Best Peach Crop in Years Estimated in Romney Area
Romney West Virginia July 10 It is estimated that over 1000 acres of peaches will move from Romney and nearby points along the B and O main line. About 200 cars will come from Springfield and more than 600 cars will be loaded in Hampshire County. The yield comes from increased acreage with many varieties. Major shipments include Carmen Elberta Salway Brocke and Crawfords. Freight service to Jersey City will be 18 cents a basket.
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Romney
W. Va
Green Springs
Hardy
Grant Counties
Springfield
Hampshire Southern
Carmen
Elberta
Salway
Brocke
Crawfords
Salwey
Delaware
Middle Sacta
Armour Car
Hentod Keyser
Green Spring
Jersey City
Noe
Roney Mountain
Chicago Butter Market Faces Steady Demand Amid Mixed Receipts
Chicago July 10 Demand held steady with extras and ends drawing attention as medium grades stayed steady. Butter prices showed little change despite sufficient receipts. creamery extras at 26 1 4 c, extras 25 25 1 2 c, firsts 22 1 2 24 c, seconds 20 3 4 22 c. California vegetables shipments reach 4 1 2 cars through July 7. Federal inquiry into Western cantaloupe exchange resumed with no major developments.
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Chicago
Cuunu
Chisago
Chicago Egg Market Hits Limited Desirable Stocks
The Chicago egg market reports poor quality receipts this week due to heat, with fine eggs scarce. Early week arrivals were heavier than last week but on par with a year ago, and storage packed stock held steady with firm demand for select lots. Volume and prices varied by grade with April firsts and Wisconsin state lots drawing interest.
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Chicago
Associated Warehouse
Iowa
Wisconsins
Dakotas
C. Tuesaday
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Chicago Green Fruit Auction Reports Vibrant Midweek Prices
The Chicago Green Fruit Auction Company and Central Fruit Auction Company tallied strong demand for deciduous fruits from California and the northwest. Prices rose for peaches, plums, prunes, pears, cherries, and seedless grapes as multiple carloads sold with notable per-box averages and solid overall volumes.
Poultry Auction Stung by Debts in New York
David B. Bartlestone, a live poultry trader once active on Delaney Street, failed for 4500 this week and owes about 20000 to shippers and the Live Poultry Auction Company. He disappeared in 1910, faced a bankruptcy petition, returned to work in moving pictures, and later sought credit in poultry again without securing it.
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New York
David B. Bartlestone
Live Poultry Auction Company
Bartlestone
Delaney Street
Auust
Harry J. Richards
Baltimore
Barrestone
Apple Averages Point to Big U S Crop in 1915
The Department of Agriculture reports crop averages up to July 1 indicating a heavy apple production in 1915. The nationwide average trails 1912 by 3.7 percent but exceeds 1913 by 4.8 percent, with major apple states showing higher averages than in 1912 or 1913 except for a few. Drought last year affected July estimates, a factor to consider in comparisons.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolin
South Carolin
Georgia
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
Dakota
Ebraska
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Cabbage Crop Estimate Shows 81 Percent Yield
The Agricultural Department reports the national cabbage crop on July 1 at 81.4 percent of normal, down from 89.0 percent two years earlier. Winter cabbage producing states are expected to yield well, despite drought impacts a year ago after the July report.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
US crops above ten year average on July 1
US crops on July 1 were about 14 percent above the ten year average. The report lists specific crops above and below the average, with figures for pears alfalfa lemons oranges grapes hops sugar beets broomcorn cantaloupes and more.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Fruit Market Prices Report from New York July Sale Notes
The page lists daily car counts and prices for California deciduous fruits in New York in July. Plums prunes peaches pears and apricots show varied per crate and per box pricing with multiple cultivars such as Tragedys Climax Purple Duane Burbanks Wicksons and Crawfords across four days. Prices include per crate ranges from about 35 to 135 cents and Bartlett pears boxes from about 2.35 to 3.50 dollars.
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California
Climax
Santa Rosa
St. Johns
St. Johnna
Tradys
California Reds
Duanes
Burbanks
Simons
Crawfords
Grand Dukes
Wicksell Shugtons
Potatoes rise high then fall on Virginia market
Virginia potato shippers see peak prices as shipments surge in New York markets. By midweek receipts thin and prices drift, with Monday opening at 4.25 rising to 4.75, then dropping to 3.75 4.25 as heavy rail and boat arrivals flood the market. Chicago citrus auction reports strong per box prices for California oranges and Sicily lemons at the Green Fruit Auction Co.
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New York
Virginia
Chicago
Citrus Fruit
Chicago Green Fruit Auction Co
Narasimo
Circus
California
Overland
Sicily
West Virginia
Pacific Fruit Company
Harry Joynes
Imperial Valley
Kansas City
Mr. Crutchfield
Pacific Fruit Packing faces involuntary bankruptcy in Los Angeles
Creditors claim liabilities around 95 000 and assets near 40 000 as the Pacific Packing Company and its reorganization Pacific Fruit Packing Company close doors. DiGiorgio interests led large advances and a failed reorganization followed a Atlantic Fruit Company shake up, leaving creditors waiting for payment.
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Los Angeles
Old Pacific Packing Company
Pacific Fruit Packing Company
DiGiorgio
Fanning- Charters Fruit Distributing Company
Atlantic Fruit Company
Joseph DiGiorgio
Fanning-Charters Fruit Distributing Company
DiGiorgio Syndicate
California Citrus
Calfornia Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Atlantic
Wolworth
Pacific Company
John F. Howard
California Pine Box Company
California
New York Butter Market Opens Quietly Prices Slip
Butter trading opens in New York with quiet activity and price declines amid post Fourth of July sluggish demand. May 1 to last week receipts reach 617,242 tubs, up from 603,467 a year before, with weekly and daily intake figures and varying prices across creamery extras, firsts, and pack stock. Shipping orders improve late week as speculative demand picks up and No 2 current make remains sought at 18 to 27 cents. California citrus and Imperial Valley cantaloupe shipments listed with cars shipped and daily totals through July 7.
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New York
Arrest of Harry Joynes Triggers Chicago Case
In Chicago a man linked to North American Produce Company and Pittsburgh potato speculator Harry Joynes was arrested on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses. He allegedly issued freight payments by check and later stopped payment, with his melons tied to unpaid freight and peddlers left unpaid. The case, involving railroad shipments and multiple incorporators, follows Joynes’ earlier failures in Pittsburgh.
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Chicago
Harry Jaynes
Pittsbrugh
North American Produce Company
Harrison Street
Chicago and Eastern Uliots Railroad
Joynes
Jaynes
W. D. Goodwin
Cora A. Duncan
Goodwin
Pittsburgh
Storage Butter and Eggs New York July 1 Holdings Report
The Associated Warehouse report shows butter and eggs in 46 large cold storage houses on July 1. Eggs total 2,900,500 cases in gooiers, butter 42,984,900 pounds, with fluctuations from earlier periods and notes on increases. Also reports lighter poultry offerings in Chicago with varied quotes and daily receipts affecting prices.
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New York
Associated Warehouse
Capes
Une
Fewer Cantaloupes Received as Chicago Market Rises
Chicago market notes lighter receipts easing a slump and lifting prices for cantaloupes. California standards moved at 2.25 to 2.50, ponies at 1.25 to 1.30, flat crates at 1.00, Georgia pink meats struggled, Illinois baskets sold 0.25 to 0.50, Arizona arrivals showed standards 8.0 to 8.25 with ponies 2.25, and overall quality was high though some crates were slightly green.
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Chicago
California
Arizona
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