Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-16

18th:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points.
warm, partly cloudy. Carrots:
Haulings light. Moderate wire
inquiry. demand moderate, market
I'll. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushei baskets
Sl!OO-1.l5; crates $~1.35-1.40; sacked
per 100 lbs. tops removed s1.35-1.5O.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track. bushel baskets $3.50,
crates Sl.25-1-30. Green corn: Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and In mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
baskets S~1.10-1.25. mostly Si.10-1.15;
crates mostly around S1.25. Car
loads and in mixed ears FOB cash
track. bushel baskets mostly $1.O0.
Top ice extra. Tomatoes: Haulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate. market barely
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
Tugs green wrapped all sizes $500
AS: fours pink unwrapped. unsized
$1.15-1.25. Carloads and in mixed
car FOB cash track, Tugs green
wrapped all sizesN s1.75-2.OO; tours
pinks unwrapped $l.00-1.l0. Wagon
loads cash to growers Thursday.
bulk per pound mature green most
ly Sc; 4-basket crates pinks 75-85c.
Primary destinations OF Lower
Valley movement reported Wednes-
day. May 18th: Mixed vegetables:
st. Louis 8; / each Houston. FL
Paso, Shreveport. Monroe. Little
Rock, Kansas City, Detroit. Pueblo.
Indianapolis. New York. Tomatoes:
st. Louis Is; Houston 10; 2 each
Shreveport, Dallas, Los Angeles,
Chicago. Boston: / each Waco. San
Francisco, Seattle, Toledo. Ottawa,
Omaha, St. Paul. Louisville. Phila-
delphia, Jersey City. New York,
Seattle. Montreal. New Orleans,
Toronto. Minneapolis. New Haven.
Parsley: New York 2. Cabbage: 1
/ each Houston. TT. Worth. Nashville.
Carrots: st. Louis 2; Shreveport /.
Green corn: Houston 8; st. Louis
6; New York 4: l each Dallas, Okla
homa City. Tulsa, New Orleans.
Louisville. Birmingham. Camdon.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
| States reported Wednesday, May
18th: Tomatoes: Florida East Coast
rs: other Florida 1877; Texas Sc: to-
tai u. S. Is cars. Unreported 18th,
Texas 43. Potatoes: Alabama 70;
Florida IL; Idaho 81; Louisiana 30;
| Maine SO; Michigan 81; Minnesota
70; South Carolina n; Texas Is;
Washington Is; Wisconsin So: total
u. s. e20 cars. Carrots: Arizona 8:
California A: Texas 5; total u. S.
So cars. String beans: Alabama 4;
| California 5; Florida 6; Georgia 2;
Louisiana 81; Mississippi 3: South
Carolina "a: total u. S. 65 cars.
Cabbage: Alabama z; California IL;
Mississippi A: Texas 5; Virginia 1874;
| total u. S. ITO cars. Cucumbers "a;
Florida %; Georgia !; Indiana !;
Louisiana 1; Ohio /; Texas /
freight, l express. total u. S. 81
cars. Mixed vegetables: Alabama
5; California 20; Florida IA; Mis-
sisssppi S; Louisiana 5; Texas II;
Virginia %; total U. s. lis cars.
Onions: California Al; Texas 80;
Virginia /; total u. s. 125 cars IN
reported 14th, Texas IA cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning,
May 18th: Mixed vegetables 8; to-
matoes 63 ventilated. 9 refrigerated,
green corn %; carrots 2; cabbage
/; parsley 2; potatoes l; total lis
cars. Freight movement to date
this season. fruit 1877, vegetables
2O,088, total 21,825 cars: to same
day last season, frui 1146, vegetables
1850. total 17,7l6 cars.
Additional F. Q. B. information
reported Wednesday. May 18th:
Crystal City, Texas. Warm. partly
cloudy. Onions: Haulings moder-
ate. Moderate wire inquiry. de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
crates Yellow Bermudas u. S. No.
is few sales ~s1.15-1.25, Crystal Wax
few sales S1.35; cash track Yellow
Bermudas mixed No. Is and Is few
sales $l.O0.
Reports by radio from important
markets-this mornings sales to
JobberS-unleSS otherwise stated.
Tomatoes. Chicago: Cloudy. 80
degrees. Arrived 2 Florida, 8 Mex
leo, 9 Texas. On track GA cars. Sup
plies moderate, demand and trading
moderate, market slightly weaker.
Florida skies originals green and
turning wrapped fancy $3.5094.00,
some fair S3.O09325; choice S2.251
2.75: some ordinary low as $500.
Mexico Tugs originals ripe wrapped
circles 81 .50tH13.O0. few higher, some
ordinary soft ieafy low as soc. Texas
Tugs originals green and turning
wrapped fancy S2.25G2.75, few high
or.
Philadelphia: Cloudy. 10 degrees.
Arrived 10 Florida, on track "a cars.
Supplies fairly liberal, demand slow,
market dull. Florida skies originals
ripe and turning wrapped fancy
S3.50G4.25, few especial MARKS high
er, poorer sl.25@2.O0: choice SITS;
few special marks higher. poorer low
Is 90c. Texas Tugs originals ripe
and turning wrapped 02.25. Mexico
Jugs ripe and turning wrapped orig
inals all sizes poor to ordinary 50c9
SITS.
Cincinnati: Cloudy. 80 degrees.
Arrived 10 Florida. on track 9 cars.
Supplies liberal, demand moderate,
market unsettled. Florida skies re-
packed ripe wrapped fancy $3.50;
choice $3.50.
Pittsburgh: Cloudy. 81 degrees.