Prices opened at $300 to $515 f. o. b. Florida shipping points with top of $625, but declined rapidly with the beginning of the Georgia shipping season. Florida and Georgia Tom Watsons ranged $200 to $650 in July. Carolina melons at times ranged slightly lower than Georgia stock. Prices of Missouri watermelons ranged $100 to $200 per car the first week of August, $125 to $250 the second week, and $120 to $200 the third week. Texas melons sold early in July at $2.50 to $3 per 100 lbs. but ranged mostly $1.25 to $1.75 in August. Further details of the price ranges of the principal lines of watermelons are given in the accompanying tables. Carlot Shipments of Watermelons. --------------+---------------+------------------------------ | To Sept. 24. | Total season. |---------------+------------------------------ | 1921 | 1920 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 --------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------ Alabama | 1,398 | 1,160 | 1,634 | 806 | 708 | 1,160 Arkansas | 520 | 314 | 449 | 93 | 268 | 314 California | 3,455 | 3,106 | 1,137 | 1,689 | 3,300 | 3,272 Delaware | 496 | 177 | 511 | 303 | 327 | 177 Florida | 5,457 | 6,807 | 3,622 | 2,179 | 3,878 | 6,807 Georgia |15,791 |11,103 | 9,530 | 6,782 | 8,984 |11,103 Illinois | 309 | 247 | 386 | 68 | 190 | 251 Indiana | 706 | 647 | 630 | 191 | 581 | 661 Iowa | 681 | 330 | 238 | 132 | 321 | 348 Maryland | 759 | 458 | 1,019 | 388 | 515 | 458 Missouri | 3,089 | 3,008 | 2,533 | 1,196 | 3,516 | 3,012 North Carolina| 1,219 | 799 | 1,201 | 727 | 891 | 799 Oklahoma | 549 | 464 | 505 | 189 | 870 | 465 South Carolina| 4,407 | 4,735 | 4,107 | 2,787 | 2,673 | 4,735 Texas | 4,056 | 4,839 | 2,871 | 2,290 | 3,007 | 4,845 Virginia | 338 | 312 | 728 | 244 | 263 | 312 Other States | 851 | 506 | 402 | 328 | 568 | 530 |-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------ Total |44,081 |39,012 |31,503 |20,392 |30,860 |39,249 --------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------ =RANGES OF WATERMELON PRICES= =F. O. B. Shipping Points.= [Bulk per car.]