Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
Veretable Bulletin No. a.


reported Saturday, Feb. %:
Lower Rio GraEde Valley points:
Cool. partly cloudy.
Cabbage: HaulingS moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand mod
crate, market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms-bulk per ton round type sic
416. mostly Sl7.50; crates $I.25n
l.50; 80 Id, crates Savoy Sl.4041.45.
Carloads and in mixed car FOB
cash track-bulk per ton round type
mostly S14-50; crates $l.l54l.25.
WagonloadS cash TO growerS-bulk
per ton round type $1,000.
Carrots: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry. demand good,
market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms-bush-
ell baskets 90cml.00, fancy higher;
crates s1.500160: 100 Id. sacks top
ped around Sl.50. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track-bush-
els 80490c, few higher; crates S1.35
LPJl.40.
BeetS: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand improv-
ing, market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms
buShel baskets 80I90c: few $1.00;
crates Sl-25Gl.35. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track-bush-
els T0u80c; crates Sl-15@1.25. Sun
day: Warm, cloudy, windy.
Primary destinations OF Lower
Valley movement reported Saturday
and Sunday:
Grapefruit: Houston 4. TT. Worth
3, Dallas 2: / each Tulsa. Atchison,
Minneapolis. FL Paso, Little Rock,
Topeka, Kansas City. Carrots: st.
Louis 3, New York 5; 2 each HouS-
ton, Chicago, Memphis. Boston: l
each Terre Haute. Pittsburgh, Bal
timore, Philadelphia. Montreal. New
Haven. TT. Worth. Cabbage: Hous-
ton 81, St. Louis %. Chicago IL.
Shreveport 9, Toronto 5; 4 each
Memphis. TT. Worth. Detroit 3, Salt
Lake City 2; l each Duluth. Denver,
Paducah. Greenville, Montreal, Call
gary, London, Ont. DeniSon, New
York, Everett. Toledo. FL Paso, Hic-
kory. Vancouver, Dupo. Grand Rap
ids, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh. Beets:
Houston, st. Louis 2 each; New
York 8; l each Newark, Philadel-
phia, Boston. Turnips: Columbus.
Ohio. /. Radishes: l each Houston,
st. Louis. Spinach: ST. Louis 8,
Toronto /. Lettuce: Jersey City 3,
Philadelphia /. Anise: Houston /.
Mixed Vegetables: st. Louis 13.
Houston 10, Chicago 6, New York
10. Shreveport 4, Memphis: 2 each
Oklahoma City, Omaha. Minneapo-
oli5, Nashville, Jersey City, Toron-
TO-; l each Paris, Texas. Wichita
Falls. Van Buren,. FL Dodaro. Car
thage, Dayton, youngstown. Cincin-
natl. Huntington. Utica, Cheyenne.
Denver. Waco. Abilene. Montreal,
Monroe. Chattanooga. Dallas, Fort
Worth, Winnipeg, San Angelo. Ell
PaSo. Amarillo. Beaumont. De-
Queen. MuskOgee. Wichita, Hutchi-
son, Hannibal. Cedar Rapids, Fargo.
Little Rock, Dupo, Cleveland, Knox
vile. Greensboro. Lothier, Gadsdon.
Greensboro, Philadelphia, Scranton.
Boston. Beets and Carrots: / each
Hazelton, Pa, New York. Parsley:
st. Louis 2.
Carlot shipments OF entire United
states reported Saturday and Sun
day:
Cabbage: Texas 1l6. Alabama /.
California |. Florida 43, New York
f6; total U. S. 18I cars.
Carrots: Texas 81, California Is,
New York g.: total U. S. g. cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 13l, Cal
ifornia 80. Florida Is, Louisiana q,
total u. S. 219 cars.
Spinach: Texas SO, others 3; to-
tai u. S. IL cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 10, others 1856:
total u. S. I4g cars.
Mixed Citrus: Texas 4, others 70;
total Sc cars.
Lower Rio Crande Valley move
ment reported Monday morning,
February 25:
Mixed vegetables 70, beets z, car
rots q. beets and carrots 81, cab
bage l02. lettuce 2. turnips 2, pars-
ley >. grapefruit 10; total 252 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
son: Fruit 1882. vegetables $3.50. to-
tai 82i2 cars: to same day last sea-
son: Fruit 1927, vegetables 1887. to-
tai 1854 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Saturday. Feb. %:
Cabbage: Rochester. ~. ", and
nearby points: Min. 10 deg. Max.
% deg. Clear. Demand limited, too
few sales reported to quote.
Carrots: Rochester. N. Y. and
nearby points: Demand light, no
sales reported.
Spinach: Crystal City. Texas:
Warm. partly cloudy. Haulings mod
crate, moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate. market firm. Car
loads FOB usual terms-bushel
baskets Savoy 4oQ50c; cash track
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Partly
cloudy. warm. Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand light.
market duh. Too few sales reported
to quote.
Cabbage: New York: Clear. IS
degrees. Arrived. ) New York. )
Texas. New supplies moderate, de-
mEnd moderate. market steady.
Florida ! 10 buShel hampers point
ed type Slip f-2-1.3T ID, few sI.5O:
Savoy $l-50-l.T0: red s2yO1-225.
Texas lettuce crates Savoy S2.OC-275.
mostly $225-2.50; red s2.T5. Cali
lcrnia lettuce crates Savoy ordinary
$l25. Boston: Cloudy. "a degrees.
Arrived 3 Florida. on track 10 cars.
Supplies moderate. demand light.
market about steady. Texas round
and flat types 80-lb. crates $3.50.
Florida Wakefield I 10 bushel ham
pers Sl35-i50. st. Louis. Cloudy.
III degrees. Arrived is Texas, on
track 40 cars. Supplies heavy. de-
mand slow. market weak. Texas
round type bulk per ton S40-i5;
crates $22S. Michigan Danish type
bulk per ton few sales fancy $500.
Chicago: Cloudy. IS degrees. Ar
rived 20 Texas. on track So cars.
Supplies moderate, demand and
trading moderate market about
steady. Texas round type crates
s2-50-275: barrels packed pocaily
S2-50-2.75; sacked per cwt s2.s0-2.75;
lettuce crates Red s3.00-315. WIS
consin Danish type sacked ler cwt
S2.O0-225. few higher. Cincinnati:
Cloudy. 40 degrees. Arrived 2 Flor
ida. l Louisiana. / Texas. on track
ls cars. Supplies moderate, demand
moderate. market steady. Texas
round type bulk per ton-moStly
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