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

F. 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, marke-
slightly weaker. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, sack
ed per cwt. Bliss Triumphs U S. No.
Is l IL inch minimum few around
S2.OO-2.25.
Carrots: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand limited, "a
ket about steady. Carloads FOB
usual terms. and in mixed cars
bushel baskets around 9Oc; crates
$l-25-1.50.
Green Corn: Haulings moderate.
market slightly weaker. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual .ermc,
bushel baskets mostly SIPS; rates
$3.50: cash track bushel baskets
|S1.0O-1.15. Top ice extra.
Tomatoes: Haulings increasing.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand aa1
trading moderate, market boat
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
tours pinks unwrapped Sl.50-1.7j;
Tugs green wrapped $3.50, few hiPll-
er. Carloads and in mixed ears FOE
cash track. fours pinks u%nwrapped
around. S1.50; Tugs green wrapped
S2.25. Wagonloads 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 I51,
Idaho III. Louisiana 9, Maine 1I5,
Michigan %, Minnesota 40. South
Carolina 16. Texas So. Washington 8,
Wisconsin 81. total U. S. 649 -ars.
Canada 2, Bermuda l..
Tomatoes: California 10, Florida
East Coast 81, other Florida 20, total
U. 5. 100. Mexico 4.
Primary destinations Lower Val
ley movement reported Tuesday,
May %:
Mixed Vegetables: Houston 7. st.
Louis g.. Fort Worth 2, IL each vi
Paso. Plainview, Marshall, Beau
mont. Washington. Chicago. Peoria,
Shawnee, New York. Tomatoes:
Houston Q. st. Louis 5. . eacn Tort
Worth, Denver, Charleston. / each
Portland, Oklahoma City. Philadel-
phia, Pittsburgh. Nashville. Mem-
phis. Chicago. Dallas, Toronto.
Onions; I each Houston, CINCINNATI.
Potatoes: Houston y. 1 each Terre
Haute, Muskogee. Oklahoma City.
Shreveport. Green Corn: Houston
6. st. Louis &. New York s, 2 cacn
Shreveport. Philadelphia | each New
Orleans. Spartanburg, Chicago. Jer-
sey City. Carrots: / each St. Louis.
Chicago, Dallas, Memphis.
Lower Rio Gr..de Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning.
May %:
Mixed vegetables II. parsley 4.
green corn 10, onions /. potatoes II.
carrots :, beets and carrots z. toma-
toes ventilated "a. tomatoes refrfg-
Grated ~, total l31 cars. Freight
movement TO date this season: Fruit
Las, vegetables 1903. total 1861
Additional +. o. p. information re-
ported Tuesday, May %:
Potatoes: %SuGarland. 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 tract
&. Hastings, Fla: Cool, rained
practically all day. Haulings mod
crate wire inquiry. demand mode--
aye; market about steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms. double head bar
rels Spaulding Rose US No. ~ S3.5
i5O-l6. sacks U. S. No. Is s2.6O-275 y.
Mobile, Ala: Report late today.
tomatoes: Belleglade : Chosen.
Fla: Warm. very light morning
shower. Light wire inquiry. demand
slow, market slightly weaker. Car
loads FOB usual terms, skies green
wrapped fancy $2.75, few hiobe-
easn track mostly around $3.50. few
Potatoes: Chicago: Clear. 80 de-
grees. Arrived 10 Alabama. % Flori-
"a, Z Louisiana. l Texas, 32 Idabo
~ Minnesota, l Montana. / North Dal
kota, 10 Wisconsin, on track POI old
ana I4i new cars. New supplies lib
eral, demand and trading moderate
market slightly weaker. Carlot track
safes outweigh Alabama and Louisi-
ana sacked per cwt. bliss triumphs u.
> no. Is $2.75-2.s5, slightly decayed
SZ-5O-2.65. Sales to jobbers. Florida
double head barrels spaulding rose
=: :. No Is Si.65-4.75. St. Louis.
year, % degrees. Arrived 4 Alabama.
IL Louisiana. 3 Texas. on track AZ
new cars. Old stock not reported.
supplies moderate. demand light
market steady. Alabama and Louis
lana sacked per cwt bliss triumphs
=. 5. No. Is ~S2.75-3.O0. U. S. No. 2s
few decayed Sl.40. Texas sacked per
ewt. bliss triumphs L. S. No. Is / 10
inch minimum $2.T5; u. s.. No. Is con
siderable wasty S1.I0-I.25. Detroit:
Clear, 81 degrees. Arrived l Ala
nama, rs Florida. 4 Michigan. | Wash
ington. on track lis cars. New sun
plies liberal. demand slow. market IN
''fl~f. Florida double head barrels
spauldlng rose u. .. No. 10 mostly