Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-07
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

Potatoes: Practically no haulings.
Light wire inquiry, demand slew.
market dull. Carloads FOB usual
terms, sacked per cwt. Bliss Tri-
umphs u. S. No. Is occasional car
SI.25.
Carrots: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow. market
about steady. Carloads FOB usual
terms and in mixed cars, bushel bas-
kets around Toe; crates $1.l5-1.25.
Green Corn: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry. demand good,
market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
baskets $1.O0-1-25; crates S~l-25-1-50.
Top ice extra.
Tomatoes: Haulings light. Good
wire inquiry, demand moderate, mar
ket barely steady. Carloads FOB
usual terms and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, fours pinks unwrapped
$1.00-l25; Tugs green wrapped $2-25-
2.5. few lower, small sizes mostly
$I.75. Wagonloads cash TO growers,
4 ur pinks wrapped around soc;
green stock around &c per pound.
Primary destinations Lower VAL
ley movemen reported Wednesday,
June s:
Tomatoes: Houston IL, Fort
Worth 3. 2 each St. Louis, DUPONT,
l each wellington. Toronto, New Or
leans, Kansas City, Ponca City.
Montreal, Schenectady, Nashville,
Memphis. Catalogues: st. Louis
/. Green Corn: Houston 3. Dallas 8,
| each Chicago, Birmingham, New
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rots: I st. Louis. Watcrmelons: 2
Dallas. Mixed Vegetables: IL Mon
roe
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Wednesday June s.:
Tomatoes: California 10, Florida
East Coast %, other Florida 81,
Georgia j, Mississippi III, Texas SO,
total U. S. 14S cars. Mexico /.
Potatoes: Alabama SO. Florida %,
Idaho ga, Louisiana 81, Maine AZ,
Michigan 10. Minnesota %, Texas 81,
North Carolina 1s9, South Carolina
go. Wisconsin 26, total u. s. ssI
cars.
Additional r. O. b. information re-
ported Wednesday, June 6:
Potatoes: Mobile, Ala: (Southern
Alabama Doints): Warm, clear.
Haulings light account wet fields.
Demand moderate, moderate wire in
quiry. market slightly stronger.
Carloads FOB usual terms sacked
per cwt. Bliss Triumphs u. S. No. Is
few sales mostly around SITS.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning,
June a:
Mixed vegetables none, carrots |,
zen corn Fl, potatoes 2, Water
melons 4. tomatoes 20 ventilated. S
refrigerated. total 60 cars. Freight
movement to date this season: Fruit
LAS; vegetables 1881; total 49,
456 cars.
Tomatoes: Chicago: Clear. "a de-
grees. Arrived ! Florida. 10 Texas,
on track SO cars. Supplies moder-
ate. demand moderate, market about
steady. Texas Tugs ripe and turning
wrapped S~2.75-3.00. ordinary $1.l5-
zoo; fours ripe and turning wrapped
Sl.75-2.00. Repacked. Florida and
Texas SKIES ripe wrapped $3.50,
Pittsburgh: Cloudy, "a degrees. Ar
rived 4 Texas. Supplies heavy, de-
mand moderate. market slightly
weaker on originals. Florida skies
turning wrapped fancy count, best
s3.50-4.00. few high rs s4.25, far
~S3.00-3.25: choice best S~2.5O-2.75,
fair $2.00-2.25. poorer soft low as
Sl.00. Texas Tugs ripe and turning
wrapped firsts best S2.75-3.0O, fair
ESQ. Cincinnati: Clear. IS degrees.
Arrived 2 Florida. on track 6 cars.
Supplies moderate, demand moder-
ate. market steady. Florida skies
ripe and turning wrapped fancy
count $3.75-4.00, poorer s1.75-3.50;
choice S2.00-2.50, few best S2.75-3.00;
repacked fancy court $3.50-6.00,
choice S~4.25-i.50. New York: Cloudy
So degrees. Arrived 30 Florida, IL
Texas. Supplies fairly liberal, de-
mand moderate. market about steady.
Florida skies green to ripe wrap
ned considerable fair 10 ordinary
fancy count S3.00-4.0o. poorer low as
$500; choice $~2.O0-2.75, few high
err, poorer low as S1.50 Texas Tugs
turning wrapped No. Is S2.5O-2.75.
few $500. some poorer lower. Phila-
delphia: Cloudy. IS degrees. Ar
rived ! California. 10 Florida. Sup
plies moderate. demand moderate.
market about steady. Florida skies
ripe and turning wrapped fancy
count ~$3-50-4.50. mostly S3.T5-4.O0.
poorer some soft S3.DO-3.25; choice
S2.50-3-25. few $3.50. poorer $500
2-25- Texas Tugs ripe and turning
wrapped No. Is S2.5O-2.75. Kansas
City: Clear. 6s degrees. Arrived 1
Texas. on track 3 ears. Supplies
moderate. demand slow. market
weak. Texas Tugs originals green
and ripe wrapped fancy Lower Val
ley stock best mostly S2.O0-2.25:
Jacksonville district s2.75. Detroit:
Clear. So degrees. Arrived 1 Flor
IDA. 3 Texas. on track 26 cars. Sun
plies moderate. demand moderate.
market slightly stronger. Texas
Tugs ripe and turning wrapped U. s.
No. Is ~S2.75-3.O0. Repacked mostly
Texas some Florida stock. ten pound
cartons S1.50-1 go; 3 baskets car
riers choice S2.75, fancy S3.75. 81.
Louis: Clear. 65 degrees. Arrived
IL Texas. on track 20 cars. Supplies
liberal. demand moderate, market
about steady~on originals. steady on
ANFaNNNRs 4NAdS OIiClnElS Jugs rlnF
and turning wrapped firsts S2.-5-
800. circles ~S2.00-2.25. Carlot sales
St. Louis basis. Texas Jugs ripe and
turning wrapped mixed cars $3.50.
Denver: Clear. rs degrees. Arrived
2 Texas. on track 5 cars. Supplies
moderate. demand moderate. market
weak. Texas Tugs riDe and turning
wrapped originals s~2.O0-2.50, repack-
ed ~S2.75-3.25.
Potatoes: Chicago: Arrived s
Alabama. ] California, s Florida. 3
Louisiana. / North Carolina, 8 Texas,
SO Idaho. 3 Minnesota. 3 Washington,
III Wisconsin, on track 103 old and
1873 new cars. New supplies moder-
ate, trading just fair. market steady.
Carlot track sales outweigh, Ala
bama and Texas sacked per cwt Bliss
Iriumphs U. S. No Is $~2.25-2.4O. few
$3.50; Louisiana sacked per cwt Bliss
Triumphs u. S. No. Is and partly
graded slightly Cloth Top Stat bar.
rels Irish Cobblers ". :. No. Is s4.OO-