Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-03
The Markets

baskets $1.30-1.50; crates ~$f.60-1.S5,
few fancy higher. Carrots: Haul
ings moderate, light wire inquiry,
demand slow, market dull. Carloads
and in mixed cars r. o. B. usual
terms, bushsesl baskets mostly 7-9Oc;
crates $1.10-1.25. In mixed cars
F. @. B. cash track, bushel baskets
around 75c; crates around $l.00.
Primary destinations of Lower Rio
Grande Valley Movement Thursday,
Feb. 2:
Cabbage: Houston SO, st. Louis
16, Shreveport 8, Philadelphia 8; .
each Pittsburgh, Greenville, Miss,
/ each Fort Wortn. Lexa, Chicago,
McGehee, hatcher, Denver, Washing
ton, New Haven, Raleigh, New
Orleans, Winnipeg, Birmingham,
Charleston, Providence, New York,
Detroit, San Antonio, Washington,
S. c., Yazoo City. Spinach: Houston
2; ! each st. Louis, Greensboro,
N. c., Detroit, Columbus, Tulsa.
Parsley: New York i. Potatoes: /
each Cleveland, Pittsburgh. Shall
lots: New York /. Carrots: St.
Louis g.. Beets and carrots: st.
Louis g., New York 2, Chicago /.
Mixed vegetables: Houston 81, st.
Louis 8, New York s.; 2 each Chicago,
Toronto, Shreveport, Lexington,
Trinidad, Jersey City; l each Okla
homa City, Tyler, Denison, Nashville,
Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Kansas
City, Charlotte, Roswell, Chatta-
nooga, Philadelphia, Memphis. Grape
fruit: Fort Worth 4; l each Hous-
ton, Galveston Dallas, Texarkana,
Pittsburgh, Mankato, Lincoln, Cedar
Rapids, Oklahoma City, N9G
Carlot shipments from entire
United States reported Thursday,
Feb. 2:
Cabbage: FloHga -, Minnesota /.
New York SO, South Carolina /. Tex
as 81, Wisconsin Is; total U. s. 162
cars. Unreported Feb. /, California
car. Spinach: Texas Is; total
U. s. IS cars.
Grapefruit: Florida 1Ol, California
3, Texas 8; total u. S. Il3 cars:
Porto Rice 70. Unreported Feb. l.
Arizona i, California /, Florida 10;
Mixed vegetables: California 10,
Florida :, Louisiana 8, New Jersey
l, New York 4, Texas "a, Utah l.:
total U. 5. 104 cars. U~nreported
Feb. l-California Il, New York /.
Cuba !; Carrots: California 3, New
York IL, Texas 2, total IL cars. I'm
reported February l-California .
cars.
Lower Rio Crande Valley move
ment for Friday morning. Feb. 81:
Mixed vegetables 40, spinach /, cab
bage 7S. mixed fruit /, grapefruit 6,
parsley 4; total 136 cars. Freight
movement to date this season
fruit 1927, vegetables 1856; total
1852 cars. Express movement to-
day-lettuce 2, mixed vegetables /.
Vegetable iobbing markets re-
ported Friday morning. Feb. 81:
Cabbage: Chicago: Clear, 32 degrees.
Arrived / Michigan. 4 Texas, on
track 81 cars. Supplies moderate.
demand slow, market about steady.
Texas round type crates S2.00-2.25,
mostly $500. Louisiana pointed type
crates best mostly S1.75, poorer
Sl.-5; st. Louis: Clear, 20 de-
grees. Arrived . Texas, on track 81
cars. New supplies liberal, demand
slow, market weaker. Texas crates
round type S1.75-2.00; bulk per ton
S35, few low Is $50; Boston: Clear.
10 degrees. Arrived 2 Florida, 3
Texas. on track 26 cars. Supplies
heavy, demand slow. market weak.
Texas pointed type crates best most
ly $3.50, poorer low rs S2.00; Kansas
City: Clear. 81 degrees. Arrived ,
Texas. on track ? cars. Supplies
moderate, demand slow, market dull.
Texas round and flat type crates and
bulk per cwt. S~2.00-2.25, mostly
$500; Denver: Clear, So degrees. Ar
rived l Texas. on track l car. Sup
plies moderate, demand moderate.
market weak. Texas round type bulk
per cwt. S1.75; rates $3.50; Phila-
delphia: Cloudy, 26 degrees. Ar
rived ! Florida, 10 New York. ]
Texas, or track 81 cars. New sup
plies moderate including holdovers.
demand moderate, market steady.
Texas round type crates ~S2.50-2.75,
few low as s1.75; New York: Cloudy.
az degrees. Arrived 3 Florida. 3
New York, 4 Texas, equivalent 1
car from Virginia by boat. New sup
plies moderate, demand moderate.
market steady. Florida pointed type
Wakefield ] 1-2 bushel hampers
Sl.25-1.50. No Texas stock quoted:
Pittsburgh: Cloudy. 81 degrees. Ar
rived ! Michigan. | New York, 1
Pennsylvania. Supplies moderate,
demand slow. market steady. Texas
round type barrels packed locally
S2.50-3.25. mostly around $500;
crates S~2.50-2.75; Fort Worth:
Cloudy. "a degrees. No carlot ar
rivals, on track | car. Supplies
moderate. demand slow. market
slightly weaker. Texas round type
bulk per cwt. s1.75-1.s5. In mix
ed cars Fl. Worth basis, bulk per
cwt. S~1.25-1.3o.
Carrots-Chicago: Arrived 4 Cali
fornia. on track 80 cars. Supplies
moderate. demand moderate. market
steady. Texas bushels Sl.25-1.50;
crates $500. st. Louis: No carlot
arrivals. on track 3 cars. Supplies
moderate, demand light. market dull.
Texas bushels ~S1.00-1.25. Carlot
sales to outside points St. Louis
basis. Texas bushels / car irregu-
lar 9Oc. New York: Arrived 4 Cali
fornia, 10 New York, 2 Texas. New
supplies moderate. demand slow,
market dull. Texas bushels s1.O0-
1.25: crates mostly around $3.50.
Pittsburgh: Arrived l California,
I Texas, l mixed Texas. Supplies
moderate. demoni slow. market
steady. Texas Bushels best mostly
Si-25-1.50. poorer low as S1.00. Bos-
ton: Arrived ! California, ! I'M
known, on track s cars. Supplies
moderate. demand slow. market dull.
Texas crates mostly $2.75. California
crates mostly $500. Philadelphia:
Arrived / Texas. on track % cars.
Supplies liberal, demand slow, mar
ket steady for good stock. Texas
crates s2.00-2.25, few $3.50; bushels
quality and condition ordinary $0.75-
100.
Beets-Chicago: No carlot arriv-
ais, none on track. Supplies moder-
ate, demand slow, market slightly
weaker. Texas bushels S2.OO-225.