Milford chronicle., 1931-07-03

at $3.50 to 81 late in June. Prices
appeared steady at these levels. Gu
cumbers from North and South Car
Olina were holding prices fairly we'll
in eastern markets at SOC to $3.50
per bushel. Virginia string beans
tended lower at 75c to 81 per BUSH
el. Maryland stock sold at $1.25 to
$3.50 in Pittsburgh and reached tops
of So to SO in Chicago, Detroit, and
other midwestern markets. Mary
land peas brought 81 in Detroit.
New York peas sold at 81 to $1.75
in Boston and New York and New
Jersey stock brought 81 in Boston.
Liberal shipments of summer cab
bage reached the markets from Ohio
in late June. Virginia cabbage
brought 75c to 81 per barrel in
New York. Asparagus from Della
ware, Pennsylvania, and New Jer-
sey was still on sale in the large
eastern markets at $1.25 to So per
crate of 2 dozen.
Peach Supply Improves
The general quality of Southern
peaches has shown improvement
near the first of July because of the
larger proportion of the midseason
varieties. The early kinds were
even smaller than usual because of
dry weather and some were almost
unstable, but such desirable varie-
ties as Early Rose have included
some stock of good size. Prices have
been maintained fairly well for these
standard peaches although most
shifts of the market were slightly
downward. Best lots sold at $3.50
to SO per 6-basket carrier in north
ern markets and Use to 81 per half
bushel basket. Carmans brought
$1.75 per carrier in Baltimore. Haul
ings are reported increasing at ship
ping points but demand is light.
Growers were getting $1.25 to $1.5O
per carrier. for Early Rose. South
Carolina peaches sold at about the
same prices as fruit from Georgia.
Some lots from North Carolina
brought top of $3.75 per carrier in
New York the last week of June. AS
yet about As of the carloads are
from Georgia and country wide ship
ments are only about 100 cars daily.
Apple Season Starts
Shipments of new crop apples are
increasing rapidly and promise soon
to exceed receipts of old fruit from
storage. Early apples are being
marketed from about half dozen
states, including New York, New
Jersey, Illinois, Tennessee, and Ken
lucky. Most of the fruit arriving is
of small size and ordinary quality.
Prices are low and market level not
yet established. A few lots of old
apples are to be found in various
markets at $3.50 to 50, per bushel,
although little fancy fruit, the
famous Albemarle Pippin, brought
top of SO in New York near the end
of the month.
Judging from the conditions re-
ported in June, the apple crop this
year may be one-third larger than
last season and well above the 10
year average production. The great
est improvement compared with
year ago is in the South and Middle
West. The crop so far seems to
have escaped most of the usual
spring and summer troubles al
though a heavy drop of the fruit is
reported in some sections, especial
ly where the trees were weakened
by drought or by overbearing last
season. The standard eastern and
northern varieties, the Baldwin,
may again be short because it is the
for the Baldwin in some
sections. Heavy supplies of stand
ard southern varieties are to be ex-
pected, including Virginia and West
Virginia York, Winesap, Stayman,
and Black Twig.
Apple prospects are good in the
northeastern states despite heavy
June drought. New England apple
prospects are good although not
equal to the specially favorable con-
ditions last season. In New York
state prospects are variable in diff
ferent sections but apparently the
crop of Baldwin, Greening, and Spy,
three leading varieties, is rather
light but Mcintosh and Ben Davis
promise a large crop. Conditions
are reported favorable in New Jer-
sey and moderately good in Penn
sylvania.
Production of pears is likely to be
less than in 1880 and be-
low the 10-year average. 1t is plain |
there will be a liberal supply of va
rieties grown in the South, fnclud-
ing the Kieffer, and most of the |
shortage would be in standard table |
sorts like Bartlett and Seckel. Pear
are good in the central |
states but scarcely equal to average |
in the Pacific northwest.
Production of grapes seems like
ly to be more moderate than it was |
last season although the crop is
promising in New York, very i'm
portant eastern shipping section. In |
general the June reports confirm
the earlier indications for an unus-
ually good fruit year but the course
of prices seems inclined to favor the
consumer rather than the fruit !
grower.