Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16

Fruit and vegetable markets are
showing better tone and action
Close of the northern harvest season.
colder weather, Federal relief pur-
chases and approach of wholesale
buying time for holiday needs all
tend to give more life to the trading
and to bring higher prices for some
products. Rail shipments are de-
creasing to a combined volume OF
about $4,000 cars a week, which IS
close to weekly figures a year ago.
Southern produce receipts are in
creasing but not yet especially great.
Price changes include about as
many gains as losses. Onions, snap
beans, eastern apples and grapes
and western pears and lettuce ten
ded higher in early November IN
eastern and mid-western markets.
Potatoes. cabbage and carrots are
still in oversupply and selling near
lowest points.
Apples Selling Well
Prices of apples are well maln-
tanned, demand is good and some
varieties have tended to advance
since the beginning of the storage
season. Recent gains are mostly on
the eastern and mid-western basket
pack. Most eastern markets report
supply and demand moderate and
prices about steady the first ten days
of November. Standard grades and
varieties are selling in eastern, mid
western and northwestern producing
sections at 81 to $l.35. bushel pack.
Yorks sell at SO TO $3.25 q barrel in
the Shenandoah Valley but trading
is reported slow in that section and
in New York and Michigan orchard
districts Western New York has
been shipping carlots as far west
as South Dakota and Minnesota.
Much of the fruit was In bulk and
growers and shippers seem inclined
to hold best quality apples for high
er prices. Baldwin and Greening
are quoted in the Rochester district
at $1.25 to $1.3O, which is close to
the price level in western Michigan
and near the selling price of Romes
in the Shenandoah Valley and the
Delicious in the Pacific Northwest.
Rhode Island Greetings and Bald
wins have been in rather light supply
in eastern markets and advanced
slightly to a jobbing range Of $1.25
to $1.5O.
Only a few eastern pears are on !!
the market now, mostly Kieffers and |
Secles. Kieffers sell from soc to |
$125 a bushel in the east and mid
die west and have shown a slight
tendency to advance. Eastern |
grapes are about done but prices are
firm for the few sales quoted. Gran
berries continue In rather light sup
ply and tend to slightly higher prices !
i'm several eastern and mid-western
cities. Large berries exceeded SO
per quarter barrel in some markets
but most sales of some early va
rieties throughout the country
ranged $2.25 to s2.75.
Steady Potato Markets
Most producing sections and city
markets report moderate 10 liberal
supplies of potatoes with limited
demand and fairly steady prices not
far from the lowest OF the season.
About the only sign of strength was
4 slight recovery to above 40c per
lUU pOunuS IOT SdCkeu SlOch III uOIlH-
srn Maine, owing mainly to Federal
buying for relief purposes. This
buying has relieved the pressure of
earlots offered and released some
warehouse space for storing the re-
stock. Far. western potato
points also showed more
irmness. Steady conditions prevail
n New York, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan producing sections, around 55c {
or sacked stock by the carlot. West |
,rn New York has been shipping
many carloads to Virginia, North
and Kentucky points. Grow !
,rs are being paid as low as Is to
10 cents a bushel in bulk and the {
,rice on Federal relief purchases IN I
northern Maine has been set at S5 !