Evening star., 1933-08-04
PRODUCE PRICES
WELL MAINTAINED
Melons and CantaIoupes Still
Cheap, but Other Lines
Hold Steady. =.

Carlot shipments Of fruits and vege-
tables are light, only 1000 per day, but
homegrown and motor truck arrivals
prevent anything like general shortage
according to the Department Of Agri-
culture report.
Many Eastern cities report heavy
nearby truck receipts equal to market
needs in some lines. Daily potato ship
mentS by rail and boat sometimes fall
below 200 carloads. Rail movement OF
onions, cabbage, cantaloupes and fruit
Is light. Melon loadings are decreasing
but still head the list with 300 cars q
day.
Prices Of potatoes, onions and cabbage
are we'll maintained under light sup
plies. Melons and cantaloupes continue
cheap. Peaches are higher, with de-
creasing Southern supply. although the
output is much larger than the scanty
shipments of a year ago. Tomato and
and early August. Apple markets show
little change.
Potatoes Fairly Steady.
Supplies Of potatoes are unusually
light between the end of the early crop
and the start of the main crop ship
ments. Prices in early August were
slightly lower than in late July, but
changes we're not important. Eastern
potatoes were prominent in Midwestern
markets around So per 100 pounds, but
this stock was quoted mostly $3.50 to
$2.75 IN large Eastern markets. Vir-
ginia stock sold In most markets near
$2.75. Delaware and Maryland stock
brought $225 to s2.40 in Philadelphia.
including some poorly graded receipts
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partly in the upward direction, but the
average in early August was near that
Of the last week of July. Shipments
continue light, mostly from California
Iowa, $achusetts and New York
One hundred-pound crates or barrels
range 81 so to $225 in Eastern markets
for best lots. Carrots bring mostly 40
to rs cents bushel.
Celery and Tomatoes Decline.
Prices Of celery tended downward
although they are not especially heavy
for the time Of year. New York sup
plies are quoted in most Eastern cities
along with Michigin stock, which sells
at 40 to rs cents per small crate.
Tomato markets we're upset in some
Eastern and Midwestern cities by heavy
receipts. Prices fell as low as 25 cents
pei lug UOh, III COlIlI dSI Will IlchT 81
in late July in several Of these mar
kets. Maryland tomatoes still brought
80 cents to 81 in Pittsburgh, but were
quoted so to rs cents in Chicago. Sup
ply and demand on lettuce was moder-
ate in Eastern markets. Prices tended
upward in response to rising trend
in California producing sections
Shipments Of peaches from the South
are rapidly decreasing. General range
on late Southern peaches was Sl25
to ST. Early and midseason peaches
from Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania range so cents to $l25 in New
York and other markets.
Apple receipts continue moderate
Eastern markets quote early apples oi
standard varieties and good grade al
rs cents to $l25 per bushel and nearly
the same prices are quoted from Middle
Western cities. Receipts of home
grown cantaloupes have increased
Western receipts ranged 81 so to 81 pei
crate of As. Supplies from Maryland
and Delaware are liberal, although the
crop is reported not as large as last
season. Prices have averaged low the
last few weeks, some lots not bringing
much more than freight charges
Watermelon prices continue low, but
demand is good. Tom Watsons are
quoted higher at $50 to 500 per carload
of medium sizes in Georgia producing
sections.