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Show Price of Peanuts Going Up. Hard days are coming for those who love to crack and munch the savory peanut, pea-nut, and the small boy especially can prepare for misery, for the price of the peanut is moving skyward. The high, price is due, it is said, to the short crops of lost year and the year before. The best grade of Virginia hand picked peanuts pea-nuts is now selling at nine and a half cents a pound, and it is stated by dealers that soon the price will be ten cents a pound. The peanuts coming to this market are mostly from Virginia. The Virginia nut is medium sized, with a well defined and pleasant flavor. The North Carolina nuts are smaller than the Virginia, but have about the same kind of inside shell. New York Times. i |