California Grapes Market Outlook Faces Car Shortage Mildew
The Fresno and California grape trade assesses this year’s crop at about 60 000 cars originally, then revised to 50 000 by counties amid a 612 098 acre state total. Carryover green stock, mildew concern, and last year’s deal shadows loom as shippers bid around 120 per ton for Alicante and 80 90 for other varieties while eastern buyers show caution.
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Sequoia
Buya Pit Prack
Fresno
Alicantes
California
Above Normal Last Year Welch Interests Rumored
In the Chautauqua Erie grape belt growers expect a 60 percent yield vs last year's bumper crop. Prices have not been set though many anticipate $65 to $80 at shipping points. The Fredonia experiment station projects about 70 percent yield. market development plans restrict table grape shipments to top quality vines. Page 28A.
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Fredonia
Chautauqua and Erie
Erie County
Chautauqua
Erie
Cattaraugus
New York State
Farm Bureau
Paguen
Hig
Melon buyers charged with passing bad checks
Two watermelon buyers, B F Mathis and J B Peck, were arrested in Macon Georgia on a Barnwell South Carolina warrant for obtaining goods under false pretenses and passing worthless checks. They allegedly bought melons on the Barnwell tracks and issued unsigned company checks totaling about five thousand dollars. Both men, tied to Florida Fruit and Produce Co, face extradition proceedings while held at the police station. Peck registered at a downtown hotel July 12 and Mathis later. Sheriff Sanders of Barnwell County arrived to push extradition.
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Macon
J. B. Peck
Barnwell County
S. C
South Carolina
Peck
Mathis
Florida
Sanders
Barnwell
Quyers
Kansas City Trade Prepares for Western Fruit Jobbers Meet
The Executive Committee of the Kansas City trade outlined publicity plans for the Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention to be held January 8 to 10. Chairman B M Dodds led the meeting approving the publicity program while reports from finance and hotel committees were reviewed. Reservations exceed 100, signaling a record convention, with future discussions on entertainment features and more details to come.
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Kansas City
Jobbers' Association
B. ‘M. Dodds
Cromwell
Onion Market Rises as Receipts Moderate in Chicago
Chicago onion market shows slight price gains with steady demand. Receipts are moderate and on-track stocks reduced to a modest level. homegrown offerings sell around 1.40 to 1.65 per 70 pound bag, Indiana and Wisconsin goods expected to move soon, California sacks at 3.25 to 3.66 per 100 pounds, Washington yellows 2.25 to 2.50 per bag.
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Chicago
Indiana
Wisconsin
California
Washington
Slight Loss in Potato Crop Report Shows Decline
August government crop report indicates a slight reduction from July in the estimated U S potato yield. Total forecast to 279,358,000 bushels versus 401,185,000 in 1922. July estimate was 81,726,000 bushels. Losses observed in Minnesota New York Pennsylvania Colorado Utah with gains in Washington DC and some states.
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Minnesota
New York
Pennsy
Vaula
Colorado
Utah
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Idaho
North Dakota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Maine
Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia Ae
W. Virginia
N. Carolina
Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Towa
Sweeas
Missouri
N. Dakota
Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Montana
Wyoming
Mexico
Oregon
California
The Produce Packer promotional notice
A brief note from The Packer announcing a separate weekly paper The Produce Packer focused on market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and farms. It offers free sample copies on request.
Middle West Grapes Face Shorter Harvest This Year
Concords main reports a harvest of grapes in the Middle West is down from last year, with growers noting cooler weather and reduced yields across key regions. Officials urge vigilance in market pricing and supply forecasts.
Grape Crop Prospects In Central Midwest Decline
Kansas City reports indicate the central western states including Ohio Kansas Missouri and Iowa will produce fewer grapes this year with the Middle West crop perhaps 25 percent below normal. Concord is the main variety though Moore's Early is grown in districts as juice factories drive growth. The Ovark district of southern Arkansas and northern Arkansas expands plantings as bearing acreage rises, with several hundred carloads annually shipped to juice factories.
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Kansas City
Ohio
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Middle West
New York-Pennsylvania
Michigan
California
Mississippi- Missouri River
Wibitaries
Concord
Ian
Savsouii
Arkansas
Prune Growers Hear Demand In Walla Walla Sale
Wr R Parvin, sales manager of the Valley Prune Growers Association, reports demand for prunes is active as sales begin moving from Kansas City toward nearer consuming centers. He notes the association aims to set prices to spur immediate purchases and that early sales are satisfactory for growers, jobbers, and the public.
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Wr R. Parvin
Walla Walla
Valley
Parvin
Kansas City
Archie Pratt Resigns Over Nervous Breakdown in California
A wire from Simons Shuttleworth and French Co. reports Archie M. Pratt, general manager of the Associated Growers in Vernon British Columbia, has resigned due to a nervous breakdown and returned to California. Pratt, a prominent fruit industry figure, previously led Mutual Orange Distributors. His illness saddens friends nationwide.
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New York
Simons
Shuttleworth&* French Co
Archie M. Pratt
Associated Growers
Vernon
B. C
California
August Sweet Potato Crop Report Summary
The August report records U S sweet potato production with estimates in bushels. It notes a large volume across states and mentions year over year figures, including a high total near 109 million bushels and comparisons to prior periods.
Cantaloupe Market Receipts Run Around Ten Years
Market notes indicate cantaloupe receipts in Texas and New Mexico showing around ten years. Local growers report steady demand and prices fluctuating with harvest yields in the region.
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Texas
New Mexico
1000 CARLOADS Last Year and Market Prices
1 000706 reports about freight and fruit prices with figures on cantaloupes Maryland Delaware Western stocks and the outlook for Lawton Michigan grapes. It notes about 6 200 cars and a state production near the 5 000 percent mark with prices from 1 50 to 2 75 per crate and down payments around 1 000. The piece mentions shipments, seasonal shifts, and contracts tied to juice factories and shipping associations.
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Maryland
Delaware
Chicago Grapes Futures Report Shows Cautious Market
Chicago juice grape operators report a dampened futures market with eager buyers scarce. Distributors hesitate to book orders unless a $1,000 per car deposit is offered, mirroring caution after 1922 losses. Michigan crop appears similar to 1922, with limited sales and prices quoted on an unlided lug basis.
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Chicago
Cadot
Chicago Territory
Avas
Indictment Men Face Fraud Charge Linked to Shipments
Jacksonville officials announce a federal grand jury indictment against N. Geraci C W Schmidt Wood R B Wood and Frank D Durst over a 1920 conspiracy to defraud the United States by filing false damage claims against Atlantic Coast Line freight. The four bonded $1000 each for later court hearing.
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Jacksonville
Fla
N. Geraci
C. W. Schmidt
Wood Ara
Frank D. Durst
Tampa
United States
Atlantic Coast Line
United States Railroad Administration
Geraci
Wood
Durst
Schmidt
Bond
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Ives
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Moore
Lawton
Mich
Michiga
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