Chicago Market Shows Firmer Citrus Prices This Week
The Chicago citrus market improved with firmer prices and active local demand. California navels and choice oranges rose, Florida Indian River tangerines steady, Louisiana Satsumas quoted. grapefruit prices up 75 cents to a dollar with lighter offerings. Lemons steady and squashquat prices unchanged amid moderate demand.
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Chicago
California
Florida
Indian River
Louisiana Satsumas
Easier Market on Apples in Chicago Delivers No Big Change
The Chicago apple market shows no improvement this week with demand moderate and heavy supplies keeping prices easy. Barrels and Western boxes lose several cents across varieties while some midweek gains fail to recover last week’s levels. quotes list numerous varieties with mixed declines and many at reduced rates.
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Chicago
Rome
Twenty Ounce
Rome Beauties
Greenings
Baldwins
Hubbardstons
York Imperials
Ben Davis
Ganos
Starks
Golden Russets
Decayed
Jonathan
Spitzenberg
Grimes Golden
Delicious
Newtown
Minneaplis Street Notes Convention Trips Begin
T. K. Boyer and George Neally of Boyer-Sicard Co leave for St. Louis to attend a convention and plan to visit Chicago next week. Jesus Rochat of J Be Rovthat&C o and Mrs. Rochat will join the Chicago meeting and then go to Colorado Springs for the Western Fruit Jobbers convention. H A Hopkins will attend the Chicago convention. The Gamble-Robinson Co held a meeting of their branch managers this week.
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Minneapolis Street
T. K. Boyer
George Neally
Boyer-Sicard Company
St. Louis
Chicago
Jesus Rochat
J. Be Rovthat&Co
Apples Beginning to Move
Apples are moving from storage houses in Grand Rapids Michigan with small volumes. The apple association shipped one carload last week at 140 per cwt with no larger sale reported.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Pennington Highlights Melon Convention In Macon
R Z Hy Pennington secretary of the Melon Distributors Association urges members to attend the February 11 12 convention at the Hotel Dempsey Macon Ga. He notes troubling melon prices freight issues and hopes for strong attendance from growers shippers railroads and officials with addresses from Plant Industry and Markets bureaus and a preconvention get together February 10.
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Evansville
Ind
R.zi Hy
Pennington
Melon Distributors Association
Macon
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Markets
Hotel Dempsey
Dempsey
Minnesota Potato Market Slips Despite Seed Stock Demand
The Minnesota potato market shows weakness with light wire inquiries and poor demand. Prices drift lower for seed stock and table stock remains steady with slight improvement in demand. Bliss Triumph seed tops at $2.50 per cwt while U S grade No 1 and red varieties range from $1.10 to $1.25 per cwt f o b Red River Valley.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Bliss Triumph
U. S
Shipping Point
Red River
Red River Valley
Bliss
New Firm Forms in Lincoln Lincoln II
The George R. Snook Company opens in Lincoln in the fruit and produce and wholesale grocery trade. George R. Snook, formerly manager of Hans-Lieber Grocery’s local branch in St. Louis, leads the firm as manager with W. E. Hodnett as secretary treasurer and directors J. A. Tabke N. H. Landauer T. E. McGrath.
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Lincoln
Lincoln, II
George R. Snook
Hans-Lieber Grocery Company
St. Louis
W. E. Hodnett
T. EB. McGrath
J. A. Tabke
N. Hb, Landauer
Piowaty Returns From South To Chicago
Carl Piowaty of M Piowaty & Co. returns from a month long Southern market tour. His firm has interest in substantial Southern acreage and he reports favorable prospects. He plans to stay in Chicago for a considerable time.
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Carl Piowaty
Chicago
M. Piowaty & 7
Sweet Potatoes Market Mixed in Chicago Trade
In Chicago on January 14 a slightly better tone appeared in the sweet potato market. Supplies were adequate for inquiries and trading was fairly active. Prices were generally unchanged except for a 10 to 15 cent advance on Tennessee hampers. Quoted: New Jersey $2.75 to $3. Tennessee $1.75 to $2. Illinois repacked $1.60 to $1.76.
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Chicago
Tennessee
Jersey
Illinois
Burlington Basket Chief Visits Chicago For Week
C A Florang of the Burlington Basket Company Burlington Ia spent the latter part of last week in Chicago making his headquarters with his cousin Clarence B Williams manager of the Chicago office of the C H Robinson Company.
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C. A. Florang
Chicago
Burlington Basket Company
Burlington
Clarence B. Williams
C. H. Robinson Company
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G. M. H. Wagner & Sons
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Wedge &Carter
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National Produce Bank
John W. Low RP
J. C. Mittelstadt
Tne
Alan
Wayne & ‘Low, Inc
Corn Exchange
Frank B. McCurley
East_Monroe
Aneetr Gfield
Illin
Packer
American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers’ Association
DAVIS
Continental and Commercial
Nat’l Bank
the Packer
R. H. Pennington
Anson An
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