OCR Text |
Show FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE FALLING IN PRICE WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. Potatoes 1 and fruits and vegetables generally ; neared the season's low price level to 1 date lasl week, according to a depart -: nie-nt of agriculture market summary Issued yesterday. At $3 a barrel ' reached in New York, potato prices to growers 1 are now lower than they ought to be considering the cost or production," the statement said. In western cities potatoes are higher than In the east and the price range is from y to $5 a barrel. Onions at 7 0 cents a bushel, and . cabbage at $20 a ton, the statement 1 said, "are going at radical prices " Cantaloupes, watermelons and green -J Muffs and summer fruits generally I have suf!" red 1 severe reaction from I the high market of spring and early j summer The flr9t of western boxed apples to reach Chicago are bringing from (2 50 to $3. against a 4 price early in t the season |