Holden Brothers Inc Forms In Idaho With McCauley Son Account
Cy R. Holden and his brother L. L. Holden have left Michael Swanson Brady to start Holden Brothers Inc in Idaho Falls on June 1. C R Holden serves as president and the firm will handle Idaho requirements for J. M. McCauley & Son of Brooklyn. Fred W. Sargent retires as Chicago Northwestern Railroad president after resigning effective June 1 due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Idaho
C. R. Holden
Michael Swanson-Brady Producer Company
L. L. Holden
Holden Brothers, Inc
J. M. McCauley & Son
Brooklyn
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Sargent
Mr. Sargent
Mitchell Fruit & Produce Co Succeeds Old Firm
Mitchell Fruit & Produce Co. succeeds W. H. Ferrell & Co. as carlot distributors of fruits and vegetables with Mae Mitchell Mel Barlow and long-time Ferrell leadership. Offices remain Gorham Building. New Chicago firm Kunick Catanzara Klein to open with Irving Kunick Samuel Catanzara Ben Klein. Southern Pacific appoints James T. Wright as district perish able agent effective June 1 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Fruit & Produce Co
Minneapolis
Mitchell Fruit & Produce Company
W. H. Ferrell & Co
Ferrell Company
Mae Mitchell
Mel Barlow
Ferrell
Miss Mitchell
Barlow
Gorham
Chicago
Kunick, Catanzara
Southern Pacific
Chicago Freight Office Appointments Listed
The report names James J. Kane as district freight agent for Chicago and Paul R. Ceder as district freight agent for Wisconsin territory. Their office addresses include 1425 South Racine Avenue and 1030 South Michigan Avenue, with all men noted as long‑time Chicago company staff of about 19 years.
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South
Racine Avenue
James, J. Kane
Chicago
Paul R. Ceder
Wisconsin Territory
Michigan Avenue
New Tomato Marketing Law Passed in Michigan
Grand Rapids Mich June 2 After this season tomato growers and dealers must indicate on tomato packages whether fruit was vine ripened or artificially ripened The 1939 Michigan Legislature enacted the measure introduced by Reps Feenstra and Storey to cover domestic as well as foreign tomatoes Governor Dickinson signed it into law The law takes effect after 90 days and prohibits selling non vine ripened tomatoes unless packaging is labeled not vine ripened or artificially ripened Growers worry how the rule will apply to tomatoes ripened off packing houses
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles R. Feenstra
Bert. J. Storey
Belding
Senate
House
Dickinson
Detroit Street Notes on Seasonal Produce Arrivals
A Bellock & Sons entry reports the first North Carolina bountiful beans arriving this season, while Nathan Gilbert & Son note the first car of Mexican pineapples and Ben B Schwartz & Sons record Missouri strawberries and Georgia uneeded peaches. Eugene Lawrence of American National Cooperative Exchange spoke at local offices as Decoration Day closed the market, with Union Produce Terminal opening early to serve buyers before the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A, Bellock & Sons, Inc
North Carolina
Nathan Gilbert
Cuba
Ben B. Schwartz & Sons
Missouri
Georgia
Eugene Lawrence
American National Cooperative Exchange, Inc
Pittsburgh
Union Produce Terminal
Meyer Schuman Co to Distribute McDaniel Melons
Chicago firm Meyer Schuman Co will exclusively distribute McDaniel & Sons Old Fort Yuma brand cantaloupes for the coming season. Yuma Golds arrive around June 5 and McDaniel Nuggets around June 10. McDaniel & Sons report favorable growing conditions in Yuma and strong packing, grading, and prompt handling arrangements for vine ripened, pre cooled melons.
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Chicago
Yuma
Ariz
Meyer Schuman Company
Oie Thin
McPante& Sons
McDaniel
McDaniel & Sons, Inc
Old Fort Yuma
Meyer Schuman
A. Schuman
McDaniel & Sons., Inc
Old Fort
Yume Gold
McDaniel Nugget
Sid W. Schuman
Meyer Bennerman Company
Chicago Fruit Trade Guests Return with South Market Notes
Chicago visitors from Greenfield to Vermilion mingle with Georgia peach arrivals as the South Water Market reports early week activity. Trade figures include K R Nutting and J F Erb planning East Texas tomatoes, M. Roth eyeing Muskegon celery, and Bredesen’s Market Service associates preparing for California shipments. First Mountain Rose Georgia peaches arrive. Bluebird branded Georgia peaches follow from Southern Fruit Distributors. Georgia peach car marks season’s first straight shipment into Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caruso Fruit Distributors, Inc
Bluebird
Georgia Pesches
Southern. Fruit Distributors,Inc
Winter Garden
Fie
Peaches Mountain Rose and Britts Best celery update
Brand to arrive this season notes Mountain Rose peaches packed in half bushel baskets with good color size and quality and readily selling. An error in a prior report misidentified Britts Best beans as beans instead of celery. celery has been good and selling readily. Heggblade and Marguleas and Paramount Fruit Export visit Chicago after European trip. Da Conta joins as European general manager for the firms.
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Frank L. Hall
Rio Grande By Citrus Exchange
Weslaco
Tex
Tex-Bun
Chicago
Hall
Texas
T. Fish Company
Caru- 80 Fruit Distributors, Inc
Gridley, Maxon & Co.,Inc
M. C. Britt Produce Company
Winter Garden
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
F. W. Heggblade
Hegeblade- Marguleas Company
Paramount Fruit Export Company
San’ Francisco
Callt
Heggblade
Europe
England
France
Belgium
Gerald da' Conta
Producers
Fruit Company,, Ltd
London
Heagblade-Marguleas Company
Crop conditions good on Sturgeon Bay area report
M W Miller of M W Miller & Co Sturgeon Bay Wis writes to The Packer outlining crop prospects for strawberries cherries and apples in the Sturgeon Bay district. Frost damage is limited. strawberries should be good quality and a good crop with harvest around June 20. Cherries bloom with minor frost impact. expected 40–50 percent yield increase, harvest about July 5. Apples similar to cherries with an estimated 50–75 percent rise in output.
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Chicago
M. ‘W. Miller
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
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C.h.weaver & CO
Leon K. Stein & CO
Minneapolis, Minn
Teletype
Merkel Bros. Co. Mae Uth Water
Marlie L. DR. Can Mae
Gordon Torre . CO
Water Market Cago
Chandler-Allen CO
Carlot Brokers
D.strien
eRiscaan
L. D. Canal
Smith — Cordes CO
Commission
Chicago, Ill
ea _ S. L. BECKER COMPANY
South Waters Market
Cy Holden
New Tomato Marketing
Detroit Street
Meyer Schuman CO
THE
McDaniel Melons
Wil
McDaniel & Sons, Ing
Arizona
Street Notes
Roscoe
Guy L. Moore
Brown & Lee
Kansas City
G. C. Whitlock
Paris
Harry Cohodas
Cohodas-Paoli Company
Houghton, Mich
K. R. Nutting
K. R. Nutting Company
Salinas
Calif
J. E. Brennan
R. M. Cooledge
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Wenatchee
Weah
M.M. Minkler
Co. H. Robinson’ Company
California
Price
Jake Schoenburg
Schoenburg- Price & Co
Schoenburg
V. Patterson
Greenfield Fruit Growers Association
Greenfield
J. F. Erb
Jacksonville
Leonard Fish
8. T. Fish Company
E. H. Emery
Wesco’ Foods Company
Sidney
Mr. Schuman
Martin Roth
M. Roth
Muskegon
Marguerite Feltes
George Bredesen
Market Service Association
San Diego
Chester Pagni
M.A. Campbell
South Water Market
Alton
John ‘Holgard
Campbell
B. P. Zimmerman
Indiana
Geo. Hitz & Co
Indianapolis, Ind
ST. Paul
O'Connell Brokerage Co
Southern
North Carolina Cobblers
S. Friedman
South Water Market UK
Shippers
Mune Au
Call Monroe
K. A
Vuone
HB. Dietz & Co
Applebaum-Missner CO
Abe Pecher
Dimediate Returna
Vinewood
Nathan Gilbert & Son
Detroit
S. B. Davis
Grand d Rapids, Mich
McFaddin
Schwartz Brothers
Louisiana
Mississippi
Thierwechter
Detroit Union CH
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