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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1929
Page
2
The Gourley Company received a car of white Bermuda onions from Mexico on Thursday the first car of new crop onions to reach the local market. Quality and size were good but no sales occurred as stock did not arrive in time for the morning market.
Chicago Jan 25 Ross Skelton will leave next Tuesday for Pittsburgh to enter the employ of American Fruit Growers Inc February 1 as district sales manager Eastern division. He brings more than 25 years in the trade with links to California Fruit Growers Exchange Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers and previously local manager at W. A. White Brokerage Company.
Milwaukee January 25 trade was moderately active as cold weather and a snowstorm slowed demand. Arrivals were liberal and prices eased on many items. California crates 3.50 to 3.76, Texas 3 to 3.25, onions firm, Wisconsin on track 1.05 to 1.15, Western Russets 2 to 2.15, lemons soft but navels scarce at 7.50 per box, apples steady, general movement fair with Lemons and beehamed prices noted.
Chicago January 26 Old cabbage prices fell late last week due to abundant Southern offerings and cold weather. Further declines continued this week with prices around 4.00 per hundredweight, while Wisconsin exports dropped about 15. Demand narrows to hand-picked sections as shippers struggle to compete with new Southern cabbage. New cabbage supplies are ample and movement slow.
Fargo Moorhead business leaders show support for the produce industry as elected officials and boards are announced. Ralph Gunkleman of Interstate Seed and Grain Company becomes Fargo Chamber president. J H Deems of Fairmont Creamery is named Moorhead Chamber president, succeeding Leo H Wright. New Moorhead board includes Wright, George L Walker, R A Gletne, J W Briggs, H L Harris, M E B Beck, and C I Evenson.
Kansas City January 26 H L Tyask of the United States Cold Storage Company was elected vice president in charge of the cold storage division and Ralph Wilkerson of the Empire Storage and Ice Company was made a director of the Kansas City Warehousemen’s Association The local group will send delegations to the American Warehousemen’s Association convention in Los Angeles January 25 to 29
Chicago buyers moved actively as a cold spell limited sidewalk displays and slowed deliveries. Supplies of greens remained heavy with prices largely steady, while Brussels sprouts and carrots showed firmer or steady trends. lettuce, beets, beans, broccoli, and celery faced varying demand. Prices ranged across crates, bushels, and hampers from California, Texas, Louisiana, and Michigan, with overall market softness in several items.
Prices for various greens and produce show light to moderate supplies with slow to steady demand. California, Texas, and Louisiana crates and bushels fetched a range of values from $0.50 to $7.00, with imports and homegrown stock noted, including endive, escarole, parsley, parsnips, and lettuce amid a generally weak to steady market.
Growers are urged to participate in the Potato Breeding Campaign led by C L Fitch Ames Iowa. The effort aims to develop smooth-eyed Irish Cobbler Green Mountain and Triumph mosaic resistant potatoes with funding approved by Secretary Jardine and agricultural committees. House support urged for Representatives Haugen and Dickinson to back the measure. Potatoes are commonly boiled though some are fried baked or grilled and eaten in various ways.
A historical note emphasizes preparing potatoes with skins, advocates steaming or minimal water to prevent disintegration, and urges educating home cooks, especially rural housewives, on better boiling methods to preserve quality and flavor. It laments peeling before serving and highlights cultural habits among American farmers and laborers.
Chicago January 25 members of the Food and Produce Desers Protective Association will hold their second annual grand ball at the Congress hotel on Saturday evening February 9.
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