Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
VALLEY FRUIT
IS STEADY AT
81 TO $3.50
Marsh Kept Off Mart
Until Duncan Fruit
Is Exhausted

Price OF Lower Rio Grande VAL
ley citrus fruit Is held up to $500
to $3.50 a box. a check Of shipping
concerns throughout the Valley
made today by The Herald showed.
This check was made following
receipt OF reports at The Herald
office that one or two ears had
been quoted out at $l.45, and that
a break in the market threatened
as a result.
With Florida shipping around $50
carloads Of fri daily, and the
Valley moving close to so daily now,
II appears certain that the market
will scale down gradually. But only
"a small drop Is expected, and ship
pers throughout the Valley indicated
today that VI in handling the
deal will help to bring a profit on
all Valley fruit.
The Valley has shipped approx
mately 375 carloads OF citrus to
date, including an estimated IS
cars by truck.
All this fruit Is Duncan. All
Valley shippers interviewed this
morning said H. " r going 10 hold
back on Marsh Seedless as long as
possible, so that the Duncan can
be moved.
The rumor received In Browns
vile stated that n shipper quot
ed a price OF $l.45 a box. and that
the result Of this quotation was to
demoralize the market for fruit
that Is rolling now.
Investigation today indicates that
II a a moved at such a price II
"a probably very small fruit, Of a
poor quality. There is much OF
this type Of fruit. shippers said,
and efforts are being made to pre-
vent II.
Ted Melden. general manager OF
the Texas Citrus Fruit Growers
exchange, wheI called at Mission
today BY The Herald. said the Ex-
change has quoted no fruit under
50. We are getting from 50 ia
$3.50 for fruit"
Melden said IL the Valley will
hold I'D on Marsh Seedless ship
ments until all the Duncan Is gone.
growers Of Duncan will get a good
price. and the Marsh price will not
be hurt.
Small Fruit Held
Harry Rouse, secretary OF the Rio
Grande Valley Citrus Growers as
ISOLATION at Mercedes said his or
ganization Is getting from So To
$3.50 for citrus. Rouse said there
Is considerable small fruit, but that
the association is picking only the
larger fruit. I'VE are having no
trouble getting $3.50 for eighties
he said. When told about the re-
port that a car moved at Sl45, he
said. there is a lot Of fruit in the
Valley now that growers would be
glad to sell at that, but little Of y
Il being shipped
T.. M. Hall, manager OF the Mer-
ceeds association. subStantiated the
statements of Rouse.
Davis Wade OF Wade and New
ton, with headquarters az San Ben
ito, estimated that two-thirds OF
the Valley fruit this season Is nine
ty-sixes or smaller, and one-third
is 1865 or smaller.
He said his concern Is quoting
fruit at from SITS TO $3.50, the
price varying according TO size and
quality. He said that with Florida
moving fruit at ich a rapid rate,
and Valley shipments increasing
rapidly there Is bound to be a
scaling down in prices"
Ready Market
q. Il. LoVett, OF Lovett a. Kirk.
San Benito. said his concern Il
quoting fruit at from 50 to $3.50
and is having no trouble disp sing
of it.
We have no rollers" Lovett
said, "all our shipments having
been sold cash on the track
Valley shippers estimated that
less than one-fourth OF the Dun
can is still on the trees. and with
the shipments going out as fast as
they are II will all be cleaned
UP IN about 10 days.
A coordinated effort 70 keen
Marsh of the market gntl that
time was indicated.
Some shippers. when asked about
the total estimat-. said II still looks
like from 1000 70 5000 carloads.