Milford chronicle., 1934-10-26
Produce Market Notes

About the usual quantity of fresf
produce is moving by rail and boat
this month. CarlOts average nearly
5000 per week day and about tht
same as for the corresponding time
last year. Potatoes and apples make
up nearly half the current snip
ments. Many lines of tender norm,
ern garden products are scanty ahO
oe irregular quality but neaI ~ re
Aeipts are still fairly liberal. Snip
ments of new crop southern and
southwestern vegetables are becom-
ing more Important. October re-
ports ON a dozen leading southern
truck crops show 13 percent more
acreage than last season and 2S per-
cent more than the fiYe-year aver
age, which means plenty OF compe-
tition for northern vegetables In
storage if the southern growing sea-
son turns out favorably.
Price trend since the middle OF
the month has been mixed but IN
general fairly steady. There were
slight gains for onions and for po-
tatoes in western producing sec
tions. The lettuce market is draggy
and lower and cabbage markets
show a few further declines. Apple
markets are firmer at a higher level
than a year ago and some eastern
varieties show a rising tendency but
a weak tone prevails in the Pacific
Northwest.
ADpIe Market Active
Carlot supplies of apples are still
increasing but demand has been
good and prices fully maintained on
popular varieties. Supplies from
northern producing sections near the
large markets are mostly of only
fair quality as yet but such stock
IN beginning to lessen in quantity
and there has been slightly more
interest in the better grades OF car
lot receipts. Dealers believe that
demand for good apples will begin
to improve within a few weeks.
Prices for best grades and preferred
varieties are mostly 81 to $3.50 a
bushel in the large markets but
other fruit sells all the way down
to SO cents per bushel.
Prices of apples are more uniform
than usual in producing sections
and a range of 81 to $1.S5 covers
most sales of bushel-pack stock at
country shipping points from east
to northwest. Baldwin, the leading
eastern variety. sells at $l.25 in
western New York and western
Michigan. Stayman sells at s1.15
in the Shenandoah Valley and Joha-
than around 81 in the Pacific North
west.
Virginia and West Virginia grow
ers will be about through harvest
ing apples by the beginning OF No
vember. Only a small part Of the
crop has been sold. Most OF 1t is
in storage already. The southern
section of the state was through
harvesting about October 20. The
fruit is generally highly colored,
clean and of good quality. Wine
saps are especially we'll colored this
section in the southern apple sec
tions. Practically all of the storages
will be nearly full when the grow
ers are through picking and pack
ing. In western and central New
York there is still some of the apple
crop on the trees. mostly Baldwin
and Ben Davis. Demand for Green
ings has been slow but trade has
been active for the red varieties, in
cluding Mcintosh and Baldwin.
sell about is cents a bush
3! lower than Baldwins this season.
he supply of Baldwins being light
On account of winter injury to the
.rees. The Michigan crop is turn
ng out heavier than early estimates
indicated and rail movement Is
little larger than it was year ago.
Associations and local storages re-
port space well occupied. The east
srn and mid-western commercial
,rop seems to be a little larger in
this year, owing to more
,ood fruit and less trouble from
Icab and coddllng moth but con-
siderable damage from insects is.