Orderly Marketing Topic at Jobbers Annual Convention
Memphis hosts the 25th annual Western Fruit Jobbers Association meeting January 22 to 25 at the Peabody Hotel. West Coast and Chicago committees will discuss closer cooperation to improve orderly marketing of 300,000 cars of fruits and vegetables. Plans include entertainment for the silver anniversary and reports on shipper and receiver actions.
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Memphis
Western Fruit Jobber's’ Association
Janary
Peabody
W. T. Dardis
Florida Citrus Exchange
South Front Street
Tenn
Memphis Trade
West Coast
O. W. Schleussner
American Fruit Growers
Los Angeles
G. H. Groves
Chicago
Western Nebraska Frozen Potatoes Hit 1000 Cars
Reports from Morrill and western Nebraska indicate about 1000 cars of potatoes frozen beyond recovery with possibly another 500 lost to frosted stock. Field pits suffered heavy losses while some growers will sort for a few salvageable tubers. Despite frost, cellar potatoes mostly unscathed in solid houses. Seed demand rises from South Texas, Louisiana, and Florida as Alliance Hemingford district ships seed potatoes daily. Platte Valley table stock moves to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri with some to Tennessee and Illinois. Triumphs fetch 6 60 cash. total shipments exceed 2000 cars, with 2000 to 2500 more expected to ship through end of the deal.
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Morrill
Neb
Nebraska
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Alliance-Hemingford
Platte Valley
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Illinois
The Produce Packer weekly newspaper sample offer
A note announces The Produce Packer weekly edition focused on market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs, poultry, butter, hides, wool, and furs. It offers free sample copies upon request.
Demand slows for onions and potatoes in California
San Francisco reports little change in local and Stockton markets with slow demand and steady prices. Supplies are moderate and wire inquiry is light. Quotations show Stockton sacked round whites at 95 cents to 1.25 dollars, Netted Gems and Russell varieties ranging up to 2.00 dollars, while cold storage Stockton yellows list 3.25 to 3.65 dollars per 100-pound sack.
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San Francisco
Stockton
Washington
Idaho
Russell
Bakers
Oregon
U. S
Maine Seed Potato Shipments Down From Last Year
Pur chas es indicate slower Maine seed potato shipments with only 73 cars moved in the past week. Virginia has taken 250 cars this season versus 1,000 last year, while Florida and Long Island have also fallen short of prior totals. Analysts expect several states to buy more, but not enough to match 1928 levels.
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Virginia
Presqie Isle
Maine
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
Spaulding
Bliss
Long Island
North
South Carolina
Georgia
New Jersey
Winter Weather Pushes Cabbage Prices in Chicago Market
Chicago January 4 cabbage market trends upward as prices rise to 45.90 a hundredweight. Wisconsin weather slowed shipments and dealers report strong demand with many booked for the week. Market outlook hinges on further winter weather and new stock from Southern districts as operators monitor conditions.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
New Tariff Brews Optimism in Onion Market
Chicago traders report a bullish mood as a new tariff on imported onions goes into effect January 21. Prices hold steady with best quality yellows around 4.50 a barrel, while carrots expect demand to stay firm due to quality stock and limited selling pressure.
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Chicago
Unusually Heavy Advance Registration for Shippers Meet
Chicago reports record advance reservations for the 11th annual meeting of the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association to be held January 15 to 17 at Stevens Hotel. Plans include a get acquainted session, brokers and potato division meetings, a banquet, matinee for ladies, Gypsy Luncheon, and entertainment. Members urged to apply for certificates to secure lower railroad fares. address 1425 South Racine Avenue, Chicago.
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Stevens Hotel
Chicago
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
E. S. Briggs
Brokers
Fruit & Vegetable Brokers’ Association
American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Lake’ Shore
Stevens
Michigan Boulevard
Lake Michigan
South
Racine Avenue
Visiting Fruit Jobbers Arrive for Laredo Tour
Laredo hosts several hundred Western Fruit Jobbers Association members on January 30 and 31 after their Memphis convention. The group, with accompanying ladies, will travel a special train via New Orleans and Houston to Brownsville and the Lower Rio Grande Valley, then spend two days in Laredo touring citrus orchards and onion fields before heading to San Antonio and home.
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Laredo
Tex
Western Fruit Jobbers Association of America
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Houston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio
Sonora Poised to Export More Tomatoes and Fewer Peas
Washington reports preliminary Sonora crop estimates for 1928 29 show peas accounting for up to 60 percent of exportable perishables and tomatoes about 1 000 to 1 200 carloads. Yaqui and Guaymas valleys expanding while Mayo Valley acreage fell due floods in 1927. First exports to Nogales November 19 and peas December 6. Freight rate hikes on the Rio Mayo Railway could raise costs for producers later in the season.
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Washington, D. C
Sonora
Foreign Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Herbert 8. Bursley
Guaymas
Yaqui
Mayo
Mayo Valley
Yaqui Valley
Nogales
Rio Mayo
Bursley
Brokers' Meeting in Chicago to Be Largest Ever
Chicago January 4 The Fruit and Vegetable Brokers Association 12th annual convention will be one of the best attended. It starts at 9 30 am January 16 at the Hotel Stevens. A strong program is set with U S Department of Agriculture representatives discussing trade grades and the Produce Agency Act. Shippers are invited to attend.
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Chicago
Fruit & Vegetable Brokers Association
Hotel
Stevens
United States Department of Agriculture
Cincinnati Trade Ready For Delegates Speical Train To Atlanta
Cincinnati on January 4 reports the local trade expected to host delegates en route to the National League convention in Atlanta. A special train will transport President L. J. Keach on the trip, dubbed The President's Special, operating over Southern Railways.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Trade
National League
Atlanta
L. J. Keach
Southern Rail
Delegates to Atlanta Conveyed on The Presidents Special Train
The article lists numerous Cincinnati and other city delegates joining The Presidents Special train leaving January 7 at 9 30 p m for Atlanta to attend the convention. Delegates from Columbus Cleveland Muncie Indianapolis Louisville Detroit Chicago and more will ride, with preparatory entertainments including a Hotel Gibson dinner and dance. Names include Vincent Sanzone Jr C H Grote Charles Terhune J J Castellini C C Woodworth J Fries Philip Dreifus Walter Scott and many others.
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Cincinnati
Atlanta
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Gibson
Vincent Sanzone, Jr
Sanzone-Palmisano Company
C. H. Grote
Flatow, Riley & Co
Charles Terhune
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
C. C. Woodworth
The
Southern Railway
J. J. Castellini
Castellini-Com
Dioto
M. F. ‘Gandiote
Candioto
Charles A. Meyer
Louis Meyer
Meyer
Harry J. Price
I. N. Price & Co
Price
Mike Degaro
M. Degaro Company
Leon Friedlander
L. Friedlander & Co
Friedlander
Charles Leverone
John Fries
M. C. Fries & Sons
Philip Dreifus
Glas, Bloom & Co
Walter Scott
Scott & Geraci
Scott
William Féan
William Fean & Co
Columbus
Charles Flesch
Flesch Brothers
H. W. Jones
Muncie
Ind
L. J
Vegetable Shipments From the West Coast
Los Angeles January 4. Week ending January 1 reports Pacific coast shipments by region for celery lettuce cauliflower carrots cabbage spinach tea sweet potatoes mixed vegetables apples onions potatoes and more. Port of Nogales west coast Mexico shipments December 25 to 31 include tomatoes peas mixed vegetables chili peppers and string beans.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast States
California
Imperial Valley
Arizona
Central California
Oregon
Central
Southern
Idaho
Washington
Northern
Nogales
West
Mexico
Firm Lettuce Market in Imperial Valley
Brawley Calif January 4 Six hundred eighteen cars of lettuce have left the Imperial Valley since the season began with 367 shipped in the week ending January 1 The local price for crates of fours and fives is 226 to 236 a unit with some lower for ordinary quality Weather has been cold with a maximum of 62 and minimum of 32 Demand is moderate and the market firm.
Increased IK for Minnesota Spuds With Sales Limited
Minnesota potato trade reports active wire inquiries for seed and table carrots and Red River Valley spuds, yet buyers resist high prices. Farmers delay sales awaiting a government report on potato storage holdings, keeping top quality stock unsold. Weather cooler, shipments rise under carrier protection. state totals show Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin car counts.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Twin City
Carrot Potato Shippers
Red River Valley
F. O. B. Valley
Carriers Protective Service
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Better Potato Enthusiasts to Meet in Washington D C
Representatives from Kansas Missouri and Iowa will gather at the Continental Hotel Washington January 14 to push restoration of budget bill funding for USDA experimental potato seed breeding. Cobblers growers show special interest. event follows Iowa talks with Congressman Haugen at Northwood.
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Washington, D. C
Continental
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Haugen
Northwood
President's Special train draws many reservations
About 60 reservations had been made for the President's Special train to the Western Fruit Jobbers convention in Memphis. The train leaves Kansas City January 21 at 11 30 p m over the Frisco Lines. Dealers from many points will join in Kansas City or Springfield Missouri. A round trip fare of one and a half times the regular rate is offered for association members.
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Kansas City
Western Fruit Jobbers
Memphis
Graham Cooksey
Springfield
Improved Tone in Box Apples in New York
New York January 4 The box apple market shows improved tone this week though supplies remain heavy. Trading is active and prices firm with Rome beauties Jonathans Winesaps and Winter Bananas selling from 1.35 to 2.60 per box Delic ious and McIntosh 1.65 to 1.75. Fancy bar rel apples sell fair but light stock drags. Baldwins 2.75 6 Greenings 2.75 1 Spitzenbergs 3 7.50 Winter Bananas York Imperials Wealthies 3 5. McIntosh 5 to 12 Greenings 2.75 7 per barrel. Basket apples plentiful with Kings Romes 0.90 1.75. Greenings 1 to 2.25 McIntosh 1.50 3.75 Jonathan s Kings 0.90 1.75 Delicious up to 2 per bushel basket.
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New York
Rome
York
Rio Grande Valley Vegetable Movement Sees Light Shipment
Mercedes Texas January 4 The movement of vegetables from the Lower Rio Grande Valley remains light about 60 percent of last year. Expect shipments to stay light for 30 days as heavy frosts cut tomatoes beans eggplant peppers and squash. Cabbage beets and carrots available fresh. turnips greens and mustards in ample supply though aphids may trim future stocks. Rasults note 49 percent of grapefruit shipped and daily movement projected at 15 cars toward season end with improved fruit quality and packing shifts among plants.
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Mercedes
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Aphis
Ishes
Eppolito Brothers in Financial Difficulty in Buffalo
Buffalo dealers in fruits and tables face financial trouble with street reports estimating debts around $20,000. The store reportedly closed late last week amid the financial strain. Exports data show U S and Canada apple shipments for the week ending December 29 totaling 120 722 barrels and 85 641 boxes with year to date totals of 2 386 105 barrels and 6 705 906 boxes.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Eppolito! Brothers
New York
United States
Canada
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Optimistic Plant City strawberry crop forecast at 5 million quarts
Plant City growers project a 1925 season yield of about 5,000,000 quarts, up 50,000 from last record. A drenching drizzle ended drought fears and boosted fruit to meet holiday trade, with shipments starting strong at 2 to 2.25 per quart and midwinter prices high before expected declines. Plant City ships first winter berries and yields 2,500 to 3,000 quarts per acre, turning idle land into cash.
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Plant City
Fla
Fiekee
Beldom
Pre-Season Advances To Growers Topic At League Meeting
Washington dispatch reports start ling data on pre season advances to growers shippers and distributors to gain business. Earl R French executive secretary of the New York Food Marketing Research Commission discusses surveys at the Atlanta convention. Borah licensing and Summers voluntary registration bills will be analyzed with emphasis on possible near term enactment. Merle Thorpe editor Nation’s Business and Cornell University professor outline themes on efficiency and market culture. Rasmussen and French present data critical to the trade as convention coverage continues on page 18A.
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Washington, D. C
Earl R. French
New York Food Marketing Research Commission
E. L. Roberts
League
French
New York
Atlanta
Roberts
Congress
Merle Thorpe
Nation's Business
United States Commerce
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Thorpe
Messrs. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Severe Florida freeze devastates bean crop areas
Wires to New York report a severe Florida freeze last week damaging beans and peas across the Everglades districts. Canal Point, Pahokee, Clewiston and Moore Haven show up to 90 percent bean losses, with peas and cabbage less affected. Warm-ground patches near canals or lakes yield small recoveries. harvests delayed, seed costs at eight dollars a bushel, overall losses running into thousands.
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New York
Florida
Robert T. Cochran & Co
Everglades
Canal Point
Moore Haven
Clewiston
Lower East Coast
Palm Beach
Fla
Pahokee
South Bay
Chosen
Western Canada Fruit Jobbers Cancel This Year Convention
Winnipeg Canada January 4 Notice to members from the Western Canada Fruit Jobbers Association says the annual convention will not be held this year. An executive meeting will be held at Regina around February 1 to handle matters and set the date for the next annual meeting.
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Western Canada
Winnipeg
Canada
Western Canada Fruit Jobbers’ Association
Regina
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Erie Ae
Calif
Brokers’ Meeting
National League Convention
Henry
Eppolito Bros
Apple
Plant City, Fla
New York Food Marketing Research Council
Rasmusseya Speaker
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