Winnipeg fruit trade steady with varied wholesale prices
The Winnipeg market reports robust fruit sales with Washington apples at 3.50 to 3.75 per box and apricots in demand due to a BC crop failure. Watermelon prices about 5 cents a pound, strawberries and raspberries at 4.25 per case, bananas scarce at 9c a pound, and California cantaloupes 7 per standard case. Cabbage and tomatoes weak, with BC crates at 5 per crate and Mississippi tomatoes in poor condition.
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Sepint
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Postman Replaces Huckster in Rural Produce Experiment
Richmond Ind July 17 Postman on Rural Route B near 50 miles NE of town operates an experiment to deliver farm products directly to city addresses. Carrier B M Gay takes orders, collects goods, and delivers with half postage as compensation. Fruits vegetables berries poultry eggs milk cream are included. Washington backs this test to connect producer and consumer and keep deliveries fresh same day.
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Richmond
Ind
Here
Ohio
B. M. Gay
Post Office Department
Post Office
Washington
Watermelons Move Well in Heat with Strong Outside Demand
Chicago July 17 Supplies of watermelons were liberal as hot weather sparked a strong demand. Outside trade showed especially active inquiry from smaller markets around Chicago, while local demand lagged. Georgia and Florida Tom Watsons 23 lb averages brought 475 to 500 per car, 24 lb averages 460 to 475, 25 lb around 500, up to 600 per car for 30 lb stock. Thurmond Greys sold from 425 to 550 per car.
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Chicago
Georgia
Florida
Tom Watsons
Thurmond Greys
Survey to count peach trees by age and variety
A national survey by the U S Department of Agriculture aims to count peach trees on Michigan farms by age and variety to guide planting and provide crop estimates. W F Callander oversees the project with 2600 Michigan growers to receive questionnaires. 75 percent of growers are in Berrien Allegan Van Buren Oceana and Mason counties.
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Mich
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Verne H. Church of
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Virginia
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Mason
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Department Store Produce House Adairy Request
Ask COYNE BROTHERS at 119 W. South Water St Chicago Carlot House in a Carlot Town for market information on fruits vegetables butter eyes poultry honey broom corn and related goods.
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Chicago
Information flow to Washington on nursery stock data
Forwarded state reports will be sent to Washington for tabulation and results returned to states for publicity. The U S Department of Agriculture aims to release state reports in November and a complete bulletin by December, enabling growers to use the data when purchasing new nursery stock.
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Washington
United State Department of Agriculture
Fire blight appears in many Iowa orchards
Ames Iowa July 17 Apple blight or fire blight reported in Iowa per Dr I F E Methus plant pathologist at Iowa State College The bacteria affects leaves twigs and fruit turning them brown and drying It spreads from twig ends down the limb and current years growth is ruined Disinfect pruning shears with formaldehyde and burn infected parts Spraying not effective Blight overwinters in sun crab apple trees and injures pear trees more in warm wet June conditions
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Ames
Iowa
I. FE. Methus
Iowa State College
Methus
Apples May Need to Be Sprayed in Mid Summer
Lincoln Nebraska July 17 fall and winter varieties of apples face injury from the second brood of codling moth late July and early August experts from the College of Agriculture say spraying the trees again during the last ten days of July is advised. Lead arsenate mixed with lime sulfur solution or dry lime sulfur is recommended to prevent late scab and sooty blotch, increasing cost slightly but aiding fruit quality.
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Lincoln
Neb
College of Agriculture
Requeening Should Be Done Now in Iowa Hives
Hives requeened in fall enter winter with larger, stronger populations and reduced swarming. State apiarist F B Paddock of Iowa State College says to requeen about six weeks before first killing frost. Around Ames by August 15. farther north earlier. south, slightly later.
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Amer
F. B. Paddock
State Apiarist
Iowa State College
Ames
Cherry Harvest On At Traverse City Michigan
Traverse City Michigan July 17 The annual cherry harvest in Grand Traverse region is in full swing with more than 5000 workers employed. Canning factories are leading buyers as large quantities are shipped to markets in the Middle West and East. The season marks a strong fruit trade activity in the area.
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Traverse City
Mich
Grand Traverse
Middle West
East
Holland Canning to Pack 800 Tons Sour Cherries
The Holland Canning Company has contracted to pack 800 tons of sour cherries with about 700 tons already under contract in the Grand Traverse region. Two shifts of employees are now at work on cherries.
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Holland, Mich
Holland Canning Company
Grand Traverse
Onions at Knox Ind crop hit by wind damage
Knox Indiana July 17 onion crop outlook shows only about 20 percent of normal yield. Strong wind destroyed many fields and slight flooding in low lands worsened losses with few patches spared.
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Knox
Ind
Knox, Ind
Straw mulch boosts Greiner strawberry yield in Michigan
Martie Michigan July 17 A spring straw mulch paid local fruit grower T C Greiner a large dividend this season. He harvested over 600 dollars in berries from three quarters of an acre after spreading no second mulch in May. The straw preserved moisture and enabled a full crop on light soil despite a very dry spring and a freeze that damaged crops south of Grand Rapids.
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Martie, Mich
T. C. Greiner
Grand Rapids
Greiner
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