Fruit and Vegetable Crops in Michigan Summary
Reports from Fremont Casnovia Zeeland Hudsonville Vriesland show July conditions across Michigan crops. Peaches yield about 60 percent of last year. apples larger but not a dump crop. beans and potatoes up. celery and onions promising with acreage gains. pickles and cucumbers produced in fair quantities with regional variations.
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Fremont
Mich
Wibertay
Casnovia
Elbertas
Casnogia
Pere Marquette
Grand Rapids
Zeeland
Hudsonville
Vriesland
Michigan Celery In Chicago Market Reports Low Prices
In Chicago on July 8 prices for Michigan celery were fairly low with moderate demand. Daily receipts reached about 3,000 boxes, forcing sellers to trim prices to move stock. Heated celery sold for low prices, weather hindered demand, and open crates like Golden Heart showed better saleability than other packaging.
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Chicago
Michigan
Golden Heart
At &c
Peppers and Osage Melons Ready in Two Weeks
Toledo reports a larger pepper and Osage melon crop with better quality. Peppers expected by August 5 and Osage melons by August 10, signaling a strong season for the district. Chicago hosts the National Poultry Butter and Rye Association convention October 9 and 10 at the Hotel Sherman with growing reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Chicago
National Poultry, Butter and Iye, Association
Sherman
P. F. Combiths
Honey Dew Melons Steady Demand on Market
Chicago reports a steady daily supply of Honey Dew melons with strong demand. C. H. Weaver & Co. sold crates of nine to twelve melons at 2.50, moving supply readily. Shipments come from Arizona with good stock. New Mexico and Colorado will follow. New Orleans poultry receipts were liberal with hens at 1 1 2 cents, young chickens 18 19 cents, ducks 12 cents, large turkeys 16 17 cents, geese 5 6 per dozen, old cocks 4 4.80, guineas 3.25 per dozen. Elgin butter sales at 27 4? percent. production down, fewer high-grade butters. Detroit reports Louis Shamie of Shamie Brothers returning after wedding to Neda Deeb in Jersey City on July 2, honeymooned at Atlantic City, planning to settle in Detroit.
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Chicago
C. H. Weaver & Co
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
New Orleans
Detroit
Mich
Louis Shamie
Shamie Brothers
Neda Deeb
Jersey City
Atlantic City
Minneapel V Chicago market update and shipments
A fragmentary market note details Minneapel and Chicago price activity and shipments for fruits and vegetables. It notes pears from northwest Oregon and California packing, Sunripe brand, and varies by region with cars moving to markets, light yields, and prices for pears, watermelons, tomatoes, and potatoes.
Early peach shipment from Oak Harbor signals strong market
Port Clinton July 28 reports the first shipment of early peaches from Oak Harbor by Miller, with Saint Johns and emerging Canadian Reds expected. About 400 to 500 bushels to markets including Ottawa county, Ohio, and distant buyers, amid favorable weather and low fungous damage. The article notes an overall light late crop, strong early demand, and upcoming shipments from Ontario.
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Port Clinton
Char ‘Miller
Oak Harbor'ruit Company
Saint Johns
St. John
Port Clintons
Ohio
Ottawa County
Chicago vegetable trade shows mixed week in heat
In hot Chicago weather a satisfactory vegetable trade emerged though demand stayed quiet. Prices slipped for many items while heads of lettuce and cucumbers rose on scarce fancy stock. sweet corn and tomatoes moved with limited activity as arrivals from St. Louis and Illinois varied. Homegrown lettuce fetched up to $3 a box, cucumbers to $1.50 a box, and onions eased with sacks around $2.50 to $3 for 100 pounds.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Indiana
New York
Duluth
Buffalo
Asher
Louisiana
California
Iowa
Trade Not as Active in Memphis This Week
Memphis July 28 trade is disappointing overall with some lines showing activity. Cabbage steady around 1.75 to 2 per 100 pounds. potatoes from Kaw Valley and Ohio Valley 96c to 1 a bushel. Lettuce quiet, Michigan celery 40 cents a bunch. tomatoes peppers snaps from home gardens. Cantaloupes unsatisfactory at 1 to 1.50 a bushel homegrown. wintermelons scarce though Texas stock 1.25 per 100 pounds. Peaches plentiful but receipts uneven. Elberta 1.25 to 1.75 a pusher.
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Memphis
Kaw Valley
Ohio Valley
California
Michigan
Texas
Elbertas
Nebraska Iowa Fruit Growers Meet In Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Iowa July 28 local horticultural leaders plan joint meetings August 2 to 4 with Iowa Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa societies plus the Council Bluffs Grape Growers Association for a picnic and two day auto tour of nurseries truck gardens and vine yards along both river banks. University of Nebraska and Iowa State College horticulture officials assist.
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Nebraska-Iowa
Council Bluffs
Middle West
State Horticultural Society
Iowa
State Horticultural Society of
Nebraska
Grape Growers’ Association
Omaha
Missouri River
Department of Horticulture
Iowa State College At
Ames
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Cumberland Valley Butter Company Seeks Charter
Nashville Tennessee July 28 Cumberland Valley Butter Company filed an application for a charter to engage in dairy products selling butter and cream. The capital stock is listed at 19000, incorporators include Silver Lewis Koelling Marie A Glenn and E Kirk.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland Valley Butter Company
Ormitk
Sulver
Lewis Koelling
Marlen
Glenn
E. ‘Kirk
Rogers joins Crutchfield in Minneapolis switch
W O Rogers is hired by the R B Crutchfield Company carrot fruit and vegetable distributors in Minneapolis. Formerly head of Lace Mull local office he has nine years in the market. Sam Mahaffey, carrot potato shipper of Chicago, visited Minneapolis with his wife traveling by automobile stopping at points of interest.
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W. O. Rogers
Crutchfield
Minneapolis
R. B. Crutchfield Company
Carrot Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
H. O. Rogers
Rogers
Lace-Mull Company
Sam Mahaffey
Minn
Chicago
Mr. Mahaffey
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Siater Co
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Milwaukee
Schmidt-Gaertner Co
Gaertner
Alfred Schmidt
Sec’ty
Wis
Sha & Isley Bank
E.R. Godfrey & Sons Sarubee Migk
Geo. Hitz & Co
Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Ind
Hind & Fuchs
Shippers
W.A. Murphy
10Th
Jackson ST. Paul, Minn
Swisonville
Elgin
Ill
Oregon
Ears
Bartlett Pears
Rerop
G. Ins
Minneapel
Minneapolé
Arkansas
Ines
Oic Harbor
Decatur.ili
Packer Og
Citizens Nat'l Bank
Omme
D. J. Stephens
W. Randolph St
John W. Ae A. Wheelock
WAYNE @ LOW, Inc
Frult
W. Chicago
Exchange
Prevance Bank
Long Beach Growers
Long Beach
Miss
W. C. Smith
C.H. Weaver&co
In Carlots
J. B. Bambenek & Co
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Andes
Chas. S. Robbins & CO
J. T. Johnson & Fort Wayne
Ind
Lepman
Heggie
Ken
Gallagher Bros
Hank
Nat
Paul Mandeville Co. Incorporated
Rouse Receivers-Packers
Twenty-Second St
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