Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
Vegetable Bulletin No. AZ.


reported Saturday, Feb. %:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Cool, partly cloudy.
Cabbage. HaulingS moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand mod
crate, market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed carS FOB usual
terms-bulk per ton round type SIG
g18. mostly S17.50: crates $l-25I
l.50; 80 ID. crates Savoy Si.40q1.45.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track-bulk per ton round type
mostly Sl4.50; crates Sl.l5Il-25.
WagonloadS cash 10 growerS-buik
per ton round type $1,000.
Carrots. Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry, demand good,
market steady. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB usual terms-bush-
ell baskets 90cn1.00, fancy higher;
crates Sl.500l.60: 100 ID. sacks top
ped around Sl.50. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track-bush-
els 80u90c, few higher; crates $l.35
C11.40.
BeetS: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand improv-
Ing, market steady. Carloads and in
naked cars FOB usual terms
pushel baskets 300 Doc; few Sl.00;
crates $l-259l-35. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track-buSh-
els 7On 8Oc; crates $l.l5u1.25. Sun
day: Warm, cloudy, windy.
Primary destinations OF Lower
Valley movement reported Saturday
and Sunday:
Grapefruit: Houston 4, TT. Worth
3, Dallas 2: ! each Tulsa, Atchison,
Minneapolis, FL PaSo, Little Rock,
Topeka, Kansas City. Carrots: st.
Louis 3, New York 5; 2 each Hous-
ton, Chicago, Memphis, Boston: /
each Terre Haute, Pittsburgh, Bal
timore, Philadelphia, Montreal, New
Haven, TT. Worth. Cabbage: Hous-
ton 81, st. Louis %, Chicago IL,
Shreveport 9, Toronto 5; 4 each
Memphis. Fl. Worth. Detroit 3, Salt
Lake City 2; l each Duluth, Denver.
Paducah, Greenville, Montreal, Cal
gary, London, Ont. Denison, New
York, Everett, Toledo, FL Paso, Hic-
kory, Vancouver, Dupo. Grand Rap
Ids, Ind annapolis. Pittsburgh. Beets:
Houston, St. Louis 2 each; New
York 3; l each Newark, Philadel-
phia, Boston. Turnips: Columbus.
Ohio, J. Radishes: l each Houston.
81. Louis. Spinach: St. Louis 8,
Toronto i. Lettuce: Jersey City g.,
Philadelphia /. Anise: Houston l..
Mixed Vegetables: St. Louis IS.
Houston 19. Chicago 6. New York
is. Shreveport 4, Memphis; 2 each
Oklahoma City, Omaha. Minneapo-
OILS, Nashville, Jersey City, Toron-
To-; ! each Paris, Texas, Wichita
Fails. Van Buren,, Ell Dorado, Car
image, Dayton, Youngstown. Cincin-
matt, Huntington, Utica, Cheyenne,
InnrFnr NNnnn AAt1@,~ ~ /
Monroe, Chattanooga, Dallas, Fort
Worth, Winnipeg, San Angelo. ri
PaSo. Amarillo. Beaumont, De-
Queen. Mlskogee. Wichita. Hutchi-
son. Hannibal. Cedar Rapids, Fargo.
Little Rock. Dupo, Cleveland, Knox
vile, Greensboro, Lothier, GadSdon.
Greensboro. Philadelphia, Scranton.
Boston. Beets and Carrots: ! each
Hazelton, Pa, New York. Parsley:
St. Louis 2.
Carlot shipments Of entire United
States reported Saturday and Sun
day:
Cabbage: Texas 1I6. Alabama /,
California /, Florida AZ, New York
10; total U. S. l6l cars.
Carrots: Texas 81. California %.
New York s.; total u. S. 81 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas i3l, CAL
ifornia 80. Florida Is, Louisiana 2l,
total U. S. 2l9 cars.
Spinach: Texas So, others 3; to-
tai u. S. II cars.
Grapefruit: Texas Is, others 1856;
total u. S. 149 cars.
Mixed Citrus: Texas 4. others 10;
total SO cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Monday morning,
February IS:
Mixed vegetables 70. beets 7, car
rotS q. beetS and carrots q, cab
bage l02. lettuce 2, turnips 2, pars-
ley ?, grapefruit 10: total 252 cars. !
Freight movement TO date this sea-
son: Fruit 1882. vegetables $3.50, to-
tai 62l2 cars; 10 same day last sea-
son: Fruit ll27, vegetables 7l37, to-
tai 1864 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Saturday, Feb. %:
Cabbage: Rochester, NJ. ", and
nearby points: Min. 10 deg. Max.
= deg. Clear. Demand limited, too
few sales reported TO quote.
Carrots: Rochester, ~. ", and
nearby points: Demand light, no
sales reported.
Spinach: Crystal City. Texas:
Warm, partly cloudy. Haulings mod
crate, moderate wire inquiry, de-
mand moderate, market firm. Car
loads FOB usual termS-bushel
baskets Savoy 400 soc: cash track
$50 4Oc.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Partly
Cloudy. warm. Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand light.
market dull. Too few sales reported
to quote.
Cabbage: New York: Clear. IS
degrees. Arrived. 5 New York. 5
Texas. New supplies moderate. de-
mend moderate. market steady. |
Florida ] l-2 bushel hampers point
ed type Slip l-2-1.37 i-2, few $50: |
Savoy Si.5o-l.70: red S2O0-225.
Texas lettuce crates Savoy S2.0O-2.75.
mostly S225-2.50: red S2.75. Cali
lornia lettuce crates Savoy ordinary
Sl25. Boston: Cloudy. "a DEGREES.
Arrived 3 Florida. on track 10 cars.
Supplies moderate. demand light.
market about steady. Texas round
and fat types 80-lb. crates $3.50.
Florida Wakefield l ID buShel ham,
pers Si35-l.50. St. Louis: Cloudy.
Al degrees. Arrived Is Texas, on
track 40 cars. Supplies heavy. de-
mand slow. market weak. Texas
round type bulk per ton s40-45;
crates S225. Michigan Danish type
bulk per ton few sales fancy $500. /
Chicago: Cloudy. IS degrees. Ar
rived 20 Texas. on track So cars
Supplies moderate, demand and
trading moderate. market about
SteaQv. Texas round type crates
$2.5n-2-T5: barrels packed pocally
S2.5C-2.75: sacked per cwt S2.5O-2.75: /
lettuce crates Red S3.O0-325. Wis
consin Danish type sacked per cwt
S2-OO-225. few higher. Cincinnati.
Cloudy. 20 degrees. Arrived 2 Flor
ida. ! Louisiana. I Texas. on track
IA cars. Supplies moderate. demand
moderate. market steady. Texas