Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-07
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

Via Naval Radio Station
f. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Saturday, May 5;
Lower Rio Grande Valley points.
CCool, clear:
Potatoes: Practically no haulings
account wet fields. Light wire in
quiry, demand slow, market dull.
Carloads f. o. b. usual terms and
in mixed cars sacked per w.t.. Bliss
Triumphs U. s. No. Is / 1-2 inch
minimum few rollers mostly $2.25;
cash track too few sales reported TO
quote. Wagonloads cash to growers,
mostly handled for growers account,
few $1.75-2.O0.
Beets: Haulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry. demand moderate, mar
ket about steady. Carloads and in
mixed ears f. o. B. usual terms,
bushel baskets $1-25-1.50; crates
S1.75-2.O0. Carloads and in mixed
cars +. 0. B. cash track, bushel bas-
kets $1.00-1.25; crates s1.50-1.75.
Carrots: Haulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand limited, mar
ket about steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars +. o. B. usual terms,
bushel baskets SI.25-I.50; crates
S~1.75-2.00. Carloads and in mixed
cars F. o. B. casn track, bushel bas-
kets around SIPS; crates $I.6-I.75.
String Beans Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand moder-
te, market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars F. o. B. usual
terms, bushel hampers green mostly
Sl.75; cash track $1.50. Wagonloads
cash to growers S1.O0-1.25 per
bushel. Wide range in quality and
condition, poorer lower, few fancy
higher.
Green Corn: Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand and
trading moderate, market steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars r. o. q.
usual terms. bushel baskets mostly
Sl.75-2.00; cash track mostly S1.75.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day:
Potatoes: Louisiana 20, Alabama /,
Florida $50. Idaho 155, Maine 1888,
Michigan %, Minnesota 80, Texas
81, Washington as, Wisconsin SO,
total u. S. 964 cars. Canada 40.
hAAtu NGEtLdDAGHs AlllIOEnla ~.
Florida 81, Louisiana a, Texas So,
total u. >. 2O3 cars. Tomatoes: Cali
fornia z. Florida East Coast "a, 9TH
er Florida SO, total U. S. 80 cars.
Onions: Florida l, California %,
Texas 215. total U. S. PAL cars Car
rots: California 20; Louisiana 2;
New York z, Texas s. total u. S. 81
cars. Cabbage: California 4; Ala
bama 20; Florida /, Louisiana IL.
New York Is, North Carolina 8, South
Carolina rs heavy. SO light. Texas II,
total U. S. 1s4 cars.
Primary destinations Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement reported
Saturday and Sunday: Potatoes:
Houston u; 4 each TT. Worth, St.
Louis; | each Kansas City, San An
tonic, Seattle, Memphis. Cabbage:
! each st. Louis, Pittsburgh. Hous-
ton. Tomatoes: l each Trinidad,
Chicago.
Additional r. o. b. information re-
ported Saturday, May 5: Potatoes:
Hastings, Fla: warm, clear. Haul
ings heavy. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market steady. Car
loads FOB usual terms, double head
barrels Spaulding Rose U. s. No. Is
mostly $500, few higher; u. 5. No.
Is mostly S2.25. Tomatoes: Belle
glade-Chosen, Fla: Warm, clear.
Haulings very light. Very light de-
mand, too few sales to establish mar
ket. Little activity here Saturday.
Onions: Laredo, Tex: Warm. clear.
Haulings light. Light wire inquiry,
demand light, market slightly weak
er. Carloads FOB usual terms. mix
ed No. Is and Is and U. S. No. Is
standard crates yellow Bermudas and
few Crystal Wax 81. i. 25; mostly
~sl.OO-1.lO; cash track, too few sales
reported to quote. String beans:
Belleglade-Chosen Fla: Warm,
clear. Haulings very light. Very
light demand, too few sales reported
to qoute.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Monday,
May OF: Mixed vegetables 20, pota-
toes ;. parsley 2, string beans /,
green corn 2, tomatoes l, onions J.,
total 50 cars. Express movement re-
ported Sunday. string beans. 2 cars
Freight movement 10 date this sea-
son-frult LAS, vegetables 16,OSS
total 1929 cars.
Cabbage: Chicago. Clear, as de-
grees. Arrived 8 Alabama, / Cali
fornia. z Louisiana, Is Mississippi, 1
Texas, l South Carolina, on track az
cars. Supplies moderate, demand and
trading moderate. market slightly
weaker, prices slightly lower. Ala
bama and Mississippi pointed type
crates ~S5.50-5.75. ordinary IS. Louis
lana pointed type so ID crates $500.
California round type lettuce crates
best mostly 5000, fair s5.25. St.
Louis: Clear, 81 degrees. Arrived /
Mississippi, ? Louisiana, 2 Texas, on
track 8 cars. Supplies moderate de-
mand slow, market strong. Alabama
round type crates S5.0o-5.25. Mis-
sissIppi pointed type crates mostly
Carrots: Chicago: Arrived II Louis
lana. : Texas. on track 81 cars. Sup
plies liberal, demand and trading
fairly good. market about steady.
Texas bushels best packs s~I.75-2.00.
crates S2.50-2.75. Louisiana bushels
best packs s1.25-150. California crates
best packs 1875. st. LOUIS: Arrived