Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-25
The Markets

punched full top per dozen lunches
mostly csc.
Carlot shipments from entire
United States reported Tuesday,
Jan. "a:
Cabbage: New York SO, Florida q,
Texas IL, Wisconsin IL; I each Mich
igan, South Carolina, Washington;
Pennsylvania a; total U. 5. 106 cars.
Unreported January 20, California 2.
Danish cabbage in late states, 1927
season.:
The amount Of Danish cabbage re-
naming on farms and in commercial
storage, on January 1, 1928 in the
late northern states is estimated to
be 1928 cars (of 12.5 ions each),
compared with s,553 cars on January
i, 1927, 5,43S cars in 1926, 5.l4 in
1927, 4,144 in 1925, 5,371 in 1925 and
1889 in 1924. OF the amount re-
naming on January /, 1928, $500
cars were on farms compared with
1908 cars on January !, 1927.
Primary destinations of Lower Rio
Grande Valley movement, Tuesday,
Jan. "a: cabbage, Z st. Louis, =
Shreveport; / each Baton Rouge,
Houston, Austin; mixed vegetables,
2 each Houston, New York; ! each
st. Louis, Lansing, Palestine, Jop-
lin, San Angelo; beets and carrots, l
st. Louis; shicory. l Jersey City;
grapefruit, 2 Denver, l each Dallas,
Houston, TT. Worth, Colorado
Springs; oranges, ] San Antonio.
Rochester, N. Y. +. o. b. shipping
point information reported Tuesday,
Jan. "a, cabbage, min. 20 degrees,
max. AZ. Demand very slow, market
weak. Carloads f. o. B. usual
terms, very few sales. Danish type
bulk per ton. small to medium, S7-S,
mostly 81; carrots, demand slow,
market dull. Carloads +. o. B.
usual terms, sacked per 100 lbs.
"$0.90-1.00.
Spinach r. 0. B. shipping point in
formation reported Tuesday, Jan. "a:
Laredo, clear. cool. Practically no
haulings, good wire inquiry, market
unsettled. Carloads f. o. B. usual
terms, bushel baskets $l.15-l.40;
Crystal City. clear, cool. Haulings
increasing account of open weather.
Demand good. market about steady.
Carloads F. o. B. usual terms,
bushel baskets mostly around $3.50;
cash truck mostly $i.35-1.40.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning,
Jan. 25: mixed vegetables 90. chicory
/, beets and carrots 4. cabbage 81.
grapefruit 8. total 81 cars. Lettuce
2 express. Freight movement to date
this season-fruit eos, vegetables
pool; total 1884 cars.
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ed Wednesday morning. Jan. 25:
Cabbage: Chicago: Clear IS degrees.
Arrived 4 Texas. 3 Wisconsin. on
track 46 cars. Supplies moderate.
demand moderate, market steady.
Wisconsin Danish type sacked per
cwt. 75-90c. Texas domestic round
type crates S~2:50-2.75. ST. Louis:
Clear % degrees. Arrived / New
York, z Texas, q Wisconsin, on track
SO cars. Supplies light. demand
slow. market dull. Florida pointed
type / 1-2 bushel hampers mixed
car receipts $1.25. Texas round
type bulk per ton s40-45; rates
S2.00-2.25. mostly S2.25. New York:
Cloudy IL degrees. Arrived / Texas,
8 New York. Old supplies moderate,
demand light, market dull. New
York Danish type bulk per ton Sli-
l6- New supplies moderate includ-
Ing followers. Demand slow. mar
ket dull. Florida pointed type / 1-2
bushel hampers mostly S1.25-i.50.
Texas round type crates S2.25-2.50.
California round type crates $500.
Pittsburgh: Showing 2S degrees. No
carlot arrivals. Supplies moderate,
demand slow, market about steady.
No. vi - n.-.--. n.sl
type barrels packed locally $i.25-
1.35. Virginia Savoy barrels pack
cd locally $2.00-2.25. Texas pointed
type barrels packed locally $500
$50, mostly 1925; crates mostly
$500. Carlot sales, Texas crates
S2.65.
Carrots: Chicago: Arrived 2
California. on track 80 cars. Sup
plies moderate, demand slow. market
steady. Texas crates best $2.00-2.25;
bushels $l.25-1.5G. California rates
fancy $~3.25-3.50, ordinary s2.75. St.
Louis: Arrived 2 Texas, on track 70
cars. Supplies liberal, demand light.
market steady. Texas bushels $780,
LIS, mostly "s1.50-1.6O, slack pack low
IS sl.00. Philadelphia: Arrived d
California. l Texas, on track rs cars.
Supplies liberal, demand slow. mar
ket steady. Texas crates S2~.50-3.00.
mostly $3.50; bushels $3.50. Cali
fornia crates $500.
Beets: Chicago: No carlot arriv-
ais. none on track. Supplies light.
demand moderate, market about
steady. Texas bushels best S2.25.
New York: Arrived 3 Texas. Sup
plies light. demand moderate. market
steady. Texas bushels S2.50-3.00;
crates s3.50-4.00. Pittsburgh: No
carlot arrivals. Supplies light, de-
mand slow. market steady. Texas
bushels, mostly $500. Boston: No
carlot arrivals. on track l car. Sup
plies limited, demand moderate, mar
ket about steady. Texas crates few
sales $~3.50-3.75.