Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

r. O. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Tuesday, May p:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points.
Warm. clear;
Potatoes: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
slightly weaker. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, sack
cd Der cwt. Bliss Triumphs U s. No.
Is / l-2 inch minimum few around
S2.OO-2.25.
Carrots: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand limited, mar
ket about steady. Carloads FOB
usual terms. and in mixed cars
bushel baskets around 90c; crates
Sl.25-I.50.
Green Corn: Haulings moderate.
market slightly weaker. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual .erms.
bushel baskets mostly s1.25; crates
$3.50: cash track bushcl baskets
S1.00-l.l5. Top ice extra.
Tomatoes: Haulings increasing.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand aud
trading moderate, market bout
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms.
tours pinks %unwrapped Si.50-1.75;
Tugs green wrapped $3.50, few high
er. Carloads and in mixed ears FOB
cash track. tours pinks ~unwrappcd
around Sl.50; Tugs green wrapped
S2.25. W~agonloads cash OF growers
fours pinks unwrapped around 81;
green stock 4-5c per pound.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday, May %:
Potatoes: Alabama II, Florida 16t,
Idaho III. Louisiana 8, Maine 1l5,
Michigan %, Minnesota 30, Souta
Carolina Is, Texas 81. Washington 6,
Wisconsin 81. total u. s. 649 cars.
Canada 2, Bermuda 1.
Tomatoes: California 10, Florida
East Coast 81. other Florida %, total
U. s. 120. Mexico 4.
Primary destinations Lower Val
ley movement reported Tuesday,
May 20:
Mixed Vegetables: Houston 7. st.
Louis 3. Fort Worth 2. III each III
Paso. %Plainview, Marshall, Beau
mont. Washington. Chicago, Peoria.
Shawnee, New York. Tomatoes:
Houston Q. St. Louis 5. Q eacn Fort
Worth, Denver, Charleston. | each
Portland, Oklahoma City. Philadel-
phia, Pittsburgh, Nashville. Mem
phis, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto.
Onions: ! each Houston, CINCINNATI.
Potatoes: Houston 6. I each Terre
Haute. Muskogee, Oklahoma City,
Shreveport. Green Corn: Houston
s. st. Louis 4. New York 6. ? each
Shreveport. Philadelphia 1 each New
Orleans. Spartanburg. Chicago. Jer-
sew City. Carrots: | each st. Louis.
Chicago. Dallas. Memphis.
Lower Rio Gr.-de Valley move
ment reported W~ednesday morning,
May 20:
Mixed vegetables II, parsley l..
green corn 10. onions ]. potatoes II.
carrots 4, beets ard carrots ?, torla-
toes ventilated 81. tomatoes refrig-
Grated 90 total I3i cars. Freight
to date this season: Fruit
LAS, vegetables 1903. total 1864.
Additional II. O. r. information re-
ported Tuesday, May %:
Potatoes: SuCarland. Texas: Clear.
cooler. Haulings moderate. Moder-
ate wire inquiry. demand moderate.
market steady. Carloads FOB usual
terms. sacked per cwt. Bliss Tri-
umphs U. s. No. Is S2.25; cash track
81. Hastings, Fla: Cool. rained
practically all day. Haulings mod
crate wire inquiry, demand moder-
ate, market about steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms, double head bar
rels Spaulding Rose Us No. Is S3.5:
sacks U. s. No. Is %S2.6O-2-5.
Mobile. Ala: Report late today.
Tomatoes: Belleglade y Chosen.
Warm. very light morning
shower. Light wire inquiry. demand
slow. market slightly weaker. Car
loads FOB usual terms, skies green
wrapped fancy S2.75. few higher.
cash track mostly around $3.50, few
Potatoes: Chicago: Clear, 80 de-
yrees. Arrived 10 Alabama, Is Flori-
ia, z Louisiana, l Texas, 80 Idaho.
is Minnesota, ] Montana, / North Da-
Is Wisconsin, on track POI old
and 147 new cars. New supplies lib
srsl, demand ard trading moderate,
market slightly weaker. Carlot track
sales outweigh Alabama and Louisi-
ina sacked per cwt. bliss triumphs u.
$ No. Is $~2.75-2.s5, slightly deeayed
s2.50-2.65. Sales to iobbers. Florida
double head barrels spaulding rose
U. S. No. Is $465-4.75. St. Louis.
50 degrees. Arrived 4 Alabama.
IL Louisiana. 3 Texas, on track a.
cars. Old stock not reported.
Supplies moderate. demand light.
steady. Al-amH .nd InYi-,
uarknd a, A.4 IL