-
ducing sections quoted markets I'M
changed. Onion shippers seem in
clined to move their holdings 10 market
Is fast as they can ind buyers, and
such policy tends to maintain the
fairly liberal supplies reported from most
Eastern market centers. Shipments
from New York and New England com.
prise about 10 per cent of the daily re-
ceipts. The bulk of shipments are from
the Middle West and Colorado.
More Southern Cabbage.
Shipments of new cabbage from
Texas and Florida now comprise from
one-third to one-fourth the total carlot
supplies. Prices of old cabbage feel the
added competition, although prices we're
holding fairly well near the middle of
January Moderate supplies of North
ern stock are reported from all Eastern
market centers, but demand is slow and
prices no more than steady. New
York cabbage of the hard, long keeping
varieties sells at $40 to $40 per ton, or
81 to SIPS per 100 pounds. Pennsyl-
vania stock brought $1.15 per 90-pound
sack in Cleveland. New York red cab
bage sold as high as $25 in New York
on small lots. Virginia cabbage of the
Savoy type sells at $3.50 per barrel in
Philadelphia. Southern cabbage sells
at irregular prices, with general jobbing
range of $3.50 to So per Western crate.
South Carolina early stock ranges $3.50
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton. Slow demand ana unchanged
prices prevail at New York and Wiscon-
sin cabbage shipping points.
Supplies of old crop carrots are
mostly from western New York. They
sell at irregular prices In Eastern mar
kets, mostly rs to IS cents per bushel.
Sales in bulk at 90 and % per ton are
reported in western New York, where
demand and trading are reported slow.
Texas is shipping carrots literally from
its large, new crop, ana prices have
been declining in producing sections
this month. Prices Of California car
rots incline slightly downward.
Field beans are still in light demand
in New York market, but price tendency
strengthened a little toward the middle |
of the month as result Of lighter
supplies and some improvement In de- |
mand. The comparatively heavy stocks
remaining In growers hands In several |
of the larger producing sections seemed |
to be held with fair degree Of con. |
fidence The Michigan country market |
was strengthened a little because OF |
lighter offerings by growers at present |
prices, slightly above "a per 100 pounds |
In bulk for choice hand-picked beans.
Apple Supply Moderate.
Nearly all the large Eastern markets |
report apple supplies moderate. Apple |
prices have been one of the few steady |
features of the produce situation for
some time, although demand has con-
tinued rather slow and unsatisfactory. /
Some varieties were showing slightly |
downward price tendency in New York |
near the middle of the month, and few |
iobbing sales of Greetings exceeded
81 rs per bushel The prices were un-
changed on barrel stock. Some other
Eastern markets eased off about 10