Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-24

T. 0. B. shipping point informal
ton reported Thursday. May %:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy. Tomatoes:
Haulings fairly heavy. Good wire
inquiry. demand good. market steady
to firm. Carloads and in mixed cars
I. o. b. usual terms-lugs green
wrapped fancy mostly around $3.50.
few higher. few lower; choice S2.l5m
2-25. mostly S2.25, few higher; fours
turning ~unwrapped S1.006I.15. Car
loads and in mixed cars (. o. b. cash
track-lugS green wrapped fancy
$2.25H2.35. choice s2.1502.25; tours
turning unwrapped all sizes mostly
around Si.00. few lower. Wagon
loads cash TO growers Friday-bulk
per pound mature green stock 40c;
4-hasket crates pinks around 75c.
few lower.
Green corn: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry. demand
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry.
demand moderate. market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
+. o. b. usual terms-buShel baS-
kets Sl.l0Gl.15; crates $l.25GI.40.
Carloads and in mixed cars +. o. b.
cash track-bushel baskets Csc to
100. mostly Sl.00. Top ice extra.
Houston P~assings previous "a
hours. Primary destinations lower
Rio Grande Valley movement re-
ported. May %: Tomatoes: "a
Houston. % St. Louis. z Chicago. Z
Kansas City: 3 each New York.
Shreveport Toronto; 2 Saskatoon;
l each TT. Worth. Dallas. Oklahoma
City, Memphis. Nashville. Wilkes
Barre. Philadelphia, Salt Lake City.
Winnipeg. Norwalk. Greenville S. G.
Green corn: New York g: 3 each
Chicago. st. Louis: 2 Birmingham;
l each Denver. Boston, New Haven.
Evansville, Nashville. Washington.
Baltimore. Philadelphia. Mixed
vegetables. ? New York: / each
Chicago. Tulsa. Wichita Falls. Hous-
ton. Carrots: / each Chicago. Win
nipeg. Waterme,ons: 2 Houston. ]
San Antonio. Grapefruit: l To-
peka.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move-
ment Friday morning. May "a: To-
matoes rs ventilated. 10 refrigerated:
green corn 80: carrots 9; mixed
vegetables s: watermelons 8: pars-
ley /: grapefruit /: total 1855 cars.
Freight movement to date this sea-
son-fruit 1.740. vegetables 2l.017.
total %. 757 cars: to same day last
season-fruit Las. vegetables IT,
292. total 18.438 cars.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Thursday. May %:
Tomatoes: California /. Florida
east coast 3: other Florida 80. Mis-
sis5ippi 8. Texas 70. total u. 8. 127
cars. Mexico 4.
Mixed vegetables. Alabama I
California Is. Louisiana 5. Mississip-
pi 81. Texas S, Virginia 81, total
u. S. los cars.
Watermelons: California 7. Flor
Ida 100, Texas 3, total u. s. 1874 cars.
Cantaloupes: aCiifornia So: Tex
as I. total u. S. 90 cars.
Carrots: California 43. Louisiana
?. Mississippi 8. Texas 7, total U. S.
64 cars.
Potatoes: Alabama 81 Florida 4.
Icaho 81. Louisiana Y, Maine lot.
Michigan 81: Minnesota Al. South
Carolina 126. Texas 81. Wisconsin
81. total u. S. 60 cars. Unreported
May 22-Texas II cars.
Reports by radio from important
markets.
This mornings sales 10 jobbers
unless C.herwiSe stated.
Tomatoes: New York. Cloudy.
So degrees. Arrived 81 Florida. Is
Texas. . Mexico. Supplies moderate.
demand moderi.e. market steady
Texas Tugs ripe and turning wrap
ped medium OF large S2.75-3.25. few
$3.50. poorer low as $3.50. Mexico
Tugs ripe and turning wrapped or
binary quality and condition $i.50-
LIS. Florida skies ripe and turning
wrapped considerable fair to ordi-
nary fancy $3-4. few S425. poorer
~S2.00-2.T-: choice s2.00-2.50. few So.
poorer $1.25-1.T5. Boston: Clear. so
degrees. Arrived 6 Florida. | Ohio.
4 Texas. on track 81 cars. Supplies
liberal. demand moderate. market
steady for good stock. Texas Tugs
green and turning wrapped small
10 medium mostly S2.75. Mexico
Tugs ripe and turning wrapped first
and circles ordinary condition 81 80
Its. Florida skies ripe and turning
wrapped mostly ordinary to poor
fancy best S2.5o-3OO. ordinary si.75-
2.25. few low as 81 IS. 2f6S ordinary