Al2-Uncn*ter Farming, Saturday, August 3, 1996
Philadelphia
Fruit Market
PHILADELPHIA
JULY 31, 1996
Trading on the Philadelphia Produce
Market for Wednesday, July 31,1996 was
slow. Offerings were adequate. Prices for
beans, blueberries, film bag carrots and
strawberries were higher, while prices for
green cabbage, cantaloups, com, hcney
dews, parsley, peppers and zucchini squash
were lower. Prices fty others were about
unchanged. Here is the preliminary report:
Asparagus 11-lb cartons bunched Mex
ico too few to quote Bananas 40 lb car
tons imports 11.00 fair quality 9.00-10.50
small 7.00-9.50 Beans ctts PA mostly
8.00 N.Y. 11.00 Beets crate bunched
12s OH 7.00 Blueberries 12-pint cups
with lids NJ. medium-large 11.00-12.00
Brocccoli cartons bunched 14s Calif.
8.009.50 Maine 5.006.00 Cabbage
1-3-4 bushel cartons-crates medium green
PA 11.0012.00 N.Y. 115012.00 Canada
11.0012.00 ted type: NJ. and Canada
8.009.00 savoy type; Canada 10.0011.00
Cantaloupes 1-2 cartons Calif. 12s
7.009.00 15s 7.008.00 18s 7.00 Carrots
48-1 lb film bags medium-large Calif.
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mostly 13.00 50lb sacks loose jumbo
Calif. 14.0016.00 Canada 13.50 Caulif
lower cartons film wrapped 12s
8.001000 Celery cartons Calif. 2 doz
mostly 12.0021-2 doz mostly 1100 Com
—wirebound crates 4 doz minimum White
NJ. 10.00 PA 10.00 Va 10.00 Yellow Too
few to quote Cucumbers 1-1-9 bushel
cartons-crates N.Y. medium 110014.00
PA 12.0014.00 Endive 1-1-9 bushel
cartons-crates OH 8.00 Escarole 1-1-9
bushel cartons-crates OH 8.00 Crapes
19-lb lugs bag Calif. Thompson Seedless
small-medium 12.0014.00 medium-large
14.0015.00 Flame Seedless medium-large
13.0015.00 medium 110013.00 21-lb
lugs Calif. Thompson large 18.00 medium
large 15.00-16.00 Flame Seedless
medium-large 18.00 medium 14.0014.50
Greens crts/ctns bunched NJ. oollards
6.007.00 kale 6.007.00 rape 8.00 mustard
8.00 turnip tops 8.00 Honey dews 2-3
cartons Calif. Ss 6.008.00 6s 6.008.00
Leeks cartons/crates bunched 12s NJ.
7.008.00 Lettuce-Iceberg cartons 24s
Calif. 9.00-11.00 Lettuce-Others
cartons-crates 24s green leaf CA
10.001150 OH 6.007.00 ted leaf Calif.
10.001100 OH 6.007.00b05t0n OH 8.00
bibb OH 6.00 Lettuce-Romaine cartons
24s Calif. 10.0012.00 Canada 7.50
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Mushrooms Pa. 4-qt basket medium
large 5.00-550 small-medium 4.00-4.50
10-lb carton medium 9.50-10.50 large
12.00- Packages 10-12-oz.
9.50- 5-lb carton Oyster 20.00-2250
3-lb Shiitake 13.00-15.00 fair quality
10.00- Onioni-diy 50-lb sks Yel
low Grano Type Jumbo New crop Yellow
rano jumbo N.M. 1.00-9.50 Calif.
9.00- IX iaoo Red Type 25-lb sks
Calif, jumbo 14.00 medium 10.00-12.00
SO lb cuts GA granex type jumbo
25.00- Onions-green cartons
bunched 48s NJ. 8.00 OH 9.00 Calif. 9.00
Paisley carton hunched 60s curly OH
mostly 10.00 plain OH mostly 10.00
Peaches 25 lb cartons NO GRADE
MARKED N.J. Topaz 2 1-2“ up
14.00- Peppers 1 1-9 bushel car
tons NJ. enlarge 7.00-8.00 large 7.00
medium S.OO-6.00 Potatoes 50-lb car
tons Burbank ID 70s 13.00-14.50 80s
11.00- 90s 10.00-11.00 100 s
8.50- 50-lb sks NEW CROP Round
White VA 700 Urge 9.50-10.00 DE
6.50- szß 00 large 9.00-9.50 Round
Red NEW CROP DE sz A 10.00 sz B
12.00- VA sz A 10.00-12.00 sz B
15.00- Radishes cartons tapped
red 30-6 oz film wrapped OH 5.00-7.00
cartons bunched 24s OH 24s 8.00 Spinach
—FUttype crates bunched 24s Calif 11.00
Savoy type bushel baskets CO clipped
15.00 Squash —l-2 & 5-9 bushel cartons/
crates NJ. Zucchini small-medium 8.00
medium 5.00-6.00 Yellow Straightneck
too few to quote Strawberries 12-lot
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00 Sweet Potatoes 40 lb cartons N.C
Jewel type cored medium 17.00-18.00
Tomatoes 2S-lb cartosu 85% USone or
better light red to red TN exlatge 10.00
large 10.00 Calif, large 10.00 VA. exlatge
10.00 large 9.00-10.00 Vine Ripea NJ.
large 12.00-14.00 medium 7.00-8.00 Phan
type Calif. 10.00 N.C 8.00-10.00 Cherry
type 12-1 port baskets Mexico 11.00 Calif.
11.00-IXOO TOmips 25-lb sks NJ.
5.006.00 Watermelons —bins per melon
MD Crimson Sweet 28-30 lb 3.00 N.C md
VA Sangria 20-22 lb avg 2.00 22-24 lb avg
225 22-24 lb avg 250 MD Crimson Sweet
25-28 lb avg 250-3.00
Leinbach’s Shippensburg
Produce Auction
Shippenofaurg, PA
Average Prices Of #1 Produce
July 25, 26, 29 and 30
Price Difference* are Quality, Size or
Day*
Open 10 run.
Report Supplied by Auction
APPLES: LODI, PAULA RED,
MACINTOSH AND TRANSPARENT
3.006.50 '/> BU.
APRICOTS: 7.00-14.25 8 QT FLAT.
BEANS: GREEN AND YELLOW
4.50-12.00 K BU.
BLUEBERRIES: 13.50-17.00 12
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CABBAGE: 8.50 50 LBS.
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CANTALOPES: LOCAL MED. TO
LRGE .30-1.40 BACH.
CORN: WHITE AND YELLOW
1.45-2.60 DOZ.
CUCUMBERS: 190-12.00 Vi BU.
EGGPLANT: 4.25-650 Vt BU.
NECTARINES: 10.00-14.50 Vi BU.
PEACHES: WHITE AND YELLOW
5.50-1750 K BU.
PEPPERS; 3.50-S.OO Vt BU.; HOT 6.00
Vi BU.
PICKLES: SM. TO MED. 5.00-17.00 Vi
BU.
PLUMS: 450-1250 8 QTS.
POTATOES: NEW 4.00-8.00 Vi BU.
RED BEETS: 6.75-1000 'A BU.CUT.
SQUASH: PATTYPAN 2.00-5.50 V 4
BU.
TOMATOES: LOCAL SM. TO LRGE.
7.00-20.00 Vi BU.
WATERMELONS: YELLOW DOLLS
1.70-1.90.
ZUCCHINI: 2.50-6.00 Vi BU.
FLOWERS BY THE POT: HIBISCUS
4.25; ROSES 7.508.00; PERENNIALS
MIXED 1.75-3.75; HANGING BASKETS
2.50-5.50; CUT GLAIOLAS .40-52
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SOUTHERN PRODUCE
CANTALOPES: SM. TO LRGE.
.40255 EACH.
CORN: SWEET 1.65-2.10 DOZ.
TOMATOES: 8.001550 25 LB. BOX.
WATERMELON: 1.15-3.70 EACH;
SUGAR BABIES 1.85-2.30, SEEDLESS
.85-2.70 BACH.
SALE DAYS ARE MON.. TUBS.,
THURS., FRI. AND SAT. AT 10 A.M.
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