Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-21
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

r. o. B. shipping point informa-
tion reported Saturday, May 70:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points
Warm, partly cloudy:
Potatoes: H~aulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand limited, mar
ket dull. Carloads and in mixed
ears FOB usual terms, sackei per
cwt. Bliss Triumphs U. s. No. Is
/ IL inch minimum few rollers
around $2.25, few lower.
Beets: Haulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market about steady. In mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushel baskets
around 90c; crates $"l.30-1.40.
Carrots: H~aulings light. Light
wire inquiry. demand limited, mar
ket about steady. Carloads FOB
usual terms, and in mixed cars
bushel baskets S.90-1.O0; crates
S1.i0-l.5O, mostly STA.
Green Corn: Haulings moderate,
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
good, market steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel baskets $l.40-l.50; crates
S1.75; cash track bushel baskets
mostly SIPS. Top ice extra.
Tomatoes: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand and
trading moderate, market barely
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
tours pinks unwrapped $I.75; Tags
green wrapped $2.5O-2.75; mostly
$3.50. Carloads and in mixed ears
FOB cash track, tours pinks m
wrapped around $1.50, few higher;
Tugs green wrapped 1925. Wagon
loads cash to growers tours pinks
unwrapped mostly Si.25; green STOCK
&c pound, few higher.
Primary destinations Lower Nal
ley movement reported Saturday and
Sunday:
Potatoes: Houston 2. 1 each Colo
rado Springs, Vancouver. Green
Corn: New York 7, Houston 4, ST.
Louis 5, Chicago 8. New Orleans 2,
/ each Knoxville. Dallas. Washing
ton. Memphis. Fort Worth. Allan
IA, Philadelphia. Cincinnati. Baton
Rouge. Tomatoes: Houston 2s, ST.
Louis IL, Fort Worth 8. Chicago 3,
Dallas 8, 2 each Winnipeg. Memphis
Kansas City, ! each Oklahoma City.
Tulsa, Salina, New Haven, New Or
leans. Washington. Detroit. Denver,
Shreveport.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Monday morning, May
21:
Mixed vegetables 90, potatoes 2
beans !, carrots 3, green corn Is, TO-
matoes SO green, Is pink, beets md
carrots /, total SO cars. Freiqh.
movement 10 date this season: Fruit
LIS, vegetables 1891, total 1885
cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sunday:
Potatoes: Alabama So, Florida 200,
Idaho 1853, Louisiana 80, Maine 14g,
Michigan Ii, South Carolina s, Texas
.2l, Washington II, Wisconsin "a, total
U. s. SIS cars. Canada 2. Tomatoes:
California II, Florida Z. Coast $50,
other Florida IS. Texas a, total U.
;. 342 cars. Mexico g.. Carrots: Cal
ifornia q, New York ?, Texas 8. total
Y. 5. 81 cars. Onions: California so,
Texas 81, total u. S. 1853 cars. Mixed
vegetables: California z, Alabama 3,
Florida %, Louisiana 26, North Caro-
lima 2, Texas 80, total U. S. 203 cars.
Additional F. o. B. reformation re-
ported Saturday, May 10: Potatoes :
Sugarland, Texas: Hot. showers. Nc
haulings account OF rain. Light wire
inquiry, demand slow. market dull
Carloads F. o. B. usual terms, sacked
per cwt. bliss triumphs U. S. No. Is
s2.25; cash track $500. Hastings
Fla: Hot, partly cloudy. Haulings
moderate. Good wire inquiry, demand
good. market firm. Carloads r. o. B
usual terms, double head barrels
spaulding rose u. S. No. Is mostly
1925; u. S. No. Is practically no de.
mand; $50 ID. sacks u. S. No. Ii
$2.40-2.65, mostly S2.55. Haulings de.
creasing. partly account Of barrels
shortage. Mobile, Ala: (Southerr
Alabama points,; Warm, cloudy
Hsulings moderate. Light wire in.
quiry. demand light, market slightly
weaker. Carloads T. o. B. usual
terms, sacked per cwt. bliss triumps
U. S. No. Is S~2.25-2.50, mostly $2.25-
2.35. Tomatoes: Belleglade-Chosen
Fla: Hot. partly cloudy. Haulings
moderate. Demand moderate. market
slightly stronger. Carloads +. o. B.
usual terms. skies green wrapped
fancy count $2.75-3.25, mostly 1925;
cash track S2.50-2.75, few higher.
Onions: Laredo. Texas: Warm. partly
cloudy. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate. market steady. Car
loads r. o. B. usual terms, standard
crates yellow bermudas and crystal
wax u. s. No. Is mostly $1.00.
Vegetable jobbing markets reported
Monday morning, May 81: Potatoes:
Chicago: Cloudy, IS degrees. Arrived
36 Louisiana. no Texas, on track $50
cars. Supplies new stock liberal,
market barely steady. Texas. Ala
.hA@A aad Louisiana $500 Pan eEt