Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
FLORIDA SHIPS
over ZOO CARS
GRAPEFRUIT
Ixpert Figures Crop
wall Be Reduced
! About 10 Per Cent:
Heavy Demand

tnov;s.s shipments Of grapefruit are
a. out Of Florida. according 10
~ Ieekiy report of w. ID. Googe in
let department. of agriculture mar
ne"s letter issued from the Fort
na-'n office. Following is the re-
80. OF the department or move
men.s and market conditions in CON
rss1ion with the various fruits and
! rssetabies in which the Lower Rio
si.snoe Valley is interested:
Mcvement of new crop citrus, par
aeuiarly Florida grapefruit. was BE-
coming very active. More than o
s4ls OF grapefruit and considerable
suantities Of early came
rom Florida last week. though Cali
.s.aia was the chief source of or
sass supply. Reports from Florida
.Iaieate prospects for commercial
salpments of II 200, 900 boxes of
ysanges and 100000 of grapefruit
.als season. This total would be
aoout one-tenth less than was X
pscted before the hurricane. Last
SEASONS movement from Florida vas
.,iuu.0O0 boxes Of oranges and g.
ovO,OO0 grapefruit. Southern Texas
may have 100000 boxes Of grape
IrnIt and 10000 Of oranges this year.
\ lexas Is becoming increasingly inn
portant as n producer of citrus, and
\ iast season shipped 1,040 cars Of
grapefruit. The new crop in Califor-
ma has not yet bee nestimated in
4 boxes, but orange growers there re-
sport that they expect % per cent OF
I a full crop, compared with 6S per
4eent at this time last year, and lem
on growers report prospects of an
per cent crop as against 81 per
cent a year ago.
T0tatoes Show Weakness
Declines of 5-1Oc per 100 pounds
i were common at the leading shipping
\ points for potatoes, though city mar
| ket prices were well maintained.
i Poor demand and slow trading were
i repoprted on round whites in west
bern New York, where the (. O.. ;.
range wa 90-95c as against sacked
tGreen Mount inns in northern Maine
1 at Use. Michigan Russet Rurals were
bringing 70-75c in producing sections
Of that state and the range on north
ern round whites was 55-65c. Colo
RADIO shippers were getting just
about the same price as those IN the
north central region. Russet Bur
banks returned 75-S0c cash at south
ern Idaho points, compared with Ru-
rails at 45-55c. Volume of shipments
held around $500 cars from the prin-
eipal late states as against $500 a
year ago, Maine shipped 1,435 dur
Ing the week, New York els, Mime
sofa $40, North Dakota $50 cars.
Other states were mostly below 400
cars each. Jobbing sales of eastern
round whites and Maine Green Noun
tsins were made generally at Si.OO-
ii.50 per 100 pounds. but Long Island
Cobblers and Green Noun
aims ruled $l.35 in New York City.
Although some stock was arriving
IL poor condition, the Chicago car
lot market on northern round whites
was firm at $4,000 with Early Ohios
bringing S5c-Sl, Idaho Russets
strong at ~Sl.75-2.00 and Rurals at
$3.50. Relatively light supplies are
reaching Chicago from IDAHO.
Onion Prices Decline
Onions began to decline in the inn
portant shipping sections. New York
yellows were lower at $3.50 per 100
Mound sack (. o. b. usual terms, and
Michigan stock was bringing only
s320 in the southwestern part OF
that ssste. Principal shipping sec
tons decreased their output very
sharply to 645 cars. For the same
usrjod in 1927 the total was 1000
ears. Most shipments were coming
from the middle west and the north
central area. City dealers were re-
uorting a range of ~$2.00-2.75 per
sack Of medium sized New York yell
laws. but midwes.ern yellows sold at
ssD0-3.75 and whites at $3.75-4.75.
chicago quoted California yellows at
ss25-3.S5. General jobbing range on
Western Valencia type onions was
e to 81 at this time last season,
most onions were selling at S1.4O-
200. About so additional carloads
arrived from Spain and a dozen from
Holland. Imported Spanish Valen-
eiss brought S1.50-2.25 per crate IN
he city markets while the Holland
onions ruled around $3.50 per no.
pound sack. -
Cabbage markets did not show
much strength, though prices were
,till about double those of a year
src. Danish type ruled SS0-32 per
ION ut western New York points,
With domestic tyne ut $27. City
ssIsers quoted these two kinds re-
snertiyely at $500 and at S3O-33
= Ton. Northern Danish was quoted
= some markets at S30-33, while do
nestle type from the north sold at
s25-2s. Producing sections Of Wis
sousin reported 1928 as the {. 0. b.
Esrre on Danish stock. Much Wis
.onsin cabbage was going into stor-
sre. Total shipments for the week
Ssrreased one-fourth TO 900 cars,
~Ssreas last season the correspond
;ry figure was 1910 cars. Wiscon-
;.;n started AIS to market, New York
OK and Missouri 1875 cars. Cabbage
sisntiugs in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley Of Texas probably will equal
A. may exceed the 10000 acres Of