Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-06
The Markets

Austin. Augusta, Ca, Baton Rouge.
Potatoes: l each Chicago, Kansas
City. Spinach: l each Fl. Worth,
Houston, St. Louis, Atlanta, New
York. Cauliflower: l each Jersey
City, New York. Dandelion: Jersey
City /. Grapefruit: Denver 2; /
each Houston, Fort Worth, Austin,
San Antonio, Minneapolis, Colorado
Springs, Brantford, Ont. Oranges:
San Antonio /. Mixed vegetables:
II each st. Louis, Houston; 6 New
York, 3 each Chicago, Little Rock; 8
each Fort Worth, Atlanta, Pine
Bluff, Knoxville; l each Waco, Mar
shall, Dallas, Galveston, Paris,
! Tenn, Shreveport, Burlington, Pc
oria, ~Lynchburg, Amarillo, Lubbock,
Beaumont, New oYrk, Nachitoches,
Philadelphia, Lawton, Roanoke, Bal
timore, Harrisburg.
CGrIot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and sun
day: Cabbage: California /, Flor
IDA 10, Louisiana 2, New York 6s,
Virginia |, Texas 10, Wisconsin II,
total L. s. LIZ cars; carrots: Texas
l, New York Is, total U. s. II cars;
Spinach: Texas 4 cars; mixed vege-
tables: California Is, Colorado s,
Louisiana 8, Florida II, New Jersey
2, New York z, South Carolina J.,
Texas 81, total U. S. 1877 cars;
grapefruit: California 2, Florida SO,
Texas 9, Cuba 8, total 102 cars. I'm
reported Feb. 3-California 2, Flor
ida Is, Cuba /.
Rochester, n. Y. F. o. b. shipping
point information reported Saturday.
Feb. Il: Cabbage: Cool, cloudy. De-
mand light, market dull. Carloads
+. 0. B. usual terms, Danish type,
very few sales, bulk per ton mostly
S7.OS7.50, few low as $3.50. Some
consigned; carrots: Demand light,
market about steady. Carloads F. o.
B: usual terms, sacked per 100 lbs,
S~0.90-1.00.
Spinach F. o. B. shipping point in
formation reported Saturday, Feb. q:
Laredo: Raining, mild. Practically
no haulings account Of weather.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
TShrket firm. Carloads F. o. b.
usual terms. bushel baskets, few
rollers s1.10-1.15.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Monday
morning. Feb. 5-6: Mixed vegetables
2s, potatoes /, cauliflower 2, dande-
lion /, beets /, carrots /, beets and
carrots i. cabbage II, /,
grapefruit 5, total Sc cars. Freight
movement to date this season-fruit
1850, vegetables 4,0l2. total 5,052
cars. Sundays moysment by express,
lettuce l.--~c
Vegetable jobbing markets report
ed Monday morning. Feb. s.:
Cabbage: Chicago: Clear, 20 de-
grees. Arrived l Arizona, l Florida,
! Michigan, ! New York, 10 Texas, 2
Wisconsin, on track SIS cars. Sup
plies liberia, demand moderate. mar
ket about steady. Wisconsin Danish
type bulk per cwt. $4,000. Texas
round type crates S2.00-$2.25, mostly
S2.25. Louisiana pointed type crates
Sl.T5-2.G0. Pittsburgh: Clear, % de-
grees. Arrived 3 New York, 2 Penn
~sylvania. Supplies moderate, demand
slow. market steady. Texas round
type barrels packed locally S2.50-3.25,
mostly S~2.75-3.00; crates mostly
S2.50-2.75. Carlot sales, New York
Danish type bulk per ton s14-15.
st. Louis: Cloudy, 38 degrees. Ar
rived ! Wisconsin, on track 80 cars.
Supplies moderate. demand slow,
market weak on old stock, firm on
new stock. Texas round type crates
SCOOPS; bulk per ton $3.50. Car
lot sales TO outside points ST. Louis
basis, Texas round type rates l car
$500. Philadelphia: Clear. q de-
grees. Arrived z Florida, / Louisi-
ana. Texas, 8 New York. on track 81
cars. New supplies moderate, de-
mand moderate, market slightly
stronger. Texas round type crates
~S2.75-3.25. New York: Clear, II de-
grees. Arrived Il Florida. = Cali
f~ornia, II New York. ( Texas, / Vir-
California, ETA o feO-hipc-J isis
GINA. New supplies moderate, de-
mand moderate. market about steady.
Texas round type crates ~s2.25-2.50.
Cincinnati: Cloudy. 80 degrees. Ar
rived ] Florida, l Texas, on track 9
cars. Supplies moderate. demand
moderate, market firm. Texas round
type bulk per ton $4,000; crates
mostly s2.25. Boston: Clear. 6 de-
rrees. Arrived 2 Florida, 2 New
York, > Texas, on track 26 cars. Sun
plies heavy. demand moderate. mar
ket firm for good stock. Texas
round tyne crates best mostly S2.75.
few $500. fair quality S2-25-2.51: bar
rels packed locally mostly S2.75.