Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-12
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Department of Agriculture, United
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio, Texas,
hCsm5er of Commerce cooperating.
Vegetable Bulletin No. SIS.
F. o. B. shipping point Informal
ton reported Monday, March IL:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy, showers:
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand mode
rate, market steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bulk per ton round type mostly
S27.50; few $50; crates S1.75@1.90;
00-lb. cartes Savoy around $3.50.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track bulk per ton round type
mostly $25, few lower; crates S1.60
OILS. Wagonloads cash to grow
ers bulk per ton $1,000, mostly $40.
Carrots: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
-bustel baskets 90c@ 81 90; crates
S1.35Q1.50; 100 Id. sacks topped S1.5O
@1.60. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track-bushel baskets
10000; crates $1.25@1.35.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand slow,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
bushel baskets 80@90c; crates most
ly around $1.25Q1.35. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track-bu.
baskets 10000; crates $1.1091.25.
Corpus Christi RobstoWn section:
Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
good wire inquiry, demand mode
rate, market steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
round and flat types bulk per ton
few sales S27.5O03O.O0. Wagonloads
cash to growers, bulk per ton most
ly $40.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning,
March 10:
Mixed vegetables "a, beets 6, car
rots II, beets and carrots II, cab
bage SO, lettuce /, escarole l, anise
I, grapefruit 6; total ISL cars.
Freight movement to date this
season: Fruit 1891, vegetables 1852,
total 1888 cars; to same day last
season: Fruit 1146, vegetables 9795,
total 10,941 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Monday, March IL:
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Min. q deg. Max.
SO deg, clear. No sales reported.
String Beans: Canal Point, Fla:
Fairly warm, cloudy. Haulings mod
crate. Good wire inquiry, demand
good, market slightly stronger.
Carloads FOB cash track, 7-8 bu.
hampers stringles and red valen-
tines $262.50; refugees ordinary
quality and condition $1.50@3.25.
Wagonloads cash to growers, 7-8
bu. hampers black valentines ordi-
nary quality $3.50; long yellow pen
Gil pod $1.65@1.75; wax SITS.
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Warm,
clear. HaulingS light. Light wire
inquiry. demand light, market stea-
dy. Carloads FOB usual terms
bushel baskets Savoy mostly 4Oc:
cash track Csc.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Monday, March IL:
Cabbage: Texas SO, Florida %,
New York 4; total U. S. 1873 cars.
Carrots: Texas II, California 6.
New York 6; total U. S. "a cars.
String Beans: Florida Is. Spin
ach: Texas As. Vegetables: Texas
SO.
Cabbage: Cincinnati: Clear. A
degrees. Arrived 5 Florida, 8 Tex
as, on track 81 cars. Supplies lib
eral, demand moderate, market
steady. Texas round type bulk per
ton S50-55. Florida pointed type l
IL bushel hampers s1.40-1.65.
poorer lower. Chicago: Partly
cloudy, 46 degrees. Arrived 2
Florida, II Texas, on track Sc
cars. Supplies moderate, demand
moderate, market strong. Florida
pointed type l 1-2 bushel hampers
S1.50. Texas round type crates
~S2.75-3.00, few 1925; sacked per cwt.
mostly SITS; lettuce crates red
~$3.75-4.00. Louisiana pointed type
crates $2.25, fair, leafy S1.75-2.OO.
Pittsburgh: Cloudy, IS degrees.
Arrived l Texas. Supplies moder-
ate, demand moderate, market
steady. Texas crates round type
S3.00-3.25, mostly S3.o0-3.15; bar
rels packed locally S3.00-3.25. Flor
ida pointed type 1 IL busheI ham,
pers ~S1.50-1.65. Carlot sales, Texas
round type crates S~2.75-2.95; bulk
per ton $55. st. Louis: Partly
cloudy, SO degrees. Arrived Is
Texas, on track IS cars. Supplies
liberal, demand moderate, market
steady. Texas round type bulk per,
ton mostly $50; 80 ID. crates $3.50.
Carlot sales to outside points. st.
Louis basis, Texas round type bulk
per ton l car $40; crates Q cars
$3.50. Boston: Clear, SO degrees.
Arrived 9 Florida, on track % cars.
supplies heavy, demand moderate.
market firm. Florida Wakefield |
IL bushel hampers best S1.50-1.55.
ordinary SIPS, poorer low as Goo:
Savoy mostly SITS. Texas rouri
Hat types barrels packed 10
cally mostly S2.75; crates mostly
$500, few SITS; 80-lb. crates few
sales mostly $3.50. Philadelphia:
Clear, 40 degrees. Arrived / Geor-
gla, 8 Florida, l Texas, on track 81
cars. New supplies moderate, de-
mand slow, market slightly weaker.
Florida pointed type / IL bushel
hampers $1.15-1.25. Texas crates
S~2.50-3.00. New York: Clear, 10 de-
grees. Arrived II Florida, l New
York, l Virginia. Supplies moder-
ate, demand moderate, market
steady. Florida pointed type / Ia