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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1907
Page
2
Evansville and Mt. Vernon report strong melon and apple trends, with large plantings and rising shipments. Illinois towns Carmi and Epworth note hail damage and cautious forecasts, while Mt Vernon and Evansville highlight major produce markets and rising cold-storage profits for apples. Texas peaches appear briefly in Chicago auctions amid a broad shipping season extending into September.
Chicago reports slack trade early in the week due to rains, then brisk activity as weather clears. Tomatoes and Texas onions rise, Florida stock nearly cleared, cabbage weak though arrivals from Louisiana and other regions steady. Listings detail cabbage prices from St Louis Virginia and Tennessee, tomato quality and crates, onion shipments, and green and wax beans with mixed quality from Mississippi Louisiana Illinois Indiana and Kentucky. Cabbage from Cape Charles moves west to Kansas City and Omaha with quality praised. potatoes expected to pick up locally.
In Chicago on June 14 traders report watermelons restricted by cool wet weather. Most receipts come from Florida with Texas stock arriving. prices run 3.60 to 8.00 per hundred for good fruit. Trade worries persist about honeydew damage and delayed “summer,” though a local soothsayer predicts summer by June 21 and a payout to fund the predictor’s purse.
A Chicago firm received two letters from Dunedin New Zealand mailed May 10, one sent via Suez Canal and the other via Vancouver. Both arrived in Chicago the same postal delivery about 4 PM the same day. The letters concerned produce matters and the senders aimed for fastest attention. Post office officials were informed.
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