Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-16
Truck
Markets

FOB shipping point information
reported Tuesday, April Is. -Nower
Valley.)
Cabbage: Haulings light. Better
wire inquiry, demand moderate,
market about steady. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
round type bulk per ton S70-75;
crates S3.90-4.25; lettuce crates $500
$40. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track-round type bulk
per ton S65-70; crates $3.65-3.90;
lettuce crates ~S2.75-3.25. Truckloads
cash TO growers-bulk per ton $40
so, mostly $4,000.
Carrots: Haulings moderate. Mod
crate wire inquiry, demand mod
crate. market about steady. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB
usual terms-crates S1.35-1.50; cash
track ~sI.25-1.35. few lower.
Beets: Haulings moderate. Moder-
ate wire inquiry. demand moderate.
market steady. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB usual terms-crates
s1.75-l85: cash track sl.50-1.75.
Snap beans: Haulings decreasing
Moderate wire inquiry. demand
moderate. market steady. Quality
improving. prices wide range. Car
loads and in mixed cars FOB usual
terms-green stringless bushel ham
pers ~s2.O0-225. few best ~S2.35-25O;
cash track ~s1.75-2.00. few best s225.
Truckloads cash TO growers-Sl25-
$50. mostly $50.
Potatoes: Haulinrs fairly heavy.
Moderate wire inquiry, demand I'm
tied. market unsettled. Carloads and
in mixed cars FOB usual terms
100 Id. sacks Bliss Triumphs Us NO.
IS mostly $3.50. few lower; cash
track mostly s325, few lower. Fifty
pound sacks l0c. per cwt. mostly
$500. few lower.
Onions: Raymondville Section)
Haulings decreasing. Moderate wire
inquiry. demand moderate. market
slightly wealSr. Carloads and IN
mixed cars FOB usual terms-crates
Yellow Bermudas Us Commercials
S1.25-l35: Crystal Wax US Com
mercials few S1.65-1.75. TTuckloads
cash 10 growers-Yellow Bermudas
81. DOLLS: Crystal Wax S135-1.50.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Wednesday morning.
April l6:
Mixed vegetables 40. cabbage 45.
beets 10, carrots %, beetS and car
rots -. potatoes 10l. onions 81.
squash l. parsley 2. beans IS, tur-
nips /. total 323 cars. Freight move
ment to date this season-fruit
1919. vegetables 1883. total 1887;
10 same day last season-fruit IT'S,
vegetables 1875. total 1894 cars.
Beans express 9 St. Louis: ? Chicago,
Kansas City; ! each New YORK.
Louisville. Los Angeles.
Carlot shipments Of entire o.. 5.
reported Tuesday. April IS: On
cludes cars billed from midnight
to midnight.)
Cabbage: Ala. /. Calf. S. Fla. IA.
La. =. So. Car. SIS. Tex. %, total US
Carrots: Calf. 80. Texas IL, totdl
US A.
Onions: TEX. Ios. others 8. total
Us 116 cars.
Spinach: Tex. II, others AZ. TO-
tai Us 81 cars.
Potatoes: Fla. 81. Tex l0l. total
Us 165 cars.
Mixed vegetables: La. 4. Tex. n.
others II. total US l08 cars.
Additional FOB information re-
ported Tuesday. April Is:
Onions: Laredo. Texas: Hot. part
" cloudy. Haulings fairly heavy.
Demand slow. market about STEADY.
Carloads FOB usual terms-crates
yellow Bermudas US Commercials.
mostly S115-1.25. few lower: Crystal
Wax mostly around $3.50. Carloads
FOB cash track-few sales Yellow
Bermudas Us Commercials $780,
1.35.
Potatoes: Hastings. Fla: Warm.
Haulings increasing. Good
wire inquiry. demand good, market
firm for No. Is; demand light,
market slightly weaker for No. Is.
Cc-iIds FOB usual terms-double
head barrels Spaulding Rose Us
No Is. 5000; US No. Is few sales
mostly 1925.
Snap beans: Everglades Section.
Warm. rained during day.
Haulings light. Demand moderate.
market about steady. Wagonloads
cash to growers-bushel hampers
Bountifuls mostly s400-425. few
higher: strinrless and Red Valen-
tines mostly $2.00-2.25.