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
dull. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms. hushei baskets
$l-O0-1.l5; crates S1.35-1.40; sacked
per 100 lbs. tops removed S1.35-1.50.
Carloads and In mixed cars FOB
cash track. bushel baskets $3.50,
crates S1.25-1.30. 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 $l.10-1.25, mostly S1.l0-1.15;
crates mostly around SIPS. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track. bushel baskets mostly $1.00.
Top ice extra. Tomatoes: Haulings
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate. market barely
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
Tugs green wrapped all sizes $500
2-25; fours pink unwrapped. unsized
$1.15-1-25. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track. Tugs green
wrapped all sizes ~s1.75-2.00; fours
pinks unwrapped $1.00-1.1O. Wagon
loads cash TO growers Thursday,
bulk per pound mature green most
~ Sc; 4-basket crates pinks 75-85c.
Primary destinations Of Lower
; Valley movement reported Wednes-
| day. May 18th: Mixed vegetables:
st. Louis 3; i each Houston, El
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: l
each Houston. TT. Worth. Nashville.
Carrots: st. Louis 2: Shreveport !.
Green corn: Houston 8; st. Louis
8; New York 4; / each Dallas. Okla
homa City. Tulsa. New Orleans,
Louisville. Birmingham, Camden.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Wednesday. May
| 18th: Tomatoes: Florida East Coast
IS: other Florida 1877; Texas Sc; to-
tai II. s. Is cars. Unreported 18th,
Texas 43. Potatoes: Alabama rs:
Florida IL; Idaho 81; Louisiana 80:
| Maine SO: Michigan ga; Minnesota
70; South Carolina n; Texas Is:
Washington Is; Wisconsin So: total
U. s. $50 cars. Carrots: Arizona 3;
California Al: Texas 5; total u. s.
So cars. String beans: Alabama 4;
California s.: Florida O.: Georgia 2:
Louisiana 81; Mississippi g.: South
Carolina "a: total u. S. IS cars.
Cabbage: Alabama a.; California IL;
Mississippi 4: Texas =: Virginia 124:
total II. 5. ITO cars. Cucumbers "a.
Florida %: Georgia l.: Indiana /;
| Louisiana /; Ohio /: Texas l
freight. l express. total U. 8. 81
cars. Mixed vegetables: Alabama
5; California %; Florida IA; Mis-
sissippi 5; Louisiana 5; Texas IA;
Virginia %: total u. 8. lis cars
Onions: California A; Texas 80;
| Virginia /; total U. S. 125 cars. I'm
reported 14th, Texas IA cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
! ment reported Thursday morning,
| May 10th: Mixed vegetables 9; to-
matoes So ventilated. Q refrigerated,
green corn %; carrots 2; cabbage
L; parsley 2; potatoes /; total lis
cars. Freight movement to date
| this season. fruit 1887, vegetables
| 20,O88. total 1925 cars; to same
day last season. frui l146, vegetables
1850. total 17.716 cars.
Additional r. o. 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 $i.15-1.25, Crystal Wax
few sales S1.35; cash track yellow
Bermudas mixed No. Is and Is few
! sales S1.O0.
Reports by radio from important
markets-this mornings sales to
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Tomatoes. Chicago: Cloudy, &c
degrees. Arrived 2 Florida. 8 Mex
leo. . Texas. on track ga cars. Sup
plies moderate, demand and trading
moderate. market slightly weaker.
Florida skies originals green and
turning wrapped fancy S3.5064.O0,
some fair S3.00G3.25; choice S2-256
ITS: some ordinary low as $500.
Mexico Tugs originals ripe wrapped
circles 81 .50tP3OO, few higher, some
ordinary soft leafy low as SOC. Texas
Tugs originals green and turning
wrapped fancy $2.25q2.75, few high
er.
Philadelphia: Cloudy, 20 degrees.
Arrived 19 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-25G2.00: choice SITS;
few special marks higher. poorer low
as 90c. Texas Tugs originals ripe
and turning wrapped O2.25. Mexico
Jugs ripe and turning wrapped orig
inals all sizes poor to ordinary SOFA
S1.T5.
Cincinnati: Cloudy, 40 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.
Arrived II Florida, 8 Texas, on track
So cars. Supplies liberal. demand
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