Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
Vegetable Bulletin No. 81.

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Vegetable Bulletin No. 81.
T. 0. 3. shipping point Informal
ton reported Saturday, March 9:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand mode
rate, market firm. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual ternS-bulk
per ton round type $4,000, mostly
$3.50; crates S1.65(PJ1.90; 80 ID.
crates Savoy around $3.50. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track
bulk per ton $15[P)20.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
dull. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushel baskets
85c0S1, few higher; crates 1880
LOO; 100 ID. sacks topped $3.50
l.5O. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track, bUshel baskets so
@85c; crates mostly S1.25, few high
er.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand slow,
market about steady. Carloads and
IN mixed cars FOB usual terms
bUshcl baskets 80090c; crates most
~ around $1.25@1.35. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track, bu.
baskets 70Q30c; crates $1.15@1.25.
Corpus ChriSti-RobStOWn section:
Warm. partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Good
wire inquiry, demand good, market
firm. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms-round and flat
types bulk per ton very few sales
motsly $4,000.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement Saturday and
Sunday:
Cabbage: 80 each Houston, St.
Louis, Chicago 8, Little Rock 6,
Memphis 2, Shreveport Z, Kansas
City 3; 2 each Oklahoma City, De-
troit, Monet; l each Omaha, Wal
laWalla, Fl. Worth, Waterloo, Mil
Waukee, Lacrosse, Toledo, Louis
vile, Johnson City, Chattanooga,
Nashville, Birmingham, Mt. Yer
non, Ill, Sumter, Minneapolis,
Hamilton. Mixed Vegetables: st.
Louis IS, Houston 10, New York II,
Nashville 8; 2 each Dallas, Wichita.
kans., Philadelphia. Toronto, Non
treal, Chicago; l each SWaetWater,
Lubbock, TeZarEana, Amarillo, Du-
Pc, Shreveport, Kansas City, Des
A1olneS, Rock Island, LAGRANGE,
North Platte, FairbUry, Toledo. Gin
cinnati. indianapolis, Webster, OF
tawa, Regina. Calgary, Cleveland.
E%iscarOle: New York /. Beets and
Carrots: Toronto |. Grapefruit: FIT.
Worth 4; l each San Benito, Wich-
tia Falls, Cedar Rapids, San Anto-
Mo. Oranges: Houston 2. Carrots:
st. Louis 10, New York 7; l each
Houston, Philadelphia. Beets: 3 each
Houston, st. Louis, New York .: !
each Memphis, Brooklyn. Spinach:
l each TT. Worth, Cincinnati. Let
tuce: Jersey City 1. Stringl Beans:
New York l. Turnips: Dallas /.
Parsley: New York l.
CarlOt shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
cay:
Cabbage: Texas 122. Louisiana 5.
Florida So, New York 6; total U. S.
100 cars.
Carrots: Texas Is, California IS.
New York 9; total U. S. 20 cars.
String Beans: Texas /, Florida %:
total U. S. % cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 8, Florida 1874;
total U. S. 139 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas I03. Cal
lfornia Is, Florida %, Louisiana 20:
total U. S. 1914 cars.
Spinach: Texas CO, California s.
total U. S. 73 cars.
Additional u n D ~
Cabbage: Rochester n y ora
nearby points: Min. 10 dee. MAJ,
34 deg. Snow flurries. DamonJ
Light, too few saels reported to o1ote
Last report.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y. and
nearby points: Demand light, no
sales reported.
string Beans: Canal Point, Fla
warm, clear. Demand good. mar
het slightly stronger. HauIinaq
Aght; Good wire inquiry. quality
mostly wide range. condition cool
Carloads FOB cash track, ia III
hampers red valentines and strinp-
less SCOOPS, fair quality mostly s..
refugees $3.50. go
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Warm
cloudy. Haulings light. LIGHT Wirn
INQUIRY, demand moderate. nartn4
SIeady. Carloads FOB usual terms
ou. baskets Savoy 40c, few 45c: cash
track mostly 35c. N"'
Spinach: Crystal Civ Tovoe.
saturday, warm, cloudy: Srndav
ign general rain over district
Haulings moderate, demand Iirb+
nIaakeC steady. Carloads FOB usual
Inns, bushel baskets Savoy mostly
f0c; cash track Csc. MANY shjnnod
20 connections on basis SOC guar
antecd FOB shipping point
Lower Rio Grarde Vallov mo,,o
ment renorted Monday morning
March II: MS
Mixed vegetables G., baets .
carrots p. beets and carrots o.
capoage 100, escarole /. lettuce !
parsley |. mixed citrus 2. o~ranefr,if
I total 245 cars. Freight movement
70 cate this season: Fruit 1875
vegetables 9317; total 1882 cars
10 same CAV last season: Frnit
cars. '0V"' 1o''9o
Reports By radio from important
markets. This mornings sales fl
Johbers unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage: Pittsburgh: Clear. 81
degrees. Arrived l New York, "A
Texas. Supplies liberal, demand
moderate, market slightly stronger
on Texas etOcl- etaoJ-