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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1915
Page
2
Chicago market reports strong demand for desirable stock with prices varying by state. California celery plentiful and priced 3.75 to 4 per case. Florida and Texas celery mixed with limited demand. California peas, fancy cucumbers and hothouse lettuce sold well. tomato and cauliflower prices steady with some off-stock.
Atoka Tennessee on April 2 the Atoka Truck Growers' Association forms to cultivate about 100 acres of strawberries and 25 acres of string beans this season.
Elgin Illinois April 2. Creamery butter sales at 28 1 4 cents per pound, about half a cent higher than a week ago. Twelve lots totaling 325 tubs were offered. three sold at 28 1 4 cents, one at 28 cents, four unsold, remaining withdrawn.
Detroit market notes strong arrival of South grown carrots cabbage tomatoes and spinach. California celery off market, Florida product incoming but not preferred. Tomatoes greenish, potatoes hopeless this season, onions improving. apples improving with Baldwins Steel’s Red Ben Davis and Greenings. Oranges Navels in demand, Florida grapefruit steadier. strawberries mid season, butter firm, eggs and poultry weak due to Passover.
Louisiana shipments brought good prices with 200 cases of 24 pints each selling around 4.75 to 4.50 per case amid fair demand. Florida fruit, though of better size and quality, saw quiet trade with top quotes 35 to 40 cents per quart and later about 25 cents per pint.
R H Pennington & Co expands to Washington with M W Black directing carrot marketing from the new office. Headquartered in Evansville Ind the firm plans to handle shipments from eastern states and inspect and divert cars from the Ohio river district. They also plan a Florida cabbage deal with Leesburg Truckers Association and will add tomatoes cucumbers and melons. The firm expects large melon business in Florida Georgia Alabama and accounts in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Chicago April 2 hay market remains steady to firm with outside demand. Timothy ranges from 16 to 18.50 for higher grades, No 1 prairie from 14 to 17, and Iowa Minnesota Dakota Nebraska prairie chores at 12 to 16. Alfalfa hay shows strong demand with limited offerings, choice grades selling up to 19 and mid grades around 14 to 18.
J Ellis Slater will locate at 69 W South Water street in Chicago with a top market site for fruits and vegetables. The new store sits in a busy South Water district with cold storage facilities and a large sales floor. Ran Schaeffer will run the citrus fruit department, and W E Urick will head the fruit and vegetable commission division.
Chicago April 2 George E Ford a prominent Chicago commission merchant was suddenly taken ill early this week and admitted to a local hospital Doctors diagnose typhoid and pneumonia but believe it was caught early He was improved by midweek and expected to recover swiftly and return to his desk within a week.
Chicago April 2 There was little trading in onion sets this week due to continued cool weather. Prices held steady with colors quotable at 1.25 dollars and whites about the same, although firmer. Some lots held by South Water street concerns, stored in sacks for some time, were sold at lower prices because of their condition.
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