Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-17

ton reported tuesday, April 10:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy:
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Better wire inquiry, demand model
ate, market slightly stronger. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms, wide range in prices bulk
per ton round type best mostly 515-
II; crates mostly S1.15. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track,
bulk per ton round type $12-14,
mostly S12; crates ~$1.00-1.10. Wa
gonloads cash to growers, bulk per
ton S6-6. Carrots: Haulings mod
crate. Moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, bushel bas-
kets 90c-$1; crates mostly $l.40, few
higher. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB cash track, bushel bas-
kets $4,000; crates mostly $1.20-
1.30; sacked per 100-lbs. tops re-
moved arouSd S1.25. Beets: Haul
ings light. Light wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bushel baskets
around 90c; crates $1.25-1.30. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB cash
track bushel baskets 75-o0c; crates
S1.15-1.25. Potatoes: HaulingS
heavy, peak of movement probably
today or tomorrow. Good wire in
quiry, demand good, market steady,
Carloads and III mixed cars FOB
usual terms, very few sales, 100-lb.
sacks Bliss Triumphs u. S. No. Is
So; cash track mostly $2.75; 50-lb.
sacks 10c higher. Wagonloads cash
to growers mostly $3.50. Green
Beans: Haulings decreasing. Good
wire inquiry, demand good, mar
ket steady. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms, bushel ham,
pers stringless mostly $2.25, poorer
lower; oval hampers 10c higher,
cash track So. Wagonloads cash to
growers, mostly $1.75, poorer $1.25-
$50.
Onions: Raymondville and near
by points: Haulings light. Season
practically over. Estimated about
Is cars remaining which will be
shipped in mixed cars. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand good, market
about steady. In mixed cars FOB
usual terms, crates yellow Bermu-
das mixed No. Is and Is few sales
$1.60-1.75; Crystal Wax $1.75-2.00.
In mixed cars FOB cash track,
crates Yellow GermudaS mixed No.
Is and Is S1.45-1.50.
Corpus Christi Robstown section:
Warm, clear: Cabbage: Hauliugs
moderate. Moderate wire inquiry,
demand moderate, market about
steady. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, bulk per ton
round type around SIG; crates
$1.20-1.25.
Carlot shipments of entire Unit
ed States reported Tuesday, April
16: Potatoes: Colorado %; Florida
81; Idaho 81; Maine 1886; Michigan
1872; Minnesota IS; Texas 70 incom-
plete; Wisconsin As; total U. S. GAL
cars. Cabbage: Alabama ST; Louis
lana Is; South Carolina lit; Texas
Sc; total U. S. 242 cars. Green
Beans: Florida II; Texas 7 freight
and 4 express; total u. S. SIS cars.
Carrots: Texas %: others "a; total
U. S. II cars. Onion: Texas $50;
others 4; total U. S. 254 cars. Mix
ed Vegetables: Arizona 8: Florida
10; Louisiana IS; Texas SIS; total
U. S. 116 cars.
Additional +. o. B. information
reported Tuesday. April is:
Canal Point, Fla. Cool, windy:
String Beans: HaulingS light
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market dull, quality fair.
Carloads FOB cash track, 7-8 bush
Ell hampers Stringless and Red VAL
entines s1.90-2.o0; other varieties
mostly rolled unsold. Tomatoes:
Haulings very light. Good wire n
curry, demand good, market firm.
Carloads FOB cash track, skies
green, wrapped, fancy $3.50; choice
$3.50.
Laredo, Texas. Warm, partly
cloudy. Onions: Haulings heavy.
Good wire inquiry, demand moder-
ate. market about steady. Carloads
FOB usual terms, mixed No. Is and
Is Yellow Bermudas crates mostly
Sl.25; Crystal Wax $1.60-1.65; U. S.
No. Is Yellow Bermudas SIPS, few
higher. Crystal Wax S1.65-1.75.
Carloads FOB cash track, mixed
No. Is and Is crates Yellow Bermu-
das S1.10-1.15; u. S. Boilers Yellow
Bermudas s1.10, Crystal Wax most
ly S1.35.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning,
April II: Mixed vegetables IS;
beets g; carrots 80; beets and car
rots 20; cabbage II; potatoes 102;
string beans 4; onions 5; parsley D;
total BIT cars. Freight movement
to date this season: Fruit 1923;
vegetables 1916; total 1884 cars.
To same day last season: Fruit
LAG; vegetables 14,054; total 1920
cars.
Reports by radio from import
ant markets. This mornings sales
to Jobbers unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage: Pittsburgh: Cloudy, 80
degrees. Arrived l Alabama, 3
South Carolina, / Texas, on track
"a cars. Supplies moderate, de-
mand moderate, market stronger.
Texas round type crates and bar
relS packed locally $3.25-3.50.
Philadelphia: Cloudy. 43 degrees.
Arrived ! Florida, 81 South Caro-
lima, on track 81 cars. Supplies
liberal, demand slow, market weak
er. South Carolina pointed type
l IL bushel hampers $~1!C0-1.25,
poorer 1890; half crates $1.10-
l.l5, few $1.25; crates $2.00-2.15.
Cincinnati: Partly cloudy. II de-
grees. Arrived 1 Louisiana, l
Texas, on track 8 cars. Supplies
light, demand good, market strong
e.. Texas round type bulk per ton
$50. Kansas City: Clear. so de-
grees. Arrived 7 Texas, diverted 2,
on track Is cars. Supplies moder-