Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
Vegetable Bulletin No. so

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Monies and the San Antonio, Texas.
hCamber of Commerce cooperating.
Vegetable Bulletin No. so
F. Q. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Tuesday, March 5:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cool, clear.
Cabbage: Holdings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
market stronger. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms-bulk
per ton round type S15Q10, mostly
S17.50; crates S1.15@1.3O; 80-lb.
crates Savoy around $1.40. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track
bulk per ton round type mostly
$500; cartes S1.100115. Wagon
loads cash to growers bulk per ton
mostly $1,000, few $40.
Carrots: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry. demand limited, mar
ket about steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars. FOB usual termS-bu.
J baskets 90c0S1.O0, few higher;
! crates $1.3501.50; 100 ID. sacks
topped $1.40@1.50. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bu.
baskets 10000; crates S1-25@1.35.
BeetS: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand mode
rate, market about steady. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
-bushel baskets 10000; crates
mostly around S1.25@1.35. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track
-bushel baskets 10000; crates
S1.1001.20.
Corpus Christi Robstown section:
Cool. clear.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Good
wire inquiry, demand good, market
stronger. Carloads FOB usual terms
round and flat types bulk per ton
mostly $500; cash track no sales
reported. Most present shipments
are for previous sales.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Tuesday,
March 5:
Cabbage: Houston %, st. Louis
"a. Chicago IL, Shreveport 8; 4
each New York, Toronto; 3 each TT.
Worth, Cleveland, New Haven; 2
each Montreal, Greenwood, India
napolis, Boston; l each Memphis,
Detroit, Toledo, Cheyenne, Corby,
Ky, Nashville, Dallas, Philadelphia,
Buffalo, Vancouver, Pittsburgh, Co
ullnbus, Louisville. Carrots: st.
Louis z; 3 each Philadelphia, New
York, Houston; Brooklyn 2; / each
Jackson, Mich, Pittsburgh. Mixed
Vegetables: II each Houston, st.
Louis, New York II; 2 each Pitts
burgh, Montreal Shreveport, Jer-
sey City; l each Ft. Worth, Amaril-
10, Okmulgee, Roswell, Winfield,
terloo, Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings,
Pueblo, Denver, Chicago, Minneap-
oils, Muncie. Cleveland, Lexington,
Newark, Richmond, Philadelphia,
Harrisburg, Utica. Boston, Calgary,
Hamilton, Toronto. Baltimore, Pu-
eblo, Plainview. Anise: New York l.
Radishes: Houston 1. Beets and Car
Tots: Kansas City i. Turnips:
Houston j. Spinach: TT. Worth 1.
Lettuce: jersey City 1. Grapefruit:
Houston 3; l each San Antonio.
SWeetWater, TT. Worth, DeS Moines.
Milwaukee. st. Faul, London, Ell
Paso. Beets: New York 8, st. Lou
IS S, Houston 8; 1 each Boston,
Shreveport, Chicago. BROCCOLI: New
York l.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Tuesday, March 5:
Cabbage: Texas 116, Florida SIS,
New York A; total U. S. III cars.
Carrots: Texas %, California Is,
New York 6; total U. S. AZ cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 70. CAL
ifOrnia 10, Florida IL, Louisiana 8;
total U. S. 119 cars.
String Beans: Florida %; total
U. s. q cars.
Spinach: Texas IS, California 2;
total U. S. IS cars.
Grapefruit: Texas II, Florida 80;
total u. S. 106 cars.
Additional T. Q. 3. information
reported Tuesday, March S:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Min. "a deg. Max.
2 deg. Raining. Demand light.
market about steady. Carloads FOB
usual terms, Danish type bulk per
ton small to medium $38@42; sack
ed per ton small to medium few
sales $45, few higher.
Carrots: Rochester, N. Y, and
nearby points: Demand light, mar
ket about steady. Carloads FOB US
ual terms, bushel baskets washed l
car SITS.
String Beans: Canal Point, Fla:
Windy, rained during day. Haul
ings moderate. Moderate wire in
quiTy, for Stringles and red Valen-
tines. light for others. market about
steady. Carloads FOB cash track.
713 bushel hampers fancy, string
less Valentines S2O002.25. mostly
$500; refugees $1@1.20, mostly 81.
Most refugees and bountifuls rolled
unsold.
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Warm.
clear. Faulings light. Light wire
inquiry, demand moderate, market
about steady. Carloads FOB usual
terms. bushel baskets Savoy 4Oc;
cash track 35c.
Spinach: Crystal City, Texas:
Cool, clear. Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand mod
crate, market about steady. Car
loads FOB usual terms, bushel bas-
ketS Savoy mostly 4G; cash track
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning,
March s:
Mixed vegetables SIS. beets 81, car
rotS p. beets and carrots %, cab
bage l0S, lettuce l, parsley l, tur-
nips l, broccoli /, mixed citrus /.
grapefruit 10; total 245 cars. Freight
movement to date this season: Fruit
l143, vegetables 1872, total 98I5 cars.
TO same day last season: Fruit 114O,
vegetables 863f. total 9774 cars.
Cabbage: ST. Louis: Clear. 4S de-
grees. Arrived 4 Texas. on track
II cars. SuDOlies moderate de-