Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
Truck Markets

F. o. B. shipping point information
reported Thursday, May 10: Lower
Rio Grande Valley points: WARM,
partly cloudy. Potatoes: HaulinEs
moderate. Light wire inquiry, de-
mand limited, market about steady.
Carloads FOB usual terms and in
mixed cars sacked per cwt. Bliss
Triumphs u. s. No. Is I 1-2 inch
minimum mostly s2.25. few higher;
cash track too few sales reported to
quote. Wagonloads cash TO growers.
mostly handled for growers account,
few SI.75-2.O0. Beets: Haulings very
light. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about steady.
Carloads and in mixed ears FOB usu-
nj terms, bushel baskets $1.10-1.15;
crates $l.50-1.T5. Carrots: Haulngs
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demsnd good. market about steady.
Carloads and in mixed Ears FOB usu
al terms. bushel baskets ~Si.10-1.15;
crates Sl.50-l.75. Carrots: Haulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand good, market ahcat steady.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bushel baskets $1.l0-
1.25: crates s1.50-l.75. String beans:
Haulings moderate. LiTht wire in
curry, demand slow, market weak.
Carloads and in mixed vsrs FOB
usual terms. bushel hampers green
~Sl.50-1.75: cash track best mostly
Sl.5O. Wagonloads cash TO growers
$I.OO-1.25 per bushel. Wide range
in quality, few fancy higher, poorer
lower. Green corn: Haulings mod
crate. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand and trading moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and in mix
ed cans FOB usual terms. bushel
baskets s1.50-1.75; cash track mostly
Sl.4O-l.50. Tomatoes: Haulings in
creasing. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand good. market firm. Carloads
FOB usual terms and in mixed cars
very few sales. fours pinks unwrap-
ped mostly $1.50-1.T5, Tugs green
wrapped S2.00-2.25, mostly S2.25. In
mixed cars FOB cash track. tours
pinks %unvrapped mostly S1.5o.
Primary destinations Lower Val
ley movement reported Thursday,
May 10: Potatoes: Houston is; Sim
ton 3; . each Fit. Worth, Chicago;
| each Amarillo. Albuquerque, Kan
sas City, Davenport. Tomatoes:
Houston a; Butte. Mont. /. Beans:
Houston ?; | each Sweetwater, Dali
las, Kansas City. Carrots: 81. Louis
?. Green corn: Houston 3: st. Louis
2; New York 2; / each Dallas, Jer-
sey City.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Friday morning, May
III: Mixed vegetables IL, potatoes So,
beets and carrots 4. green corn 10,
tomatoes s, string beans g., parsley
4. total rs cars. Freight movement
to date this season-fruit Las;
vegetables 1888, total 17.47s cars.
Carlot shipments az entire United
States reported Thursday May 10:
Potatoes: Florida 303, Louisiana s.,
Idaho 1873, Maine LAT, Michigan AZ,
Minnesota SIS, Texas %. Washington
~. Wisconsin IS, total u. $. s74.
Canada Z. Carrots: California 2.
New York 8. Texas 10, total u. s.
70 cars. Cabbage: California "a,
Florida ., Louisiana 10. North Caro-
lima s, South Carolina IS heavy and
III light. Texas >, total U. s. SO cars.
String beans: Alabama ., Florida
10. Louisiana ia, South Carolina >.
Texas 7, total u. S. as cars. Toma-
toes: California /. Florida r. Coast
2i6 ears, other Florida 81. total III.
:. 329 cars. Onions: California a.,
Texas lis. total ". s. Do cars. Mix
ed vegetables: Florida 20, North
Carolina 3, South Carolina 5, Texas
10. total u. 5. l69 cars.
Reports by radio from important
markets this mornings sales to job
bers unless otherwise stated. Car
rotS; Chicago: Arrived s California.
2 Texas, on track 81 cars. Supplies
liberal, demand moderate, market
steady, slightly stronger undertone.
Louisiana bushels NOODLES. Texas
bushels best packs $l.50.s California
crates best packs S2.50-2.75. Phila-
delphia: Arrived l California, 2 Tex
as, on track IL cars. Supplies mod
crate, demand slow, market steady.
Texas crates ~$2.75-3.00, poorer $2.25-
$50. Mississippi rs bushel hampers
fair quality in mixed cars $0.90-i.0 100.
Pittsburgh: Arrived none reported.
Supplies moderate, demand slow, mar
ket steady. Texas bushels mostly
S2.0O-2.15; crates S2.75-3.00. Cali
fornia crates mostly $500. New York:
Arrived s California, 3 Louisiana. 2
New York, z Texas. Supplies moder-
ate, demand moderate, market steady.
California crates $2.S5-3.50, few high
as $500. poorer small $2.25-2.75. Tex
az crates mostly fair quality $500
PTS. some fancy $3.0O-3.50; bushels
S1.50-1.75, few low as SIPS. Louisiana
crates $~2.00-2.50. Mississippi rs
bushel hampers Sl.00.
Vegetable jobbing markets report
ed Monday morning. May II: Pota-
toes: Denver: Arrived no Texas, on
track 20 cars. Supplies moderate,
market about steady. Texas sacked
per cwt. bliss triumphs U. S. No. Is
mostly S3.75-3.S5. st. Louis: Cloudy.
80 degrees. Arrived s Louisiana, 3
Texas, on track III cars new stock.
Supplies new stock moderate. market
slightly stronger. Texas sacked per
cwt. bliss triumphs u. S. No. Is 1 lie
inch minimum S3.25; Louisiana stock,
] carload at $500. Detroit: Cloudy,
rs degrees. Arrived 26 Florida. no
Texas, on track Ill cars. Supplies
new stock liberal, market unsettled.
Florida double head barrels spauldinE
rose L. s. No. Is mostly $3.50. Kan
sas City: Raining. 81 degrees. Ar
rived 4 Texas, on track ~ cars. Sup
plies moderate. market steady. Tex
a. and Louisiana sacked bliss tri-
umphs L.. S. No. Is l 1-2 inch min
imum best mostly 1928. Fit. Worth:
Cloudy. So degrees. Arrived 5 Tex
as. on track 80 cars. Supplies heavy,
market dull. Texas sacked per cwt.
bliss triumphs U. s. No. Is I l-2 inch
minimum mostly 1926.
Beets: Chicago: No carlot arriv-
ais, on track . ears. Supplies light,
demand rather slow. market barely
steady. Texas crates $2.25. Louis
lana bushels $lO-125. Philadelphia:
Arrived . Texas. on track 2 cars.
Supplies moderate. demand light,
rarke. slightly weaker. Texas
bushels ~Sl.50-l.75. poorer S1.O0-f.25:
crates S2.5O. Pittsburgh: No carlot