Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-20
Vegetable Bulletin No. 90.

Vegetable Bulletin No. 80.
+. y. 4. shipping point lnforma-
ton reported tuesday, Feb. 10:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry, demand slow,
market dull and slightly weaker.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms. bulk per ton round
type Sl7Q20, mostly Sl7.504 1900;
carrots Sl.30Q1.50; 30 ID. crates Sa-
yoy Sl.z04l.50. Carloads and IN
mixed car FOB cash track, bulk
per ton round type $1,000.
Carrots: EauiingS moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market steaoy. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
-bushel baskets 90c@s1.00, few best
Sl.l5; carrots Sl.35u1.60; 100 ID.
sacks topped few sales Sl.60. Car
loads ana In mixed cars FOB cash
track, bushels 80q90c, few best 81;
crates Sl25Q1.40.
] Beets: Haulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
about steady. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
baskets S5W soc; crates around Sl-25,
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track, bushels 75Q SOC; crates
Sl.l0M LIS.
Carrot shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday, Feb. 10:
Cabbage. Texas liz, Florida So,
Louisiana /; total u. 8. 1872 cars.
Carrots: Texas 20, California Is,
l NnyU Xn~l G. fnfn1 II < 40 nn-u
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 20, Cal
ifornla %, Florida 10, Louisiana 8;
total u. S. $50 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas z, Florida 1874;
total u. =. las carS.
Mixed Citrus: Texas /; total u.
s. 10 cars.
Oranges: Texas /; total U. S. 374
cars.
Spinach: Texas 81; others 4; to-
tai u. 5. Of ars
Primary destinations OF Lower
Valley movement reported Tuesday
February 10.
Cabbage: Houston 20, St. Louis %,
Shreveport 8, Chicago 4. 3 each
Vancouver, Kansas City, Toronto;
z each Memphis, Louisville, Cleve-
land, TT. Worth, Milwaukee, Den
yer; l each New York, Joplin, Mo.
Birmingham, Harrisburg, Seattle,
Waco, III PaSo, Topeka, Grand Rap
Ids, Detroit. Duluth, Atlanta, Pitts
burgn, Scranton, Rochester, Hart
fora, North Bay, Montreal, Sas-
katchewan. Mixed Vegetables.
New York Is, st. Louis IL, Houston
II, Philadelphia 2; l each Shreve-
port, Cleveland. Palestine, Beau
mont Rock Island, Corslcana. Gin
Cinnati, Cnickasha, Hot Springs,
Nashville, Louisville, Atlanta, WASH
llgton, Utica, Montreal, Toronto 2
Carrots: st. Louis 10, Houston 3,
Philadelphia 4, New York 7, Cnica-
&c 2; leach Boston, Minneapolis
BetS 2 each New York, Philadel-
phla: ! each Lethbridge, Canada,
Pittsburgh. Spinach: 1t. Worth J.
Danceiion: New York /. Parsley:
New York 1. Lettuce: Jersey City
l., st. Louis /, Philadelphia /. Cit
rus: Portland /. Beets and Car
rotS: New York I. Grapefruit: z
each r. Worth, Waco; l each Pu-
eblo. Colorado Springs, FL PaSo
Oranges: Houston /.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning
February 20:
Mixed vegetables 81, cabbage 80
beetS and carrots IL, carrots Is
beets u, parsley i, lettuce 3, mixed
citrus 8, grapefruit 8, anise 2; to-
tai 233 cars. Freight movement tc
Gate this season. Fruit 1870. vege-
tables 6069, total 7409 cars: 70 same
cay last seaSon-fruit 1l20, vege-
tables 6435, total 1855.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Tuesday, Feb. 10:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Min. IA deg. Max
~ deg. Snow. Demand light, nc
sales reported. Some consigned.
Carrots: Rochester. N. z, and
nearby points: Demand light, mar
ket steady. Carloads FOB usual
terms. few sales sacked per loo
pound $3.50; buShel baskets washed
SlS5.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Warm
clear. Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry. demand light, market
slightly weaker. Carloads FOB usua.
terms, busllel baskets Savoy few
sales 40c; cash track 35c.
Spinach: Crystal, City, Texas
Partly cloudy. warm. HaulingS mod
crate. Light wire inquiry, demand
light, market dull. Carloads FOE
usual terms. buShel baskets Savoy
t0t. soc: cash track, too few sales
reported TO quote.
Reports by radio from import
ant markets: this mornings sales
to jobbers unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage: Cincinnati: Cloudy. ;
degrees. No carlot arrivals, or
track II cars. Supplies heavy, de-
mand limited. market unsettled
Texas round type bulk per ton $40
50. Florida pointed type ! i.
bushel hampers S~l.0O-125. few
sl.40. New York Danish type buls
per ton $50. New York: Clear. II
degrees. Arrived Is Florida. 2 New
York, 2 Texas. New supplies mod.
crate. demand slow. market slight
" weaker. Florida pointed type
l 10 bushel hampers $i.00-l-25
few Sl.37 Ia; red s2.25. few $3.50
Texas round type ! IL bushe
hampers $i.0o-l.12 1-2; Savoy let
tuce crates S225-2.50. few s2T5
California lettuce crates SAVOY
SiT5-250. Chicago: Clear. l de-
gree. Arrived / Florida. Is Texas
on track ~ cars Supplies mocer'
ate. demand and trading moderate
market steady. Florida pointed typ;
! Ia bushel hampers mostly 81 50
few higher. fair. soft. light $3.50.
sacked per cwt. s25o-2T5: barrel
hacked locally mostly around S275
Wisconsin Danish TYNE sacked pel
cwt. S200-235. PITTSBURGH: Clear
; degrees. Arrived ? Florida. /.
New York. i Texas. Supplies lib
eral. demand slow. market about
steady. Texas round type crate.
s2.T5-S00, mostly $500. poorer lov
as $3.50; barrels packed local.,
S300-S35. Florida pointed typ:
l l-s buShel hampers $l25. Phila.
delphia: Clear. IS degrees. Ar.
rived IA Florida. . Texas. OF track