Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
Produce Market Notes

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kets. A somewhat wider range pre-
walls for Maryland and PennsylVav
Mia stock at 81 TO $1.50, top prices
being reached for Maryland spinach
at New York and Pittsburgh. Mary
land is beginning to ship carlots of
asparagus but the larger part of the
eastern stock is still from tht Car
| Olinas. Supplies are rather liberal
and prices tend downward, with de-
clines of 25 cents or more per crate
in eastern markets.. South Carolina
stock brings $3.50 to So per 2-dozen
crate for the large sizes and 81 to
$3.50 sfOr medium size stalks. Eas-
tern Shore and Maryland and Vir-
ginia has been shipping asparagus
which sold at $3.50 for best lots in
Boston and at So to So per crate in
several markets. Delaware aspara-
gus brought $2.25 to $3.50.
The bulk of the lettuce supply is
from California but a few carlots
daily are reported from the Norfolk
district and from North Carolina
Firm markets prevail in the South.
west. Supplies are liberal to mod
crate in northern markets and price
trend weaker at Boston but about
steady elsewhere. Virginia stock
brought rs cents per crate of two
dozen in Baltimore. North Carolina
lettuce sold in various markets at
&c to So per 5-peck hamper.
POTATO MARKET WEAK
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an irregular course this month. Part
of the previous advance has been
maintained but the tedency the sec
ond week in May was slightly down
ward Conditions at eastern country
shipping points were only fairly
steady, with a carlOt price range of
60 to 80 cents per 100 pounds on
sacked stock Most of the western
and southern producing sections re-
ported slightly lower prices, The
southern crop has come 10 market
this season in only about half the
volume of a year ago and shipments
during the early part of the potato
season seem likely to continue at
some such average rate judging
from the present light receipts and
the reported acreage and condition
of the growing crop. Shipments of
old potatoes have not gained to the
extent that the new crop supply has
fallen off, but the carlot output |
from the Great Lakes region is !
much larger than it was a year ago |
and is expected to continue active a
few weeks more while Maine and |
Idaho will furnish a still larger |
share of the supply OF old stock dur /
ing the last part of the season. Total |
potato shipments average about 700 |
carloads daily now and holdings on |
track in IL leading markets recently
have been between 700 and 900 car
loads. The lighter rate of shipments |
lately will tend to relieve the mod
crate oversupply in some markets.
Prices of old potatoes at Chicago |
although showing slight declines
have held near the IS cent average
per 100 pounds on eaTlOts. Most mid
western markets are a little lower
this week. There is little change in
the general list of jobbing prices in
leading eastern markets, which
quote Green Mountains at 81 to $1.25
per 100 pounds. New York and
Round White varieties
still bring 81 to $1.15.
Eastern and midwestern shipping
points are dull and slightly weaker.
A light demand prevailed in western
New York and prices showed
downward trend. Some dealers had
to sell carloads on a falling mar
ket because of the condition of the
potatoes. 1t is likely most of the
potato holdings will be cleared out
in that section and also in Michigan
by the end of the month. Dealers
are paying growers 80 to IS cents
bushel in bulk. Demand is slow in
northern Maine at 60 cents per 100
pounds sacked. The trend is down
ward at Texas and Louisiana ship
ping points.
Sweet potatoes are still arriving
in quantities fairly liberal for the
lime of year The yare coming out of
storage in half a dozen leading pro-
lucing States. Tennessee Nancy
Halls are quoted from so to IS cents
Der bushel in northern markets.
Delaware and Maryland sweets of
he Jersey type range soc to 81.