Chicago Vegetables Market Sees Mixed Week on Demand
Prices on green vegetables were irregular with demand about normal. Supplies plentiful. cold snaps may boost activity before holidays. Artichokes and celery steady to firmer, wax beans poor quality, California crates of fancy stock around 2.50 to 3.50, tomatoes steady as shipping season opens amid moderate trading.
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Chicago
Louisiana
Florida
Texas
California
Michigan
Virginia
Arizona
Idaho
Floridas
Mexico
Cuba
Slow Demand in Minneapolis Fresh Fruit Market
Minneapolis, Minn. Dec. 11 dealers report slow demand for most fresh fruit and green vegetables this week. Activity higher early in the week, with liberal supplies and little price change. Apples steady with several varieties priced per barrel or box. bananas, lemons, limes, and oranges show modest shifts while cranberries and grapes are noted in sawdust or loose form.
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Minneapolis
Minn
New York Baldwins
New York Kings
New York
Missouri Winesaps
Ben Davis
Howe
Basyet
Vegetables Prices From Market Report
Market quotations show beets and carrots around $1 per dozen, parsley $1.10 a dozen, head lettuce $1.26 a dozen or $5.40 a crate, and potatoes at $3.50 per cwt with bakers at $4. Cabbage about $4.50 per crate, cauliflower $2.75 per crate, celery $6.50 per crate, tomatoes $3.325 a lug and $0.50 a crate, and spinach a crate $4.50. Green beans scarce, cucumbers $3.25 per dozen, and onions varied by variety.
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Mint
Washington
Minnesota
Only Best Apples Return a Profit to Growers Are Told
Grand Rapids Mich Dec 11 At the Michigan State Horticultural Society convention Secretary H D Hootman demonstrated how apple prices break down from grower to consumer Using a basket of 150 apples he showed Duchess fruit in Chicago last summer sold at 6c a pound or 1 50 per bushel He audited costs from picking to retailer urging growers to focus on high value varieties and better care to boost profits He advised pricing not less than 8c per pound and to discard poorer varieties while improving packing and distribution.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan State Horticultural Society
Michigan
H. D. Hootman
Hootman
Chicago
Twelfth Street
Hoodman
Chicory Grow Here Expands in Michigan Saginaw Valley
Bay City Michigan December 11 Five thousand acres in the Saginaw Valley are devoted to chicory production The crop sells for six dollars a ton Chicory was introduced to Michigan about sixty years ago but never before was as extensively grown The crop is sold to coffee dealers.
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Michigan
Bay City
Mich
Saginaw Valley
Michigan potato market shows stronger undertone in Michigan
Grand Rapids reports a firmer market with shippers advancing paying prices to farmers to 2.50 a bushel and wagon loads at 1.50 to 1.80 a bushel. Daily state shipments remain light while frost-free fields and improved market outlook after November support cautious optimism. Apples and other vegetables show mixed movement as prices hold steady or rise slightly, with cabbage firm and onions around 2.60 a cwt.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
M C Coggins Visits in Chicago Wednesday
M Coggins, connected with M W Lorch Inc, spent Wednesday in Chicago visiting colleagues. He has spent the past two months in Indiana onion producing district, working in the trade.
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M. C. Coggins
Chicago
Ill
M. C. Codging
M. W. Lorch, Inc
Speed
Coggins
Indiana
Death comes to Miss Clara H Walde Chicago Ti
Clara H Walde a partner in Walde England carrot distributors died after a two year illness. She helped found the firm in 192% and earlier served as secretary to J G Scovorn for six years. Survived by siblings Elizabeth Smith Clinton Emma Wolfe and Harry Walde among others. Funeral held in Chicago then interred in Clinton Indiana. Roy Klotz becomes partner in the firm.
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Chicago
Clara H. Walde
Walde
Walde & England
J. G. Scovern
North Menard Avenue
Walde & England I
Roy Klotz
Miss Walde
Clinton
Misa Walde
Anton Walde
Elizabeth Smith
F. J. Sten
Charles Walde
Emma Wolfe
Los Angeles
Harry Walde
Lake Wales
Fla
Some Apple Varieties Produce More Culls Than Others
Hast Lansing Mich Dec 11 Some apple varieties in Michigan yield more cull fruit. H P Gaston Michigan State College horticulture student studied four years of records. Baldwin ranks lowest for No 1, McIntosh yields most No 1. Oregon 79 21 rates cited. Main cull causes include size limb rubs stings scab bruises.
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Hast Lansing
Mich
Michigan
H. P. Gaston
Michigan State College
Baldwin
Gaston
King
Wagoner
Jonathan
Greening
Steele
Grimes Golden
Hubbardston
McIntosh
Oregons
Minnesota Potato Market Letter Summary Delays and Prices
A Minnesota University release outlines the November Potato Market Letter analyzing the August price spike, production forecasts, and price drivers. It notes a late crop yield boost, psychology of supply, and a forecasted Minneapolis St Paul price around 2.22 per cwt for September to May amid quality corrections.
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University Farm
St. Paul
New Jersey Giants
New York City
United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Potato Letter
F. E. B. Minneapolis and
Minneapolis and
BC berries profitable in 1925 figures noted in Creston area
Creston B C December 11 Berry growers expect about 80000 from 1936 crop final returns by Dominion fruit inspector Archie Fletcher show 25000 crates of strawberries and 3000 of raspberries shipped Wynndel Co operative Fruit Growers Association handled 18500 crates with rail cars delivering strong income near 3 per crate despite winter kill on Cuthbert.
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Creston
B. C
Valley
Dominion Fruit
Archie Fletcher
Wynndel
Co-operative Fruit Growers’ Association
Wyandel
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Champaign
DE Giorg! Brothers CO
Council Bluffs Iowa
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Wayne & Low—Mawgak
Vucuesete
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Shicago
J.C. Hole&co
Seavig
P. W. Coppersmith & CO
Peter W. Coppersmith
University of Minnesota
United States Department of Agriculture
U. S
Bureau of Labor Statistics Index
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