Vegetable Prices Lower in Grand Rapids Market
Grand Rapids Mich June 13 Vegetable prices averaged sharply lower this week due to heavy offerings. Spinach sold slowly at 30 to 40 cents a bushel, radishes weak around 0 cents a dozen bunches, rhubarb dull at 60 to 65 cents a bushel, and asparagus barely steady at 1.25 to 1.50 dollars per two dozen bundles. Hothouse tomatoes low with heavier receipts, and Southern outdoor produce priced lower. Growers sold outputs at 2.0 to 2.15 dollars per seven pound basket, ten pound baskets at 3 dollars. Leaf lettuce sold 18 to 19 cents per pound, white outdoor lettuce 16 to 18 cents, and Michigan head lettuce competed with shipped Iceberg. Local product around 1.75 a bushel versus 5.50 a crate for California Iceberg. Grand Rapids glutted with old potatoes, sales mostly 75 to 80 cents per bushel after peaking at 90 cents. White potatoes wholesaling 6 dollars a bushel. Cantaloupes arriving led to price easing, standards 4 to 4.50 dollars and prices for peaches at 8.50 dollars. Beans and cabbage moved with varying prices. wax beans 2.3 to 3.5 dollars per hamper, green beans 1.50 to 1.75, carrots 1.75 to 2 per hamper, beets 1.75 to 2 per hamper. Michigan grown beets and carrots expected soon.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Iceberg
California
South Carolina
Florida
Pricha
Chicago
Louisiana
St. Louis
Illinois
Tennessee
Crystal Springs
Alabama
Carolina
Eternia
Onions Rule Firm in Chicago Market
In Chicago during the week the onion market remained firm with an upward drift. Daily receipts ran 40 to 50 cars, many subject to diversion, as trade included Coachella yellows at 2.25 to 2.50 per crate and wax at 2.40 to 2.50, Texas yellows 1.85 to 2, Texas wax 2 to 2.26, Louisiana Creeley 3 per cwt when grated, California yellows 3 per sack, with FOB quotations noting Coachella yellows 1.35 to 1.45, Texas yellows 1.10 to 1.20, California yellows 1.35 to 1.50, and Louisiana Creoles around 2.
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Chicago
Texas
Louisiana Creeley
California
Coachella
Louisiana
New Boy for Mr and Mrs Coyner in Chicago
A June 13 Chicago note reports Ed Coyner welcomed an 11 pound boy at home. The mother and son are reported fine. the father’s condition alarms friends. Also: F O B Auction Sales in Chicago show strong cantaloupe activity with 41 cars sold yesterday. prices vary by grade with standards at about 1.42 dollars per crate.
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Chicago
Ed Coyner
Coyner
Cut Worms Damage Cherries At Beulah Michigan
Cut worms damaged sweet and sour cherry crops in Beulah Michigan this spring with thousands migrating from soil to trees. One grower counted 103 worms hiding under a bird's nest in a cherry tree crotch as damage progressed before discovery.
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Beulah
Mich
Juhe
Chicago Trade Struggles With Surplus Fresh Vegetables
Chicago market reports weeks of oversupply for near all fresh vegetables. Receipts heavy, prices fluctuating as buyers push for best quality. Asparagus, cauliflower, cabbage, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, radish, corn and beans show varied gains and declines across Illinois, Michigan and Louisiana shipments.
Chicago street notes from fruit trade visitors
M M Pike president of Washington Fruit and Produce Co Yakima spent the week in Chicago among the trade. J I Lyell Ada Minnesota potato shipper was on the market this week. Lyell plans to go to Athens Texas to market peaches and watermelons. Mr Johns of Johns Brothers Phoenix Ariz was on the market Wednesday. E M Dodds Kan sas City Ice and Cold Storage Co manager visited with the trade in Chicago on Thursday and Friday.
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Chicago Street
M. M. Pike
Washington Fruit & Produce Company
Yakima
J. I. Lyell
Ada
Minn
Lyell
Athens
Tex
Mr. Johns
Johns Brothers
Phoenix
Ariz
E. M. Dodds
Kansas City
Chicago
Bumper Fruit Crop in Fennville District
In Fennville Michigan on June 13 a bumper crop is reported across fruits. Elberta peaches will be abundant and Bartlett pear production expected to be the largest in three seasons. Cherry orchards show a light drop but heavy bloom and set mitigate losses.
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Fennville
Mich
Good Strawberry Trade in Chicago Market
A steady week for berries with improved arrivals from Illinois and Indiana. Prices ranged with Illinois Aromas 3.25 to 3.75 per 24-quart case, Indiana Aromas around 3.00 to 3.50, and Missouri Aromas up to 4.75. Gooseberries strong at 2.50 to 2.75 per 24-quart, red raspberries easing to 2.25 to 2.50 per 24-pint.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Warfield
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
California
Georgia
Wisconsin
Michigan
Freight Committee Emergency Hearing Topics Chicago June 25
The Freight Committee will hold an emergency hearing in Chicago on June 25 at 542 South Dearborn Street Room 1404 Pontiac Building. Shippers may present views or contact Chairman R. C. Dearborn if unable to attend. Subjects include changes to heater service for vegetables, ice on top of packages, ice costs and track icing, Pennsylvania grouping, maximum weight per car, re icing policies, and heater charges between Oregon and interstate points.
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Chicago
Pontiac
South
Dearborn Street
R. C. Dearborn
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Market for potatoes slips as buyers hold stock in Chicago
In Chicago on June 13 buyers dominated the carrot potato market, buying only enough to meet immediate needs. Receipts ran heavy, 90 to 115 cars daily, pushing both new and old stock lower. Wisconsin and Michigan No 1 sacked and bulk whites sold around 1.50 to 1.85 per barrel, Bliss Triumphs 2.35 to 2.50, Spaulding Rose 4.00, Irish Cobblers 4.75 to 5.00, with Alabama Louisiana No 1 packed mostly in jobbing outlets.
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Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Alabama
Louisiana
Bliss
Georgia Spaulding Rose
North
South Carolina
Berry Growers plan unite to market berries in 1924
W P Jones of the Wisconsin Department of Markets D E Brubacker Bayfield county agent and D S Knight manager of the Bayfield Peninsula Fruit Association outlined a plan to strawberry and other berry growers in Bayfield and surrounding districts for marketing their product as one unit during the 1924 season. Beyond Bayfield the districts Washburn Moquah Brule and Port Wing expect to ship through the one association as production of strawberries blueberries and raspberries has been rising in recent years.
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Bayfield
Wis
W. P. Jones
Wisconsin Department of Markets
D. E. Brubacker
Bayfield County
D.S. Knight
Bayfield Peninsula
One
Fibopak Company publishes house organ Pack Age
Chicago June 13 The Fibopak Company manufacturers of Fibopak packages for fruits and vegetables have started a house organ named Pack Age The first issue recently mailed offers information on shipping seasons for various commodities by state with charts on production and prices valuable to commercial producers and shippers of fruits and vegetables.
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Chicago
Fibopak Company
Coggins Couple Return from Texas to Chicago
Dc Coggins and his wife arrived in Chicago from Texas last Saturday. Known as "Speed" among traders, he handles the southern onion trade for M. W. Lorch. He plans to visit Pleasant Valley, Iowa, soon to oversee onion dealings in that area.
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Texas
Chicago
Coggins
Speed
M. W. Lorch
Sam Chesley Chicago Visitor Reports Twin Cities Trade Improvement
Sam Chesley of S. L. Chesley Company Minneapolis recently visited Chicago. He reports that early summer business in the Twin Cities is showing an improvement and in Chicago he called upon a number of local trade members.
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Sam Chesley
Chicago
S. L. Chesley Company
Minneapolis
Chesley
Twin Cities
Watermelon Market Boosts with Warmer Weather in Chicago
Chicago June 13 With warmer weather the watermelon market shows improvement as Florida cars fetch around 650 dollars for best 20 pound averages and 450 dollars per car for 22 pound melons. Day arrivals stay at three to five cars, meeting demand as season slowly advances.
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Chicago
Florida
Heavy Canning Campaign Planned in Oceana County
Expect heavy fruit and vegetable canning drive in Oceana county. Facilities in Montague New Era Shelby Hart and Pentwater will concentrate packaging on peas beans cherries peaches pears and possibly plums. Local canneries map out a large production push this season.
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Hart, Mich
Oceana County
Montague
New Era
Shelby, Hart and Pentwater
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Your Bank
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