Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23

Q reported Monday, April %:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
HaullngS light. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars I. o. b. usual terms-bulk per
ton round type mostly S16.00@17.OO.
lew higher; crates mostly around
Sl.25. Carloads and in mixed cars
I. o. b. cash track-bulk per ton
round type $12.00@18.00; crates
Sl.OOQ1.lO. WagonloadS cash to
growers-bulk per ton $6.OO08OO.
moSly $500.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Good
wire inquiry, demand good, market
slightly stronger. Carloads and in
mixed cars f.. o. b. usual terms
bushel baskets $1.1001.10; crates
Sl.5OQl.60, few SITS. Carloads and
IN mixed cars f. O.. b. cash track
bushel baskets mostly 800, few low
er; crates $1.35@1.5O.
Beets: Haulings light. Good wire
inquiry, demand good, market
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
f. o. b. usual terms-bushel baskets
around $1.00, poorer rover; crates
Sl.4O@1.60. Carloads and in mixed
cars f. o. b. cash track-bushel bas-
kets $0.9001.60. Carloads and in
mixed cars f. O. b. cash track bushel
baskets S0.9001.O0; crates 1880
1.50.
Potatoes: Haulings moderate.
Heavy wire inquiry, demand exceeds
supply, market stronger. Carloads
and in mixed ears f. D. b. usual
terms-100-lb sacWs Bliss Triumphs
U. S. No. Is S3.50@3.75, late sales
mostly $3.75; cash track-$3.5O; So
10. sacks 10c higher per cwt. Wagon
loads cash to growers $3.0O@$3.25.
Green Beans: HaulingS moderate.
Better wire inquiry, demand exceeds
! supply, market stronger, for good
stock. Carloads and in mixed cars
f. o. b. usual terms-bushel hampers
stringless best around $2.75, poorer
lower; cash track-$2.50; oval ham
pers 10c higher. Wagonloads cash
to growers best mostly SITS, poorer
higher.
Corpus Christi-Robstown Section:
Warm, partly cloudy. Cabbage:
Haulings light. Moderate wire in
quiry, demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars f. o. b. usual terms
bulk per ton round type $4,000
$500; crates mostly SIPS.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning,
April %:
Mixed vegetables 90; beets 4; car
rots "a; beetS and carrots IL; cab
bage II; potatoes 43; green beans 8;
onions /; green corn z; tomatoes 1;
total lao cars. Freight movement to
date this seaSon-Fruit 1929, veke-
tables 1885 cars, total 1904 cars;
to same day last season-Fruit l.
146, vegetables 1853, total 1894
cars.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Monday, April %:
Potatoes: Colorado Is; Florida
54; Idaho Ill; Michigan "a; Wash
ington 40; Wisconsin 48; total U. S.
SOL cars. CucumberS: Texas g;
Florida ST; total u. S. 66 cars. On
ions: Texas IS; Michigan l; total
u. S. IS cars. String beans: Florida
%; Texas freight 8; l express, total
u. S. 80 cars. Tomatoes: Florida
Al; total U. S. AZ cars. MaXico s.;
Cuba l. Mixed vegetables: Florida
6; Louisiana 2; South Carolina 2;
Texas ID; total U. S. rs cars. Car
rots: California 25; Texas ID; total
U. S. 43 cars. Cabbage: Alabama
%; aClifornia 8; Florida |; Georgia
1; Louisiana 6, Mississippi 10; South
Carolina &c; Texas II; total U. 5.
III cars.
Additional f. o. b. information re-
ported Monday, April %: Central
Point, Fla. Warm, rained during
day.
String beans: Haulings very light;
Light wire inquiry, demand slow,
market dull. Practically no ship
ments, no carlot sales.
Tomatoes: Haulings light. Good
wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market steady. No carlot sales re-
ported.
Laredo, Texas. Warm, cloudy.
Onions: Haulings light account Of
recent rain. Heavy wire inquiry,
demand moderate, market steady,
prices slightly higher. Carloads I. o.
b. usual terms-crateS Yellow Ber-
mudas U. S. No. Is and mixed No.
Is and Is good quality mostly S1.4O
P1.25; Crystal Wax $1.25Q1.4O.
! Carloads f. o. b. cash track-crateS
Yellow Bermudas mixed No. Is and
Is good quality mostly 90c; Crystal
Wax S1.1O@1.15. Some present ship
ments are from previous sales.
Crystal City, Texas. Warm, part
ly cloudy.
Onions: Haulings light account
Of rain yesterday. Good wire IN
curry, demand good, market firm.
prices slightly higher. Carloads I.
0. b. usual termS-crates yellow
Bermudas U. S. No. Is mostly
around S1.10; Crystal Wax $3.50
lao. Carloads f. o. b. cash track
few sales Yellow Bermudas crates
q. S. No. Is mostly S1.00, few higher;
Crystal Wax $1.15@1.25.
Reports by radio from important
markets, this mornings sales to Joo-
bers. unless otherwise stated:
Cabbage: Chicago: Cloudy, 43
degrees. Arrived 8 Alabama, s
Louisiana, 2 Mississippi, 6 Texas, on
track 81 cars. Supplies liberal, de-
mand and trading moderate, market
steady. Alabama and Mississippi
crates round type $3.00-3.25. Texas
crates round type S2.75-3.00, few
higher; sacked per cwt ~S2.50-275.
Kansas City: Partly cloudy. So de-
grees. Arrived 2 Louisiana, Z Texas,
diverted 8. on track 8 cars. Texas