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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1916
Page
2
Milton Dreyfus of the Roth Produce Company reports summer business meets expectations and plans travel to Chicago then Boston. He will return via New York to attend the apple convention.
Cooler weather and moderate receipts kept Chicago vegetable trade fair this week. Homegrown cucumbers sold well at up to 1.75 per two dozen, fancy head lettuce scarce with high prices, and New York lettuce brought 3 per box when fine. Sweet corn moved slowly while homegrown corn sold 0.55 per sack and some lots were dry.
Chicago notes a cooler spell but strong demand for watermelons. Receipts rose this week with most arrivals from Oklahoma and Missouri, plus some Georgia cars. Prices opened around 225 3825 and topped near 300, as out of town buyers sought small sizes. shippers urged steadier loading to sustain prices.
Apple prices ease as rare Belleflowers and Jonathans arrive from local mountains. Bartletts cheapen while quinces and angelian prunes appear. Peaches, cantaloupes and watermelons dominate demand. river potatoes support high prices due to frost, with Swiss cheese imports constrained by embargoes.
Chicago reports that next week C. H. Weaver & Co will begin receiving Las Cruces cantaloupes under the Three-Melon brand pink meat. First cars arrived this week with strong yields and favorable conditions. projections reach 50 to 60 cars this season. Also J. W. Falk's Gold Medal cantaloupes arrived with high quality and prices from 3.25 to 3.50.
Butter board reports creamery extras selling at 28c with light offerings. Two lots of 26 tubs each sold at 28c and a bid of 28 1 2 c for 100 tubs failed to attract. Heat and dryness reduce Elgin district production and lower quality butter entering markets. Mr Seldell of Minneapolis, for W H Hoopes & Sons, spent the week observing the local market.
Benton Harbor Michigan August 4 The Berrien county peach crop is strong and the quality high with a big demand anticipated as shipments begin mid month. Early Elbertas move later. buyers converge in the fruit shipping center for several hundred cars expected this season.
R W Hefley, formerly representing Chase & Co of Jacksonville in the territory, joins Northwestern Fruit Distributors. Chase & Co have arranged for Northwestern to handle their account in the region.
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