Milford chronicle., 1932-05-27
Produce Market Notes

| spring and comparisons are hard tC
make, owing partly to wide varia.
| tiOn in condition and the presence
of scald in many lots of some lead.
ing varieties. The market on Bald
wins, the leading eastern kind, has
| followed an uncertain trend, adVan-
cling slightly in producing sections
in early May and receding a little
after the middle of the month. Good
lots are quoted at $1.15 to $I.20 per
bushel at New York shipping points.
Prices declined to 10 cents in New
York and Philadelphia but were
steady at most other points and the
general jobbing range was 81 to
SIPS per bushel and $3.25 to $4 per
barrel. Ben Davis sold around 81
per bushel. Virginia yellow New
towns or Pippins still brought top
of So per bushel for best lots in New
York and Winesaps sold around
S1.50 in several markets. Holdings
of apples in cold storage are Is per
cent above the stock held a year ago
and % per cent above the five-year
average. The most striking feature
is the comparative increase of the
basket pack in late storage.
Prices of watermelons tend to-
ward lower levels with the arrival
of larger quantities from Florida
producing sections. Wholesale mar
kets quote medium sized melons at
soc to 81. The Florida crop is indi-
Gated about 20 per cent lighter than
last season and the maturity is 10
to Is days later, but in general the
years melon supply seems likely to
equal that. of recent years judging
from an acreage not differing great
ly from that of 1880 and 1881.
Potato Markets Weak
The trend of potato prices has
been slightly downward since early
in the month, although shipments
have continued moderate and are
considerably below the carlot move
ment of year ago. Stored potatoes
seem to have met considerable diff
Guilty in substituting for the usual
fairly liberal supply of southern
stock at this time and the gain i'll
receipts of old potatoes has been
scarcely more than half the short
age in the early supplies. Combined
potato shipments are about three
fOurths those arriving at the cOrre-
spending time last season. The early |
shipping sections a year ago were |
shipping about half the supply but |
their combined current shipments |
are much less than those from |
Maine alone. Nearly half the car
lots arriving are from Maine and
Idaho but fairly active shipments
continue from the Middle West. De-
clines of 5 to 10 cents per 100
pounds appear in some markets
since the middle of the month. Most
sections shared the weak
-one prevailing in large central mar
kets. Arrivals of old stock were re-
ported moderate but demand was
slow and supplies tended to accumu-
late somewhat, ON the tracks in the
arge cities. The jObbing range in
eastern markets is CSC to $1.25 per
100 pounds for Maine Green Noun
aims and 75c to $1.15 for supplies
rom New York, Pennsylvania, and
The Chicago market was
'airly steady at IS to IS cents per
100 pounds by the carlot. Prices are
lbout steady in western New York
It rs cents, but in northern Maine
he market weakened to As cents,
wing to dull demand. The country
vide range at leading shipping
points in producing sections is As to
o cents. The middle western ship
ling points quoted slightly weaker
markets after the middle of the
month, with many declines of 2 to
cents per 100 pounds.
Supplies of sweet potatoes are
till rather liberal for the time of
ear. Prices show little change.
Delaware and Maryland sweets of
he Jersey type bring SOC to 81 per
iushel in city markets. Some lots
rom New Jersey sold as high as
135 in New York and others be-
Ow so cents in Philadelphia.