Milford chronicle., 1936-06-12

Prices Of fruits and vegetable
showed mixed and irregular trent
The feature is the continue
strength Of the potato market be
cause Of light shipments and the re
duced yield In southeastern prOduc
ing sections. Prices are firm 70
onions, apples, lettuce and cabbage
lower or irregular for celery, canta
loupes and strawberries.
Carlot shipments we're down abou
1000 cars the last week of May ant
continued at rather low rate for thu
time of year, showing One-eightl
fewer shipments compared with the
last half of May or the same weeks
a year ago. Decreases were sharI
for old potatoes, apples, grapefruit
cabbage, caulifiOwer, celery, peas
and strawberries. Most carlot gains
were seasonal, including melons,
cantalOupes, peaches and plums-
Products about holding their own in
carlot volume around the first of the
month were beans, carrots, cherries
and lemons.
Striking features of the shipping
list were the rapid decrease of old
potatoes, the heavier California ship
ments of new-crOp potatoes, the ear
illness of the California fruit and
melon shipping season while many
eastern shipping sections are still
late, the persistence of Virginia APP
pie output, the continued active pro-
duce movement from Mississippi and
Alabama, and the light shipments
from the southeastern truck crop
region. Southern cabbage, onions
and strawberry shipments are
dWindling. The seasons activity in
shipments of mixed carlots of vege-
tables is another feature, especially
Texas produce.
Strong Potato Market
Potato prices showed many ad-
vances of Csc to soc per 100 pounds
the first week of June in response
to continued light shipments at the
rate of about 600 cars a day from
all sources. Alabama, Louisiana and |
California are still active in supply
ing central markets with new stock.
In the East, North Carolina is be-
ginning but will hardly be in full |
swing until the middle of the month
and yield was reduced by unfavOr-
able feather conditions. About half
the old potato shipments are COM
ing from Maine, others from the up
per Lake region and the Far West.
Sales in northern Maine reached
.op prices of S3.35 per 100 pounds
On No. l sacked stock the first week
IF June and shippers found difficult
v in locating stock to fill orders.
Iitv markets showed further
drength, quoting Maine potatoes at
r 25 TO $3.50 and other eastern
took S2.75 to 1925. Chicago advane-
a to $3.50 on Wisconsin stock Dy
he carlot and various midwestern
markets were firm at $3.50 to S2.75.
Western Burbanks sold at 81 TO ]
4.25. which was about the price OF /
much of the new southern stock In 6
Orthern markets. California long
7hite potatoes topped the market at I
4 to SIS. G
Southern producing sections quote |
rom $3.50 in Texas up to "a IN
outh Carolina, even the No, 2 stock 4
rought $2.75 at South Carolina a
bipping stations. The barrel pack )
ON South Carolina, North Carolina L
nd Georgia sold at Sc to $3.50 in a
orthern markets. Further ship
ents from South Carolina are ex- Il
ected to be light. North Carolina f,
rowers are digging early to fill the b
tive demand but no heavy move q
ent was expected until the second S
eek of June. tt
Strawberry Prices Irregular al
Range of jObbing prices on straw
rries shows a wide spread because al
great variation in quality as the 10
d of the shipping season APP Y
caches in many sections. Carlot al
1vement dropped about one-half N
e last week of May and continues OIL
hit. Many receipts from the early &C
d mid-season sections are running M
avily to small berries, some show ed