Apples Steady in Chicago Market This Week
In Chicago on August 7 the apple market held steady with demand fairly active and good stock of fine quality. Prices remained near prior levels with fancy barrels at 3.75 to 4 dollars and inferior stock down to 1 dollar. Bushel baskets quoted around 1.25 dollars. The report notes first Pinkmeat Cantaloupes arriving from Colorado via W H J Kavanagh at 2 dollars per crate.
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Chicago
W. H. J. Kavanagh
Colorado
Detroit Fruit Market Week Review Faces Slow Auction Sale
Detroit reports a mixed fruit market with ample apple supply and better packing. Peaches and berries drive activity as island and California stocks move. auction results show varied pricing across Crawford, Elberta, Wickson, and Georgia peaches with steady to firm conditions for grapes and nectarines.
Hopkins Takes Charge of Carrot Potato Dept at Gamble Robinson
Minneapolis reports Hop kins assuming control of the carrot potato division set up by Gamble Robinson Co within its wholesale fruit and produce line. The firm operates several associate houses in potato growing territory serving as outlets and buying points. Hopkins, an experienced potato man, previously with Van Deursen Brothers in Chicago and four years with Fitzsimons Palmer in Duluth.
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Cig
Gamble Robinson
Minneapolis
Hopkins
Gamble-Robinson Col
van Deursen Brothers
Chicago
Fitzeimmiens-Palmer Company
Duluth
Early Apples Light as Michigan Stock Leads Market Notes
Minneapolis market notes show light receipts of early apples mainly Duchess variety from Michigan with little homegrown stock. Demand is good. prices 4.25 to 4.60 per barrel. Western peaches steady near week’s end. Missouri watermelons small and unsatisfactory. Oklahoma melons in good demand. Cantaloupe slumped as many cars stood on tracks. Arizona standard and Jumbo prices noted. Cabbage scarce yet firm. carrots at 1.75 a crate fob. onions imports rising. potatoes trading steady with solid shipment stock onboard.
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Detroit
California
Islands
Elbertas
Cantaloupes
Indiana
Virginia
New Jersey
Michigan
Elgin
Pacific Fruit Exchange
Stewart Fruit Company
Grand Duke
Washington
Burbanks
Kimball
Ogon
Foster
Crawford Clings
Wicksons
Kelsey
Stewart
Diamonds
Crawfords
Tuscon
Seobel & Day
Susquehanna
Bartletts
L. Crawfords
EB. Crawfords
Crawford
Wickson
Malaga
Elberta
Georgia
Crates
Burbanke
Satsuma
Fellenberg
Giants
Thompson
Malaga Bunch
Malaga Cluster
Georgia Peaches
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Missouri
Arizona
Nneapolis
Potato Prices Stiffen as Indiana Market Sees Mixed Goods
In Indianapolis on August 7 prices show firmness for potato barrels at about 3 dollars wholesale. Cantaloupes ease from Deckers at 60 cents. Watermelons arrive at 25 cents each, with Indiana cling peaches and Duchess apples among offerings. California onions fetch four dollars per hundredweight and new corn from rain-swept southern points sells in larger crates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Georgina
California
Chicago Hay Market Prices See Light Timothy and Strong Prairie
Chicago August 7. Timothy hay offerings are light while prairie hay receipts rise. New timothy sells at 16 for choice and 14 15 for No 1, 12 13 for No 2. old timothy 20 21 for choice, 18 19 for No 1, 15 16.50 for No 2. New clover 11 12. Prairie hay from Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska plentiful. choice prairie 15 16, No 1 13 14.60, No 2 12 13.
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Chicago
Timothy
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Chicago Melon Trade Sees Quiet Start to Week
Chicago reports a quiet start in watermelons with Missouri melons dominating offerings and demand for large fruit. By midweek tracks cleared, Indiana arrival expected later, prices for Missouri melons ranged from 151 to 225 dollars per car, weather steady and demand muted. Sweet potatoes showed fair trade with moderate demand and Gulf coast early sweets bringing around 1.50 per hamper.
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Missouri
Indiana
Gulf Coast
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