Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-12
Truck Markets
F. Q. 3; shipping point information
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+. o. r. shipping point information
reported Friday. May IL:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
WARM, cloudy Potatoes: Haulings
moderate. Light wire inquiry. de-
mand slow, market dull. Carload
r. q. Il. usual terms and cash track
sacked per cwt Bliss Triumphs U. s.
No. Is / IL inch minimum mostly
$2.25, few higher; cash track too few
sales reported to quote. Wagonloads
cash 70 growers. mostly handled for
growers account, few s~l.75-2.0O.
Beets: Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry. demand slow, market slight
ly weaker. Carloads and in mixed
cars r. o. r. usual terms, bushel has
kets ~sl.O0-i.10; crates s~1.50-1.60.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Moe
crate wire inquiry. demand moderate,
market slightly weaker. Carloads and
in mixed cars +. @. p. usual terms
bushel baskets SI.OO-1.15; crates
Sl.50-l.6O. String Beans: HaulIngs
moderate. Light wire inquiry, de-
mand slow. market dull. Carloads and
in mixed cars r. O. 3. usual terms.
very few sales bushel hampers green
Sl.50-l.T5; cash track best mostly
Sl.50, mostly consigned. Wagonloads
cash 10 growers $i.O0-I.25 per buskel.
Wide range in quality, few fancy
higher, poorer lower. Green corn:
Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry, demand and trading moder-
ate. market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars r. q. y. usual terms,
bushel baskets s1.50-i.75; cash track
mostly St.40-1.5O. Tomatoes: Haul
ings increasing. Good wire inquiry.
demand good. market firm. Carloads
r. o. r. usual terms and in mixed
cars very few sales. foIrs pinks un-
wrapped mostly Sl.75, Tugs green
wrapped mostly S2.15. In mixed
cars +. @. 3. cash track. fours pinks
unwrapped mostly sl.5C.
Primary destinations lower Valley
movement reported Friday, May Ill:
Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis 8;
Houston 3; Dallas ?; I each San An
tonic, Toronto. Fort y nth, Chicago,
Marshall. Wichita Fails, Amarillo,
Stamford, New York. Jersey City.
Cabbage: Houston 5; Dallas /.
Onions: New York 9; I each Phila-
delphia. Akron, Monroe. Potatoes:
Houston IS; Fort Worth 3; l each
Denver. Vancouver. Topeka. Car
rots: ST. Louis l.. Beets: 1 st.
Louis. Beans: . each Houston, st.
Louis; ] Pittsburgh. Corn; Hous-
ton 4; Chicago ,; / each Dallas.
Washington. Greensboro. New York.
Tomatoes: 3 each Houston. Chicago:
st. Louis I. Parsley: st. Louis ].
Carlot shipments OF entire United
States reported Friday, May III:
Potatoes: Alabama -, Idaho Tsp.
Colorado IL, Florida l24, Louisiana II
incomplete, Maine ti6. Michigan %.
Minnesota SO, New York /, South
Carolina 1. Texas 80. Washington %,
Wisconsin -. total u. s.. $50 cars.
Canada 4. Bermuda N. Tomatoes:
California >, Florida East Coast, 1876.
other Florida SO, Texas g., total Z. s.
1877 cars. Mexico -. Unreported
May 10; Florida East Coast 20 cars
by boat. Carrots: California q
New York 8. Texas = total u. s. 90
cars. Onions: California 81. New
York I, Texas 1856. total L. s. 1914
cars.
Additional =. Q. b. Information re-
ported Friday, May IL: Potatoes:
Hastings. Fla; Warm, clear. Haul
ings very heavy. shipments probably
at height, expect falling off. Moder-
ate wire inquiry. demand moderate.
market dull. Carloads r. O. r. usual
terms, double head barrels Spaulding
Rose mostly S3.50. fen S3.75; u. s.
No. 2s mostly around Sl.75. ManS
shipments rolled rnScld. Today's
shipments probably peak. Tomatoes:
BclleglaGe-Chosen. Fla: Warm.
clear. Hauliugs increasing Good
wire inquiry. demand good. market
stronger. Carloads r. q. II. usual
terms, skies green trapped fancy
count S3-25l3.50. mostly $3.50. Car
LOADS II. o. b. cash track, skies green
wrapped fancy county mostly 1928.
few best $3.50. String Beans: Belle
glade-Chosen, Fla: Haulincs very
light. Very light demand. no sales
reported. Growers asking S2.T5-3.OO
for good stock. Practically all ship
ments consigned. Onions: Laredo,
Texas: Haulings very light. Moder-
ate wire inquiry, demand moderate.
moderate steady. Carloads r. o. r.
usual terms. Standard crates Yellow
Bermudas and Crystal Wax 4. S
No. Is and mixed No T. and q most
ly s1.0O-
Loves Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Saturday morning.
May IL: Mixed Vegetables o.. Po-
tatoes 81. 3eets l.. Carrots 2. Beets
and Carrots I, Green Corn s. To-
matoes 8. Beans !, total SO cars.
Freight movement Il date this sea
son: Fruit llt5, Vegetables l6.402.
total 17.54T.