Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-26

VALLEY PASS
FORMER PEAK
Demand For Carrots l.
Improving; Cabbage
Market Low; Mixed
Car Loadings Heavy

Vegetable shipments for the sea-
son exceed these 20 rhe sane Date
last year BY laos ears. according 20
reports 81 tia Misseari Pacific ard
Southern Pacific Lines.
The reports shcw e.sls cs-s of
vegetables have teea shipped and
112s ears Of frat. making . fetal of
s841. Shipments for the sans rsrfo6
last year -erss vegetables se1s. fruit
71s. fctsllinE sss&
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eItie were ssz2. ard ssafssrr Pzesfic
1916
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havs abandoned hers e atasitfinE
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r~sssy vkh : eaes Nsn ThUress.
rl~te NeeNwd a.
FurnIrs sre r~rvsne c-t ct tAI
rst rre ske crers ~vrcdtcee "
re FaHeg III Seeee fer the frs
-s cr -ernrr etra4Fht ra-ioRts KY
turnin rrer-s Sc teng thivred. ~.
re cemsnd Tor these Freers u
wfwed csss ss heavy. Turnins 80
brfnrinr en- rerts ~er doten hrrches
snd the r~eers 80 % 70 cents Pc
h1shel. Thev sre taking the plac.
f nf xrfrarh in MANY shipments, an'
are selling az three Or four times n
price Of spinach.
Broccoli. ranaeiien greens rrta
Goes srd escarole are ~ heavy ce
mand. The movement cf these ccr
rnnfftirs is centere6 largely III ~.
Mercedes eslaco section.
Mercedes Leads in Total
weslaco has taken the lead II
vegetable SHIPMENTS, but Nercede
still leads in total shipments, IS
cars az vegetable and 1f0 cars q
fruit having. moved from the latte
POINT as compared with eeS cars O
vegetables and IS cars OF fruit from
Weslaco.
SharylanG is leading II fruit ship
ments. with I70 cars. Mercedes sec
ond with 100. and San Benito thiri
with 80. Val Verde has shippel
120 cars.
Shipments from the various towns
as reported BY the Missouri Fscifi
Cd 20 Friday night. are as follows
Harrington 375. Stuart Place IFS. Il
Feria 4i4; Mercedes goo. MeslscI
GIL, Donna 756. Val Verde 100, AlamI
s5l. San Juan 1S9. Phsrr SIC, Nc
Allen rs. Sharyland 1T5. Mission q
Rateliff 2. EdinburE 81, Hargill
Raymondville s. Kansas City y, Ed
couch p. Combes IS. San Benit
sec. Brownsville 90, Olmito q. Ohio
Rio Eondo 49,. la Palons %, CARR
citos 1s. Hidalgo 80. Heyvood ?:
Towne &, Los Indies q. Mitchell II
Ranrerville los. Fernando is. vii
Itch ~. Santa Maria so; othe
"Spiderweb" towns 81.
The seasons shipments ircluo
ni06 mixed cars. 1S9 heets. SSS best
md carrots. s2s carrots. 5000 cat
sage. so oranges. ees grapefruit. 9
mixed fruit, and smaller shipment
~ q great variety Of commodities.
Fruit shipments frcrn the Vale
will practically cease after March
NJ which date sll fruit is expected Z
he removed from the trees in cor
pliance with the limited embargo in
posed BY the federal horticulurs
board. Very little fruit has gon
into cold storage. The seasons 70
tai. including the express and true
shirments from the Valley will III
close to 1900 cars. according 70 est
mates Of shippers.
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