Coyne and Wife Touring Europe Reach England
The Chicago office of The Packer reports D. J. Coyne and Mrs. Coyne are in England enjoying a European tour. Coyne, 61, recently sold his Coyne Brothers interests to his brother R. J. Coyne and now travels the world for several months. Also noted from Chicago: four to five carloads of new sweet potatoes arriving daily, with Southern stock selling at about $2.50 per hamper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Packer
D. J. Coyne
Michigan Beekeepers' Assn Set August Meeting Dates
Traverse City Michigan July 18 The annual meeting of the Michigan Beekeepers Association will be held August 6 to 7 followed by a tour of aviaries in Northern Michigan. One aviary holds 600 hives imported from the South another 300 hives shipped from Grand Rapids for summer. Honey crops will be light this season due to a backward spring, weakening colonies and reducing honey yields. Beekeepers plan to double up swarms to maintain bee strength.
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Michigan Beekeeper’s Assn
Traverse City
Mich
Michigan Beekeepers’ Association
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Nellis & Co to Distribute Pride of Horatio Cantaloupes
Chicago July 18. For the eighth consecutive season F B Nellis & Co will distribute Pride of Horatio cantaloupes packed under the Pride brand. Melons grown and packed by H C Pride of the Klondyke Fruit and Berry Association Horatio Ark. They will be packed in California standard and flat crates with red pine crates used. The firm will also handle Pride Arkansas peaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
F. B. Nellis & Co
Pride of Horatio
H. Co. Pride
Klondyke Fruit and Berry Association
Horatio
Ark
Pride
First Sweet Cherries Ship Out as Season Opens
The first car of Black Knights left for Detroit on Saturday marking the opening of the cherry shipping season here. The usual first shipments run from June 20 to July 1, but this year’s start is earlier. Canning factories in the Grand Traverse region plan to begin spur packs early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City
Mich
Black Knights
Detroit
Grand Traverse
Watermelon embargo on Chicago market
Chicago July 18 due to congestion on the C and E I track an embargo was set on further watermelon shipments to Chicago effective last Wednesday at midnight after 140 to 150 cans filled local team tracks and 800 or more cars in outer yards. Weather and abundant receipts from Florida Georgia Texas and Alabama created a buyers’ market with many melons blighted or inferior.
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Chicago
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
Inquire Into Number of Inspectors Needed
Lansing July 18 state administrative board delays 60000 for fruit and vegetable inspection while an inquiry sets to determine required inspector count. A committee to study the personnel needs was named. Officials believe the requested number can be reduced without harming efficiency or enforcement at the loading point inspection service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
State Administrative Board
Better Demand for Green Vegetables on Chicago Market
Warmer seasonable weather boosts demand across vegetables in Chicago markets. Beefing up receipts from St Louis and Louisville, celery and cabbage shift with homegrown stock pressuring prices. Cucumbers, lettuce, peppers and tomatoes show varied gains and declines as import and local supplies move through the week.
Piowaty Returns From Arkansas Canteloupe Districts
William J Piowaty of Piowaty Claussen Co returns from Arkansas where he spent days with W P Lane Jr. They distribute Buffalo Island cantaloupes and plan about 200 cars of Pollock 10-25 and 100 cars of Heart of Gold as the new movement begins in the season.
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Chicago
William J.piowaty
Piowaty-Claussen Company
Arkansas
W. P.lane, Jr
Buffalo Island
Rand
Plenaty-Claussen Company
Greenhouse Lease Secured by Gansbiller and Goodrich at Eaton Rapids
Lease of the Farrand greenhouse in Eaton Rapids, formerly run by the late T. A. Farrand, secretary of the Michigan State Horticultural Society, has been signed for three years by Joseph Gansbiller and Henry Goodrich of Charlotte Michigan.
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Charlotte, Mich
Joseph Gansbiller
Henry Goodrich
Eaton Rapids
G. C. Farrand
Farrand
T. A. Farrand
Michigan State Horticultural Society
Rates Found Unreasonable In Indiana to Chicago Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that Indiana to Chicago fresh fruit and vegetable carload rates, in the Public Service Commission of Indiana v B and O R R Co, were unduly prejudicial compared with Illinois to Chicago rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Indiana
Chicago
Ill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service Commission. of
Pea Harvest Begins in Scottville Area
The Scottville region reports the pea harvest starting this week with a crop best in five years. Pods filled well and vines are heavily set while previous years suffered from aphid damage and droughts.
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Scottville
Mich
Scotterville
Receipts and Prices Across Milwaukee Apple and Vegetable Markets
Milwaukee market notes show rising new apple receipts with prices $2.25 to $2.50 a bushel for Transpar ents, mixed fruit including Michigan cherries and currants with crates of 16 quarts at $1.50 to $1.75 and $2 to $2.50 respectively, steady grape fruit and lemons, light orange stocks with higher prices, peaches falling to $1.50 to $2.25 per bushel, pineapples at $5.50 to $7 per box, strawberries near end with poor quality, raspberries and blueberries limited with modest crates priced, cantaloupe well supplied at $2.40 to $2.50, and vegetables showing varied demand and prices across beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, cucumbers, peas, lettuce, onions, potatoes, spinach, and tomatoes with several price points cited.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Louisville
Illinois
California
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Washington
New York
Oh Aken
Seattle
Idaho
Oregon
Texas
Breen
Milwaukee
Wlehigats
Michigan Square
Utah News
Salt Lake City
Utah
Miner M. Justin
Agricultural ‘Statis ‘Tician
Justin
Fruit trade visitors visit Chicago from Mercedes Texas
Tnco and parties of UCarfiel and Weter grove, growers and shippers of fruits and vegetables at Mercedes Texas, were Chicago visitors early in the week. Dél Gourley declares the current week a national holiday and spends it in Northern Wisconsin casting an artificial bait while fish stories circulate. M N Stout, broker from Plant City Florida, in town with McCaffrey Brothers handling his account, recently came up from Tennessee. Joseph Becker of Detroit’s Becker Weil Company called on local trade. Sammy Battistini of Battistini Brothers sent back fresh specimens to friends, while John Burns of LaCrosse Wisconsin, returning from New York’s Democratic convention, was in Chicago Wednesday.
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Tnco
Ucarfiel & Wetergrove
Mercedes
Tex
Chicago
Dél Gourley
Gourley Company
Wisconsin
M. N. Stout
Plant City
Fla
McCaffrey Brothers
Stout
Tennessee
Mississippi
Joseph Becker
Becker-Weil Company
Detroit
Sammy Battistini
Battistini Brothers
Sammy
John Burns
LaCrosse
Wis
Burns
New York
Unfair Methods Charged Against Wholesale Grocers in Wisconsin
Federal Trade Commission files complaints against Wisconsin and Northern Jobbers groups and numerous wholesale firms in Wisconsin and surrounding states alleging they enforce a single preferred channel of distribution for groceries. Complaints claim harassment of irregular dealers and cooperatives, price controls, and coordinated acts to prevent competition. responses have 30 days to answer before final ruling. Utah notes follow with fruit crop conditions, prices, and local agricultural updates.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Wisconsin Wholesale Grocers’ Association
James D. Goatrey
M. J. Brew
Mitchell Joannen
Francis E. Dewey
Francis J. Rickert
Glass-Turbush Company
Copps Company
Wilson Mercantile Company
Marshfield Grocer Company
Booth Newton Company
Joannes Brothers Company
Frank C. Schilling Company
Gresling Innes Company
National Grocer Company
Gannon Grocery Company
Roach & Seeker Company
the Peninsula Wholesale Grocery Company
Carpenter Cook Company
Respondent 1
Beans and grapes shift in Michigan and California markets
In Grand Rapids Michigan on July 18 buyers push bean prices higher amid stronger inquiry and reported crop damage from maggots. Beans rise to four dollars per hundredweight with a twenty six cent bulget. Henry J Lyons, from Coyne Brothers carlot department, departs for Fresno California to oversee grapes and other interests for two to three months.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Henry J. Lyons
California
Chicago
Carlot Department of Coyne’ Brothers
Fresno
Calif
Sour Cherry Prices Rise in Michigan Markets
Montmorency sour cherry prices are up in Michigan with 60 tons sold to a state canner at Sea pound, and about 150 tons more at the same price reported by the Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. The market notes also reference Wisconsin Montmorency crops and local advertising.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Montmorency
Michigan
Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc
Wisconsin
B. Tee Ag
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