Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-30
LATE MARKET REPORT
TRUCK
VIA NAVAL RADIO STATION

F. Q. B. shipping point informa-
ton reported Monday, April 18th:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, cloudy. Cabbage: Haulings
light. Light wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady.
Carloads and in mixed a r FOB
usual terms, bulk per ton round
type SALT, mostly $14-15; crates
mostly $l.lO-1.25. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track, bulk
per ton round type mostly $3.50;
crates $l.00-1.10. Wagonloads cash
to growers, bulk per ton $6.O0-8 90,
mostly So. Carrots: Haulings mod
crate. Good wire inquiry, demand
good, market firm. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB cash track,
bushel baskets mostly $1.O0, few
higher; crates $1.40-1.50. Beets:
Haulings light. Good wire inquiry,
demand good, market stronger. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms few sales, buShel baskets
$1.00-1.25, poorer lower; crates wide
range in prices $1.60-2.00. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB cash track,
too few sales reported to quote.
Potatoes: Haulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
dull. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms, 100 ID. sacks Bliss
Triumphs U. s. No. Is few sales
$500; cash track mostly $3.75, few
$3.50; 50-lb. sacks 10c cwt. extra.
Wagonloads cash to growers, most
ly S3.25-3.50. G-een beans: Haul
ingS light. Good wire inquiry, de-
mand good, market steady. In
mixed cars FOB usual terms, bushel
hampers Stringless mostly $500,
few best $2.25; cash track, mostly
around SITS, few lower; Oval ham
pers loo higher. Wagonloads cash
TO growers mostly SIPS, few $1.00.
Green corn: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry, demand moder-
ate, market weaker. Carloads FOB
usual terms, buShel baskets S1.40-
los, few higher. In mixed cars
FOB usual terms, $1.50-2.00. To-
matoes: Haulings light. Good wire
inquiry, demand good, market
steady. Carloads FOB usual terms,
Jugs green wrapped few sales $3.50,
few 1925. Light movement this
week, becoming heavier next week.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning,
April 30th: Mixed vegetables %;
beetS /; carrots II; beets and car
rots 8; tomatoes 3: potatoes 16;
green corn 20; cabbage 10; grape
fruit /; total SO cars. Freight
movement to date this season fruit
1880. vegetables 18,472, total 20,202
cars; to same day last season, fruit
1146, vegetables 1853, total 49,
765 cars.
Carlot shipments Of entire Unit
ed States reported Monday, April
29th: Potatoes: Alabama 2; Colo
RADIO %; Florida SO; Idaho 1876;
Maine 1l3; Michigan 70; Minnesota
1876; Nebraska 20; New York SO;
Pennsylvania is; Texas 13; Wash
ington "a; Wisconsin 81; total U.
S. 845 cars. Cabbage: Alabama %;
California 5; Louisiana 5; MiSsis-
sippi Al: South Carolina 40; North
Carolina 5; Georgia j; Texas IA;
Virginia 3; total U. S. 140 cars.
Carrots: Arizona 2; California II;
New York 3; Texas 16; total U. S.
38 cars. String beans: Florida 81;
Louisiana 2 express; total u. S. %
cars. Cucumbers: Florida 81: Him
OILS !; Indiana /; Louisiana /; Ohio
3; Texas 25 express; total U. S. 90
cars. Grapefruit: Texas /; others
Ill; total u. S. 112 cars. Onions:
California 2; Texas 121; total U. S.
123 cars. Tomatoes: Florida E.
Coast g.; other Florida Al: Texas 2;
total U. S. 40 cars. Mixed vege-
tables: Arizona l; California Is;
Mississippi 10; Texas %; total U. S.
IS cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Monday, April %:
Canal Point, Fla, warm, partly
cloudy. Tomatoes: Haulings light.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
slow, market about steady, no sales
reported. String beans: Haulings
decreasing. Light wire inquiry. de-
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sales reported. In mixed cars FOB
usual terms, 7-8 bushel hampers
Stringless and Red Valentines
mostly $1.90.
Crystal City. Texas: Hot, partly
cloudy. Onions: Haulings moder-
ate. Light to moderate wire in
quiry, demand moderate. market
about steady with firmer under
tone. Carloads FOB usual terms.
crates Yellow Bermudas U. S. No.
Is few sales mostly around csc. few
higher: Crystal Wax few sales
~Sl10-1.25. Carloads FOB cash
track, crates Yellow Bermudas u. S.
No. Is 80-85c. best mostly CSC;
Crystal Wax 95c-$1.00. few higher.
Very few rolled unSold.
Reports by Radio from important
markets this mornings sales to lob
bers-unleSS otherwise stated.
Cabbage: st. Louis: Arrived |
Louisiana, l Mississippi, 5 Texas. on
track % cars. Supplies liberal, de-
mand slow, market slightly weaker.
Texas round type bulk per ton best