Hartford Association Ships Duchess Apples in Carload Start
Hartford Michigan August 18 The Hartford Growers and Farmers Exchange shipped its first car of Duchess apples from member orchards. Early varieties including Duchess carrots and grapes pears and winter apples will follow. The peach crop is strong with up to about 200 car loads anticipated and the packing house will inspect all fruit for uniform quality. Elgin Illinois August 1 9 Creamery butter sales were reported with 680 tubs offered at the market and bids from 24 to 25 cents per pound.
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Hartford Association
Duchess
Hartford
Mich
Hartford Brint Growers
Farmers’ Exchange
Elgin
Chicago Vegetable Market Quiet as Homegrown Stock Rises
Trade in Chicago's vegetable market slowed this week despite plenty of homegrown produce. Cauliflower scarce at 1.21.25 per box. cucumbers scarce with two dozen boxes reaching 1.20. Peppers, okra, mushrooms and lettuce priced variably, with mushrooms oversupplied and demand weak. Illinois and Michigan stock cited amid light arrivals and mixed quality. green peas and squash show varied pricing.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Duluth
New York State
Ohio
Illinois
Apples Lead Monterey County Fruit Census In Production
A Monterey County census shows apples as the leading green fruit. Cherries yield 25 tons, pears 225 tons, peaches 260 tons, and plums 50 tons. Most fruit comes from the northern Monterey area with packing houses at Pleto, Metz, Greenfield and other sites.
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Buckley
Calif
Monterey
Pleyto
Metz
Greenfield
Local residents voyage and business trips noted
John Meyer of Bell Cow Truck Company Dabour La and wife spent days here en route from a six week Elks tour, guest of FF W Morf of C H Weaver & Co. William Piowaty of M Piowaty & Sons departed for the East for about ten days on business. Walter Farley of General Sales Agency of America sought new district offices. William Lapidus of M Lapidae Company supervised an early apple deal in Wisconsin. Wilmer Sieg of Hood River Ore visited Milwaukee then left for the West.
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John Meyer
Bell Cow Truck Company
Dabour
The
Elks
FF. W., Morf
C. H.weaver & Co
William Piowaty
M. Piowaty & Sons
East
Walter Farley
General Sales Agency of America
William Lapidus
M. Lapidae Company
Wisconsin
Wilmer Sieg
Hood River
Ore
Milwaukee
West
Northwestern Growers League poised to set apple prices
Portland reports the Growers League controlling apple prices as shippers and distributors wait for league instructions. Some fear eastern buyers will secure season supplies, while others expect open price terms to be fixed by the league, with market impact for the Northwest.
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Portland
Ore
Rocky Mountains
Northwestern Shippers
Growers League
Louisville Market Update Shows Potatoes Demand Stronger
Louisville notes better potato demand with prices rising and good stock around six to seven dollars in bulk. Carrots and onions move steadily, cabbage abundant but dull, few peaches shipped, apples improving quality and value. Eggs steady to firm with high prices, hens hard to dispose of, poultry in good condition with solid demand for spring chicks and small turkeys.
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Louisville
Columbus market news highlights fruit and produce trends
In Columbus Ohio the peach movement is slow with generally good arrivals. California plums fetch 1.25 dollars and local plums 1 per bushel. Huckleberries hold at 1 per large basket. Lemons firm at 4 to 4.50 per box. Apples sell around 50 cents to a dollar per bushel. East Shore potatoes rise to 1.75 per barrel amid tighter supplies. Dry onions 60 to 70 cents per bushel. Celery scarce with asking price near 1.50 per case. No cabbage market. Egg market firmer, bids up to 17 cents, wholesalers ask 20 cents for good candled stock.
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Columbus
California
East Shore
PLOWATY OPENS NEW BRANCH IN SOUTH BEND
On Aug 1 M Miowaty & Sons took over the E L Hasler Co business in South Bend Indiana. The branch joins Piowaty’s Michigan houses at Grand Rapids Lansing Muskegon and affiliates with Lake Superior Produce Co Houghton Mich and Clark Fruit Co Ft Wayne and Huntington Ind. The South Bend branch is a two story brick building with cold storage banana rooms and a switch track for ten cars. It employs 22 people and five salesmen. The firm plans more sales offices in large cities including a permanent Dallas office run by W B Thompson.
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South Bend
Ind
M. Miowaty & Sons
Big Trust and Produce Distributors
Chicago
E. L. Hasler Company
Prowaty
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Muskegon
Viowaty Concern
Lake Superior Produce Company
Houghton
Mich
Clark Fruit Company
Ft. Wayne
Huntington
M. Piowaty & Sons
Scarlet
Piowaty & Sons
Dallas
Tex
W. B. Thompson
Piowaty to Build at Muskegon
Plans are completed for a large Piowaty & Sons commission house in Muskegon to handle perishable goods with a long loading platform siding railroad tracks and a roadway for loading and unloading. The $15000 structure will be built in downtown business district with modern handling equipment for perishables.
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Pronaty
Terrace Street
Fred Piowaty
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
Iit Idf
Acy Iigh
Ryan
Coogan's Western Trip Frames Big Fruit Shipments
Kansas City August 13 James A Coogan of the brokerage firm returned from a three weeks Northwest tour and was named marketing agent for the Lamb Fruit Company at Millon Oregon and the Emmett Fruit Growers Association at Emmett Idaho He plans to handle 400 to 500 cars of apples prunes and potatoes from the region and cites hail damage in Utah and Idaho as a setback for several orchards Emmett is expected to ship 90 to 100 cars of Alberta peaches 65 cars of prunes and 25 cars of apples Twin Falls Buhle district 100 cars apples and 65 peaches Boise district 200 prunes 250 apples Payette 300 apples 175 prunes Weiser 75 apples 20 prunes Ontario 76 prunes.
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Kansas City
James A. Coogan
Northwest
Utah
Idaho
Emmett
Twin Falls
Buhle
Boise
Payette
Weiser
Ontario
Idaho Creameries Plan Southwest Idaho Dairy Union
Rumor says all cooperative creameries and cheese factories in southwestern Idaho will form the South Idaho Dairy Products Association by month end. Members pledge to join, a move discussed at the State Dairy Men's Association convention in Boise last winter.
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Idaho
Caldwell
South Idaho Dairy Products Association
State Dairymen’s Association
Boise
First Pears Shipped From Kennewick As Harvest Grows
Kennewick Wash Aug 18 The first straight car of Bartlett pears shipped from this district was sent out by Charles H Collins sales agent of the H H Davis Company. Prospects for the season show the largest crop ever grown here about 25 cars or over 12000 boxes up about seven cars from last year. Young orchards come into bearing this year. Hiberta peach crop estimated around 250000 boxes much larger than usual with several varieties moving in carrots.
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Kennewick
Wash
Bartlett
Charles H. Collins
H. H. Davis Company
Wisconsin Cheese Market Review From Sheboygan
Wisconsin cheese market steady decline depresses local trades. Prices at the call boards slipped about four cents across styles with sales reported at Plymouth including Fifty Twins and other longhorns and Americas, while buyers watch the year’s markets and await further postings.
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Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Wis
Young Americas
Plymouth
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W. So
Water St
the Packer
Dearborn
John W. Low
Wayre & Low, Inc
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Com. Exchange
Natl Bank
Nat Produce Bank
Anth St
Ashland
Wee
GORP
T. EE. Pall
Springfield, Ill
Cutler & Downing CO
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Hasler Business
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J. A. Coogan
Melons Coyne Brothers
C. H. Weaver & CO
South Water Street
J. Ellis
Slater
Bearman Fruit CO
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McCoy Produce CO
Des Moines
Iowa
M. L. Campbell
Farm Products Reporting Agency
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Mr. Shipper
Detroit
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Carter & Lehr
Wayne County
Ome Savings
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