Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-02
vege.able BuIIetIu Nj. q.


Vegetable Bulletin No. "a.
r. q. Ii. shipping point informa-
ton reported Friday, Feb. 4.
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cold, rainy.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Better
wire inquiry. demand moderate. mar
ket firm. Carloads and in mixed ears
FOB usual terms-buIk per ton round
/ type few sales mostly S20I22. SO:
crates Sl.40ntI.50. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track very few
sales-bulk per ton round type most
III SlT.50; ate S1.l5MIM5. Wagon
loads cash to growers-bulk per ton
Sl2@.l5.
Carrots: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
weak. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms very few sales
bushel baskets T5IyOc; crates most
" around SI.15. Carloads and in
mixed ears FOB cash track-bUshel
baskets 60M65c; crates Sl.15dl25.
Beets: HaulinEs light. Light wire
inquiry. demand slow, market weak.
Carloads ard In mixed cars FOB usu-
al terms few sales bushel baskets
75M roe; crates SI.30n1.35. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track
bushel baskets 60G65ci crates Sl.l5
! Ml-25.
Spinach: Haulings very light, for
mixed Ears only. Light wire inquiry
demand moderate, market about stea-
d.. Carloads FOB usual terms-too
few sales reported to quote; in mixed
cars bushel baskets Savoy mostly
around COO; in mixed cars FOB cash
track mostly soc.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Friday,
February i:
Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis 3,
Houston 3, New York 3; / each Okla
huma City. Little Rock, Pittsburgh,
Chicago, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto,
Montreal; Louisville =. Potatoes: l
Shreveport. Parsley: New York /.
Grapefruit: Houston 3, TT. Worth
9; ! each Enid, Grand Island, Oma-
ha. Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison,
; Hamilton, Ont, London, Ont. Dram
ges: San Antonio /. Spinach: Boise,
Idaho, !. Lettuce: Jersey City !.
Cabbage: Houston 81; 4 each ST. Lou
Is, New York; 2 each Dallas, Shreve-
port; ! each TT. Worth, Magnolia,
Chicago. Lewiston. Dupo. Davenport,
Winnipeg, Toronto, Birmingham.
Bcets: 2 each S.. Louis, New York;
I Philadelphia. Carrots: St. Louis
al; New York 3, Houston ?; ] each
Omaha, Minneapolis, Brooklyn, Bos-
ton, Chicago.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Friday, Feb. /:
Cabbage: Texas 81, Florida q,
New York 10, Louisiana p total v.
y. 80 ears.
Carrots: Texas 3, California III,
New York q; total u. s. 26 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas ii, Florida III;
total l.. S. 19i cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 81. Flor
ida 10, Louisiana z, California l6;
total u. ~. 81 cars.
Mixed Citrus: Texas 2; total u.
s.. IS cars.
Oranges: Texas j; total L. S. 434
cars.
Spinach: Texas Al; total U. S. 40
cars.
Additional r. o. y. information re-
ported Friday, February /:
Cabbage: Rochester, n. Y, and
nearby points: Min. IL deg, max. %
deg. Showed during day. Demand
limited, market unsettled. Carloads
FOB usual tcrms-buik per ton Dam
ish type small to medium size few
sales 500 ~. few lower. Sacked
| Ss0N43. mostly $42G43, few higher
some shippers holding for higher
prices.
Carrots: Rochester. N. w.. and
nearby points: Demand light, market
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms
sacked per 100 lbs. few sales $500.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Cloudy,
/ cold. HaulinEs moderate. light wire
inquiry, practically no demand OF
trading.
Spinach; Crystal City, Texas:
! Cloudy, cold. Haulings moderate,
light wire inquiry, practically no
| demand or trading.
Lower Rio Grandc Valley move
ment reported Saturday morning,
February .:
Mixed vegetables 20, potatoes I,
beets 5. carrots Is. beets and car
rots ., cabbage 2l, parsley ?. grape
fruit "a. mixed citrus 4; total ~
cars. Freight movement 10 date this
season: Fruit 1i4S. vegetables 3T61,
total 1909 cars; TO same day last
season: Fruit 1884, vegetables 1868,
total 4s97 cars.
Cabbage:
New York: Cloudy. p deg. Arriv-
ed Florida 3, New York A., South
Carolina J., Texas 4. Supplies linn
tied, demand moderate. market stca-
dy. Florida / IL bushel hampers
pointed type sI25ml-50. few Sl.62
l-2. boat receipts fair uality and
condition T5crSi.12 I-2. Texas ] l-2
bushel hampers round type fair quail
ity and condition S1Gl.25.
Philadelphia: Clear, Il deg. Ar
rived Florida Il New York A. Texas
!. On track 81 cars market unrep0rt-
ca.
Pittsburgh: Clear, Is deg. Ar
rived New York g., Texas 1. Supplies
liberal, demand slow, old stock mar
ket about steady. New York barrels
Danish packed locally S3.25E3.75.
mostly S3.5Or 3.15. Virginia barrels
Savoy mostly S2.75. New York stock
market slightly weaker. Texas crates
round type S2.5002.75, mostly S2.50.
Chicago: Cloudy. v deg. Arrived
Louisiana y. Wisconsin II. Texas III.
on track 81 ears. Supplies liberal.
demane moderate, market steady.
Wisconsin sacked per cwt. Danish
N4fE A-NN~tN NMs-"f NV t-aFNs 4ANA
mostly $3.50. few higher. Texas
crates round type mostly $3.50. few
best S2.T5- Louisiana crates pointed
type ordinary quality and condition
light. leafy Sir2-
C~incinnati.~ Cloudy. 10 deg. Azrfw-
ei Florida \. Texas n. on track IA
cars. Supplies heavy. demand limited.
market about steady. New York and
Wisconsin bulk per ton Danish most
~ 5000. few higher. Michigan
crates Danish S3.25. Texas crates
round type S215T ESQ. bulk per ton
Si5F ~. Florida / IL bnShel hamr-
ers pointed type s2.75Ta.50. bulk rer
ton Ss5E5n. Florida / I-2 bushel
hampers pointed type $50, few low
as $1.25.
Boston; Partly cloudy, 81 deg.
Arrived Florida i. New York I, Tex
~ !, on track - ears. Supplies hea-
w. toe few sales 10 establish market.