Al2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5, 2003
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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
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