Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-28
Truck Markets
Via Naval Radio Station

+. O. b. Shipping point information
reported Saturday. May Is:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Hot, partly cloudy Potatoes: Haul
ings moderate. Light wire inquiry.
demand SLOW, marset weak. Car
ioacs and IN mixed cars RI. o. b..
usual terms, sacked per cwt Bliss
IriumphS Y. :. No. Is l - inch
minimum few sales around Sl.75, few
lower. Carrots: Haulings light.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand SLOW.
market dull. Carloads n. d. h. usual
terms, and In mixed cars buShel bas-
kcts around 75c; crates Sl.25. Green
Corn; haulinEs moderate. Moderate
wire inquiry, dcmand moderate. mar
kct about steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars n. q. H.. usual terms.
bushei baskets sl.25-l.35; crates
Sl.5O; cash track bushel baskets
Sll5-l.25- Top ice extra. Tomatoes:
Haulings fairly heavy. Good wire in
CURRY, demand and trading moderate,
market dull. Carloads r. o. b. usual
terms, q in mixed cars r. O.. b..
usual terms. fours pinks unwrapped
around Sl.00; Tugs green wrapped
mostly S..25. Carloads and in mixed
cars r. q. b. cash track, fours pinks
u%nwrappcd around S0-90c; Tugs green
wrapped around $500. Wagonloads
cash To growers, fours pinks I'M
wrapped around use; green stock
mostly sc per pound.
Primary destinations Lower Valley
movement reported Saturday and
Sunday Tomatoes: Houston 81; &.
Louis 40; Chicago %; Toronto IL;
Memphis, Kansas City 4 each; s each
Little Rock, Fort Worth, Jersey
City, Denver; Montreal >; l each
Roanoke, New York, Davenport,
Pittsburgh, Springfield, Memphis,
Winnipeg, North Bay, Lake City,
Dallas. Green Corn: Houston g;
New York II; Washington 81; : each
st. Louis, Birmingham; 1 each Min
neapoiis, Baton Rouge, Fort Worth,
Chicago. New Orleans, Atlanta.
Kansas City, Jersey City. Pittsburgh,
Louisville. Philadelphia. Carrots:
Chicago "A; l each Kansas City. Baton
Rouge, Cleveland. Parsley: Chicago
:; New York I. Potatoes: Houston
s; Fort Worth 3; San Antonio 2; l
each Muskogee. Dallas. Chicago.
a; 2 each ST. Louis. Nashville: / each
Houston. Baton Rouge. III Paso. Mid
land. Washington, Mounds, Sweet
water. Amarillo. Beets: Chicago l..
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and sun
day. Potatoes: Alabama III, Florida
3l2, Louisiana 81, Idaho unreported.
Main 22l. Michigan SO, Minnesota SO.
South Carolina 1872 heavy, II light.
Texas 81. Washington liz, Wisconsin
35. total III. S. 1892 heavy IL light
cars. Tomatoes: California %.
Florida East Coast -. Other Florida
81, Texas l70. total U. s. 33f cars.
Mexico 2.
Additional v. q. X. information re-
ported Saturday. May &c. Tomatoes:
Bellglade-Choscn Fla: Warm. clear.
H%aulincs light. Moderate wire in
curry, demand light, market weak.
Carloads n. q. r. usual terms sacked
per cwt Bliss Triumphs S1.75; no
cash sales reported. Mobile. Ala:
Southern Alabama Points): Warm.
local showers. Haulings moderate.
market about steady. Carloads
=. q. r.. usual terms. sacked per cwt
Bliss Triumphs l.. s. No. Is mostly
around Sis.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Monday.
Nay 27-2S: Mixed vegetables 10.
Potatoes -. Carrots <. Green Corn
=. Parsley ,. BEANS 4. Tomatoes VEN
tinated 81 refrigerated 4. total 146
cars. Freight movement to date this
season: Fruit has, Vegetables 1871,
total 1916 cars.
Tomatoes: Chicago: Clear. SO de-
rrees. Arrived > California, IL
Florida. rs Texas, on track % cars.
Supplies liberal. demand moderate.
market slightly weaker. Texas !uve
green and turning wrapped S2.T5. or
binary $2.00-2.25. Florida sizes
originals ripe and turning wrapped
fancy count Ss.O0-4.25. Repacksd.
Florida skies ripe wrapped fancy
count S5.50-6.00. St. Louis: Arrived
? Florida. IL Texas. on track is cars.
Supplies liberal. demand slow, mar
ket dull. Originals, Florida skies
ripe and turning wrapped choice
Si.75. Texas Jugs ripe and turning
wrapped circles S2.25: tours pink
unwrapped some soft SO.e0-I.U 90.
Carlot sales st. Louis basis. Texas
tours green wrapped ! car $i.75. I
car S1.95. Kansas City: Clear. 6,
degrees. Arrived 3 Texas. on track
? cars Supplies moderate: demand
slow, trading moderate on originals;
demand limited on repacked; mar
ket steady. Texas Jugs originals
ripe ard turning wrapped circles
S225n-300, few ripe S~2.25-2-35, few
showing effects Of rain $2.0-22.25;
gems s1.75-2.25. Florida repacked
stock ripe and turning wrapped, IN
lugs mostly 81, In skies S6.00G6.50.
Cincinnati: Arrived s Floridg, on
track IL cars. Supplies heavy. de-
mand moderate, market firm. Flor
ida skies ripe and turning wrapped
originals fancy S4.O-A.o5, poorer
$1.75-3.5o. according 10 quality ana
condition; choice S2.0O-2.50, few bcs.
| $3.O-325, poorer low a. 81. Repaek-