Chicago Street Notes on Trade Visitors and Industry Movements
Charles Abbate plans Macon Ga headquarters for Georgia peach movement while Arthur Mann visits Chicago and works with Meyer Schuman Co. Charles W. Smith of Florida Citrus Exchange recovers after surgery. D L Piazza and Madelin Quinn noted in trade and education circles. B E B Conklin to Denver for USDA meetings. Cloobeck Mose expands tomato department with Max Sherman leading efforts.
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Charles Abbate
Chase Abbate Company
Macon
Georgia Peaches
Arthur Mann
Salinas
Calif
Chicago
Meyer Schuman Company
Cloobegk #& Mose, Inc
Max Sherman
Sherman
Cloobeck & Mose, Inc
Chicago Cabbage Market Steady Then Firming Prices
Chicago June 10 offerings of cabbage were moderately plentiful. Early week prices held steady, then firmed slightly as the week advanced with Missouri crates at 11.75, half crates 65c, Tennessee crates 11.60, Florida hampers red cabbage 1.85, Kentucky crates 1.50.
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Chicago
Missouri
Tennessee
Florida
Kentucky
Onions Market Report From Chicago June 10
The Texas Yellow Bermuda onion inquiry was light while overall market remained steady. White wax moved slowly and weakened with jobbing prices showing Texas yellows in 60-pound sacks No. 1 at 1.30 to 1.35, No. 1 commercials 1.15 to 1.20, Yellow Bermudas 1.45 to 1.50, whites No. 1 1.15 to 1.26, and California whites No. 1 at 1.00.
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Chicago
Texas
California
Reilly Residence Fire Destroys Bellaire Stone Home
A stone residence on the H. A. Reilly potato farm near Bellaire, Michigan, was destroyed by fire. The blaze, thought to have started from chimney sparks, caused an estimated loss of $5,000. Reilly serves as field representative for the Michigan Certified Seed Potato Growers Association.
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H._A. Reilly
Burns
Bellaire
Mich
H. A. Reilly
Reilly
Michigan Certified Seed Potato Growers Association
Sewell Reenters Shipping in Sundry Produce Trade
J C Sewell announcing return to shipping and handling of potatoes and onions from his Snake River ranch and other growers produce as Sewell’s Snake River Farms. Pauline Mangum joins as partner. New potato deal to start around June 25 with offices and branch expansion by M Roth & Sons for potatoes and onions. A brief note on other shipments and industry moves in Idaho and Chicago forwarding firms.
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J. C. Sewell
Nampa
Idaho
Arizona
Sewell
Pine Bluff
Ark
Boise Valley
Walter Grierson Opens His Own Brokerage in Minneapolis
Walter Grierson, after 14 years as VP and manager at Leon K. Stein & Co., starts his own firm Walter Grierson Company in Minneapolis. He will handle a full line of fruits and vegetables from offices at 400 Gorham Building, focusing on watermelons potatoes apples pears grapefruit and lettuce. Grierson is a noted figure in trade circles, former president of the Minneapolis Fruit Association, and previous Minnesota state director of the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Grierson
Minneapolis
Walter G. Grierson
Leon K. Stein & Co
Grierson
Minneapolis Fruit Association
Minnesota
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
County Will Cut Potato Acreage for 1938, Palmer Says
County Agent W. W. Palmer notes harvested potato acreage will drop from about 10 1 000 acres in 1937 to 8 285 acres this year. The committee seeks to raise the quota to 9 300 acres to keep county production aligned with crop rotation needs and recent plantings.
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W. W. Palmer
Shippers oppose Pere Marquette plan to close 16 stations
The State Public Utilities Commission will hold public hearings in July on the Pere Marquette railroad petition to close 16 stations. Commissioners will address Mulliken Orleans South Haven Pullman Millbrook Rodney Bitely New Era Brundwick Ludington Free Soil Grawn Interlochen at various cities and dates in Michigan.
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Lansing
Mich
State Public Utilities Commission
Pere Marquette Railroad
Joseph M. Donnelly
Mulliken
Orleans
South Haven
Pullman
Big Rapids
Millbrook
Rodney
Bitely
Hart
New Era
Brundswick
Ludington
Free Soil
Traverse City
Grawn
Interlochen
Lettuce and Peas Move Up in Boise Valley Market
From Nampa Idaho and Wilder shipments begin the season with up to 100 carloads of lettuce and about 1 800 acres of early peas. Early prices run from 2 75 to 2 25 per pack for lettuce and peas bring about 1 50 to 1 75 per track as shipments rise toward the week end.
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Idaho
Nampa
Boise Valley
Wilder
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U. S
C.h.weaver & CO
Chicago Street Notes
Charles W. Smith
Florida Citrus Exchange
Smith
D. L. Piazza
D. L. Piazza Brokerage Company
Misa Madelin
Mary Quinn
R. M. Quinn
C. H. Robinson Company
Holy Angela Academy
Milwaukee
Misa Quinn
B. EB. Conklin
United States Department of Agriculture
Denver
Applebaum-Missner CO
South Water Market
Your Bank
Eastern Cobblers
S. Water Market
Piaree
M. Roth & Sons
Nathan Roth
B. P. Zimmerman
Baltimore & Ohio
Alton
Karl King
King Farms Company
Morrisville
Gridley, Maxon & Co., Inc
Karl Merkel
Oregon
Chandler-Allen Company
Merkel Brothers Company
Caruso Fruit Distributors, Inc
Owen T. Hill
Mark Owen & Co
R. G. James
The
Fresh Foods Company
Sam Brubaker
Benton Harbor
Grand Rapids, Mich
Burley
Cassia County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Washington
Firat National
Red
Carlots
North Carolina Cobblers
Watermelons
S. Friedman & Sons
Canal
Gordon Tyrrell Co
South Water
Carlote
Chandler-Allen CO
CGO
Red Hills
Georgia
Elbertas
F. C
George Kerr
Hogansville
Gridley, Maxon & CO
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