Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-30
SPUD PRICES
SHOW GAINS
Increase to be Short Lived
Says Gregory In Weekly
Review of Market
fSpecial 70 The Herald.)

Especial TO The Herald.)
FORT WORTH, May 30--Rather
moderate shipments of new potatoes
Ind gradually decreasing movement
Of old stock helped TO advance the
price considerably last week. says NJ.
O. Gregory, local representative OF
The market Jews service. United
States department OF agriculture, In
MS weekly fruit and vegetable mar
ket review.
The review continues:
1t is questionable. however,
whether the higher level can hold
long in view Of the opening Of active
movement in North Carolina and
Virginia. Prices Of cantaloupes and
Ratermelons declined sharply under
She increasing daily supply. Mar
ketS for tomatoes and lettuce were
mostly firm. Onion prices were
moderate, but much better than a
year ago. Strawberries we're selling
ut relatively low ranges and cabbage
showed no uniform trend.
Shipments OF citrus fruit were
much lighter than they had been as
the Florida season neared an end.
Celery fo~rwardings decreased 10 255
cars, California increased TO us. but
Florida shipped only 140 cars. About
IS carloads of celery arrived from
Bermuda. Apple movement was
down to about $50 cars for the week.
Combined f~orwardings Of % fruits
and vegetables deceased slightly TO
1920 a + and were 1900 lighter
than during the same period last
season
Mississippi Tomatoes Moving
Efforts were being made in GEN.
Eral Mississippi to hold back toma-
Toes until a better stage OF maturity
was reached. However. the first so
ears OF the season moved during the
past week. Southern Texas for
warnings increased to $50 cars, while
Florida dropped to 215. The Mexi-
an import season Is about done.
Total domestic shipments were $50
cars and about 10 arrived from
Mexico. A most satisfactory season
Is being experienced in the Rio
Grande Valley with prices OF lux
boxes firm at $3.50, though four
basket crates declined to s5c6sf.
Mississippi fours were bring sI.35
cash track at loading points.
Mississippi expects to ship more
cars than last year. even from a
lighter acreage. The crop In that
state Is forecast at 1.7l7.0OO bushels
romparei with $4,000 last season.
Eastern Texas Nxpects only a small
increase or a crop of 1.154.0OO
bushels.
The city jobbing range on south
ern Texas Tugs was S2O0n35O. while
Tugs from Mexico showed a vide
range Of 75c to So. Original six bas-
ket crates Of Florida fancy count
tomatoes were bringing S3.n0T45O
and renacked stock S6.50n725.
Eastern Potatoes Active
All potato sections along the At
lantic coast were beginning Shin
ments earlier than expected. First
is cars have already moved from
North Carolina. and light shipments
have come from the Norfolk section
and eastern shore Of Virginia. To-
tai forwardings OF rew potatoes in
creased TO 1900 cars last week. while
movement OF old stock held around
$500 cars. South Caroiinr was lead
Ing IN the south with nearly hoo
ears for the seven-dav period. Al
ALBANIA decreased to 235 while Texas
Increased to go cars. Louisiana and
Georgia each marketed about 10
cars. Eastern barreled stock adj
vanced considerably in price, but
the southern sacked Bliss Triumphs
were mostly lower. North central
states reported much higher prices
than the week before on old stock
ind the Chicago carlot market ad-
vanced to S0c TO Sl.10 per 100 pounds
on northern round white and $1,000 |
2.0S on Idaho RuSSets.
Peak movement IN South Carolina
probably is past. and shipments
from that state after June | win be
very light. About 1900 cars have
been shipped from South Carolina
20 date. First peak in North Caro-
lima Is expected by June Is and A
second peak a week later. South
Carolina cnbblers in either stave or
Stat barrels were bringing mostly
s550G6.75 In large consuming CEN
tiers and Florida Spauiding Rose had
advanced % S6.001725 a barrel. The
+. o. b. market in southern Alabama
weakened to $3.o0R3.25 per 100
pounds sacked. Rains we're hinder
ing potato movement In the San
Antonio district OF Texas. Partly
graded cobblers were returning
shippers s2259235 per sack IN that