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


vegetables yer moved out Of tn,
Valley over the Southern Pacific
lines during the week ending Jan
26. Heaviest shipments we're o.
grapefruit with 81 cars. The Mis-.
souri, Pacific lines carried l0l car.
loads Sunday and Monday.
F. o. B. SHIPPING POINT IN.
FORMATION REPORTED MON.
DAY, Jan. 81:
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 $780,
2.75; lettuce crates S2.5O-2.35. Car
loads in mixed cars FOB cash track
round type bulk per ton few
sales mostly around SIS; crates
aroun S2.25. lettuce crates $780,
2.l5. 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 FOB
usual terms-crates 81 .85-1.9 80: BUSH
els Sl.25-l.30. Carloads and in mix
ed cars FOB cash track - crates
$l.50-l.60.
Beets: Haulings light. Moderate
wire inquiry, demand moderate
market firm. Carloads FOB usual
terms-no sales reported. In mixed
cars FOB usual terms-crates most
~ around $500; bushels S1.25-l.50
In mixed al FOB cash track
crates $l.70-l.80: bushels si.0O-l.25
Primary destinations OF Lower
Valley movement reported Monday
Jan. "a:
Cabbage: 3 Houston: 7 New York,
3 Jersey City; 5 st. Louis; i each
Pittsburgh, Toronto. Little Rock
Montgomery. Philadelphia. Shreve-
port. Memphis, Washington.
Carrots: 3 ST. Louis; 2 each
Houston; Shreveport: Philadelphia;
! 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. Louis
2; Dallas !.
Potatoes: ! Houston.
Spinach: 2 each Schrevenort
Toronto.
Parsley: 6 New York.
Oranges: / Houston.
Beets: ! st. Louis.
Mixed citrus: l Dallas.
Additional FOB information re.
ported Monday, January 81:
Rochester, N. Y. CWestern New
York Points,:
Cabbage: Heavy wire INQUIRY. de.
mand active. market stronger. Ship.
pers holding for higher prices
Carloads FOB usual terms-Danish
type bulk per ton $3.50, 30 and lOC
ID. sacks per ton S50-54.
Carrots: Better wire inquiry. de-
mand moderate. market stronger,
Carloads FOB usual terms-lOO Id
sacks cut $l.40-l.50; bushels wash
ed $i.05.
San Antonio, Texas CSouth Tex
as Points,:
Spinach: Haulings light. Mod
crate wire inquiry. demand moder-
ate. market slightly weaker. BusheI
baSketS-carloads FOB usual terms
mostly fair quality. around SIPS:
cash track mostly $1.00, few low as
$90c.
Sanford. Fla. Cwinter Garden
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 / 1-2 bush
el hampers SITS.
Carlot shipments OF entire United
States reported Monday, Jan. 81:
Cabbage: California 3, Florida IA
Illinois /. Michigan 3. Minnesota /
New York IS: Texas /. Washing
ton ], Wisconsin II, total US 7t
cars.
Carrots: Arizona 2. California "a
Michigan I. New York 8, Texas I
total US ~ cars.
Spinach: California 4, Texas 80
North Carolina /. Virginia 2, totaI
Us 81 cars.
Grapefruit: Arizona 3. California
2, Florida "a, Texas !, total US IS
cars.
Mixed vegetables: Texas 2. others
10. total US IS cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move
ment reported Tuesday morning,
January %:
Grapefruit II, mixed citrus 4,
oranges 2. mixed vegetables %. cab
baEe So. beetS 4. carrots IS. beets
and carrots /. spinach 2, parsley 2,
total 1913 cars. Freight movement
to date this season-Fruit 1919.
Vegetables $3.50: to same day last
season-Fruit 1895, Vegetables 1921,
total 44l6.