Philadelphia Vegetables
Terminal Market
March 19, 2003
Report Supplied By USDA
VEGETABLES -ARTICHOKES' TOO
FEW SALES TO QUOTE -ASPARA
GUS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY pyr
ctns/crts 28 lb bchd CA Green std
26.00- MX Green jbo 28.00 exlge
25.00 Ige 25.00-26.00 mostly 25.00 one
label 28.00 fair cond low as 18.00 std
25.00- few 29.00 fair cond low as
22.00 sml 27.00 pyrctns bchd CA Green
Ige 24.00-26.00 (12s) 11 lb ctns/crts bchd
MX Green jbo 14.00 Ige 12.00 std
12.00- 15 lb ctns bchd MX Green
Tips ord cond 5.00 -BEANS: MARKET
ABOUT STEADY buctns/crts EL Round
Green Type Handpicked 12.00 Machine
Picked 10.00-12.00 5 lb ctns GU Hericot
Vert (French Type) 9.00 30 lb ctns/crts
MX Fava 24.00 -BEETS: MARKET
ABOUT STEADY ctns bchd TX 12s
9.00- 00 25 lb sks Ise CD med 6.00 50 lb
sks Ise TX med 10.00 -BROCCOLI:
MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns AZ
PINAL CALL
TO GROWERS!
to sell at Philadelphia’s
weekly Farmers’ Markets
VEGETABLES (organic or conventional)
Saturday markets, 10 am to 2 pm. May or June start
TREE FRUIT
Saturday market. 10 am to 2 pm, August start
BEDDING STOCK AND FLOWERS
(bedding flowers &garden vegetables, hanging baskets, cut flowers)
Tuesday, Friday, or Saturday Markets, late Apr.- early June;
Thursday, cut flowers, June start
Markets are outdoor and grower-only. You come to sell your own products.
For details, contact *
toll free 866 733-9599 A
or wnte Farm to City, 318 Gaskill pV|f*fTT £0
Street, Philadelphia PA 19147 |
e-mail farmtocity@venzon.net mmmm
Pat in to Cm/ is supported m part bi; Iht Pennsgtuama Assoitatlnn for
Sustainable Agriculture and the Small 1-arm Success Project
bchd 14s few 12 00 ord cond 5.00-6 00 CA
bchd 14s 10.00-12.00 mostly 10.00 Baby
Hybrid Type bchd 18s 25.00 EL bchd 14s
7.00- 20 lb ctns Ise AZ Crown Cut few
14 00 ord cond 5 00-6 00 CA Crown Cut
11.00- few 13.50-14.00 fair cond 8.00
-BRUSSELS SPROUTS: MARKET
STEADY 25 lb ctns MX 14.00-16.00
-CABBAGE: MARKET ABOUT
STEADY 1 % bucrts & 50 lb ctns EL
Round Green Type med 11.00-12.00 few
12.50 TX Round Green Type med
11.00- Red Type med 15.00 1 Vi
bucrts & 40 lb ctns TX Savoy Type med-
Ige 15.00 -CARROTS' MARKET
ABOUT STEADY sks 48 1-lb filmbags
CA Topped med-lge 13.00-14.00 50 lb sks
Ise CA Topped jbo 13.00 CD Topped jbo
8.00- ctns bchd CA Bunched 24s
12.00 few 13.00 ctns 20 1-lb filmbags CA
Baby Peeled 13.00-14.00 few 15.00 -CAU
LIFLOWER: MARKET LOWER ctns
flmwrpd CA 12s 12.00-14.00 few 10.00 9s
10.00- mostly 12.00 few 13.00 -CEL
ERY: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns
CA 1 Vi dz 13.00 2 dz 13.00-14.00 mostly
13.00 one label 16.00 2 ’/> dz 12.00-14.00
few 15.00 one label 16 00 filmbags 24s
16.00 filmbags 30s 16.00-17.00 mostly
16.00 FL 2 dz 11.00 few 12.00 2 'h dz
11.00 few 12 00 MX 2 dz 12.00 2 '/. dz
12.00 -CHINESE CABBAGE: MARKET
ABOUT STEADY 30 lb ctns CA Nappa
16.00 50 lb ctns CA Nappa 19.00 FL
Nappa 10.00-11.00 -CORN-SWEET.
MARKET HIGHER wbcrts FL Yellow
4-4 Vi dz 12.00 White 4-4 Vi dz 12.00 -CU
CUMBERS: MARKET ABOUT
STEADY flts/ctns flmwrpd CD CDOne
Long Seedless sml 12s 6.50-7.00 mostly
6.50 few 6.00 WAXED 1 1/9 buctns/crts
MX med fr qual 18.00-20.00 few 22.00 sml
20.00-22.00 -EGGPLANT: MARKET
HIGHER 1 1/9 buctns/crts MX 18s 12.00
few high as 14.00 24s 11.00-12.00 mostly
12.00 few 13.00 5 kg ctns NL sml 16.00
ctns/crts HD Chinese 20.00-22.00 Japa
nese 26.00-27.00 (35 lb) 30 lb ctns HD
Thai 30.00 Indian 27.00 -ENDIVE;
MARKET STEADY 1 1/9 buctns/crts FL
9.00 10 lb ctns BL Witloof 10.00-12.00
-ESCAROLE: MARKET STEADY 1 1/9
buctns/crts FL 9.00-10.00 -GARLIC:
MARKET STEADY 30 lb ctns AG White
# 6 27.00 # 7 31.50 CA White super
col 27.00 few low as 24.00 col 25.50
super jbo 22.50 CQ White # 10-11
packaged 6s 26.00-27.00 # 9
21.00-22.00 Purple packaged 3s
25.00 TL Purple # 9 21.00-22.00 22
lb ctns CQ White packaged 48-3 s
20.00 22 lb ctns/crts AG White # 5
14.50 -GREENS; OFFERINGS
RAPE INSUFFICIENT TO
QUOTE MARKET ABOUT
STEADY ctns bchd CA Swiss
Chard 12s 11.00 Red 12s 1100
mixed colors 16 00 MX Kale 24s
Weaverland Auction
Now open every Hies. & Thurs.
Starting 9 AM
Selling Spring Flowers & Produce
eclal Mention
Have nursery stock every Thurs.
Over 1000 Shrubs
Consigned for March 27 Sale.
Azaleas, Junipers,
Rhododendrons and more.
Weaverland Auction
1030 Long Lane Road • New Holland, PA 17557
Madina, Address 485 Quarry Road, New Holland PA 17557
We sell local
and shipped ;
Produce • Flowers _
Shrubs • Bushes Phone: (717) 355-0834
Lawn Ornaments Fax: (717) 355-9429
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 22, 2003-Al3
9 00 Swiss Chard 12s 12.00 Red 12s 12.00
TX Collard 24s 10.00 Kale 24s 10.00 Mus
tard 24s 10.00 Turnip Tops 24s 10.00
Dandelion 12s 9.00 Kohlrabi 12s 10 00
Swiss Chard 12s 10.00 Red 12s 10.00
ctns/crts bchd NC Collard 7 00-8.00 Mus
tard 9.00-10 00 Turnip Tops 9.00-10.00
ctns Ise CA Kale Flowering 24s 14 00 MX
Kale Flowering 24s 13.00 -LETTUCE
ICEBERG: MARKET ABOUT STEADY
ctns AZ 24s 10.00-11.00 few 9.50 Wrap
ped 24s 11.00-12.00 fair cond 6.00-9.00
ord cond 5.00 CA 24s 8.00-9.00 Wrapped
24s 10.00 -LETTUCE-OTHER: MAR
KET ABOUT STEADY ctns AZ Boston
24s few 12 00 Green Leaf 24s 10.00-12.00
mostly 10.00-11.00 few 9.00 Red Leaf 24s
10.00- mostly 10.00-11.00 CA Bos
ton 24s 10.00 Green Leaf 24s 10.00-11.00
mostly 10.00 Red Leaf 24s 10.00-11.00
mostly 10.00 3 lb ctns CA Mesculin Mix
6.50- mostly 6.50 -LETTUCE-RO
MAINE: MARKET LOWER ctns AZ 24s
14.00- mostly 14.00-15.00 CA 24s
12.00- ord cond 3.00-5.00 FL 24s
10.00- 2 /i crts foil lined AZ 24s few
20.00 -MUSHROOMS: MARKET
STEADY 10 lb ctns PA Ige 14.75 few
14.50 med 12.00-12.25 4 qt bkts PA med-
Ige 7.00 sml-med 6.25 5 lb ctns PA Oyster
16.00 Portobellas 9.00-9.50 few 10.00 sml
8.00- 3 lb ctns PA Shiitake 13.00 fair
qual 10.00 Oyster few 12.00 ctns 12 8-oz
trays flmwrpd PA 10.50-10.75 mostly
10.50 ctns 8 1-lb trays flmwrpd PA 14.75
ctns 10 10-oz trays flmwrpd PA
10.50- ctns 10 8-oz trays flmwrpd
PA 9.50 -OKRA: OFFERINGS LIGHT 'A
bucrts HD sml-med 22.00-25 00 -ON
IONS GREEN: MARKET ABOUT
STEADY ctns bchd MX 48s 7 00-9 00
mostly 8 00-9 00 few 6 00 one label 10 50
ord cond 2.00-3 00 Ixeks 12s 13 00 TX
Leeks 12s 11 00-13.00 -PARSLFY MAR
KET STEADY ctns bchd TX Curly 60s
10.00 Plain 60s 10.00 1 1/9 buctns/crts
bchd FL Curly 60s 9 00-10.00 Plain 60s
9 00 -PARSNIPS- 20 lb filmbags Ise CD
10.00 -PEAS GREEN MARKET SNOW
PEAS SLIGHTLY LOWER, OTHERS
ABOUT STEADY bucrts MX English
18.00 10 lb ctns GU Snow Peas 9.00-11.00
mostly 10 00 Sugar Snap Peas 12.00-14.00
few 1100 -PEPPERS. OFFERINGS
GREEN LIGHT MARKET GREEN
HIGHER, OTHERS ABOUT STEADY 1
1/9 buctns MX Bell Type Red Ige fair qua!
16.00 few 17.00 Yellow Ige fair qual 15.00
1 1/9 buctns/crts FL Bell Type Green
exlge 20.00 15 lb ctns MX Bell Type Red
Ige 11.00 few 13.00 5 kg ctns IS AIR Bell
Type Orange 80-100 mm 25.00 Red
80-100 mm 22.00-23.00 mostly 23.00 Yel
low 80-100 mm 24.00-25.00 MX Bell Type
Yellow 80-100 mm 23.00 -PEPPERS
OTHER. MARKET STEADY Vi buctns
FL Finger Hot 16.00 Hungarian Wax few
10.00 Jalapeno 10.00 fair cond low as 6.00
Anaheim 10.00 Poblano 8.00 Cherry Hots
few 14.00 1 1/9 buctns FL Poblano 14 00
30 lb ctns HD Thai Chili Hots Red green
50.00-55.00 -RADISHES- MARKET
ABOUT STEADY ctns tpd 30 6-o? film
bags FL Red 5.00-6.00 few 4.00 ctns tpd
14 1-lb filmbags FL Red 5.00-6.50 40 lb
filmbags tpd FL Red 12.00 ctns bchd MX
Red 24s 7.00-8.00 1 1/9 bucrts Ise NY
Black few 14.00 -RUTABAGAS: MAR
KET STEADY 50 lb ctns CD CDOne
med 9.00 50 lb sks CD CDOne med 8 00
-SPINACH MARKET ABOUT
STFADY ctns bchd CA Flat 24s few
15 00 MX Flat 24s 12.00 TX
Savoy 24s 10 00-1100 1 2/5
bucrts bchd CA Flat 24s 14 00
few 16 00 ctns 4 2-'/2-lb film
bags CA Flat 14.00-15 00 ctns
TX Sasoy 10 00-1 100
(clipped) 4 lb ctns CA Flat
Baby Type 12.00 -SQUASH
MARKET ABOUT STEADY
Vi buctns FL Yellow Straight
neck med 14 00 1 1/9 buctns/
crts MX Acorn med-lge few
14.00 Butternut med-lge tew
16.00- Spaghetti med few
22 00 4/7 buctns MX Zucchini
sml-med 14.00 med 12.00 few
higher Yellow Straightneck
sml-med few 18.00 occasional
high as 20.00 med few 16.00
occasional high as 18 00 Grey
sml-med 13 00-14 00 -SWEET
POTATOES: MARKFT
STEADY CURED 40 lb ctns
LA U.S. One Beauregard med
19 00 NC U.S. One Beaure
gard med 16.00 -TOMATOES
MARKET ABOUT STFADY
25 lb ctns FL Vine Ripes light
red-red |bo 18 00 85 f f US
One or Better Mature Greens
light red-red s\6s 20 00-22 00
mostly 20 00 tew 23 00 few
19 00 red 18 00 6\6s 20 00 MX
Vine Ripes light red-red 4\ss
20 00 s\ss 20 00 I ocal Repack
8S r r U S One or Better Ma
ture Greens light red-red s\6s
26 25 6\6s 25 25 6\7s 24 25 tits
2 lyr MX V me Ripes light red
red s\ss tew 15 00-1600 5 kg
tits on the \me Is Vine Ripes
Greenhouse red Ige 17 00 SP
Vine Ripes Greenhouse red Ige
few 18 00 7 kg fits N 1 Vine
Ripes Greenhouse light red
red Ige 28 00 -TOMATOES,
CHERRY MARKFTABOUT
STEADY fits 12 1-pt bkts FI
light red-red 10.00-12 00 fits 12
1-pt entrs with lids FL Grape
Type light red-red 14 00 fair
cond 11.00 -TOMATOES,
PLUM TYPE MARKET
ABOUT STEADY 25 'b ctns
FL light red-red few
15.00- red 12 00-14.00
MX light red-red 12 00-14.00
mostly 14.00 few high as 16.00
sml 11.00 -TURNIPS MAR
KET STEADY 25 lb filmbags
NC Purple Top med 7.00
-VEGETABLES OTHER
MARKET LOWER 8 lb ctns
CA Radicchio 9s 15 00 3 kg
ctns GU Radicchio 9s few
15 00 12s 16 00