Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-20

Bulletin No. 1879, issued in April
OF 1929. which may be had by inter-
ested parties upon request to this
office.
+. O. =. shipping point informa-
ton reported Saturday. May i8:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm. partly cloudy. Green Corn:
Haulings moderate. Moderate wire
inquiry. demand moderate. market
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual term. buShel baskets
Sl.10-l.i5: few sf.25; crates S1.25-
l.35. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track. busheI baskets
s1.00-l.l0. Top ice extra. Tomatoes:
Haulings moderate. Good wire in
CURRY. demand good. market firm.
Carloads FOB usual terms, Tugs
green wrapped fancy mostly $2.O0,
choice ~sl.75-i.35: fours pink I'm
wrapped unsized $l.10-1.15. few
higher. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track. Tugs green wrapped
fancy Si.80-l.85. choice mostly Sits:
fours pinks unwrapped mostly s1.0O.
Wagonloads cash TO. growers. Mon
day bulk per pound mature green
mostly &c: 4-basket crates pinks
7j-G5c.
Primary destinations or Lower
Valley movement reported Saturday
and Sunday: Cabbage: Fort Worth
!. Green Corn: New York III: 3 st.
Louis. Birmingham, Philadelphia,
New Orleans; 4 each Houston. Chi
cago: I each Nashville. Baltimore.
Washington. Louisville. Cincinnati.
Indianapolis. Oklahoma City. Wich-
ita Falls. Dallas. Fort Worth. Pars-
ley: New York /. Cantaloupes:
Dallas l. Carrots: Winnipeg 2; 1
each Shreveport. New York. st.
Louis, Boston. Mixed. Vegetables: 1
each Houston. FL Paso. St. Louis.
Marshall, Beaumont. Monroe. New
Orleans. Atlanta. Chicago. Denver.
Grapefruit: Denver !. Tomatoes:
Houston %: st. Louis %: New York
Z: Chicago s.: Detroit 5: jersey City
a: 3 each Shreveport. Boston. Phila-
delphia. Toronto: 2 each Dallas.
Nashville: / each Baltimore. Green's
boro. Burlington. Texarkana. New
Orleans. Greenville. Charlotte. Que
bee. Montreal. Bridgeport. Mobile.
Omaha. Memphis. Fort Smith. Los
Angeles. Salt Lake City. San Angelo.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day: Tomatoes: Florida East Coast
II: other Florida 81; Texas 126:
total u. S. 1873 cars. Mexico %.
Onions: California A.: Louisiana 4:
Texas 90: total II. S. 13S cars. Car
rots: California 40. Mississippi s.:
Texas Y: total u. S. so cars. Cab
bage: Louisiana 3: Mississippi IS:
Texas 4: Virginia 81: total u. S. 122
cars. Potatoes: South Carolina "a:
Alabama %: Texas /: Florida g.:
Georgia 10; Idaho 10: Louisiana 90:
Maine 132. Cucumbers: Georgia 2:
Alabama 43; Florida 10: Texas l.:
indianapolis 2: total II. 8. 81 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Alabama a:
California 81: Mississippi 80: North
Carolina II: Texas II: Virginia 20:
total u. s. 143 cars. Watermelons:
Florida 1913; Texas !; total U. 8.
1914 cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Monday
mornings: Mixed Vegetables o.;
Tomatoes SO ventilated. IL refriger-
ated: Green Corn SO; Carrots s.:
Potatoes /: Parsley /: Cantaloupes
Il: Grapefruit i: total 128 cars.
Freight movement 20 date this sea
son. Fruit 1898. Vegetables 20.469.
total 22.207 cars; 10 same date last
season. Fruit 1i46, Vegetables 1890.
total 1896 cars.
Additional r. o. ". information
reported Saturday. May 18th:
Laredo. Texas: Hot. clear. Onions:
Very light wire inquiry, demand
very slow. market dull. Carloads
FOB cash track. no sales reported:
usual terms. very few sales crates
Yellow Bermudas u. S. No. Is and
mixed No. Is and Is mostly around
s1.10. Last report.
Reports by radio from important
markets.
This mornings sales TO jobbers.
unless otherwise stated
Tomatoes: Fort Worth: Clear, So
degrees. Arrived z Texas, on track
2 cars. Supplies liberal. demand
slow, market slightly weaker. Texas
fours green and turning u~nwrapped
best S1.65-i.75. poorer Si.35-150
Chicago: Cloudy. as degrees. Arrived
2 Mexico. III Texas. on track 80 cars.
Supplies moderate. demand and
trading moderate. market firm.
Florida skies originals green, ripe
and turning wrapped fancy $500
3.75. few best 81; choice S2.O0-2.T5.
Mexico Tugs originals mostly ripe
firsts 81 25-1.50. some generally good
s2.O0-2.25. Texas Tugs originals
green. ripe and turning wrapped
fancy $2.50-3.00, few S3.25: choice
mostly around 81. New York:
Cloudy, 48 degrees. Arrived So Flor
ida. 2 Texas. Supplies moderate,
demand moderate. market steady
Florida skies originals ripe and
turning wrapped fancy $3-4. few
best $3.50. poorer s2.00-2.75: choice
s2-3. poorer S1.25-1.75; gems si.00-
l.50. few best SITS. Texas Tugs orig
inals ripe and turning wrapped me
dunn to large s2.50-3.O0. poorer low
as $225. PHILADELPHIA: Cloudy. ~
degrees. Arrived III Florida. 2 Mex
leo. 2 Texas, on track As cars. Sup
plies liberal. demand moderate. mar
ket firm for good stock. Florida
skies mostly poor to ordinary ripe
and turning wrapped fancy $500