Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23

Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm. partly cloudy. Green corn:
Haulings heavy. Moderate wire in
curry. demand moderate. market
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms. bushel baskets
~s1IO-l.l5. few higher: crates Sl.25-
40. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track. bushel baskets
Sl.O0-1.l0. Top ice extra. Toma-
toes: Haulings heavy. but do not
exceed demand. Shipment probably
at height. expect falling off. Good
wire inquiry. demand and trading
good. market firm. Carloads FOB
usual terms. Tugs green wrapped all
sizes mostly $3.50. few higher;
.fcurs pink unwrapped unsized $i.10-
lis. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track. Tugs green wrap
ped all sizes mostly SIPS: few high
as $3.50: fours pinks unwrapped
~s1.O0-l.l0. Wagonloads cash to
growers Thursday. bulk per pound
mature green mostly &C; 4-basket
crates pinks 5O-75c.
Primary destinations OF Lower
Valley movement reported Wednes-
day. May 22nd: Watermclons:
Houston 2: San Antonio /. Car
rots: New York 8: Chicago 2: =.
each Louisville, Boston, Rochester.
Chicago. st. Louis. Baltimore.
Brooklyn. Green corn: ! each New
York. Cincinnati. Tomatoes: Hous-
ton "a: St. Louis 20: Chicago 10:
Toronto 4: TT. Worth. Kansas Citv
3 each. Shreveport 4: 2 each New
York. Birmingham: l each El Paso
Sherman. Oklahoma City. Item
phis. Lexington. Morristown. Utica,
Evansville. M~uskogee. Mixed vege-
tables: l each Dallas. Chicago. Fl.
Worth. New York.
Carlot shipments OF entire Unit
ed States reported Wednesday. Ma.
18th: Tomatoes: California ]: Flor
ida East Coast 4: other FloriGs
SO: Texas o.: total Z. S. II cars.
Mexico 80.
Potatoes: Alabama so: Colorado
2: Idaho As: Louisiana ID: Maine
III: Michigan 81; Minnesota So:
South Carolina l12; Texas IS: Wis
consin AZ: total u. S. ga. Onions:
California "a: Louisiana /: Texas
"A: total u. S. 10 cars. Water
melons. Florida 1853. Texas TO-; to-
tai u. s. i73 cars. Mexico ?. Cab
baee. California Z: Mississippi 81:
Texas 3: Virginia 100: total u. S.
286 cars. Mixed vegetables. Cali
fornia "a. Florida IS: Texas g.: Vir-
Einia so: total U. S. 81 cars. Car
rots. California 40: Texas IL: total
u. S. s. cars. Cantaloupes: Cali
fcrnia 50: Texas ~; total y. S. II
cars. Cucumbers. Alabama II:
Florida 1: South Carolina Is: Texas
4; total u. s. 81 cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Thursday morning.
Nav 22nd: Mixed vegetables 5: to-
mstocs 88 ventilated. II refriger-
ated: green corn %: carrots s: wa
termelons 2: total 40 cars. Freight
movement to date this season. fruit
1879. vegetables 20.383. total 22622
cars: 10 same day last season. fruit
ll46. vegetables 17.l58. total l8.3Oi
cars.
Potatoes: Chicago: Arrived ? Al
ALBANIA. 2 Florida. , Georgia, 2 Lou
s South Carolina. q Idao. !
4 Michigan, . Minnesota,
| North Dakota. 33 Wisconsin. on
track PIT Old and 90 new cars. New
supplies moderate, demand and
trading rather slow. market slightly
weaker. Carlot track sales out
weight, Alabama sacked per cwt.
Bliss Triumphs u. S. No. Is mostly
81. holdovers ~s3.75-3.90: Louisiana
per cwt. Bliss Triumphs
graded peerly S3.00-3.50. Car
lot s.les. South Carolina ciothtop
stave barrels. Irish coblers u. S.
No. Is mostly So: double head bar
rels Irish coolers u. S. No. Il some
slack asking mostly around $3.50.
Fort Worth: Arrived ! Colorado.
louisiana. 5 Texas. l Wisconsin. di-
gerted 3. on track 9 cars. Supplies
moderate. some arriving by truck.
slow. market slightly weak
err. Texas trucked in sacked per
cvt BliSg Triumphs partly graded
S3.T5-400. Carlot Sales-no sales
reported-asking on Eagle Lake
Wharton district sacked per cvt.
Bliss Triumphs u. S. No. Is $3.50
365.
Carrots: New York: Arrived 2. S
California. / Louisiana. 2 Mississippi.
) Texas. Supplies moderate. de-
nand slow. market slightly weaker.
Texas crates S2.00-2.25: bushels
81 00-l.l5. bushels crt S1.5o-1.75.
Reports by radio from important
markets. This mornings sales to
iobbers unless otherwise stated.
Tomatoes. Philadelphia: Cloudy.
So degrees. Arrived Is Florida. 3
M-~ico. 3 Texas. on track 43 cars.
ST. les moderate. demand rather !
SLOW. market about steady. Flor
ida skies originals ripe and turn
ing wrapped S3.50-425, poorer low
$500; choice Sc.00-300. Texas
Tugs originals ripe and turning
wrapped medium to large $500.
Mexico Tugs ripe and turning wrap
ned firsts and circles S1.50-2.50.
few SITS. poorer T5c. Pittsburgh:
Partly cloudy. So degrees. Arrived
/ Florida. 4 Texas. on track 10 cars.
Supplies moderate. demand moder-
ate. market steady. Florida skies
originals ripe and turning wrapped
fancy best s3.50-40O. few s4.25. fair
condition S3.00-3-25. poorer low as
sl.75; choice best S2.50-2.T5, poorer
SI.50-225. Texas Tugs turning
wrapped originals medium TO large
s3.00-3-25. Kansas City: Partly
cloudy. 81 degrees. No carlot ar
rivals. on track I car. Supplies
demand irrnrovinr mar