Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-16
Truck Markets
via Naval Radio Station

y. o. b. shipping point informa-
ton reported Tuesday, May Is:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points
Warm, partly cloudy:
Potatoes: Practically no haulings.
Light wire inquiry. demand slow,
market dull. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, sacked per
cwt. Bliss Triumphs u. s. No. Is
4 1-2 inch minimum few rollers
mostly s2.25. Wagonloads cash to
mostly handled for grow
ers' account. few ~$l.75-2.00.
Beets: H~aulings light. Light wire
inquiry, demand slow, market dull.
Too few sales reported to quote.
Carrots: Haulings light. Moder-
ate wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market slightly weaker. Carloads
FOB usual terms. too few sales re-
ported 10 quote; in mixed cars,
bushel baskets $l.00-i.l0, crates
$I.40-1.50.
String Beans: Hsulings light.
Light wire inquiry, demand slow.
market weak. In mixed cars FOB
usual terms. bushel hampers green
s1.25-1.5, few fancy higher.
Green Corn: Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand and
trading moderate, market steady.
usual terms, bushel baskets few
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
sales around SIS.
Tomatoes: Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand moder-
ate. market steady. Carloads FOB
usual terms, too few sales reported
to quote. In mixed cars FOB usual
terms. very few sales, tours pinks
unwrapped $1.75: Tugs green wrap
ped mostly $3.50. In mixed cars
FOB cash track, tours pinks un-
wrapped around $3.50.
Primary destinations Lower VAL
ley movement reported Tuesday,
May Is:
Mixed Vegetables: l each Hous~
ton, Dallas. Jersey City, Sinton,
Monroe. Chicago. Onions: 2 Detroit.
Potatoes: / each Houston. San An
tonic. Tomatoes: Houston /. Green
Corn: 1 each Houston, New York,
New Orleans, Chicago.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday, May Is:
Potatoes: Alabama 80. Florida 263,
Idaho I67. Louisiana Is, Maine ia,
Michigan "a. Minnesota SIS. New
York o. Texas IL. Washington %,
Wisconsin 4s. total Y. s. $50 cars.
Canada 8. Bermuda 2. Unrcported
May ~, Florida 5.
String Beans: Alabama &. Florida
3. Louisiana 81, South Carolina T..
total u. s. as csrs. Unreported May
IL: Louisiana ). =.
Carrots: California 26, Louisiana
4. New York 10S Texas /, total u. S.
40 cars.
Onions: California 20, Texas 60,
total U. $. Ill cars.
Tomatoes: California S, Florida
East Coast lit, total U. s. 1855 cars,
Texas 2.
Mixed Vegetables: Florida 12.
Louisiana 10. South Carolina 3.
North Carolina !, Texas s, total IT,.
s. 30 cars.
Additional r. o. r. information re-
ported Tuesday. May l5:
Potatoes: Hastings, Fla: Rained
during night. cool. Haulings heavy.
Good wire inquiry. demand moder-
ate, market steady. Carloads FOB
usual terms, double head barrels
S%paulding Rose U. S. No. Is 50; u.
$. No. 2s practically no demand. too
few sales reported to quote. Mobile,
Ala: Unreported.
Onions: Laredo. Texas: Warm,
clear. Moderate wire inquiry. de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
skies green wrapped. fancy count
~$3.25-3.50; choice S2.25-2.50.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move.
ment reported Wednesday morning.
May 49,:
Mixed vegetables 8, tomatoes /.
green corn IL, parsley !, onions 4.
cantaloupes /, total % cars. Freight
movement to date this season: Fruit
LAS. vegetables 1880. total 1855.
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