Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-13

r. 0. b. shipping information re-
ported Tuesday. February 18th:
Lower Rio Grautc Valley points:
Cold, cloudy.
Cabbage: Hauiings moderate, light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
dull and weak, wide range in prices.
Carloads anc in mixed ears FOB US
ual terms, bulk per ton round type
Slo12J, mostly around S20I22;
crates xl.35Al.5O. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bulk per
ton round type very few sales $I74
Is; crates $I25lI-IO. Wagonloads
cash TO growers, bulk per ton round
type $l2Il5.
Carrots: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry, demand moderate, mar
ket about steady. Carloads and In
mixed cars FOB usual terms, few
sales, bushel baskets 9Ocl$i.UO:
crates .s1-40aI.50. few lower. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track very few sales bushels mostly
soc; crates $l.15Gl.25.
Beets: HaulingS light. Light wire
inquiry, demand moderate, market
dull, almost too few sales to quote.
In mixed cars FOB usual terms,
bushel baskets 654s0c; crates SIPS
Gl.40. In mixed cars FOB cash
track, bushels 65475e; crates s1.15G
l.25.
Primary destinations OF Lower Val
ley movement reported Tuesday, Feb.
18th:
Cabbage: Houston 10, St. Louis
%, Shreveport IL; 3 each Memphis,
TT. Worth; 5 New York. 2 Duluth;
| each Tulsa, Jacksonville. Louis
vile, Pittsburgh. Butte, Portland, FL
Paso, Vancouver, Chicago, Winni-
peg Birmingham. Carrots: st. Louis
3, New York ?; / each Houston, |
Hartford, Shreveport, Minneapolis,
Beets: = each Houston, st. Louis,
New York; ! each Jersey City. Phil
adelphia. Grapefruit.a Houston 9,
Des Moines 2; / each Chicago, Dav-
export, FL Paso, TT. Worth; . Oma-
ha. Spinach: st. Louis 8, Montreal
2; ! each Shreveport, Topeka, Kan
sas City. Mixed Vegetables: 6 each
Houston, st. Louis. New York a.
Montreal 2; / each Palestine, ANA
rillo, Trinidad, Cheyenne, Columbus.
Nebr., G~reenville. S. g, Little Rock,
New Haven, Toronto. Dallas. Den
yer. Beets and Carrots: 2 each
Brooklyn, st. Louis. Mixed Citrus:
2 Houston.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Tuesday, Feb. 18th:
Cabbage: Texas rs, Florida s., New
York %; total U. S. III cars.
Carrots: Texas 4, California %;
total u. $. % cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas So, Cali
nMrau 10 L1--.1- a.. 4-AmN ~ z M 4
ears.
Spinach: Texas so; others s; to-
tai U. 5. SO cars.
Grapefruit: Texas IL, Florida 12i.
total u. S. 159 cars.
Mixed Citrus: Texas ., Florida 70:
total u. S. IS cars.
Additional +. o. b. information
reported Tuesday, February 18th:
Cabbage: Rochester, N. ", and
nearby points: Min. Is deg. Clear.
Demand limited. market about stea-
dy. Carloads FOB usual terms, Dan
ish type bulk per ton small to medi-
UNI best mostly s40Gi2. few higher.
poorer lower.
Carrots: Rochester, ". ". and
nearby points: Demand light. mar
ket slightly weaker. Carloads FOB
usual terms. 100 ID. sacks | car $3.50.
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Clear
cool. HaClings moderate. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand good, market
firm. Carloads FOB usual terms.
bushel baskets Savoy COG roc; cash
track 50a50c.
Spinach: Crystal City. Texas:
Clear, cool. Haulirgs light. Good
wire inquiry, demand good. market
firm. Carloads FOB usual terms,
bushei baskets Savoy 6OG7Oc; cash
track few sales 50n 60c.
Lower Rio Grsnde Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning.
February 18th:
Mixed vegetables SIS. beets IS, car
rots 20, beets end carrots IL, cab
bage IS. spinach z, parsley I. mixed
citrus 3, grapefruit 5. anise /; total
$50 cars. Freight movement tc date
this season: Fruit 1865, vegetables
5005, total 6270 cars; to same day
last season: Fruit 1892, vegetables
J22I, total 63l9 cars.
Vegetable Bulletin No. 33.
Florida cabbage shipments:
Unofficial advice from Florida in
dicate 80 to go cars OF cabbage will
be expected daily during the balance
Of February unless weaker market
tendency affects the volume to be
moved. Florida acreage has been
heavily increased this season. Ship
ments are moving from the state in
general, no particular section pre-
dominating.
Reports by radio from important
markets. This mornings sales 10
jobbers unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage
PTttehurvh Gl0nHy IL dnw A.
rived 2 Florida. ? Pennsylvania. Sup |
plies liberal, demand slow, market
steady Texas SO ID. crates round
type $3G3-.5. mostly $500; barrels
packed locally S3.25I3.50, mostly
S325. Florida pointed type s1G125
per / l-2 bushel hampers. mostly
Si-10dl.15, few high as Si.35.
Chicago: Showing. 10 deg. Arrived
l Florida. / Louisiana, IL Texas,
on track so cars. Supplies moderate.
demand and trading moderate, mar
ket steady. Florida / IL bushel
hampers pointed type sl-25Nl.50-
Texas crates round type mostly s2.75,
few higher. fair $3.50. Wisconsin
Danish type sacked per evt s2G2-50.
mostly around S2-25.
Cincinnati: Cloudy, rs deg. Ar
rived ] Florida, / Michigan, 2 New
York. / Texas. ! unknown. on track
10 cars. Supplies heavy. demand
moderate, market dull. Texas round
type bulk per ton mostly $50. Flor
ida pointed type bulk per ton $50;
| IL bushel hampers Sl.25li50.
New York: Cloudy, % der. Arrived
IS Florida. 5 New York. 5 Texas, 5 by
boat from Holland. New supplies
moderate. demand moderate. market
steady. Florida pointed type l l-2
bushel hampers SIG125: red sZG
ESQ. Texas lettuce crates Savoy s2.25
62-5n, few $2-75. California lettuce
crates Savoy $f.s5M225.
Philadelphis: Cloudy. 50 deg. Ar
rived rs Florida . New York. 2 Tex