Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28
via Naval Radio Station

p. o. 3. Shipping point information
reported Saturday, May 26;
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points;
Hot, partly cloudy Potatoes: Haul
ings moderate. Light wire inquiry,
demand slow, market weak.
loads and In mixed cars RI -. =.
usual terms, sacked per ewt Bliss
Triumphs u. :. No. Is IL men
minimum few sales around $l.'5, rev
lower. Carrots: Haulings hight.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand slow,
market dull. Carloads r. o. b. usual
terms, and in mixed cars bushel oas-
kets around T5c; crates Sis. Green
Corn: Haulings moderate. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate, mar
ket about steady. Carloads and ~
mixed cars r. o. n. usual terms,
bushel baskets $1.25-l.35; crates
$3.50; cash treck bushel baskets
SI.I5-l.25. Top ice extra. tomatoes;
Haulings fairly heavy. Good wire IN
ouiry. demand and trading moderate
market dull. Carloads r. U. b. usual
terms. and in mixed cars H p p.
usual terms, tours pinks u~nwrapped
around Sl.O0; Tugs green wrapped
mostly S2.25. Carloads and IN mixed
ears II. o. r. cash traci, fours pinks
u~nwrapped around S0-90c; Jugs green
wrapped around $500. Wagonioads
cash TO growers, fours plnks IN
wrapped around Toe; green stock
mostly &c per pound.
Primary destinations Lower Valley
movement reported Saturday and
Sunday: Tomatoes: Houston 81; St.
Louis 40; Chicago %; Toronto IL;
Memphis. Kansas City 4 each; 3 eaen
Little Rock. Fort Worth, Jersey
City. Denver: Montreal =; 1 each
Roanoke, New York. Davenport,
Pittsburgh, Springfield, Memphis,
Winnipeg, North Bay. Lake City,
Dallas. Green Corn: Houston 9;
New York IL: Washington 81 2 each
st. Louis, Birmingham; l each Min
neapolis, Baton Rouge, Fort Worth,
Chicago. New Orleans, Atlanta,
Kansas City, Jersey City. Pittsburgh,
Louisville, Philadelphia. Carrots:
Chicago A; l each Kansas City, Baton
Rouge. Cleveland. Parsley: Chicago
2; New York L.. Potatoes: Houston
g: Fort Worth 3; san Antonio ?; Il
each Muskogee. Dallas. Chicago.
4: . each ST. Louis. Nashville; 1 each
Houston. Baton Rouge. ri Paso- Mid
land. Washington, Mounds, Sweet
water. Amarillo. Beets: Chicago 4.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day: Potatoes: Alabama II, Florida
3l2. Louisiana 81. Idaho unreported.
Main pa. Michigan So, Minnesota 50.
South Carolina l92 heavy, ~ light,
Texas 81, Washington 10. Wisconsin
IS. total u. s.. 1892 heavy Il light
cars. Tomatoes: California 25.
Florida East Coast "a Other Florida
So, Texas 10, total U. s. S3l ears.
Mexico ?.
Additional =. q. b. information re-
ported Saturday. May IS. Tomatoes;
Bellclade-Chosen, Fla: Warm. clear.
Haulinrs light. Moderate wire In
curry. demand light. market weak.
Carloads r. u. r. usual terms sacked
per cwt Bliss Triumphs Sl.75; no
cash sales reported. Mobile. Ala.
Southern Alabama Points,: Warm,
local showers. Haulings moderate.
market about steady. Carloads
r. O. p. usual terms. sacked per v
Bliss Triumphs L. s. No. Is mostly
around Sis.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
mcnt reported Sunday and Monday.
May 27-2s: Mixed vegetables r..
Potatoes 10. Carrots r. Green Corn
q. Parsley ., Beans 7. Tomatoes ven
tinated s. refrigerated 4. total lt6
cars. Freight movement 70 date this
season Fruit 11i5, Vegetables 1854.
total 1916 cars.
Tomatoes: Chicago. Clear. - de-
grees. Arrived . California, l..
Florida. a. Texas, on track % cars.
Supplies liberal. demand moderate.
market slightly weaker. Texas iu-
green and turning wrapped S2.75. or
binary $2.00-2.25. Florida skies
originals ripe and turning wrapped
fancy count $4.O0-4.25. R~epackei.
Florida SKIES ripe wrapped fsnc~
count $~5.50-6.00. st. Louis: Arrived
3 Florida, 10 Texas. on track is cars.
Supplies liberal. demand slow, mar
ket dull. Originals. Florida siNc7
ripe and turning wrapped cho',s
Sl.75. Texas Tugs ripe and turning
wrapped circles S2.25: tours pin
~unwrapped some soft S0.90-l.J.
Carlot sales st. Louis basis, TeSs
fours green wrapped | q Sl.I5. n
car Sl.95. Kansas City: Clear, 80
degrees. Arrived 2 Texas, on track
. cars. Supplies moderate; demsnd
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