Heavy Supplies of American Apples on European Markets
Edwin Smith reports from London that barrel apples are abundant with prices easing. New York Rhode Island Greenings Virginia Winesaps lead values, while Liverpool and London prices vary for York Imperials Baldwins Greenings and Winesaps. Shipments of 4200 boxes on the Coriathie March 20 and 10000 on the Ballart April 1 are scheduled for Great Britain.
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New England
Great Britain
New York
Rhode Island
Greenings
Virginia
Edwin Smith
Department.of Agriculture
London
Baldwins
Virginia York
Oregon
Kings
York
Imperials
Starks
Newtowns
Wagnera
Manchester
Ben Davis
Glasgow
Antwerp
York Imperials
Chicago Potato Trade Steady Despite Quiet Holiday
In Chicago on February 25, trading in potatoes paused due to a holiday and reopened with slow demand. Dealers buy for actual need, prices steady from a week ago, and growers show weak confidence. Shipments since September run about 100 percent higher than last season, with Wednesday’s total at 186 027 cars. White potatoes slow. Russet Burbanks firmer. No 1 stock Idaho Russets quoted around 2.70 to 2.90.
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Chicago
U. S
Idaho Ruaseta
Local Grocer J Frank Alexander Declares Bankruptcy
Macon Georgia February 26 J Frank Alexander a local grocer and producer dealer files for bankruptcy listing liabilities of 2172 dollars and 84 cents and assets totaling 1496 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
J. Frank Alexander
Produce Packer free sample copy offered to shippers
The Produce Packer announces a separate weekly edition devoted to market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and furs. Free sample copies will be mailed upon request.
E S Hamilton Returns to Macon Refusing Statement
E S Hamilton former secretary treasurer of Bateman Freeman Produce Company was brought back from Beaumont Texas on no warrant for embezzlement. He refused to speak until consulting a lawyer as an auditor found an alleged $3500 shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Hamilton
Bateman-Freeman Produce Company
Beaumont
Tex
Southwest Texas Prepares for Another Big Onion Crop
Laredo Texas February 25 with favorable growing conditions the Southwest Texas onion belt is set for a large harvest. Webb County acreage stays about 3 300 acres while overall Rio Grande Valley plantings remain limited and many northern counties shift to onion plants. Government surveys place Bermuda onion acreage at 11 000 to 12 000 across the region with early harvests expected around March 20 and staged plantings ensuring steady shipping through the season.
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Laredo
Tex
Igat
Weel
Iis
Bouthwest
Texas
Webb
Jera
Apediatists
Bermuda
Rio Grande Valley
Raymondville
Trom Pai
Corpus Christi
Apple Vending Machines Improve Distribution Reach
Chicago February 25 Snapple Service Inc expands apple vending program to absorb more fruit. Machines display four varieties in glass slots with 6c or 10c sizes and hold 44 apples. Planners expect national network of distributors and contracts in major cities with daily apple usage nearing a box per unit. Headquarters at 4750 Sheridan Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Snapple Service, Inc
United States
Sheridan Road
California Lettuce Shipments Rise in Week Ended Feb 23
California lettuce shipments for February 17 to 23 totaled 1 462 cars, with 231 cars ordered for Thursday. Season total around 2 078 cars, about 1 600 more than last year. Rain damage and warm weather pushed growers to heavier cuts, markets show weakness, and no coordinated output control occurred.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Schultz
Who
Wea
Ind
Imperial ‘Valley
Arizona
Watsonville
Salinas
U. S
Venice
Mexico
California
Montreal business leader convalescing after operation
Howard U. Clogg of J. R. Cloge & Co and president of the Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers' Association is reported to be in a local hospital in Montreal after undergoing an operation about three weeks ago. He is listed as convalescing.
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H. U. Clogg
Montreal
Howard U. Cloge
J. R. Cloge & Co
Ind
Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers’ Association
Cloge
Mississippi Truck Crop Conditions Forecast by Government Report
Washington D C February 25 The Agriculture Department released a February 10 review of Mississippi truck crops noting tomato plants ahead of usual due to warm weather and an acreage potentially as large as ever Cabbage is average Peas are more advanced Beans will be planted in March Wax and green beans up as well as carrots beets and peppers with various first picker dates and larger acreages than last year
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Frost and Wind Damage Vegetables in Rio Grande Valley
In San Benito a hard wind and light frost damaged early beans potatoes tomatoes and cucumbers with about 25 percent loss. Brownsville reports 50 percent bean damage due to wind with vines stripped. crops delayed three weeks and potatoes and tomatoes harmed. Corpus Christi notes frost late last week caused some vegetable damage.
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Rio Grande Valley
San Benito
Brownaville
Tex
Corpus Christi
Citrus Fruit Prices in New York Market on Washington Birthday
New York on Washington’s Birthday saw no citrus auctions. Through the week 80 cars of California Navel oranges were offered with prices ranging from $3.50 to $6.50 for fancy stock and $3.50 to $5.10 for choice. Lemons showed irregular quality and prices declined 15 to 25 cents per box. best 300s at $3.15–$6.35, 360s at $3.76, with other grades lower. Porto Rican fruit receipts were heavier as grapefruits and oranges softened slightly, while Philippine pineapples strengthened.
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New York
Washington
California
Porto
Florida
Truck Crops Thrive In Indian River District
Fort Pierce Fla February 25 truck crop conditions in the Indian River section are favorable with warm early spring and crops planted progressing well. Early harvests are expected with Irish potatoes movement underway and beans peppers eggplant already moving. Tomatoes, normal to slightly over normal in acreage, should begin harvest around April 1 depending on weather in the next five weeks.
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Indian River
Fort Pierce
Fla
Rates Found Prejudicial in Arkansas Jobbers Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that rates on potatoes and vegetables from Colorado Idaho Montana Nebraska Wyoming and Utah to Arkansas and Louisiana were unduly prejudicial in the Arkansas Jobbers and Manufacturers Association versus Chicago Rock Island Pacific Ry Co matter. The commission ordered that prejudice be removed.
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Ark
Proposed Dumping Law Brings Stact Regulations
A bill to curb interstate farm produce loss passed both houses and heads to the president for signature. It requires accounting for all fruits vegetables melons dairy and poultry received by commission merchants and imposes fines up to 8000 dollars or a year in jail for dumping or false reporting. It authorizes certificates of quality as evidence in federal courts and sets enforcement by the Agriculture Secretary with authority to appropriate funds.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Justice
National League Plans Annual Merchants Dinner in Astor Grand Ballroom
New York February 25 The National League of Commission Merchants completes plans for its annual dinner at the Astor Grand Ballroom on Friday evening March 4. Attendance limited to about 600. NBC WEAF will provide talent and there will be no speeches. Most tables are already spoken for.
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New York
National League of Commission Merchants
Astor
National Broadcasting Company
WEAF
Melon Distributors Convene at Louisville April 8 9
The Melon Distributors Association plans its 13th annual convention at the Brown Hotel Louisville Kentucky on April 8 and 9. Florida Georgia Alabama and Carolinas represent about 85 percent of shippers with growing interest in spring meetings. Representatives from USDA Bureau of Plant Industry and Agricultural Economics and state departments are expected along with railroad officials.
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Evansville
Ind
Melon Distributors Association
Brown Hotel
Louisville
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau, of Agricultural Economics
R. H. Pennington
Tom Watson
Fortieri
Marken
Melon Association
Agricultural Department of the
United States
Agricultural Departments
New Brunswick Potato Movement Estimated Large
New Brunswick faces a potential export surge as Vice-Consul Johnson estimates 950 cars daily may be needed from January to July 1927 to move surplus potatoes. The projection suggests around 90 million bushels or 160000 cars over six months, possibly exceeding U S 1926 production. but figures may be erroneous and await government confirmation.
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New York
New Brunswick
Frederick C. Johnson
Washington, D. C
Johnson
United States
Apple Exports Rise Sharply in Week Ended Feb 19
Exports of apples from the United States and Canada reached 187 289 barrels and 302 380 boxes for the week ending February 19, far above the prior year's 44 432 barrels and 89 272 boxes. Year to date totals show 4 299 258 barrels and 6 231 596 boxes, compared with last year’s 2 536 860 barrels and 4 244 517 boxes.
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New York
United States
Canada
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Seed Potato Demand Mixed as Twin Cities Reports Activity
Twin Cities carrot potato operators report strong seed potato demand this week, driven by Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas buyers. Triumphs and Cobblers lead orders with prices around 2.90 per cwt, seed stock moving fast on cars. Red River Valley shows good demand but rough roads limit hauling. North Dakota shipments slightly down versus last year.
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North Dakota
Red River Valley
Minneapolis
Minn
Twin City
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkanasas
Red River
U Jes
F. O. B. Valley
Minnesota
Canadian Dumping Duty Canceled on Vegetables Except Potatoes
Valuations used as a basis for dumping duty in Canada are canceled for all vegetables except potatoes by order of the Minister of Customs and Excise. Potatoes retain a $2 per cwt valuation. shipments invoiced under this may face dumping duty up to 15 percent ad valorem or 30 cents per cwt.
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Washington, D. C
Canada
Minister of Customs and Excise
Department of Commerce
L. W. Meekins
Ottawa
McCauley Offers to Buy Able & Co. Creditors
In New York on February 25 at a creditors meeting of Bernard Able & Co. about $20,000 in claims were present. J M McCauley offered to buy the creditors accounts for 45 cents on the dollar with spot cash. The offer was accepted with the condition he could take over the Able & Co lease for the West and Franklin streets building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bernard Able & Co
J. M. McCauley
McCauley
Cauley
Abel & Co
West
Franklin Streets
Subscriptions Scam Notice by The Packer
A notice states a solicitor named Carl Eastman collected money for The Packer subscriptions but did not report the funds. The Packer asks for information on Eastman’s whereabouts and offers to pay for any tips, with contact through wire at their expense. Based in the Walsix Building, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Carl Eastman
Packer
Eastman
Packer Walsix Bldg
Kansas City
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Hull
E. S. Hamilton
Macon, Ga
Prospect
Webb County
Apple
National League
Melon Distributors
Territories
Twin Cities
Able & Co
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