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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JAN'UARY 27, 19S2 15 Vegetable grooving may move nearer to cities as prices rise Continued from Page 1 through a revolution." he said. "Growers in Flordia, Texas and Arizona aren't making it If people are going to eat fresh vegetables, we'll have to see vast truck gardens around big cities." High interest rates, high transportation costs and unpredictable weather have been working against year-round vegetable producers in the Southwest, Cenenweln said. And the long-range distribution system is sagging under the weight of these problems. Genenwein, who has more than 100 acres of vegetables outdoors dur- ing the growing season, has an obvious interest in seeing his predictions come true. But there Is some evidence to back up his arguments.

The prices of some vegetables, especially tomatoes, have reached notably high levels for the second year in a row. Tomato, lettuce, cucumber and some other vegetable prices have roughly doubled in the past few weeks. Citrus prices also have been rising. "All leafy and salad-item prices are out of this world, and quality is really not up to par," said Mitch Net-ter, of Netter Produce Co. in Louisville.

He said that tomatoes have been scarce and would be scarcer if demand were not falling with rising prices. David Newman, director of pur chasing for Druthers Restaurant, said the Louisville based chain is being hurt by the high prices It has to pay for items for its salad bars. "You just grit your teeth and hope that next week will be better," Newman said. The high price of tomatoes stems partly from a freeze that hit Florida, a major tomato-producing state, two or three weeks ago. Lettuce prices are rising for several reasons, said Mike Stellmacber, an economist with the VS.

Department of Agriculture in Washington. For one thing, he said, growers in the Imperial Valley of California have cut their lettuce acreage about 20 percent in the wake of abundant production and low prices a year ago. As a result of shortages In this country, Stellmacber said, a lot of vegetables are being shipped from Mexico, which also has had a poor growing season. Lettuce prices could begin to come down In the first half of February, Stellmacher said, but the prices of tomatoes, cucumbers and some other vegetables might not start dropping until late In the month. It still isn't clear that the recurring problems of the vegetable industry will cause a major trend toward local production.

Newman, of Druthers, said frozen vegetables might represent a more Immediate answer for restaurant chains. But Genenwein and others already can see the beginnings of a move back to truck gardening around Kentucky cities. Southern Indiana Is noted for Its pick-your-own vegetable operations. And that idea is catching on in Kentucky, said R. Roberts, a horticulturist at the University of Kentucky.

Louisville and Lexington have farmers markets, and more than 10 such markets have been established In other parts of Kentucky over the past year or so, Roberts said. More than 400 farmers are involved In a vegetable-marketing cooperative at Monticello, Roberts added, and efforts are being made to form a similar group at Brownsville. Truck gardening is risky for anyone, Roberts said. But he said local growers are gaining "a competitive edge because of transportation costs I think local produce can be considerably lower In price, and the quality should be better" (than that of shipped-in vegetables). Genenwein.

who was raised on a smaller vegetable farm in Louisville, still has plans to expand his greenhouse operations. But few people can get into that i business, he said. He places the capi- -tal value of his own operation, estab-lished in 1950, at about $2 million at I today's prices. Growing vegetables outdoors is less expensive, however. And Genen- wein thinks there can be a lot of that near Louisville.

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He bid the hand in typical rubber-bridge style. In other words, he looked at his own nine top tricks and used Blackwood to find that his partner held two aces and a king. That gave him 12 tricks off the top. On the generally effective theory that any time you start with 12 you will get a 13th some way, Feldesman bid seven spades. The 13th trick was there based on a play sometimes called a squeeze finesse.

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Mudd's temporary restraining order, pickets are to stay at least 300 feet from the theater on Fourth Avenue and not block any entrances or obstruct traffic. Otherwise, Mudd said, the pickets might be sent to jail for six months for contempt of court. Mudd's order, issued at the request of the theater, applies to seven members of Stagehands Local 17. An attorney for the theater, Bruce Zalman, requested the order after filing a $360,000 suit against the seven. Zalman said he didn't sue the union because he doesn't know if all the men are members.

George Green, business manager for the union, said in an interview that the seven men are union members and three used to work at the Palace. He added that union members will be at the Palace tonight But he said that if they have received Mudd's order, they'll obey it. They're expected to get the order today. The suit by the Palace alleges that the men have harassed employees and concertgoers this month. It also charges that Green grabbed or pushed stage manager Taskel Ross on Jan.

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In the Interview, Green denied that the union had threatened to stop the show. About 3,000 ticketholders were turned away from the theater Jan. 18 for a concert by The Kinks after the driver of a truck carrying the British rock group's equipment refused to cross the picket line. The dispute between the union and the theater is twofold. The Palace refuses to pay the union stagehands a flat fee of $37.50 for each time they load or unload equipment for an act.

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