Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-21
Via Naval Radio Station

F. o. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Tuesday, March 20:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cabbage: Cool. clear. Hauiings
light, good wire inquiry, demand
good, market firm. Carloads and in
mixed cars F. D. B. usual terms,
round type bulk per ton mostly S35-
$3.50; crates $~2.10-2.25. Carloads
and In mixed ears +. q. b. cash track
round type bulk per ton S2S-32.5u,
mostly $50; crates mostly around So.
N2gonloads cash to growers, bulk
per ton mostly $25, few $2S. Beets.
Haulings moderate, demand moder-
ate, market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars r. o. Ii. usual terms,
bushel baskets mostly around SI.00;
crates $l-25-l.5e. Carloads and in
mixed cars +. U. B. cash track. bush
ell baskets around soc; crates mostly
$l.25, few higher. Carrots: Haul
ings moderate, moderate wire IN
quiry, demand good. market firm.
Carloads and III mixed cars r.. D. B.
usual terms busheI baskets $1.10-
l.25; crates $l.60-i.75. few high as
$500; clipped sacked per 100 lbs.
Sl.25. Carloads and in mixed cars
Y. Q. B. cash track, bushel baskets
$1.00-l.10; crates $l.50-1.60. Pota-
toes: Haulings moderate. good wire
inquiry, demand good. market firm.
Carloads +. D. B. usual terms, too
few sales to establish market; in
mixed cars, sacked per cwt. Bliss
Triumphs u. s. No. Is 1 IL inch
minimum mostly $500. In mixed
cars y. o. B. cash track, sacked per
cwt. Bliss Triumphs No. Is, I IL
inch minimum mostly $4.75. Wagon
loads cash TO growers. most stock
handled for growers account.
RobStown-Corpus Christi section:
Cabbage: Cool. clear. Haulings mod
crate. Good wire inquiry. demand
good. market firm. Carloads r. o. b.
usual terms, round type bulk per
ton $35-40, mostly $40; cash track.
too few sales reported to quote. Gu
cumbers: In this section practically
All cucumbers are reported Killed by
frost on March IL.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday, Mar. 20:
Cabbage: Florida is, New York %.
Texas 20. Wisconsin /, total u. S.
13l cars. Unreported March 10:
Texas !. Carrots. Texas rs, New
York s. Louisiana i. California 2,
total u. $. % cars. Spinach: Texas
80. Virginia 5. total z. S. 9s cars.
Unreported March 10: Texas s, Vir-
ginia 2. String Beans: Texas 1, Flor
ida =. total ". $. s cars. Mixed vere-
tables: Texas SO, Florida :, Louis
lana r. total ". s. 100 cars. Ber-
muda Is, Mexico 4. Potatoes: Colo
RADIO 81. Florida 2, Idaho III. Maine
1872, Michigan 46. Minnesota 1870,
Long Island Is, New Ycrk 10. North
Dakota Az. Texas 3, Washington 90.
Wisconsin 50. total u. S. $50 cars.
Canada 81. Bermuda z. Cuba IA.
Rochester. n. ". r. o. Is. informa-
tion reported Tuesday. March 20:
Cabbage: Min. % degrees, max. SO.
Demand slow, market weaker. Car
loads r. O. b. usual terms, few sales
Danish tTpe bulk per ton $10-12. ?
cars $14.O0.
String beans r. o. 3. information
reported Tuesday. March 20: Belle
Glade-Chosen. Fla: Warmer. clear.
frost in this section Monday
night. Haulings light. few ship
Of excellent quality but most
fair 70 ordinary. Small lots, wagon
loads cash 10 growers rs bushel
hampers ss.00-4.o0, fair to good $780,
200.
Lower Rio Crande Valley move
reported Wednesday. March
21: Mixed vegetables so. e~scarol n.
potatoes ). string beans I. beets 10,
beets and carrots IL, carrots rs. cab
bage 70. total les cars. Express
movement reported today. string
/ car. Freight movement to
date this season: fruit LAS. vege-
10.9s5. total -2.130 cars. Emp
ties ordered today "a iced cars.
Vegetable jobbing markets reported
Wednesday morning. March 81: Cab
Chicago: Cloudy. 81 degrees.
Arrived 4 California. 6 Texas, on
rack 66 cars. Supplies moderate. de-
moderate. market steady. Cali