Milford chronicle., 1935-11-29
PRODUCE MARKET NOTES

The produce market has been
working toward a winter basis with
shipments down to about 1000 cars
per week day and prices showing
the usual frmness with the increas-
ing dependence upon supplies from
storage. Grape shipments dropped
One-half the second week of NOvem-
ber. Apples. pears and cabbage are
decreasing quite rapidly. Onions,
carrots, turnips and sweet potatoes
hold steady volume. New-crOp vege-
tables from the south and southwest,
especially lettuce, celery, spinach
and beans are becoming still more
OF a market feature. Oranges and
grapefruit show the usual seasonal
gains. CarlOt produce shipments are
about one-seventh less than they
were a year ago because of decreases
in oranges, tomatoes, cabbage and
celery.
Trade has been slow in most east
ern cities and producing sections.
Price action has been hesitating and
uneven after recent sharp gains for
potatoes and some other vegetables.
Onions are about steady in price.
Cabbage. lettuce. sweet potatoes and
apples are generally firm, especially
apples in southern and northwest
ern producing sections.
Apple Market Girm
Many sales of apples in eastern
markets are still at a range Of Csc
to 81 q bushel. but the trend has
been toward a higher average be-
cause Of strength in best lots of such
varieties as Mcintosh. Delicious and
Stayman. Price average near 81 on
actual sales i'm New York is about
25c higher than it was a month ago.
New York and New England McIn-
tosh have been selling at $1.25 to
$1!50. some $1.75. and poorer lots
around 81. Large Greetings sold
up to $3.50 in New York and common
storage Greetings still range 75c
to 81. ,
Southern York and Stayman have
been selling a little better in north
ern markets and show upward trend
in the Shenandoah Valley. where No.
l Staymans brought $l.10 the third /
week of November and Winesap
S1.25. Small gains are reported on
eastern prices OF northwestern boxed
apples, which sell in eastern mar !
kets from 81 to 50. according to
grade and variety. Apparently the
top apple price was quoted in New
York for Lady apples from Virginia
and Missouri at $3.50 per half-bushel
box.
Cranberry markets continue to
although demand was
slow during the recent spells of mild
Receipts from Cape Cod
and New Jersey continue light. Best
lots OF the late varieties sold in east
ern and mid-wistern cities at $3.75
ID $3.50 and the early varieties about
SOC below that level. Poor and soft
lruit brought lower prices. The
cranberry market has shown strong
action i'm view of the crop larger
han last year although production
5 below the long-term averages.
A few eastern pears are still Of
ered in the large markets at S1.25
o 50 for storage stock. Kieffers sell
lOm bring above $1.25 and. poorly
,olOred lots ranged SOC to 81.
Potatoes Fairly Steady
No further change is reported in I
he potato market. Prices hold /
bout steady at the somewhat lower
evel reached during the previous
week and 10c to 15c below the tops
4 the early November rise. East
IN markets report moderate supply {
~ II rEI e~,nTa
rom S1.65 to $l.85 per 100 pounds in /
lost eastern markets and Pennsyl- 1
ania stock from S1.40 TO S1.75. A g
aw mid-western potatoes sold
round S1.50 in New York. Fancy
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