Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-21
The Markets

Brooklyn, Toronto, Philadelphia,
Shreveport, Evansville, Richmond,
Austin. Mixed Vegetables: St. Louis
4; 2 each New York, Houston, Jersey
City; / each McAlester, Chicago.
Grapefruit: Houston /.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Monday Feb. 20:
Cabbage: California ], Florida Z,
New York 35, Texas 21, Wisconsin 2,
total u. S. 66 cars. Unreported Feb.
is, California l. Wisconsin 8. Spin
ach: South Carolina 8. Texas SO,
total u. s. So ears. Mixed Vege-
tables: Arizona /, California 20,
Florida 4, Louisiana 5, Michigan ],
New Jersey /, New York ], Texas II,
South Carolina /, North Carolina !,
total II. S. 40 cars. Unreported Feb.
10, Arizona l.. Unreported Feb. Is,
Arizona /, California IL, Maryland
2. Mexico 3. Carrots: California
20, New York 5, Texas 3, total U. S.
% cars. Unreported Feb. is. Arizona
3. California 8. Grapefruit: Cali
fornia 2, Florida SO, Texas 4, total
Spinach +. o. b. shipping point in
formation reported Monday, Feb
ruary 90:
Crystal City: Warm, cloudy. Haul
ings heavy, moderate wire inquiry,
| demand moderate, market steady,
Carloads +. O. B. usual terms. bush
el baskets SOC; cash track 40-50c.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday, Feb. 81:
Mixed Vegetables %, Potatoes I,
Carrots 8. Cabbage as, Grapefruit 3,
total so cars. Freight movement to
date this season, Fruit 1245 cars,
Vegetables 5941 cars, total 1856 cars.
Vegetable jobbing markets report
ed Tuesday morning. Feb. 81: Cab
bage: Chicago: Cloudy. 10 degrees
Arrived 81 Texas, 2 Wisconsin, on
T, track 50 cars. Supplies liberal, de-
/ mand and trading moderate, market
steady. Texas round type crates
mostly S2.25; st. Louis: Cloudy, 20
degrees. Arrived 2 New York, "a
Texas, 2 Wisconsin, on track SO
cars. Supplies moderate, demand
slow, market dull. Texas round type
bulk per ton $35-38, few $40; Phila-
delphia, 2 Texas, on track 80 cars,
Supplies moderate. demand moderate,
market steady. Texas round type
crates S2.75-3.O0. Florida Wakefield
! 1-2 bushel hampers ~$1.5O-1.75;
New York: Clear, 16 degrees. Ar
rted . Florida, Is New York, 3
~ xas. New supplies moderate, de-
E.hand slow. market dull. Texas
/ round type crates mostly $3.50; Gin
cinnati: Clear, 16 degrees. Arrived
2 New York, / Texas, on track IL
cars. Supplies heavy, demand mod
crate, market steady. Texas round
type crates $2.25-2.50; bulk per ton
s40-45; Pittsburgh: Clear, s de.
grees. Arrived / Michigan, 2 New
York. Supplies moderate, demand
slow, market steady. Texas round
type barrels packed locally S2.50-3.00
mostly S2.75; crates $~2.25-2.75.
Carorts: Chicago: Arrived :
Texas, on track s cars. Supplies
light, demand good for good stock,
market firm. Texas bushels best
packs $500. St. Louis: Arrived 3
Texas, on track 4 cars. Supplies
moderate. demand slow, market dull.
Texas bushels $1.75. Kansas City:
Arrived / eTxas. on track l car. Sup
plies moderate, demand slow, market
about steady. Texas bushels mostly
Sl.T5; crates s2.25-2.75, mostly $3.50,
california; crates few sales $500
3.75. Boston: Arrived 2 New York.
on track 2 cars. Supplies liberal,
demand slow, market dull. Texas
bushels S2.25-2.75, few $500. New
York: Arrived 2 California, Z New
York, 4 Texas. New supplies mod
crate, demand moderate, market firm.
Texas crates ~$2.50-3.50. mostly $500
3.25; bushels 81. 50-1.75. California
crates s3.75-4.5O.
Beets: Chicago: No carlot arrivals,
none on track. Supplies light. de-
mand good for good stock. Market
firm. Texas bushels best packs
S3.25; st. Louis: No carlot arrivals.
on track l car. Supplies moderate.
demand slow, market dull. Texas
bushels Sl.25-l.50, fancy higher;
Philadelphia: Arrived 2 Texas, on
track 4 cars. Supplies moderate.
demand moderate, market about
steady. Texas bushels ~s2.00-2.50;
crates $500; Pittsburgh: No carlot
arrivals. Supplies moderate. demand
slow. market steady. Texas bushels
S2.25-2.50; crates s2.50-3.00.