Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-28
Truck
Markets

Eighty-eight carloads OF fruit anc
vegetables we're moved out OF thG
Valley yer the Southern Pacific
lines during the week ending Jan
rs. Heaviest shipments we're o.
grapefruit, with 81 cars. The Mis-.
souri, Pacific lines carried 10l car.
loads Sunday and Monday.
F. o. B. SHIPPING POINT IN.
FORMATION REPORTED MON
DAY, Jan. q:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points
Cabbage: Haulings moderate
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market firm. Carloads anc
In mixed cars FOB usual terms
round type bulk per ton mostly
around $40, few S45; crates s2.50'
ATS; lettuce crates s2.50-2.35. Car.
loads in mixed ears FOB cash tract
round type bulk per ton few
sales mostly around S35: crates
aroun S2.25. lettuce crates $500.
2.15. Truckloads cash to growers
bulk per ton. wide range in prices
mostly SIS, few high as S35.
Carrots: Haulings moderate
Moderate wire inquiry, demand
moderate, market about steady
Carloads and in mixed cars FOE
usual terms-crates $l.85-l.90; bush.
els Sl.25-l.30. Carloads and in mix.
ed a r FOB cash track ~ crate.
$1.50-l.60.
Beets: Haulings light. Moderat,
wire inquiry, demand moderate
market firm. Carloads FOB usua
terms-no sales reported. In mixec
cars FOB usual terms-crates most,
ly around $500; bushels Sl.25-i.5O
In mixed cars FOB cash track
crates $l,70-l.60; bushels Sl.00-l.25
Primary destinations OF Lowe
Valley movement reported Monda,
Jan. 81:
Cabbage: 3 Houston; z New York
3 Jersey City; 5 ST. Louis: ! eacl
Pittsburgh. Toronto. Little Rock
Montgomery. Philadelphia, Shreve
port, Memphis, Washington.
Carrots: 3 st. Louis; 2 eacl
Houston; Shreveport: Philadelphia
l each Toronto. New York.
Mixed Vegetables: 4 St. Louis
! each Chicago, Philadelphia, Gal
weston. Houston. New Orleans. Jer
sey City, Shreveport, Amarillo
Saskatoon.
Grapefruit: Houston 3; St. Loui
2: Dallas !.
Potatoes: ! Houston.
Spinach: ? each Shreveport
Toronto.
Parsley: 6 New York.
Oranges: / Houston.
Beets: / st. Louis.
Mixed citrus: l Dallas.
Additional FOB information re
ported Monday, January q:
Rochester, N. Y. Western Me-
York Points,:
Cabbage: Heavy wire inquiry, de
mand active, market stronger. Ship
perS holding for higher prices
Carloads FOB usual terms-Danis.
type bur per ton s45-50, 90 and 10
ID. sacks per ton $50-54.
Carrots: Better wire inquiry, de
mand moderate. market stronger
Carloads FOB usual terms-lO0 Il
sacks cut ~$1.40-1.50; bushels wash
ed $1.05.
San Antonio. Texas CSouth Tex
as Points,:
Spinach: Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand moder
ate. market slightly weaker. Bushe
baskets-carloads FOB usual term.
mostly fair quality. around s1.25
cash track mostly -s1.00, few low a
S90c.
Sanford. Fla. Cwinter Gardel
District:
Cabbage: Haulings light. Ship
ments light. Good wire inquiry. de
mand good. market slightly strong
er. Carloads FOB usual terms
round and pointed types ! IL bush
Ell hampers SITS.
Carlot shipments Of entire Unite
States reported Monday, Jan. 81:
Cabbage: California 3. Florida i
Illinois ]. Michigan 8. Minnesota
New York IS; Texas /. Washing
ton ], Wisconsin II. total US Z
cars.
Carrots: Arizona 2. California 3.
Michigan 1, New York 9, Texas
total US AZ cars.
Spinach: California 4, Texas 81
North Carolina /, Virginia 2. tota
US 81 cars.
Grapefruit: Arizona 3. Californl
?. Florida "A, Texas /, total US 8
cars.
Mixed vegetables: Texas 2, other
73. total US rs cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning
January %:
Grapefruit IA, mixed citrus 4
oranges 2. mixed vegetables %. cab
bage &c. beets 4. carrots IS. beet
and carrots /. spinach 2. parsley /:
total 1913 cars. Freight movemen
TO date this season-Fruit 367s
Vegetables $3.50: to same day las
season-Fruit 1895, Vegetables 1921
total 44l6.