Potatoes From Dade County Ready To Start Early This Season
Dade county reports indicate the Red Bliss potato crop will begin moving to market next week signaling the start of Florida's early Irish potato season. Weather favors quality though moisture shortage reduces yield. acreage is down about 20 percent from last year, with government estimates at around 7,000 acres in the region.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County
Florida
South Dade
South Florida
Annual report of Horace Herris series notes crisis in fruit distribution
Washington January 27 Horace Herr is secretary of the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors presents the annual report at Norfolk Virginia. He warns that crises in marketing perishables persist as an emergency business and cites growing indifference among independent distributors as a dangerous threat to the industry. The report signals a planned continued discussion in a later page.
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Washington, D. C
Horace H. Herr
National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Distributors
Norfolk
Ionge
National League
Meal Expected at Southern Agricultural Workers Meeting
W G Meal head of the fruit and vegetable division USDA Washington is expected at the opening of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers convention in New Orleans at the Roosevelt hotel February 1 to 3. State commissioners and other officials are expected, with attendance likely well over 1 000 delegates. This is the 40th annual convention and organizers anticipate a strong session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Meal
Southern Meeting
New Orleans
United States Departent of Agriculture
Washington, C
Association of Southern Agricultural Workers Convention
Roosevelt Hotel
Neal
Wells A. Sherman
State Commissioners of Agriculture
FSCC Starts Buying Florida Citrus Fruit
Lakeland January 27 FSCC began purchases of Florida citrus with government plans to buy 100 carloads of oranges this week. Government paying 60 cents per one and one fifth bushel bag for No 2 or better fruit sized 288s or larger. A $10 million fund funds first and second grade fruit to divert poorer grade fruit from markets to reduce surpluses.
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Lakeland
Fila
Florida
FSCC
Industry convention highlights and citrus policy notes
Industry problems are aired at United convention and Florida citrus talk dominates. Reports cover potato stocks, grapefruit, onions, and celery. progress on advertising bills, wage laws, and branding. notable deaths and leadership changes. and forthcoming state marketing efforts across California, Florida, New Jersey, and Michigan with regional shortages and prospects shaping policy.
Frost Damages Crops in South Florida Area
Jacksonville Fla Jan 27 frost damaged young vegetables in southern Florida with Pahokee Belle Glade hardest hit about 50 percent impact on peas beans and tomatoes. Lake Okeechobee area suffered most while hardier crops escaped substantial harm and shipments may be delayed briefly.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Lake Okeechobee
Pahokee
Belle Glade
South Bay Lake Harbor
Pompano
Potato stock totals on January 1 compare with 1938 levels
Reports from 37 states show merchantable potatoes on hand January 1, 1939 at 100,806,000 bushels, 11 percent below the 1938 level of 113,165,000 and 4 percent below the five year average of 105,369,000. Stocks by region and state groupings are detailed, noting higher losses in late blight affected areas and variable yields across the 1938 growing season. Entailed are figures for 18 surplus late states, 12 other late states, seven intermediate states, and comparisons to prior year totals.
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Washington, D. C
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Julius Zentner to Be Honored on 75th Birthday
Invitations issued by A. Levy and J. Zentner Company announce a February dinner at the Palace Hotel San Francisco for Julius Zentner president of the firm and a pioneer Pacific coast produce dealer. Prominent government trade leaders will attend as Zentner is celebrated for rising from humble beginnings to prominence in commerce. He arrived in San Francisco in the early 1880s worked for six dollars then eight dollars weekly before leaving to chase a Portland trade boom.
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A. Levy & J. Kent Company
Digner
San Francisco
Calif
A. Levy & J. Zentner Company
Julius Zentner
Palace Hotel
Zentner
Pacific Coast
Horatio Algier
Portland
Zentner Cohen Company Becomes San Francisco Fixture
After two years in retail, a move to wholesale drew him to San Francisco. He founded Zentner-Cohen Company, then left the picture as J. Zentner Company anchored Front and Washington streets. A. Levy also prospered nearby as the item continues on Page 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bay City
Zentner-Cohen Company
Mr. Cohen
Zentner Company
Front
Washington Streets
A. Levy
Jury Favors Seaboard in Onion Storage Suit
A New York Supreme Court jury found for the Seaboard Terminal & Refrigeration Company in the case brought by Benjamin Coldstein Company Inc as receivers and commission merchants of onions and potatoes. The verdict awarded LA and accepted a defendants counterclaim related to a block of 22 cars of Oregon onions stored in February 1938, with removal in April.
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Seaboard Company
New York
Pecora
Supreme Court of New York
Benjamin Coldstein Company, Inc
Seaboard Terminal & Refrigeration Company
Seaboard
Oregon
Seaboard Terminal
Late Cabbage Stocks Reach 73 340 Tons on Jan 1
Washington January 27 Stocks of cabbage on January 1 1939 in the late northern states are estimated by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics to total 73 340 tons. Holdings are over double the low a year ago and about the same as January 1 1936. New York and Wisconsin accounted for 92 percent of the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
New York
Wisconsin
Tropical brand potatoes and tomatoes ship from Florida
Goulds Florida January 27 Tropical brand Red Bliss potatoes and Tropical brand tomatoes are starting to move to market. F C Peters of F C Peters Inc Dadday watches packing and loading for markets. Peters reports good crop appearance and plans steady supply through the season with brokers advertising nationwide in The Packer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Peters
Peters
Red Bliss
Texas Grapefruit Prices Under McDonald Plan Unsettled
In Harlingen on January 27 the grapefruit situation in Texas remained unsettled as packing plants closed or ran on minimal orders to meet McDonald plan minimums of ten dollars per ton for Marsh seedless and fifteen for pink seedless. W D Woodruff, appointed to administer the plan, vows prosecution for violations with penalties from fifty to five hundred dollars and ten days to six months in jail per day of offense. A Texas committee met in Florida to seek a fair price level, while grapefruit shipments decline and track holdings are expected to drop by early next week, aiding a forecast on the plan’s effectiveness.
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Harlingen
Tex
Texas
W. D. Woodruff
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Texas Committee
F. B. Holland
Mission
Carl Vandervort
Weslace
W. R. Montgomery
Edinburg
C. E. McCormick
Haringen
McDonald
Florida
Kill Measure Aimed at Washington Apple Trade
Olympia Jan 27 The horticultural committee killed the bill to abolish the State Apple Advertising Commission and began a drive for a measure to curb cull apples. The proposal would tax infested culls, require inspection at $1 a ton, restrict non-infested cull shipping to wooden baskets, and tax each basket 6e, aiming to make marketing culls uneconomical.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
State
Apple Advertising Commission
Vote on Florida Citrus Pact Late This Month
Lakeland Florida January 27 report says the referendum on the Florida citrus marketing agreement presented by Secretary Wallace will occur late this month. The pact would control shipments by grade and size and is expected to be accepted with enforcement machinery set promptly.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Wallace
Industry problems mark United Fresh convention in Los Angeles
The 35th annual United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association convention opened in Los Angeles with speakers urging honest, courageous discussion of industry problems. Free-form talks bypassed prior censorship, leading to blunt exchanges as delegates faced challenges and a fighting mood.
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Los Angeles
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association
William Wagner
Wagner
Special Trains Carry Crowds to United Meet
The Preal ent a Special in honor of W E Anderson president of the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association arrived in two 14 car sections at 8 p m, ahead of time despite a heavy train. The trip from Kansas City and Chicago proved a complete success with receptions in St Louis Fort Worth and Carlsbad New Mexico.
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Los Angeles
W. E. Anderson
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Biltmore
Kansas City
Chicago
Wabash Railway
St. Louis
St. Louis Fruit & Produce Association
Jefferson Hotel
Eri. H. Sellmeyer
Ralph B. Clayberger
Philadelphia
Fort Worth
Gus Hahn
Carlsbad
N. M
Phoenix
No Packer reps avoid aggressive lobbying at LA convention
Los Angeles January 27 delegates at the United Fresh Fruit and Vege table Association convention were not targeted by The Packer reps. The Packer denies soliciting subscriptions or pressuring attendees in the lobby at the Biltmore hotel. The paper emphasizes service to the industry and welcomes subscribers but declines intrusive sales pitches at conventions.
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Los Angeles
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Biltmore Hotel
Packer
United States
Social program 7 outstanding one in every detail
Los Angeles welcomed the United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association with lavish hospitality as about 500 delegates toured Hollywood and Warner Brothers studios. Tony Arena’s committee drew 1,200 to a Cocoanut Grove dinner dance, then many explored city venues before a late-night return to hotels. The President's Breakfast followed on Wednesday.
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Cocoanut Grove
Biltmore ‘Hotel
W. E. Anderson
Charles BE. Jandt
American Fruit Growers Inc
Los Angeles
Devauche
Opelousas, Sr
California
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association
Biltmore Galleria
Hollywood
Warner Brothers Studio
Cocoanut ‘Grove
Tony Arena
Expect Much Good to Result From Gathering
Los Angeles Jan 27 An awakening industry aware of its place in the larger business picture. A trade shedding old methods for newer, sounder ones. A group of men united to act, not merely discuss, at the 35th annual United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association convention opening at the Biltmore hotel. Childish words, perhaps to veterans, mark the scene as merchants seek maturity.
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Packer
Los Angeles
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Biltmore Hotel
Leve
Eastern Commission
New Officers Named for Appleton Fraternal Group
New officers were elected with S. M. Cohodas as President in Appleton Wisconsin and C R Godding as Treasurer in Chicago. The group includes H B West as Sergeant at Arms and an advisory board with G N Smith Minneapolis W E Anderson Topeka N K Evans Los Angeles R Judkins New Orleans J G McCarrick Robestown O D Miller Phoenix E J Gilbert Yakima Joe Marguleas San Francisco George A Marsh St. Louis. The article notes longstanding family ties and a strong California fruit and vegetable shipping industry presence at a Los Angeles meeting where leaders outlined practical solutions to industry problems without defaulting to committees. The discussion featured E L Markel Perrin Miller and Mark Yeckes among others. debates centered on chain stores and taxes. (Continued on Page 20.)
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S. M. Cohodas
Appleton
Wis
C. R. Godding
Chicago
H. B. West
Dea Moines
G. N. Smith
Minneapolis
W. E. Anderson
Topeka
Kan
N. K. Evans
Los Angeles
R. Judkins
New Orleans
J. G. McCarrick
Robestown
Tex
O. D. Miller
Phoenix
Ariz
Billhess
California
E. L. Markel
Mark Yeckes
Perrin Miller
George J. Schulte
Perrin Miller Seeks Dumping Method Of Distribution
Perrin C. Miller executive vice president of Albert Miller & Co. spoke at the United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable convention in Los Angeles on the dumping process and its application to the produce industry. He noted irony in the topic and defined dumping as throwing goods on the market in quantity regardless of price, and promised to compare current marketing methods with this concept. Continued on page 10.
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Los Angeles
Perrin C. Miller
Albert Miller & Co
Chicago
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association
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South Dade County
Annual Report OF
Iy Herris
Florida Citrus Fruit
Jin News
United Convention
Herr
National League of Great Interest
F.C. Peters
W. G
Southern Agricultural Meeting
ERC
Washington State
Florida Citrus Pact
Jesus W. Tapp
Michigan
Utah Horticultural Society
William P.renney
Great Northern Railroad
Association of Southern Agricultural Workers
Charleston County
South Carolina
Ancien B. Riley
Cincinnati, Co
L. Fitch
Maine
New Jersey
Baltimore Fruit & Produce Association
Canada
Produce Credit Association
New’ York
Benjamin Balish
Yakima Valley
Pittsburgh
Cooperman & Checker
Cincinnati
Louisiana
San Luis Valley
Laredo
Imperial Valley
Delta District
Georgia
Convention
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Horticultural Society
IF. C. Peters
Kaenett
Apple Commission
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Convention
Spirit OF
United Meet
United Convention Entertainment Committee
Convention of Association
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