Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-30
SPUD PRICES
SHOW GAINS
Increase to be Short Lived
Says Gregory In Weekly
Review Of Market
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial to The Herald.)
FORT WORTH. May 30.-Rather
moderate shipments Of new potatoes
Ind gradually decreasing movement
Of old stock helped to advance the
price considerably last week. says M.
r. Gregory, local representative OF
The market news service. United
States department of agriculture. in
bis weekly fruit and vegetable mar
ket review.
The review continues:
It Is questionable, however.
whether the higher level can hold
long in view Of the opening of active
movement in North Carolina and
Virginia. Prices of cantaloupes and
watermelons declined sharply under
The increasing daily supply. Mar
kets for tomatoes and lettuce were
mostly firm. Onion prices were
moderate. but much better than a
year ago. Strawberries were selling
Rt relatively low ranges and cabbage
showed no uniform trend.
Shipments Of citrus fruit were
much lighter than they had been as
the Florida seaso neared an end.
Celery for~wardings decreased to 255
cars. California increased to lis. but
Florida shipped only 140 cars. About
As carloads Of celery arrived from
Bermuda. Apple movement was
down to about 800 cars for the week.
Combined forwardings OF % fruits
and vegetables de,seased slightly to
1880 cars and were 1900 lighter
than during the same period last
leason
Mississippi Tomatoes Moving
Efforts were being made In CEN
Eral Mississippi to hold back toma-
toes until a better stage OF maturity
was reached. However. the first so
cars OF the season moved during the
past week. Southern Texas for
warnings increased TO $50 cars. while
Florida dropped to 2i5. The Mexi-
ran import season Is about done.
Total domestic shipments we're $50
cars and about 10 arrived from
Mexico. "A most satisfactory season
Is being experienced In the Rio
Grande Valley with prices of lux
boxes firm at $3.50. though four
basket crates declined to S5cdS 81.
Mississippi fours we're bring $1.35
cash track at loading points.
Mississippi expects to ship more
cars than last year. even from a
lighter acreage. The crop in that
state Is forecast at 1.7l7.O00 bushels
compared with 1874. 900 last season.
Eastern Texas Axpects only a small
increase or a crop of 1,154,000 |
bushels.
The city jobbing range on SOUTH
ern Texas Tugs was S2.006350. while
Tugs from Mexico showed a vide
range Of 75c to So. Original six bas-
ket crates Of Florida fancy count
tomatoes were bringing s3.OnT45O
and renacked stock S6.50n725.
Eastern Potatoes Active
All potato sections along the At |
iantic coast were beginning ship
ments earlier than expected. First
10 cars have already moved from
North Carolina. and light shipments
have come from the Norfolk section
and eastern shore Of Virginia. To-
tai forwardings of rev potatoes in
creased to 1900 ears last week. while
movement OF old stock held around
$500 cars. South Caroline was lead
Ing In the south with nearly 100
rars for the seven-dav period. Al
hbama decreased to 235 while Texas
Increased TO $50 cars. Louisiana and
Georgia each marketed about ITO
cars Eastern barrelef stock adj
vanced considerably In price. but
n southern sacked Bliss Triumphs
were mostly lower. North central
states reported much higher prices
than the week before on old stock
and the Chicago carlot market ad-
vanced to soc to $1.i0 per 100 pounds
on northern round white and $1,000 |
EOS on Idaho RuSsets.
Peak movement in South Carolina
probably Is past. and shipments
from that state after June I will be
very light. About 1900 cars have
been shipped from South Carolina
20 date. First peak in North Caro-
lima Is expected by June IS and a
second peak a week later. South
Carolina cobblers In either stave or
Stat barrels were bringing mostly
eS.50G6.75 in large consuming CEN
ters and Florida SDaulding Rose had
advanced 10 S6.O0G725 a barrel. The
4. o. b. market in southern Alabama
weakened TO $3.00n3.25 per 100
pounds sacked. Rains were hinder
ing potato movement In the San
Antonio district OF Texas. Partly
graded cobblerS were returning
shippers s2259235 per sack in that