Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-30

Shipments OF fruit and vegetables
in the Valley are rapidly approach
ing normal, with cars moving on
Tuesday. The Missouri Pacific
lines moved II cars Of fruit and "a
of vegetables, while the Southern
Pacific carried 3 carS Of fruit and
% OF vegetables. Shipments OF
vegetables were confined entirely to
the leafy varieties. a few carrots
and beets.
F. o. 3. SHIPPING POINT IN
FORMATION REPORTED WE'D
NESDAY. Jan. 20:
Lower Rio Crande Valley Points:
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Good wire inquiry. demand and
trading active. market strong,
prices higher. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms round
type bulk per ton S45-55, mostly
around $50: crates $2.75-3.00, most
" $500. Carloads and IN mixed
cars FOB cash ~track-round type
bulk per ton S45-4T.50. few lower:
crates S2.50-2.75; lettuce crates few
sales $2.30-2.35. TruckloadS cash to
growers-bulk per ton $3.50. most
ly $40.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry, demand slow, market
weaker. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB usual terms-crates Sl.50-1.75,
mostly Sl.50; bushels Si.00-l.l0.
Carloads and in mixed cars FOB
cash track-crates few $l.30-l.40:
bushels few sales In mixed cars
S0.90-I.00.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand mod
crate, market firm. Carloads in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms crates
mostly $500, few s2.25; bushels
mostly $3.50. In mixed car FOB
cash track-crates mostly si.75;
bushels sl.0O-l25.
Primary destinations Of Lower
Valley movement reported Wednes-
day. Jan. %:
Cabbage: % st. Louis; ~ Hous-
ton; 6 Shreveport; ) New York; 4
Memphis: 3 Chicago: ? Jersey City;
| each fayetteville. Dallas, Cincin-
natl. Birmingham, Greenville. Shef-
field, Burlington. n. C., Jackson
Pittsburgh, Denver.
Carrots: u each Houston: 81
Louis; 8 Philadelphia; ! each CHI
cago, Dallas, Fl. Worth. Washing
ton. Boston, Minneapolis.
Beets: 5 New York: 2 st. Louis;
I each Baltimore. Jersey City.
Spinach: l each Houston, st
Louis. Cleveland.
Beets and carrots. I each Hous-
ton. Chicago, Washington, New
Orleans.
Grapefruit: 9 Houston; 4 Fort
Worth: 2 Dallas; ! each Little Rock
Pocatello.
Mixed vegetables: Il Houston; 8
st. Louis: 2 each Shreveport; New
York; Montreal; Memphis; ! each
Chicago, Waco, Lubbock. Abilene.
Monroe. Pueblo. Pittsburgh, Kansas
l CITY. Davenport. Topeka, Jersey
City. Hazelton. Cleveland.
Mixed citrus: 6 Houston; : Da!-
las.
Oranges: I each Houston. Omaha
Additional FOB information re-
ported Wednesday. Jan. %:
Rochester, N. y. CWestern New
York Points,:
Cabbage: Good wire inquiry. de-
I mand moderate, market firm. Car
loads FOB usual terms-Danish
type bulk per ton S50-52, mostly
$50; 9 and 10 ID. sacks per ton
I S52-55.
Carrots: Light wire inquiry, de-
mand slow. market steady. Car
loads FOB usual termS-bushelS
washed Si.05.
San Antonio. Texas CSouth Tex
rs Points,:
Spinach: Haulings moderate,
Moderate wire INQUIRY. demand
moderate. market slightly weaker.
Bushel baskets-carlOadS FOB uSua'
terms. mostly fair quality. asking
sI.15-i.35; cash track few sales
mostly 81 90.
Sanford, Fla. winter Garden
District:
Cabbage: Good wire inquiry, de-
mand good. market firm. Carloads
FOB usual terms--pointed type
IL bushel hampers few sales si75
Carlot shipments OF entire United
States reported Wednesday. Jan. 2o'
Cabbage. 8 California. 10 Florida
! Michigan, I Minnesota. 62 New
York. 3 Pennsylvania. l South Car.
DINA. 81 Texas, 10 Wisconsin, totaI
US ITO cars.
Carrots: l Arizona. 20 California
1 Michigan. II New York, IS Texas
total US so cars.
Spinach. AZ Texas, 3 California
10 Virginia. total US ca cars.
Grapefruit: ) Arizona. 5 Califor'
MIA, 90 Florida. Il Texas, total rs
l25 cars.
Mixed vegetables: So Texas, 9TH
crs "a. total US i27 cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
rent reported Thursday morning
January 30:
Grapefruit 90, mixed citrus ?
oranges 4. mixed vegetables 80. cab
bage II, beetS @. carrots 10, beett
and carrots z. spinach /, turnips ?
eScarol /. total 1873 cars. Freight
movement to date this season
Fruit $685.. Vegetables 1888. tota'
4 1888: 70 same dav last season
Frui. lll5, Vegetables 1882, tota.
A697 cars