Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-18

moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate, market firm. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms, bulk per ton round type SIS
IS, mostly s17-1s; crates S1.35-1.40;
crates Savoy $i.45. Carloads and In
mixed cars FOB cash track, bulk per
ton round type few sales STA: crates
S1.10-l-25. Wagonloads cash to
growers, bulk per ton round type
slO-l2. Asking for Mondays ship,
ment basis carloads FOB usual
terms, bulk mostly $40 per ton.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Good
wire inquiry, demand good, market
slightly stronger. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms, bushsl
baskets s0.90-1.15; crates $l.40-1.65;
100-lb. sacks topped few sales $3.50.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track, bushels mostly 81: crates
S1-35-1.50. Beets: Haulings mod
crate. Light wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed Ears FOB usual
terms. bushel baskets $500; crates
around SIPS. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB cash track. bushels TO-
75c; crates s1.10-1.25. Sunday: Cool,
partly cloudy.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Saturday
and Sunday: Grapefruit: Houston
8; Oklahoma City q; / each Fort
Worth. FL Paso. Lawton. Okla, Wieh-
tia. Dodge City. Lincoln. Amilton,
Wichita Falls, Kansas City. Dallas,
Minneapolis. Potatoes: Detroit. 1.
Beets and Carrots: I each Brooklyn.
st. Louis IL; z each Chicago, New
York; 9 each Memphis, Toronto,
Shreveport. Montreal; / each Du-
buque, Holdredge, New Haven. Ed
monitor. Canada, Fort Worth, Hutch
ison, Memphis. Kansas City, Brad
ford, Ont, Winston-Salem, .Cieve-
land, Detroit. Louisville, Tupelo.
Springfield, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, La
sale. Oranges: Houston I. Beets;
Philadelphia 8; 2 each Houston, St.
Louis, New York: l Boston. Car
rots: st. Louis ~; Kansas City S:
Houston g.: 2 each New York. Phil
adelphia: l each Shawnee. Boston.
Baltimore. Mixed Vegetables: st.
Louis %: Houston 10: York 9; 2
each Dallas. Little Rock. Chicago,
Toronto, Montreal, Shreveport.
Dupo; 1 each Amarillo. Sherman.
Tsxarkana, Shawnee. Clinton. Ray
vile, Pine Bluff, Fort Smith. New
Orleans, Ottawa. Dubuque. Mime
apolis, Omaha. Trinidad, Evansville.
Richmond, Jersey City. Greensboro,
Charlotte, Schenectady, Baltimore,
Vancouver, Wichita Kansas, I'll Paso.
Cleveland. Arkansas City, Chstta-
as, Fort Worth, N~acogdoches, Plain
view, Evansville, indianapolis, Hazel
ton. Pa, Glenn Falls, Denver.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
dav. Feb. 1917:
Mixed vegetables: Texas 143: CAL
i~fornia SO; Louisiana IL; Florida 10;
total u. s. 22S cars. Spinach Texas
81: others g; total u. 8. 90 cars.
Cabbage: Texas Sc; Florida 40; New
York %: Louisiana 1; total U. S. 142
cars. Carrots: Texas: Texas 8; CAL
~ifornia 43: New York 5; total U. s.
SO cars. Grapefruit: Texas IL; 9TH
ers 140: total u. S. 154 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Saturday. Feb. IS:
Cabbage: Rochester, n. Y. and
nearby points: Minimum "a degrees,
maximum 32 degrees. Clear. Prac-
tically no trading, no sales reported.
Carrots; Rochester. ". Y. and near
by points: Demand light. no sales
reported. Spinach: Laredo. Texas:
Clear. warmer Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inqhiry. demand light.
market unsettled. Carloads FOB
usual terms, bushel baskets Savoy
45-50c; cash track 35-40c. Spinach:
Crystal City, Texas: Clear. warmer.
Haulings decreasing. demand light.
market dull. Carloads FOB usual
terms. bushel baskets Savoy few
sale Assoc; cab track nominally
around 4oc.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Sunday and Mosday
morning: Mired vegetables 81;
bets s; carrots %; beets and carrots
IL; cabbage So: mixed citrus 1;
grapefruit ~; anise 8; potatoes /;
total 179 cars. Freight movement to
date this seasons: Fruit 1919; vege-
tables 5,7ls: total 1887 cars; TO
same day last season: Fruit LIP;
vegetables 6,040; total 1882.
Reports by radio from important
markets. This mornings sales to
jobbers, unles otherwise stated.
Cabbage
Pittsburgh: Clear, 40 deg. Arrived
2 Florida, 4 New York, 5 Texas. Sup
plies liberal, demand moderate, mar
ket slightly stronger on Texas stock.
Texas s0-lb. crates round type $3.50
6S.00; 100 lb. crates $s.00G3.25;
barrels packed locally s2.75G3.25,
mostly $3.0073.25.
Boston: Clear, IS deg. Arrived 4
Florida, 8 New York. 13 Texas, on
track Is cars. Supplies liberal, de-
mand slightly weaker. Texas round
type so and so pound crates mostly
s2.25; barrels packed locally few
sales s2.50G2.65.
st. Louis: Showing. II deg. Arrived
Is Texas, 3 Wisconsin, on track 81
cars. Supplies heavy. demand light,
market steady. Texas round type bulk
per ton $500. Brokers carlot sales
to st. Louis basis Texas round type
crates / car s2.65; bulk per ton ! car
$4,000.
Philadelphia: Clear. So deg. Ar
rived 16 Florida, 2 New York, one
Texas. on track al cars. New sup
plies liberal. demand slow, market
type $2.T5; Savoy $2.00@2.25; 100 lb.
New York: Clear, 80 deg. Arrived
90 Florida, 4 New York. 4 Texas,
equivalent 4 by boat from Florida.
New supplies moderate, demand mod
crate, market steady. Texas lettuce
$2.50@2.75.
Cincinnati: Partly cleudy, 81 deg.
Arrived 8 Florida, 2 New York on
track 81 cars. Supplies heavy. de-.
msnd moderat, market dull. Texas
round type bulk per ton mostly $50.
Florida pointed type l l-2 bushsl
hampers s1.00G1-25.
Chicago: Partly cloudy. s deg. Ar
rived 2 Florida. 10 Texas. on track
81 cars. Supplies moderate, demand
moderate, market steady. Texas
crates round type ser. few $500;
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