Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
FLORIDA Ships
OVER 700 CARS
Of GRAPEFRUIT
Ixpert Figures Crop
VIII Be Reduced
About 10 Per Cent;
Heavy Demand

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rarsssyy shipments of grapefruit are
~ .ng out Of Florida, according 10
a. weekly report of w. ID. Googe in
h. department. of agriculture mar
news letter issued from the Fort
Nth office. Following is the re-
49,. OF the department on move
rs and market conditions in con-
s.on with the various fruits and
c.sesSoles in which the Lower Rio
u,ahde Valley is interested:
MUvement of new crop citrus, par
"1.ariy Florida grapefruit, was be-
ng very active. More than 700
80 OF grapefruit and considerable
Quantities of early range came
<.om Florida last week. though Cali
sornia was the chief source of or
snge supply. Reports from Florida
lnoicate prospects for commercial
Tipments of i 1000. 900 boxes Of
ranges and 1000. 900 Of grapefruit
.nis season. This total would be
SCOUT one-tenth less than was ex-
peeted before the hurricane. Last
SEASONS movement from Florida vas
! .,lvV.OO0 boxes Of oranges and g.
ooV,OOO grapefruit. Southern Texas
may have $4,000 boxes of grape
lruit and 10000 Of oranges this year.
Texas Is becoming increasingly inn
y portant as n producer Of citrus, and
last season shipped 1.040 cars of
grapefruit. The new crop in Califor-
MA has not yet bee nestimated in
boxes, but orange growers there re-
port that they expect 81 per cent OF
. full crop. compared with 68 per
cent at this time last year, and lem
on growers report prospects OF an
81 per tent crop rs against 81 per
cent a year ago.
Totatoes Show Weakness
Declines of 5-l0c per 100 pounds
were common at the leading shipping
points for potatoes, though city mar
ket prices were well maintained.
Poor demand and slow trading were
reported on round whites in west
ern New York, where the +. o. ;.
range was 90-95c as against sacked
! Green Mountains in northern Maine
at 75c. Michigan Russet Rurals were
bringing 7O-75c in producing sections
Of that state and the range on north
ern round whites was 55-6oc. Colo
RADIO shippers were getting Just
about the same price as those IN n
north central region. Russet Bur
banks returned 75-S0c cash at south
ern Idaho points, compared with Ru-
rails at assoc. Volume of shipments
held around $500 cars from the prin-
eipal late states "a against 300 a
year ago, Maine shipped 1,i35 dur-
Ing the week, New York els, Mime
sofa $40, North Dakota $40 cars.
Other states were mostly below 400
ears each. Jobbing sales Of eastern
round whites and Maine Green Noun
tains were made generally at Sl.OO-
$50 per 100 pounds, but Long Island
hacked Cobblers and Green Noun
ains ruled $l.35 in New York City.
Although some stock was arriving
in poor condition, the Chicago car
lot market on northern round whites
vas firm at $4,000 with Early Ohios
bringing s5c-$1, Idaho Russets
strong at ~$1.75-2.O0 and Rurals AZ
$3.50. Relatively light supplies are
reaching Chicago from Idaho.
Onion Prices Decline
Onions began to decline in the i'm
portant shipping sections. New York
yellows were lower at $3.50 per 100
round sack {. o. b. usual terms, and
Michigan stock was bringing only
800 in the southwestern part Of
that ssste. Principal shipping sec
lions decreased their output very
sharply to 645 cars. For the same
period in 1927 the total was 1900
cars. Most shipments were coming
from the middle west and the north
central area. City dealers were re-
porting a range of $2.00-2.15 per
ssck Of medium sized New York vel
lows, but midwestern yellows sold at
ssOO-3.T5 and whites at ~S3.15-4.15.
Chicago quoted California yellowS at
4 25-3.35. General jobbing range on
western Valencia type onions was
AZ 10 81 at this time last season.
most onions were selling at Sl.4U-
200. About so additional carloads
arrived from Spain and a dozen from
Holland. Imported Spanish Valen-
ciss brought $l.50-2.25 per crate II
the city markets while the Holland
onions ruled around $3.50 per 1l0-
pound sack.
Cabbage markets did not show
much strength, though prices were
st:ll about double those Of a year
AFRO. Danish type ruled S3O-32 per
ton at western New York points,
with domestic tyne mt S27. City
Selaers quoted these two kinds re-
spectively at $3.50 and at S30-33
4 ton. Northern Danish was quoted
n some markets at s30-33. while do
nestle type from the north sold ut
sa5-2s. Producing sections of Wis
Isonsin reported 1928 as the +. o. b.
range on Danish stock. Much Wis
ronsin cabbage was going into stcr-
are. Total shipments for the week
decreased o%ne-fourth to 900 cars,
whsreas last season the correspond
inc figure was 1910 ears. Wiscon-
IN started 425 to market, New York
sss and Missouri 1875 cars. Cabbage
,lsntings in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley Of Texas probably will equal
Ar NAV exceed the 10000 acres Of