Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-07
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

r. o. b.. shipping point informa-
tion reported Saturday, May s:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points
(Cool. clear:
Potatoes: Practically no haulings
account wet fields. Light wire in
quiry. demand slow, market dull,
Carloads +. O. B. usual terms and
in mixed cars sacked per cwt. Bliss
Triumphs u. s. No. Is / IL inch
minimum few rollers mostly SIPS;
cash track too few sales reported to
quote. Wagonloads cash to growers,
mostly handled for growers account,
few $1.75-2.00.
Beets: Haulings light. Moderate
wire Inquiry, demand moderate, mar
ket about steady. Carloads and in
mixed car +. o. b. usual terms,
bushel baskets S1.25-1.50; crates
Sl.75-2.00. Carloads and in mixed
cars +. o. B. cash track, bushel bas-
kets $l.00-1.25; crates ~$1.50-1.75.
Carrots: Haulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand limited, mar
ket about steady. Carloads and in
mixed ears +. o. b. usual terms,
bushel baskets S1.25-l.50; crates
$l.75-2.O0. CARLOADS and in mixed
cars r. o. b. casn track, bushel bas-
kets around $1.25; crates S1.6-I.75.
String Beans Haulings light. Mod.
crate wire inquiry, demand moder-
te, market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars +. O. b. usual
terms, bushel hampers green mostly
S1.75; cash track $50. Wagonloads
cash to growers $I.O0-1.25 per
bushel. Wide range in quality and
condition, poorer lower, few fancy
higher.
Green Corn: Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand and
trading moderate, market steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars F. o. y.
usual terms, bushel baskets mostly
Sl.75-2.00; cash track mostly Sl.75.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun.
day:
Potatoes: Louisiana 20, Alabama /.
Florida $50, Idaho 155, Maine lss,
Michigan "a, Minnesota 20, Texas
q, Washington 46, Wisconsin SO.
total Y. s. 964 cars. Canada 43.
Mixed vegetables: California 9.
Florida 81, Louisiana a., Texas So.
total U. 5. 203 cars. Tomatoes: Cali
FORMS 2, Florida East Coast %, 9TH
er Florida 80, total U. s. 80 cars.
Onions: Florida /, California %.
Texas 215, total U. S. 24I cars. Car
rots: California 20; Louisiana 2;
New York 4, Texas g.. total U. s. az
cars. Cabbage: California 4; Ala
bama 20; Florida !, Louisiana II,
New York is, North Carolina 8, South
Carolina 4s heavy, SO light. Texas IL,
U. S. 1s4 cars.
Primary destinations Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement reported
Saturday and Sunday: Potatoes:
Houston ~; 4 each TT. Worth, st.
Louis; l each Kansas City, San An
tonic, Seattle. Memphis. Cabbage:
! each st. Louis, Pittsburgh, Hous-
Tomatoes: l each Trinidad.
Chicago.
Additional F. o. b. information re-
ported Saturday, May 5: Potatoes:
hastings, Fla: warm, clear. Haul
heavy. Good wire inquiry. de-
mand moderate, market steady. Car
FOB usual terms, double head
barrels Spaulding Rose u. s. No. Is
Mostly $4.00, few higher; U. s. No.
g mostly S2.25. Tomatoes: Belle
slade-Chcsen, Fla: Warm, clear.
very light. Very light de-
nand, too few sales to establish mar
Set: Little activity here Saturday.
Unions: Laredo, Tex: Warm, clear.
haulings light. Light wire inquiry.
demand light, market slightly weak
Carloads FOB usual terms, mix
No. Is and Is and u. S. No. Is
standard crates yellow Bermudas and
lew Crystal Wax ~$1.0O-I.25; mostly
sl.OO-1.l0; cash track, too few sales
reported to quote. String beans:
Belieglade-Chosen, Fla: Warn
clear. Haulings very light. Very
light demand, too few sales reported
10 qoute.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Monday.
May 6-7: Mixed vegetables 20. pota.
toes s, parsley 2, string beans /
green corn 2, tomatoes 1. onions n
.otal 80 cars. Express movement re-.
Sunday, string beans. 2 cars
Freight movement to date this ses.
son-frult LAS, vegetables I6,0sS
17.2323 cars.
Cabbage: Chicago. Clear, as de-
$500 AAAA'tN ~ AAdDdMd. j ALL
2 Louisiana, Is Mississippi. /
J South Carolina, on track 40
:ars. Supplies moderate, demand and
moderate. market slightly
weaker, prices slightly lower. Ala
'ama and Mississippi pointed type
rates S5-50-5.75, ordinary SIS. Louis
ana pointed type so ID crates $500.
round type lettuce crates
'est mostly $500, fair s5.25. 81.
Clear. 81 degrees. Arrived /
Mississippi, 2 Louisiana, 2 Texas, on
rack 8 cars. Supplies moderate de-
slow, market strong. Alabama
'ound type crates s5.O0-5.25. Mis-
iissippi pointed type crates mostly
$50.
Carrots: Chicago: Arrived II Louis
ana, 5 Texas. on track So cars. Sup
liberal, demand and trading
airly good. market about steady.
Texas bushels best na<ka Sl.76-2.00s