Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-18

80 cantaloupes some preceded at
S2.OO-35o; honeynalls S3.Oo-3.50.
pink meat honcyballs s25O-2.75 and
Melodews S2.25-2.75.
About IS per cent of the canta-
loupe acreage this season was paper
and brush covered compared with
50 per cent in 1882 and so per cent
IN 1881.
Season Late
The first car of cantaloupes
moved from the valley on May
this season. Only 242 cars had
been loaded up through the 10th
anG the first 100 car day was the
9th, with total for the month 1900
compared with 2789 for May, 1882,
and 565S for May, 1881. Movement
continued around 100 cars a day
the first week in June and the
early peak came on June 16 with
2o2 cars. AS loading from the COW
cred acreage gradually dropped, and
the open acreage being late, ship
mertS fell to 100 the 25th, then liz
creased to 272 July which was
lIlC DGdh lldS u Tic SCdSOll. AlC
exceptionally late season pushed
movement on into July and brought
the cantaloupe crop into competi-
ton With the Phoenix district, which
was also late. Phoenix moved 0
cars July 2. 18 the 3rd, % the 4th
and 81 the 5th; then continued
around IS to 75 a day through the
10th and a sotal OF $50 through the
18th. Yuma moved the first car
June 9. had a peak July with 27,
and dropped to 7 the 18th with a
total of 424 through the 18th. I'm
perial cantaloupe shipments showed
a gradual drop from 194 the 3rd to
SO the 9th and 81 the 18th. Many
shippers stopped loading the week
starting the 10th on account of slow
demand and low f o. b. prices.
! Shipments through the 18th were
cantaloupes GIT, honeyballs $50,
honeydews 878 and mixed melons
993, or total Of 1858. Weaver
Specials and Melodews were beirg
billed as cantaloupeS.
On May Is with shipments onlv
IA a day, the callot cash f. o. b.
price was $3.50 basis standard Ass.
With 96 cars out the 25th the price
had dropped to S185-1.e0. Then
with shipments running around go
cars a day. the price declined to
s1.5O-l.60 the 3lst and reacted 10
s2.OO-2.i0 the 7th. The price peak
came June Is with 202 cars which
brought on a sharp decline to S1.25-
1.iC. Around the 21st demand FOR
Fourth of July arrivals advanced
the f. o. b. quotations to Sl.50-l.6o,
but this quickly dropped to sl,00-
10 the 26th 75-90c july / and 65-
75c July 6. The trend of The mar
ket from the start of the season
indicated that Imperial Valley
growers and shippers We fortunate
that the acreage was curtailed and
that shipments were lignt as COM
pared with previous years. A heavy
movement would nave been dlsaS-
trous. Up until the second week
in July practically all melons were
picked as compared with last seas
on when around 5000 cars were left
in the fields. For few days
around June this season, most
shippers discontinued packing the
porys. On july 10 nearly all shib-
pers stopped loading cantaloupes
on account of poor market cond1-
! tions.
The first car Of honeyballS was
shipped May %, but they were slow
coming or and straight cars did not
reach 10 daily until July 3 With IA
then rapid increase brought
movement to 66 the 10th. The
/ February freeze affected honeybails
more than cantaloupes and caused
much replanting and a late crop.
/ The cash I. 0. b. price on honey
balls opened June 3 at $500 basis
standard ass, dropped to $500 the
18th, s1.55 the 2lst. Sl.50-1.65 the
3Oth. sl.25-I.50 July 6, s1.00-1.25 the
i 7th and 70-85c for standards and
] jurlbos the 18th as shipments jump
/ ed to the so car day mark. The
! New York market receives the
greater portion of the honeyballs
| Records show that of 1855 cars
! bIllDI1Fd III blit IiilLt0 AOtcbSD ASADN
year. New York unloaded 1925 cars.
In that city jobbing prices held Up
fairly we'll until the middle of July.
! Quotations on jumbo 36s and ass
were s4.O0-4.50 June 20, 53.25-4.25
June 30, and s2.25-3.00 July IA.
Prices Show Decline
The first car of noneydeTs moved
! juno ! and output did not reach 20
straight cars a day until the 23th.
/ some stock was being loaded with
! cantaloupes and honeyballs and
/ billed as mixed cars. Straight cars
! of honeydews increased to 40 July
/ 3 and then to 81 the ith. Ship
/ ments would have gone still higher
at this time, but declining prices
prevented it. The cash f. o. +. price
! opened al $225-2.50 per crate June
/ 6. dropped to $1.50-1.S5 the 18th,
sl.10-1.15 the 17th; then ranged
mostly 90c-$110 until the 23th.
when further decline sent it down
/ To 1890 July and 40-60c the llth.
/ The New York jobbing price drop
/ pee from range Of Sl.50-3,25 &C
I cording to sizes and quality June 26
| to S1.12A 200 July l4th. The cost
1 of frapcF1ol.f atiop ta NpW York is