Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1901 — Famine in Tomato Market. [ARTICLE]

Famine in Tomato Market.

Reports in Chicago foretold something like a famine in the local tomato market this year. In the Daily Trade Bulletin, the official organ of traders in the wholesale produce district, the shortage in the Florida tomato crop was noted and a rise in the price was prophesied. Not only has the year’s <frop been late in reaching market, but receipts are said to show a deterioration in quality, color and size. Thus the price for the limited supply ol really fine tomatoes was stiff.