Milford chronicle., 1932-01-29
Produce Market Notes

d Washington and Cleveland at 81 tC
, $1.15. Pennsylvania Round White
) varieties brought IS to so cents in
! Baltimore. Chicago potato market
has shown a weaker trend lately
quoting carlOts at IS to so cents
|, compared with 80 to 80 cents ear
lier in the month. Sales at Chicago
for January delivery are about
steady around 81.
Sweet potatoes are generally in
moderate supply at the large mar
kets but demand continued slow and
the price movement unsatisfactory
to shippers. Price trend has been
slowly downward this month with
out much change recently Maryland
and Delaware sweets of the Jersey
type sell at 35 to rs cents per BUSH
el in eastern markets. North Caro-
lima Porto Ricans are reported at
rs to IS cents in Washington. New
Jersey stock brings from so cents
to as high as 81 for choice stock in
eastern markets. Virginia white
yams sold steady at 35 to so cents
in Philadelphia.
Apple Trade Quiet
Carlot sales of apples at eastern
shipping points are few, although
! the general apple shipping move
ment has been active the past few
weeks. More cars of eastern apples
are being sent to Europe, although
most of them are on consignment.
Demand in British markets showed
some improvement near the middle
of January and prices of some va
Tieties were higher at London and
Liverpool sales. Slightly better wall
ues prevailed in the Rochester, New
York, ditirsct and Baldwins from
cold storage sold in a limited way
around 81 per bushel. Rhode Is
land Greetings in carlot quantities
realized $1.10 TO $1.25 at country
shipping points. Prices were irregu-
lar in the city markets without any
definite trend except according to
varieties. Eastern Staymans sold
little higher in Boston and Phila
delphia at 81 to $1.25 and reached
$3.50 in Atlanta. Yorks and Black
Twigs also strengthened slightly in
a few markets. These southern va
rieties comprise a considerable por-
tion of the supply this season. New
York Greetings and Baldwins gain
ed about 10 cents at New York but |
weakened slightly in Pittsburgh. |
Barrel stock of various varieties |
sold in the eastern markets mostly !
from So to 81.
Cabbage Prices Weaken
Increasing supplies of cabbage |
from the South have dulled the edge |
of the demand for northern stock, |
some of which is of rather ordinary |
market quality. Prices have tended
gradually downward this month in
eastern city markets and producing
sections. Storage holdings are a
little larger than they were a year
ago but not especially heavy. About
five-siXths of the quantity held is in
western New York. Pennsylvania
holds rather less than the usual
quantity at the tome of year. Nearly
half of the countrys remaining cab
bage stocks are in the possession of
the gToweFs.S. Shrinkage is reported
heavy on account of the mild wea-
ther and the poor quality of much
of the cabbage put in storage. For
this reason, actual shipments may
be expected to be lighter than indi-
Gated by holdings. Wide variation in
quality and price is reported at cas-
tern shipping points. Some was
bought from the growers as low as
SIS per ton in the Rochester district
but the more desirable S stock
brought $8 to $40 and dealers sold
carlots at So to $14 in bulk. City
markets reported generally moder-
ate supplies of old and new stock.
New York cabbage sells at $11 TO
S22 per ton in eastern cities. the
lower prices being for stock of /
rather poor market quality. Mid
western cabbage prices are about
Since the declines which oc- 1
Cured earlier in the month.
Carrots In Demand
With reports of a shortage in s
stocks of northern carrots, the mar G
xet showed a stronger trend around q
The middle of January. The move !
nent from New York producing Sec t
ions is still confined almost exclu- q
sively to dry storage holdings. S
Rough stock in 100-pound sacks adj {
'anced about 10 cents, reaching Z
Ills to $125 at shipping point. \
Some growers received $25 per ton |
n bulk. Slowly advancing prices
we're reported from New York, Bos \
on, Philadelphia and Washington, a
With jobbing range mostly 90c to Il
i per bushel for washed stock. S
The northern celery season is
learly over. although there were e
bout 200 cars left in eastern stor- a
Ige January Is. It is likely that not d
many of these will move out as rail f
The celery season be
,an in September with fairly good e
prospects but the wind-up of the v
forage crop was unsatisfactory,
wing in part TO poor quality and to h
injury during. the storage season. n
southern celery also has been some ,,
5hat irregular in quality and the