Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-20
VeretabIe Bulletin No 3o

Monies and d q Antonio, Texas.
hCamber Of Commerce cooperating.
Vegetable Bulletin No. 80.
+. o. b. shipping point informa-
ton reported tuesday, Feb. Is.
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
Warm, partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry, demand slow,
market dull and slightly weaker.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms, bulk per ton round
type SlTU20, mostly Sl7.50m 1900;
carrots Sl.30uI-50; 80 ID. crates Sa-
yOy Sl40u150. Carloads and Ia
mixed cars FOB cash track, bulk
per ton round type s12.O0.
Carrots: Haulings moderate.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market STEADY. Carloads
and in mixed cars FOB usual terms
-bushel baskets soc si.00. few best
Sl.l5; carrots ST. 49, l.60; 100 Id.
sacks topped few sales SLIGO. Car
loads and In mixed cars FOB cash
track, bushels 80G soc, few best 81;
crates Sl.2541.4O.
BeetS: Haulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
about steady. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms, buShel
baskets S5W90c; crates around SIPS.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track, bushels T5G8 Doc; crates
lSll0Nl.25.
CARROT shipments OF entire United
States reported Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Cabbage: Texas ll2, Florida SO,
louisiana 1; total u. s. l82 cars.
Carrots. Texas %. California 10,
New York 8; total u. S. 48 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 10. CAL
ifornia 20, Florida l9, Louisiana B.;
total U. S. 100 cars.
Grapefruit Texas z, Florida 1874;
total u. S. las cars.
Mixed Citrus: Texas /; total U.
S. 73 cars.
Oranges: Texas /; total U. S. 374
cars.
Spinach: Texas 81; others 4; to-
tai U. S. 81 cars.
Primary destinations or Lower
Valley movement reported Tuesday,
February 10:
Cabbage: Houston 20. st. Louis %,
! Shreveport ., Chicago 4; 3 each
Vancouver, Kansas City, Toronto;
2 each Memphis, Louisville, Cleve-
land, TT. Worth. Milwaukee, Den
yer; l each New York. Joplin, Mo,
Birmingham, Harrisburg, Seattle,
Waco, I'll PaSo, Topeka, Grand Rap
ids, Detroit, Duluth, Atlanta, Pitts
burgh. Scranton. Rochester. Hart
ford, North Bay, Montreal. SaS-
k~atchewan. Mixed Vegetables:
New York rs. St. Louis Il, Houston
III, Philadelphia 2; / each Shreve-
port, Cleveland, Palestine, Beau
mont Rock Island, Corslcana, Gin
Cinnati. Chickasha, Hot Springs,
Nashville, Louisville, Atlanta, Wash
lngton. Utica, Montreal, Toronto 2.
Carrots. St. Louis 10, Houston =,
Philadelphia 4, New York z, Chlca-
60 2; leach Boston, Minneapolis.
Bets: 2 each New York, Philadel-
phia: / each Lethbridge, Canada,
Pittsburgh. Spinach: lit. Worth J..
Dandelion: New York /. Parsley:
New York /. Lettuce: Jersey City
1, St. Louis /. Philadelphia /. Cit
rus: Portland /. BeetS and Car
rOtS: New York /. Grapefruit: 2
each TT. Worth, Waco; ! each Pu-
eblo, Colorado Springs, FL PasO.
Oranges: Houston /.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
mcnt reported Wednesday morning,
February 20:
Mixed vegetables 81, cabbage 80.
beetS and carrots IL. carrots 18,
beets II, parsley /, lettuce 3. mixed
citrus 3. grapefruit 8, anise 2; to-
tai 233 cars. Freight movement TO
GATE this season: Fruit 1870. vege-
tables 6069. total 7409 cars; to same
day last season-fruit ll2O, vege-
tables CABS. total 1855.
Additional FOB information re-
- nMWAnIAw L7nA m
Cabbage: Rochester. N. ", and
nearby points. Min. Ia deg. Max.
~ deg. Snow. Demand light, no
sales reported. Some consigned.
Carrots. Rochester. NJ. ~, and
nearby points: Demand light, mar
ket steady. Carloads FOB usual
terms, few sales sacked per loo
pound $3.50; bushel baskets washed
Sl.85.
Spinach: Laredo, Texas: Warm,
clear. Haulings light. Light wire
inquiry, demand light, market
slightly weaker. Carloads FOB usual
terms, bushel baskets Savoy few
sales 40c: cash track CSC.
Spinach. Crystal, City. Texas
Partly cloudy. warm. HaulingS mod
crate. Light wire inquiry. demand
light, market dull. Carloads FOB
usual terms. bushel baskets Savoy
40G soc; cash track, too few sales
reported TO quote.
Reports by radio from import
ant markets: this mornings sales
TO iobbers unless otherwise stated.
Cabbage. Cincinnati: Cloudy, 3
degrees. No carlot arrivals, on
track IL cars. Supplies heavy. de-
mand limited. market unsettled.
Texas round type bulk per ton $40
SOL. Florida pointed type I IL
bushel hampers S~i.00-i25, few
sl.40. New York Danish type bulk
per ton $50. New York: Clear. l6
degrees. Arrived Is Florida. ? New
York. 2 Texas. New supplies mod
crate, demand slow. market slight
~ weaker. Florida pointed type
IL bushel hampers Sl00-l25
few Sl.37 IL: red $2-2S. few $3.50
Texas round type / II busheI
hampers Si.00-l.l2 IL. Savoy let
tuce crates S225-2.50. few S2.T5
California lettuce crates Savoy
Si75-250. Chicago: Clear. ! de-
gree. Arrived | Florida. Is Texas
on track AZ cars. Supplies moGeT-
ate. demand and trading moderate,
market steady. Florida pointed type
I IL bushel hampers mostly $50
few higher. fair. soft. light $3.50.
sacked per cwt. S2.50-2.T5. barrels
hacked locally mostly around S7.75
Wisconsin Danish type sacked per
cwt S2.O0-225. Pittsburgh. Clear
: degrees. Arrived ? Florida. :
New York. | Texas Supplies lib
eral. demand slow. market about
steady. Texas round type crates
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