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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1921
Page
2
A quotation notes the gender price gap in hats, arguing trimming costs are minor while selling to women takes substantial staff time, reflecting ongoing retail sexism and longer sales cycles for women shoppers in New York.
Chicago April 15 The apple market opened weak with buyers unwilling to take offerings at inside prices and holders not eager to move stock. Prices held steady on all varieties with most sales at insider quotations. long storage affected most lots.
Chicago reports April quotations from cooperages for No 2 barrels and mill run barrels used for potatoes and apples. No 2 barrels price cited with mill run and shooks 5 cents higher. Delivered rates apply to April and reflect barrel type differences.
Four Deglah Nur date palms, imported from Asia and planted near Mecca over a decade ago, have been rediscovered near Holtville California. Tests at Merleland station show the sprouts fruit abundantly with high market value. J B Dudley is credited with the find and four trees on the Cuthbert ranch are valued at $5,000 each.
The Fruit-Produce Rating Agency begins delivery of its 1921 Guide Book. The first volume shown at the Hotel Sherman lobby drew interest from national fruit and vegetable traders. The 400 extra pages, cloth binding, and gold lettering mark a growth in the Shippers Directory listing state shippers, with grading rules, container sizes, carload packages, brokerage rates, and delivery maps.
Hearings on Consolidated Classification docket No.6 set for April in Atlanta New York Chicago and other locations to consider numerous rate changes across dairy fruit and vegetable products. Proposals include lowering class ratings for cream separators horseradish roots and pickles and raising or adjusting weights and rules for ice cream freezers egg cases and mixed carloads. The plan also adds new packing standards and notes adjustments for exports imports and bunker storage in refrigerator cars.
East Lansing April 15 Michigan bees survived winter strong in numbers and vitality. Regent Kindig notes warm weather has boosted flowering and bee activity, signaling a good season though many colonies will need attention to food. He urges beekeepers to monitor honey stores, maintaining two full frames of brood food.
C F Garlington of Lettuce Ranch Co Inc Westcliffe Colo visited Chicago to arrange accounts for the coming season. He expects to ship about 260 cars starting mid August. His lettuce is grown at 9000 feet elevation and he serves as secretary of the Colorado Potato Shippers Association.
Washington Indiana April 15 Uncle Joe A Burton pioneer Indiana horticulturist marked his 80th birthday with a party at the Burton orchards. He has led the Indiana Horticultural Society experimental orchard since 1900 and oversees Burton Fruit Company plantings.
Milwaukee April 15 market update shows apples steady with some higher prices up to 9 per barrel for choice lots. Grapefruit, oranges, pineapples, strawberries all moving with varied demand. vegetables see mixed trends with asparagus, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, peas, lettuce and potatoes noting price shifts and large supplies in places.
George A. Hanes of Detroit, a carrot distributor, spent Monday and Tuesday in Chicago with trade members. He notes conditions in Detroit improved greatly over the last 30 days, boosting the fruit and vegetable industry and the automobile sector's ancillary businesses in the city.
Elmer J. Reisch & Son opens a wholesale fruit and vegetable firm at 302 North Fifth Street New Springfield Ir Springfield Produce Company veteran Elmer J. Reisch brings 20 years in the trade with nine years at the Springfield Produce Company to the new venture creating local supply for the region.
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