Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18

| about steady. Carloads and in mixed
| cars FOB usual terms, wide range in
prices bulk per ton round type best
mostly SALT, mostly $500; crates
mostly $1.15. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bulk
| per ton round type S12-14, mostly
$1,000; crates around $1.O0. Wagon
leads cash to growers, bulk per ton
100000. Carrots: Haulings heavy.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady.
| Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bushel baskets S.90-1.O0;
crates mostly $1.40, few higher. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track, bushel baskets 10000; crates
! mostly S"1.20-1.30; sacked per cwt
tops removed around SIPS. Beets:
Haulings moderate. Light wire in
| curry, duemand moderate, market
dull. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushel baskets
around coo: crates $1.25-1.30. Car
| loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
| track, buShel baskets $1,000; crates
| S1.15-1.25. Potatoes: HaulingS heavy.
| Good wire inquiry. demand good,
market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, very
few sales, 100-lb sacks Bliss Tri-
umphs U. s. No. Is $500; cash track
mostly SITS; 50-lb sacks 10c higher.
| Wagonloads cash to growers mostly
$3.50. Green Beans: Haulings de-
creasing. Good wire inquiry, demand
exceeds supply, market slightly
stronger for good stack. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel hampers Stringles best $2.05-
2.25, mostly 1925. Wagonloads cash
/ to growers mostly $500, poorer
lower.
Onions: Raymondville and nearby
points: Haulings light. Good wire
inquiry, demand moderate. market
about steady. In mixed cars FOB
usual terms. crates yellow Ber-
mudas mixed No. Is and Is few sales
| s1.5O-l.75; Crystal Wax S1.75-2.o0.
In mixed cars FOB cash track,
crates Yellow Rermudas mixed No.
Is and Is ~$1.25-1.50; Crystal Wax
S1.5O-1.75.
Corpus Christi obstown Section:
Warm, clear. Cabbage: Haulings
moderate. Light wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bulk per ton
round type $16-17; crates ~S1.20-1.25.
CarIot shipments Of entire United
f, States reported Wednesday. April
| 18th: Potatoes: Colorado %; Flor
ida 100: Idaho 1872; Maine 1911;
| Michigan 66; Minnesota 81: Texas
So incomplete. Wisconsin 81: total
U. S. 906 cars. Cabbage: Alabama
AZ: Louisiana II: South Carolina
| 125: Texas 81; total u. S. 294 cars.
Green Beans: Florida IS: South
Carolina I; Texas 2 freight 2 ex-
press. total U. S. 81 cars. Tomatoes:
Florida 127; toatl u. s. 1T cars.
Mexico %. Carrots: Texas 81;
others %: total U. S. 65 cars.
| Onions: Texas 251: others q: total
u. S. 268 cars. Mixed vegetables:
Florida "a; Louisiana Is; Texas Sc;
total U. S. 164 cars.
Additional It. o. 3. information
reported Wednesday, Aoril 18th:
Canal Point. Fla: Cool. partly
cloudy. String Beans: Eaulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
| demand moderate, market weaker.
mostly shipments Bountifuls fair to
generally good, other varieties gen.
era1Iv good. Carloads FOB cash
track, 7-8 bushel hampers Limas few
sales S"3.50-410; Bountifuls $3.50,
most shipments rolled unsold. In
mixed cars FOB cash track, 7-8
| bushel hampers Stringiess and Red
Valentines S1.70-1.90. Potatoes:
Haulings increasing. Good wire in
curry. demand good. market slightly
STRONGER. Carloads FOB cash track,
| sizes green wrapped, fancy $3.50
500, choice $3.5O-4.C0.
Laredo, Texas. Warm, partly
cloudy. Onions: Haulings very
heavy. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market weak.
Carloads FOB usual terms, bushel
crates Yellow Bermudas mixed No.
Is and Is "S1.15-1.20, U. S. No. Is
S1.15-1.25; Crystal Wax mived No. Is
and Is mostly $3.50, U. S. No. Is
| S1.60-1.65. Carloads FOB cash track.
bushel crates yellow BermudaS
mixed No. r. and Is S1.00-1.o5; Crys-
tai Wax "S1.30-1.40.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning,
April 18th, Mixed Vegetables 81;
BeetS g., Carrots So; BeetS and Car
rots II; Cabbage e.; Potatoes 90;
String Beans 3 freight, 2 express;
Parsley | Onions |; Green Corn !;
total G99 cars. Freight movement to
date this season, fruit 1923, Vego-
tables l6,4G2, total 1871 cars, to
same date last season, fruit las,
Vegetables 1926, total 1915, 402
cars.
Reports by radio from important
markets. this mornings sales to job
hers, unless otherwise stated:
Cabbage: Cincinnati: Clear, Al
degrees. Arrived l Alabama, 1
Louisiana, on track 2 cars. Supplies
light, demand moderate, market
firm. Texas round type bulk per
ton $50. Alabama pointed type
crates S3.25-3.50. Philadelphia:
| Clear. g degrees. Arrived 3 South
Carolina, 2 Texas. on track 10 cars.
Supplies moderate demand moder-
ate, market slightly stronger. South
Carolina pointed type l IL bushel
hampers $1.20-1.35, few $1.40, poorer
low as $1,000: half crates SIPS.
Pittsburgh: Clear. 38 degrees. Ar
rived l Alabama, | South Carolina,
4 Texas. on track g cars. Supplies
moderate, demand moderate, mar
ket about steady. Texas round type
crates $3.00-3.5o, mostly $3.00-3.25;
barrels packed locally $3.25-3.50,
mostly $3.00-3.25; barrels packed To-
callv S3.25-3.50, poorer $2.75-3.00.
| Alabama round and flat tvDo crates