Evening star., 1932-08-14
PRODUCE RECEIPTS
CONTINUE SMALL
Daily Average Shipments Are
go Per Cent of Last Sea-
son Total.


tinue light for this time Of year, says
the United States Department Of Agri
culture, Bureau of Agricultural Econo-
mics Market News Service. Daily to-
tails are about so per cent of the guam
tity moving in mid-August last season.
Receipts of peaches. melons, onions and
sweet potatoes are about one-third those
of a year ago, pears and cucumbers
one-half and potatoes two thirds. Ap-
Piles, grapes, tomatoes and cabbage are
approaching usual Summer market
activity. In general. the fruit and vege-
table shipments are rather light, mar
ket receipts light to moderate and de-
mand slow.
Crop reports this month show only
moderate production of fruit but several
of the vegetables, particularly cabbage
and onions, promise yields exceeding
the general crop average this year am
considerably larger than they were last
year. The main onion crop is likely to
be greater by one-half than the crop
for 1881. owning to heavy yields per
acre, exceeding 400 bushels in many
states. and acreage was increased about
large in the Northern States if present
conditions continue. Potatoes from the
late and midseaSon states together
seem likely to about equal last seasons
output but there are rather sharp de-
creaSeS in the East particularly Maine,
New York. Pennsylvania. Offset by gains
in the Middlewest and West.
Potato Market Draggy.
The potato market persistently re-
fuses to share the rising trend of gem
eral commodity markets Prices have
sagged away little further the second
week of August although shipments are
light, amounting only to about 200 car
loads daily New Jersey and Long
Island are supplying much of the carlot
stock offered in Eastern markets and
both sections are likely to increase their
shipments quite steadily. A few cars
have been coming from as far north as
the early potato sections of Maine.
About 40 states are on the potato ship
ment list but most of them are shipping
lightly as yet. Prices have been ex-
tremely slow to respond to the light
supplies, which amount to about two
thirds those of the same weeks last
season. In fact. the prices themselves
are about two-thirds those of a year
ago in many markets. Supplies on hand
are reported moderate to liberal and
demand slow to fairly good. New Jer-
sey potatoes averaged about 81 Der 100
pounds for jobbing sales in Eastern
cities near the middle of August, the
range being rs cents to $l.15. Long Is
land potatoes weakened a little, reach
ing IS cents to 81. Virginia receipts
are light now, and those from Maryland
in moderate quantity are selling at rs
cents to Sl20. Chicago market shows
a rather weak tone owing to light de-
mand. Some other markets are weak
ened by liberal receipts by motor truck.
Onion Market Firm.
Shipments of onions continue light
from all sections despite the heavy pro-
duction expected later. Western onions
are prominent in most markets. Ship
ments Of set onions are increasing from
the Connecticut Valley, where the guam
tity Is reported good for the seed-grown
crop as well as for the sets. These
onioA are selling at so cents to 30
cent? per so pounds in Eastern cities,
asliAhtly higher average than prevailed
earlier in the month. Most yellow
onions from New York. New Jersey and
Virginia sell within the same price
range. A few lots Of white onions
brought 81 to $1.25 in New York, Mary
land and Pennsylvania yellow onions
sold at so cents to go cents in Balti-
more.
Cabbage from New York brings S25
to $27 per ton in bulk in New York
and Philadelphia Virginia round cab
bage sold at $i.35 to SITS per 100
pounds IN Washington and red cab
bage at S125 to SITS. New York cau-
liflower brought an average of about 50
per crate in New York City Eastern
peas are feeling severe competition
from heavy Western receipts and are
selling at rs cents to 81 per bushel in
several large markets. New York Gel
cry completes with Michigan celery, ar
irving in moderate quantities. Quality
of some New York receipts is only fair
Price range is 81 to $50 per two-thirds
crate in New York, Pittsburgh and
Washington. Lettuce markets are fairly
steady at 25 cents to so cents per p
Prices of Western lettuce have been
fully maintained in most markets.
Apple Supplies Moderate.
Supplies of appleS are nov abou' nor
NAL for the time Of year although the
seasons output has been much less
than that of n year ago. Current re-
ceipts are liberal from California,
mostly GravenSteins. Eastern supplies
include Duchess. William. Starr and
other standard early varieties. Most of
them sell at so cents to 85 cents a
bushel for fairly good fruit but some
lots bring 81 or more. while inferior
stock sells at extremely low levels.
Peaches and Grapes.
Advances and declines in the peach
market were fairly we'll balanced the
second week of August, following the
sharply declining trend of the week
before. but the tendency was still down.
ward in many markets. Carlot receipts
continued to be about one-third the
volume Of year ago but ccmpetition
with other fruits has tended to force
prices Of peaches steadily lower for
some time past. Most of the receipts OF
standard late varieties are from the
Carolinas at present. but supplies from
Delaware and New Jersey are increaS-
ing Standard varieties range rs cents
to $l25 per bushel or 6-basket carrier
Virginia Elbertas brought SIPS to s175
in New York and Pennsylvania fruit
was quoted at rs cents to 81 in that
market Slow trade and price weak
ness prevail in most of the peach pro-
ducing sections.
Supplies of grapes have been rather
light so far this year, but have been
increasing latelv from California, while
Western and Midwestern sections are
beginning TO ship in moderate uuanti-
ties. Sales Of early varieties OF Mid
western grapes at l3 cents to 20 cent,
per 4-ouart basket indicate a moderate
level of prices Trend Of the market or
California grapes has been gradually
downward this month and the leye
has been below that of year ago.