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“I’m getting cantaloupes,
peaches, and cabbage for my
customers,” he explained.
“And, I’ve brought a few
things we have an abun
dance of to sell, mainly
eggplants and peppers.”
Stepping onto the porch
style loading docks that run
the length of the market
buildings, a visitor is in
stantly enveloped in the
mouth-watering smells of a
garden fresh salad and the
luscious aromas of ripening
fruits. Everywhere there are
stacks of boxes, baskets and
crates, rounded full of fresh
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basement sale tables,
surrounds the buyers
rushing in and out of
brokerage areas. Instant
decisions must be made - any
buyer, who stands and
debates very long over an
offering of produce may find
a “sold” tag slapped on it
before his eyes. Moments
later, the crate or bag will be
hurried onto waiting trucks
by fork-lifts which hustle
around the docks like ants on
a hill.
“If you see something you
want, sit on it!” grinned one
buyer.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 20, 1977
arriving at the market.
Sections sat filled with
peaches, carrying a
wholesale tag of a minimum
of four dollars per half
bushel. Nectarines were
bringing six to seven dollars
per half-bushel. Shiny, fat
red peppers, a premium, in
demand item, were seven
dollars a basket. Hay-bale
size bags of carrots and
baskets of every size and
shape tomato imaginable
filled the docks.
Sweet com, hit by dry
weather in producing states,
was going for one dollar per
dozen. Cases of cantaloupes,
in varying stages of
ripeness, were being
grabbed up and moved by
the dozens.
Apples from Washington
and radishes from Arizona
perched next to pineapples
from Mexico. Big bins
groaned at the sides from the
weight of' ripening water
melons. There was even a
few Georgia peanuts for
sale.
Some rather unusal items,
catering the gourmet and
ethnic cooking demands,
could be found among the
more commonplace market
vegetables and fruits. Okra,
edible podded peas (sugar
peas), mushrooms, green
bunching onions, avacados,
leeks, spicy hot red peppers,
and assorted cooking greens
were available to the buyer
who searched carefully.
Casawba melons, with their
brilliant yellow, deeply
wrinkled skins, and
glistening green honeydews
arrived packed in padded,
protective shipping crates.
Gates to the market are
not opened until 3 a.m., by
that time a line of waiting
trucks has already formed
on the street leading to the
parking lot. Vehicles are
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mittance fee, or daily buyers
can purchase a yearly ad
mittance pass.
Although the wholesale
market remains open
through 9 a.m., two hours
after opening time most of
the activity is over. Trucks
have been loaded and sped
on their way to retail outlets
all over the surrounding
states. The pick of the day’s
shipments is gone. Market
offices settle down to a work
day of tabulating and
bookkeeping chores. Within
a few hours, though, trucks
and trains will again begin
delivering loads of highly
perishable luscious food for a
well-fed American public;
and under a starry sky, the
market gates will open on
another business day.
Tractor driving
winners named
STEWARTSTOWN, Pa. -
John Marsteller, Jr-, RD2
Stewartstown placed first in
the 4-H tractor driving
contest held at the John
Marsteller, Sr. farm,
Stewartstown.
Placing second thru fifth
consectively was Peter King,
Delta; Gary Welsh, East
Berlin; Kevin Laughman,
Thomasville; Tim
Eisenhart, Thomasville. The
eleven members par
ticipated in backing of a four
wheel wagon and driving a
two wheel wagon through an
obstacle course and backing
into a stall.
Marsteller will participate
in the State 4-H tractor
driving contest to be held in
conjunction with Ag
Progress Days on August
24th, at Rock Spring, near
State College, Pa.
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