The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1781 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
VALUES SHOW SOME RECOVERY, BUT 
HEAVY SUPPLIES CHECK UPWARD 
TREND 
Prices, as usual, turned toward re¬ 
covery in early November. Potatoes, 
onions, cabbage, apples and miscellaneous 
produce gained at times and in some 
markets. 
Potatoes went up 50c in Chicago, a 
market that often sets the pace for the 
others. Then the prices, sagged back un¬ 
der pressure of heavy shipments from the 
Great Lakes region. Other Western 
markets followed the same trend in a 
general way, but Eastern cities continue 
dull, with no pronounced change The 
general price range of $1.85 to $2 50 per 
100 lbs. is not far from that prevailing 
a year ago. The potato market has shown 
two recoveries—one in early October and 
the other in early November. Both ap¬ 
pear to be the result of a temporary fall¬ 
ing off of sh : pments. Each upturn in 
prices brought in a flood of supplies. The 
crop is larger than usual, according to 
the official November estimates, showing 
about 70.000,000 bushels more than last 
year and about one-half that amount in 
excess of the four years’ average. Lead¬ 
ing potato States, except Maine, show in¬ 
crease. Demand is good; the public is 
eating potatoes freely again, and should 
be able to take care of the crop if noth¬ 
ing hinders steady and liberal supplies 
throughout the season, but there is al¬ 
ways some interference, such times offer¬ 
ing chances for the small grower who can 
truck in potatoes quickly during tem¬ 
porary shortages. 
IRREGULAR CABBAGE MARKETS 
Other vegetables have followed a general 
course like that of potatoes. Cabbage 
jumped to $40 a ton for a few days in one 
or two markets, but most of it has been 
selling at $20 per ton or lower, while the 
growers have been getting $5 to $10 per 
ton for best stock. New York State had a 
wonderful crop, and is shipping heavily. 
Other States, especially Wisconsin and 
Colorado, have big crops, but are almost 
too far away to ship profitably at such 
prices. A great deal of late cabbage is 
going into storage and supplies probably 
will be liberal all Winter and early 
Spring. No enthusiastic welcome for 
Southern cabbage is likely until late in 
the season, and not much then if South¬ 
ern planters overdo the crop as they did 
last, season. Cabbage is even lower in the 
West, ranging $9 to $20 per ton in lead¬ 
ing cities, compared with $14 to $30 in 
the East. The tendency should be to¬ 
ward some improvement after the early 
part of the crop is out of the market. 
ONIONS SELLING BETTER 
Compared with a month ago, onions 
average 25e per 100 lbs. higher in several 
of the leading cities, and country prices 
average a little better than at first, but 
sales seem to be very slow in most pro¬ 
ducing sections. Some onions were still 
in the ground November 1, the growers 
apparently being unable or unwilling to 
sell at. 50 to 00c per bushel. Demand is 
a little better in the cities, and some mar¬ 
kets are higher for best stock. 
APPLE EXPORTS CHECKED 
The foreign apple market has gone to 
pieces. The early high prices brought a 
rush of supplies from all directions. Re¬ 
cent quotations would hardly more than 
pay for expenses and barrels. Export 
buying was checked by this state of af¬ 
fairs, but the domestic markets have been 
doing fairly well and range from $4 to 
$5.25 per barrel for best grades of such 
varieties as Baldwins and Yorks. A year 
ago the range was from $7 to $7.50. 
Yet with shipments from Eastern apple 
sections so heavy, the market is holding 
as well as could be expected. North¬ 
western apples are bringing about as 
much as they did last season, ranging 
from $3 to $3.50 for top grades of stand¬ 
ard table varieties. About one-half the 
Northwestern crop has been shipped 
out. it is reported, and indications are 
that the total will run far below that of 
last year. Assuming that one-half the 
boxed crop has been shipped, or 18.000 
cat's, the total would lte 36.000 cars, com¬ 
pared with total last season from the 
eight leading States in the box apple 
section, of 45.590 cars The barrel apple 
States, on the other hand, have already 
shipped almost as many apples as for 
the whole of last season. Total apnle 
movement from all sections is about 1.000 
cars per day. The November estimate of 
box anples shows about 600.000 barrels, 
or LSOO.OOO boxes, less than the October 
estimate, but also shows 2.870.000 bar¬ 
rels more in the barrel apple section. 
Tlmse facts apply to the commercial crop 
on'v. 
The sweet potato crop is one-fourth the 
s’zo of the wh'te potato crop this season. 
Most of the supplies are from Virginia 
and adjoining States. They are selling 
in city markets at $3 to $4.50 per bar¬ 
rel. while bushel packages range from 
$1 50 to $2. The crop seems to be a 
little larger than a year ago. but only 
a moderate supply has come forward so 
far. 
New York State grapes have been 
bringing good prices, averaging about 12 
cents per pound in various packages in 
the city markets. Michigan and Penn¬ 
sylvania have been shipping quite liber¬ 
ally, and a heavy volume has been coming 
from California. Demand for grapes of 
all classes has been more active than 
usual. Celery has been ranging from $3 
to $4 per crate in Eastern cities. The 
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