Lewis Yoder to Convention Head of Boise Valley Packing Firm
Lewis Yoder head of the firm bearing his name will attend the Chicago apple convention next week. The company packs apples prunes and other products under the Golden Eagle brand and will offer apples daily starting around September 10 and prunes starting August 25. The firm operates a large packing house in Nampa and other Boise valley points handling fruits and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Yoder
Nampa
Idaho
Chicago
Boise Valley
Wind and Rain Damage Grand Traverse Orchards
Wind and rain last week seriously damaged the Grand Traverse apple and cherry crops near Traverse City Michigan. Growers report may be near total loss for summer and fall apples due to bruising and imperfections. Winter varieties hurt but less. merchantable crop down about 25 percent or more. Cherries: about half the crop destroyed by the gale with wind bruised fruit rotting on trees and ground beneath reddened soil.
Anthony Caruso Comments on Florida Citrus Crops
Chicago August 6 Anthony Caruso of Caruso Fruit Distributors returned from Georgia and Florida where he observed the citrus crop outlook He said the Florida grapefruit crop would be shorter than last year due to unseasonable weather and that Florida orange production could rise 10 to 15 percent over last season He added that quality should be good if weather remains favorable through harvest time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anthony Caruso
Caruso Fruit Distributors,Inc
Caruso
Florida
C. H. Robinson Company Officials to Convention
The C. H. Robinson Company will be well represented at the International Apple Association convention in Chicago. Gordon N. Smith Walter E. Schmitt from Minneapolis M M Minkler of Chicago and other company representatives will attend and occupy suite 1018 at the Hotel Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. H. Robinson Company
International Apple Association
Hotel
Sherman
Gordon N. Smith
Walter E. Schmitt
Minneapolis
M. M. Minkler
Idaho Apple Crop Seen as One of Best in Years
Boise dispatch notes Idaho apple production in 1937 expected to yield 5 000 to 6 000 carloads, with 1 800 to 1 900 Jonathans and 1 400 to 1 500 Rome Beauties. Weather, irrigation, and lack of pests support high quality while packinghouses plan an exceptional pack to support Idaho Fruit and Vegetable Advertising Commission. Previous seasons ranged 2 686 to 5 251 cars. government forecast puts crop at 4 380 000 bushels with 79 percent condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Rome
Arkansas
Idaho Fruit and Vegetable Advertising Commission
Twin Falls
Delicious
Vacationing executives and industry notes at midwest ports
Chicago street notes recounts several business figures on leave including Christ Hansen of Christ Hansen & Co and R. C. Rittenhouse returning from the west coast. It notes arrivals of Louisiana Porto Rican sweet potatoes to market and a peach deal push by Cloobeck & Mose. A public utilities hearing in Lansing set for August 10 on motor truck freight rate increases follows a recent drivers strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Dietz & Co
T. B. DeValcourt
Sunset
Lansing
Mich
State Public Utilities Commission
Late Spring Delays Apple Crop and Shipments Across Idaho
With a late spring, crop development lags about a week, delaying Jonathan apple movement until around September 15. About 85 percent of Idaho’s apples are packed in bushel baskets for shipment, with most of the remainder shipped bulk and a small share in boxes. Key growing districts span Payette valley towns, Boise valley towns, Emmett valley, Twin Falls area, upper Snake River towns, and Lewiston Coeur d Alene, plus Council Mesa region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette
Fruitland
New Plymouth
Weiser
Payette Valley
Nampa
Parma
Boise
Caldwell
Wilder
Boise Valley
Emmett
Emmett Valley
Twin Falls
Buhl
Kimberly
Filer
Wendell
Jerome and
Hansen
Snake River Valley
Lewiston and
Coeur D’ Alene
Lewiston-Clarkston
Council
Mesa
Council-Mesa Or McCall
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C.H. Weaver & CO
APPLE
South Water Market
F. WM. Morf
Sherman Hotel
Michigan
Aspples Wearnes
M. H. Rosenthal
Vincent Hotel
Benton Harbor
Rosenthal & Stockfish, Inc
Gordon Tyrrell CO
Cehicago Commission
GEO. Middendorf & Co
Apples &S
Chicago, Ill
Smith-Cordes CO
Nestor
Smithnet
Steve
Grand Traverse Orchards
Chicago Street Notes
Christ Hansen
Christ Hansen & Co
Lake Tippicanoce
Leesburg
Ind
R. C. Rittenhouse
R. C. Rittenhouse Company
West
Walter Mewing
Sanford
John Bacon
Bacon Brothers
Jack Huizinga
A. Huizinga & Sons
Mercer, Wis
Cc. E. Chadwick
The
Fruit Dispatch Company
Minnesota
Lou
Jake Cloobeck
Cloobeck & Mose, Inc
Peach
Illinois
M. C. Huddle
Ravenswood Hospital
Cr. W. Smith
Florida Citrus Exchange
W. A. Kopke
Chicago Cold Storage Warehouse
Wisconsin
Ralph Headley
Dan Murphy
W. A. Nelson
Nelson
Indiana
Robert Steinberg
Colorado
Washington
Joe Martori
Tony Oddo
Ciicaco
Haymarket
South Racine
Postal
L. D
Bell Teletype
CGO
Caruso Fruit Distributors
California
Colorado Peas
Arizona
8. J. Schatz
U. S
Carlots
Beaton’s Distributing Agency, Inc
Wareham
Mass
Beaton’s
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