Al2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5, 2003 $ Philadelphia Vegetables Terminal Market April 2,2003 Report Supplied By USD A VEGETABLES -ARTICHOKES: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns CA Globe Thorned 36s few 20.00 -ASPARA GUS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY pyr ctns/crts 28 lb bchd CA Green Ige 32.00- few low as 30.00 std 35.00- few 34.00 MX Green Ige ord fair cond 10.00-20.00 11 lb ctns/crts bchd CA Green std fair appear 14.00-15.00 -BEANS: MARKET HIGHER bucrts MX Fava 26.00-28.00 buctns/crts FL Round Green Type Machine Picked 20.00-24.00 fair cond 14.00-18.00 5 lb ctns GU Heri cot Vert (French Type) 10.00 -BEETS: MARKET STEADY ctns bchd TX 12s 9.00- 25 lb filmbags Ise CD med 6.00 50 lb sks Ise TX med 10.00 -BROCCOLI; MARKET SLIGHTLY HIGHER ctns AZ bchd 14s 12.00 CA bchd 14s 9.00- mostly 10.00 FL bchd 14s ord cond 2.00-3.00 20 lb ctns Ise CA Crown Cut 12.00-14.00 mostly 12 00-13.00 -BRUSSELS SPROUTS: MARKET LOWER 25 lb ctns CA 16.00 MX 18.00 -CABBAGE: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 1 Vi bucrts & 50 lb ctns FI Round Green Type med 10.00-11.00 Red Type med 14.00 TX Round Green Type med few 10.00-12.00 fair appear low as 9.00 50 lb sks NY Round Green Type med-lge 9.50-10.00 1 3 /< bucrts & 40 lb ctns FL Savoy Type med-lge few 14.00 -CARROTS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY sks 48 1-lb filmbags CA Top ped med-lge 13.00-15.00 mostly 14.00 50 lb sks Ise CA Topped jbo 11.00-13.00 CD Topped jbo 8.50-9.00 ctns bchd CA Bunched 24s 12.00 ctns 20 1-lb filmbags CA Baby Peeled 13.00 -CAULIFLOWER; MARKET SLIGHTLY LOWER ctns flmwrpd CA 12s 9.00-10.00 9s 8.00 few 10.50 -CELERY: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns CA 2 dz 12.00-13.00 most ly 12.00 2 Vi dz 12.00-13.00 mostly 12.00 filmbags 24s 16.00 filmbags 30s 13.00- FL 2 dz 10.00-11.00 2 Vi dz 10.00- MX 2 dz 11.00-12.00 2 Vi dz 11.00- -CHINESE CABBAGE: OF FERINGS LIGHT celcrts FL 10.00-12.00 50 lb ctns FL Nappa 18.00 -CORN SWEET: MARKET LOWER wbcrts FL Yellow 4-4 Vi dz 10.00-11.00 mostly 10.00- White 4-4 Vi dz 10.00-11.00 mostly 10.00-10.50 -CUCUMBERS: MARKET HIGHER flts/ctns flmwrpd CD CDOne Long Seedless sml 12s 6.00 few 6.50 few low as 5.00 WAXED 1 1/9 buctns/crts FL med fair cond 15.00 ff qua! fair cond 8.00-10.00 HD med fair cond 14.00 fr qua! fair cond 10.00 sml fair cond few 12.00 MX med 20.00-22.00 ord qual 10.00- -EGGPLANT: MARKET SLIGHTLY LOWER 1 1/9 buctns/crts MX 18s 12.00-14.00 mostly 14.00 fair cond low as 10.00 24s 12.00-14.00 fair cond 8.00-10.00 5 kg ctns NL sml 16.00 ctns/crts HD Chinese 22.00-25.00 Vi buctns FL Italian 7.00-8.00 Japanese 13.00 ctns/crts HD Japanese 25.00 (35 lb) 30 lb ctns HD Thai 30.00 Indian 26.00 1 1/9 buctns FL Indian 15.00-18.00 -ENDIVE: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 1 1/9 buctns/crts FL few 9.00 10 lb ctns BL Witloof 12.00 -ESCAROLE: MARKET SLIGHTLY HIGHER 1 1/9 buctns/crts FL 10.00 -GARLIC: MAR KET STEADY 30 lb ctns AG White # 6 27.00 # 7 30.00 CA White super coi 24.00 super jbo 21.00 30 1-lb packages ord cond 5.00 CQ White # 10-11 packaged 6s 26.00 # 9 21.00 # 11 23.00 Purple packaged 3s 22.00-24.00 # 9 20.00-22.00 -GREENS: MARKET Robert Fulton Fire Co Hay, Straw & Grain Auction Every Thursday 10 am Located on the corner of RT 272 & 222 at Wakefield, PA 717-548-2492 717-548-2371 Randall Ranck Auctioneer 003117-L Consignments Wanted ❖ Produce Markets ❖ ABOUT STEADY ctns bchd MX Swiss Chard 12s 13.00 Red 12s 13.00 TX Col lard 24s 10.00 Kale 24s 10.00 Mustai d 24s 10.00- Turnip Tops 24s 10.00-11.00 Dandelion 24s 9.00 Kohlrabi 24s 9.00 Swiss Chard 24s 10.00 Red 24s 10.00 ctns/crts bchd NC Collard 7.00 ctns Ise CA Kale Flowering 24s 16.00 MX Kale Flowering 24s 13.00 -LETTUCE-ICE BERG: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns CA 24s 10.00-11.00 fair cond 5.00- Wrapped 24s 10.00-12.00 most ly 11.00-12.00 few 9.00 fair cond 5.00-9.00 -LETTUCE-OTHER: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns AZ Green Leaf 24s few 9.00- Red Leaf 24s few 9.00-10.00 CA Green Leaf 24s 10.00-11.00 mostly 10.00 few 11.50 Red Leaf 24s 10.00-11.00 mostly 10.00 few 12.50 3 lb ctns CA Mes culin Mix 7.00-8.00 mostly 7.00 -LET TUCE-ROMAINE; MARKET SLIGHT LY HIGHER ctns CA 24s 12.00-15.00 occasional high as 16.00 FL 24s 11.00 : /< cits foil lined CA 24s 18.00 -MUSH ROOMS: MARKET STEADY 10 lb ctns PA Ige 14.75 few 14.50 med 12.00-12.25 4 qt bkts PA med-lge 7.00 sml-med 6.25 5 lb ctns PA Oyster 16.00 Portobellas 9.00- few 10.00 sml 8.00-9.00 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 10.50-10.75 ctns 10 8-oz trays flmwrpd PA 9.50 -OKRA: MAR KET ABOUT STEADY Vi bucrts NI sml med poor cond 3.00-5.00 15 lb crts MX sml-med 20.00 -ONIONS GREEN: MAR KET ABOUT STEADY ctns bchd MX 48s 8.00-9.00 mostly 8.00 fair cond 6.00- Leeks 12s 13.00 -PARSLEY: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 1 1/9 bucrts bchd FL Curly 60s 11.00 Plain 60s 11.00 ctns bchd TX Curly 60s 10.00 Plain 60s 12.00 -PARSNIPS: MARKET STEADY 20 lb filmbags Ise CD 10.00 -PEAS GREEN: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 10 lb ctns GU Snow Peas 9.00-11.00 most ly 9.00 Sugar Snap Peas offerings insuffi cient to quote -PEPPERS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 1 1/9 buctns FL Bell Type Green jbo 14.00-16.00 exlge few 14.00- Ige 12.00 fair qual & cond 4.00- Mxd Red And Green Ige 7.00- few 10.00 MX Bell Type Green Ige 12.00-13.00 fair qual 6.00-7.00 med 10.00 Red Ige fair qual 16.00-18.00 IS lb ctns MX Bell Type Red Ige 20.00-22.00 Yellow exlge 20.00 25 lb ctns MX Bell Type Red exlge 28.00 5 kg ctns IS AIR Bell Type Orange 80-100 mm 24.00 Red 80-100 mm 20.00-24.00 Yellow 80-100 mm Keystone concrete PRODUCTS 477 East FarmersviUe Rd. S' New Holland, PA 17557 Raffle slatA * \^/- Conf . nrool^y I m JL # I 23.00- NI, Bell Type Orange 80-100 mm 29.00 Red 80-100 mm 29.00 Yellow 80-100 mm 27.00 -PEPPERS OTHER: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 'h buctns FL Finger Hot 10.00-11.00 Jalape no 7.00-10.00 Serrano 16.00 Poblano 8.00- Cherry Hots few 12.00-14.00 1 1/9 buctns FI Poblano 14.00-15.00 8 lb ctns TT Habanero green 14.00-18.00 few low as 10.00 red 14.00-18.00 few low as 10.00 yellow 14.00-18.00 few low as 10.00 10 lb ctns FL Serrano 12.00-13.00 25 lb cntrs HD Finger Hot 28.00 25 lb sks MX Ajies 20.00-22.00 30 lb ctns HD Thai Chili Hots Green 28.00-30.00 Red 45.00- 40 lb cntrs MX Serrano 26.00 Poblano 18.50 -RADISHES: MARKET HIGHER ctns tpd 30 6-oz filmbags FL Red 8.00 few low as 6.00 ctns tpd 14 1-lb filmbags FL Red 9.00 few low as 6.50 40 lb filmbags tpd FL Red 18.00 ctns bchd MX Red 24s 8.00 -RUTABAGAS: MAR KET ABOUT STEADY 50 lb sks CD CDOne med 8.00 -SPINACH: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns bchd AZ Flat 24s 14.00 1 2/5 bucrts bchd CA Flat 24s 13.00 ctns 4 2-!/>lb filmbags CA Flat 15.00 4 lb ctns CA Flat Baby Type 12.00 -SQUASH: MARKET YELLOW STRAIGHTNECK HIGHER, ZUCCHINI ABOUT STEADY Vi buctns FL Zucchini sml-med 16.00 poor cond 1.00-3.00 med 12.00 Yel low Straightneck med few 16.00 4/7 buctns MX Zucchini sml-med 14.00-16.00 mostly 14.00 med 12.00-13.00 mostly 12.00 few 14.00 Yellow Straightneck sml med 16.00 med 14.00 few high as 18.00 -SWEET POTATOES: MARKET STEADY CURED 40 lb ctns LA U.S. One Beauregard med 19.00 NC U.S. One Beauregard med 16.00 -TOMATOES: MARKET LOWER 25 lb ctns FL 85% U.S. One or Better Mature Greens light red-red sx6s 14.00-16.00 mostly 14.00 fair cond 8.00-9.00 6x6s 12.00-13.00 mostly 12.00 fair cond 8.00-9.00 U.S. Two Ma ture Greens light red-red Sx6s 12.00 6x6s 10.00 MX Vine Ripes light red-red Sxss 14.00 6x6s 13.00 Local Repack 85% U.S. One or Better Mature Greens light red red Sx6s 22.00 6x6s 21.00 6x7s 21.00 fits 2 lyr MX Vine Ripes light red 4xss 15.00 15 lb fits CD CDOne Vine Ripes Greenhouse light red-red 22s 15.00-17.00 mostly 15.00 5 kg fits on the vine IS Vine Ripes Green house red Ige fair appear 15.00 NL Vine Ripes Greenhouse red Ige 18.50-19.00 7 kg fits NL AIR Vine Ripes Greenhouse light red-red Ige 23.00 -TOMATOES, CHERRY: MARKET GRAPES TYPE LOWER, CHERRY TYPE ABOUT STEADY fits 12 1-pt bkts FL light red red 10.00-11.00 mostly 10.00 few 9.00 fits 12 1-pt cntrs with lids FL Grape Type light red-red 10.00-13.00 mostly 10.00- -TOMATOES, PLUM TYPE: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 25 lb ctns FL light red-red 10.00-12.00 MX light red-red 10.00-12.00 -TURNIPS: TOO FEW SALES TO QUOTE -VEGE TABLES OTHER: MARKET STEADY 40 lb ctns MX Cactus Leaf (Nopales) 18.00 8 lb ctns CA Radicchio 9s 12.00 me Slatted Free Stall Barn CITRUS FRUITS -CLEMENTINES: OFFERINGS INSUFFICIENT TO QUOTE. -GRAPEFRUIT: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 4/5 buctns FL U.S. One Indian River Red 23s 10.50-11.00 mostly 11.00 fair qua! 9.00 27s 10.50-11.00 mostly 11.00 fair qual 9.00 32s 10.50-11.00 mostly 11.00 fair qual 9.00 36s 10.50-11.00 mostly 11.00 fair qual 9.00 40s 9.00-11.00 mostly 10.00- fair qual 9.00 48s 10.00-11.00 fair qual 9.00 -LEMONS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns CA Shprs Ist Grade 115 s 15.00 140 s 18.00 165 s 18.00 Shprs Choice 75s 10.00 95s 11.50-13.00 some 14.00 115 s 12.00-14.00 mostly 13.00- 140 s 14.00-15.00 some high as 17.00 165 s 14.50-15.00 -LIMES: MAR KET ABOUT STEADY 10 lb ctns MX 42s 9.50 48s 8.00-10.00 mostly 9.00-10.00 S4s 8.00-9.50 mostly 9.00 63s 8.00-9.00 40 lb ctns MX 150 s 32.00-35.00 some 28.00 175 s 30.00-35.00 mostly 30.00-32.00 some 28.00 200 s 32.00-35.00 some 28.00 -MISC CITRUS: OFFERINGS INSUFFICIENT TO QUOTE -ORANGES: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns CA Shprs Ist Grade Navel 48s 15.00-16.50 56s 14.00- mostly 15.00-16.00 72s 13.00- mostly 14.00 88s 12.00 ; 14.00 mostly 14.00 113 s 12.00-12.50 mostly 12.00 4/5 buctns FL Valencia 56s 7.00- mostly 7.00-7.50 some 10 00 64s 7.00- mostly 7.00-7.50 some 10.00 80s 7.00- mostly 7.00-7.50 some 10.00 100 s 7.00-10.00 mostly 7.00-8.50 125 s 10.00 -TANGELOS: OFFERINGS IN SUFFICIENT TO QUOTE -TANGER INES: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 4/5 buctns/crts FL Honey 64s fair cond 12.00- 80s 15.00-18.00 fair cond 12.00- 100 s 12.00-15.00 some 16.00 fair cond 10.00 120 s 11.50-14.00 some 15.00 one label 16.00 fair cond 8.00-10.00 180 s 13.00 -TEMPLES: OFFERINGS IN SUFFICIENT TO QUOTE BERRIES -BLUEBERRIES: MAR KET SLIGHTLY LOWER fits 12 4.4-oz cups with lids CL med 30.00-31.00 mostly 30.00 -CRANBERRIES: OFFERINGS NONE -MISC BERRIES: MARKET HIGHER fits 12 5.6-oz cups with lids GU Blackberries 21.00 fits 12 Vi-pt bkts with lids CR Blackberries 18.00-20.00 -RASP BERRIES: MARKET STEADY fits 12 ‘/a-pt bkts with lids CL Red 24.00 -STRAWBERRIES: MARKET HIGHER fits 12 1-pt bkts CA med-lge 13.00-14.00 mostly 14.00 one label 17.00 MELONS -CANTALOUPS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY 'h ctns GU 12s 16.00 15s 15.00 jbo crts CR 6s 9.00-10.00 9s 11.00- 12s 11.00-12.00 15s 11.00- HD 9s 12.00-14.00 12s 14.00- 15s 14.00-15.00 -HONEY DEWS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY % ctns CR 5s 8.00 6s 8.00 DR 5s 9.00 HD 5s 7.50-8.00 6s 7.50-8.00 8s 7.50-8.00 PN 4s fair cond 5.00-6.00 Ss fair cond 5.00-6.00 -MISC MELONS: OFFERINGS INSUF Concrete Slatted Free Stall Barn Slatted Heifer Barn Round Concrete Watering Troughs, SCS Approved Philadelphia Fruit Terminal Market April 2,2003 Report Supplied By USDA FICIENT TO QUOTE -WATERMEL ONS: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns per ctn MX Red Flesh Seedless Type Long Varieties 3s 22.00 4s 20.00 Ss 19.00 Round Varieties 4s 21.00-22.00 5s 20.00 Sangria 3s 22.00-24.00 4s 22.00 5s 18.00 NON-CITRUS FRUITS -APPLES: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns trypk CL cat I Granny Smith 90s 22.00 CON TROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE ctns trypk WA WAExFcy Red Delicious 64s 21.00 80s 19.00 88s 16.00-19.00 mostly 17.00 100 s 16.50-17.00 113 s 16.50-17.00 125 s 17.00 Golden Delicious 88s 21.50 Gala 88s 24.50 U.S. ExFcy Golden Deli cious 113 s 14.00 Fuji 113 s 16.00 Gala 113 s 18.00 Pink Lady 88s 22.00 U.S. Fey Golden Delicious 48s 10.00 -APRICOTS; OFFERINGS NONE -AVOCADOS: MARKET STEADY ctns 2 lyr MX Hass 48s 25.00-26.00 mostly 25.00 -BANANAS: MARKET STEADY 40 lb ctns IMPORT 12.50 fair qua! 10.50-11.50 sml 8.50-9.00 mostly 9.00 petite 13.50 40 lb ctns bagged IMPORT 11.50 -CHERRIES: OFFER INGS NONE -FRUITS OTHER: ctns 1 lyr CA Apple Pears Shinko 13s 12.00 CL Apple Pears Hosui 10s 8.00 12s 8.00 FL Carambola - Star Fruit 20s 22.00-23.00 25s 19.00 ctns 2 lyr CL Apple Pears Hosui 28s 9.00-10.00 30s few 22.00-23.00 10 lb ctns FL Guava few 26.00 -GRAPES: MARKET STEADY 18 lb lugs bgd CL Thompson Seedless exlge 16.00-18.00 mostly 17.00 preferred labels 22.00-24.00 mostly 22.00 Ige 12.00-14.00 mostly 14.00 some 15.00 med 10.00-12.00 Flame Seed less med-lge 12.00 med 9.00-10.00 ord cond 2.00-5.00 Ruby Seedless med 14.00 White Seedless Type Ige 17 00 Black Seedless Ige 18.00 med-lge 14.00-15.00 med 12.00-13.00 Red Globe exlge 14.00- Ige 12.00-13.00 med 10.00- Crimson Seedless exlge 19.00- mostly 20.00 Ige 18.00 med lge 14.00-16.00 mostly 16.00 med fair cond 6.00-8.00 18 lb lugs wrpd CL Thompson Seedless med fair cond 8.00- Red Globe med-lge 13.00-14.00 -KIWIFRUIT: MARKET STEADY fits 1 lyr IT Hayward 36s 5.00 39s 5.00 -MAN GOES: MARKET ABOUT STEADY ctns 1 lyr MX Ataulfo 14s 9.00 16s 8.00- fair cond 4.00-5.00 18s 8.00- mostly 9.00 few 7.00 fair cond 4.00- PR AIR Keitts 10s few 8.00 Tommy Atkins 10s few 8.00 14s few 7.00 -NECTARINES; ctns 2 lyr trypk CL Var ious Yellow Flesh Varieties 30 series ord cond 3.00-5.00 40 series ord cond 3.00- 50 series ord cond 3.00-5.00 -PAPAYA: MARKET STEADY 40 lb ctns DR Green Cooking Type 18.00-20.00 FL Green Cooking Type 20.00 3.5 kg con tainers JM Strawberry 6s 5.00 4 kg con tainers BR Red Flesh 10s few 9.00-10.00 BZ Sunrise 8s 9.00 9s 9.00 MX Sunrise 9s 8.50 35-40 lb ctns BZ Maradol 24.00 MX Maradol 18.50-20.00 -PEACHES: MAR KET STEADY ctns 2 lyr trypk CL Vari ous Yellow Flesh Varieties 40 series 12.00 Various White Flesh Varieties 30 series (Turn to Page Al 3) > ■fllsssl 1 nflf/ Concrete Feed Bnnks
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