Carlot Movement Double that of 1918--Crop of Excellent Quality--Prices
Decline Rapidly.
Shipments of watermelons by the end of September somewhat exceeded
44,000 cars. The movement had surpassed that of last year by nearly
5,000 cars and was much larger than that of any preceding year.
The great Florida-Georgia-South Carolina melon section has shipped about
25,000 cars. Three other States, Texas, California, and Missouri,
shipped 3,000 to 5,000 cars each; Alabama and North Carolina shipped
over 1,000 each; Arkansas, Indiana, Oklahoma, 400 to 700 each; and 14
other States in smaller amounts. The season’s movement not only has
exceeded the previous record-breaking volume of 1920 but is one-half
greater than that of 1919 or of 1917 and more than double that of 1918.