Northwestern Michigan potato contest area enlarged
The northwestern Michigan premier potato grower contest now includes Grand Traverse Benzie Leelanau and Antrim counties. Grand Traverse previously conducted the contest alone. Winners are based on average plot yield sample quality and grower sample selection for exhibition at the Northern Michigan Potato Show. Entries must be filed by September 1.
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Michigan
Traverse City
Mich
Northwestern Michigan
Grand Traverse
Benzie
Leelanau
Antrim
Northern Michigan
Merkel to lead Illinois Fruit Growers sales in summer deals
Karl H. Merkel, sales manager of the Innate Fruit Growers Exchange, arrived in Carbondale to oversee summer and fall fruit sales. First shipments include 16 Transparent apples next week, followed by Duchass apples around July 1, with substantial Alberta peaches and fall apples. Merkel, a 12 year veteran, forecasts strong Illinois fruit crops and increased stock across the state.
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Carbondale, Ill
Karl H. Merkel
Innate Fruit Growers Exchange
Duchass Apples
Merkel
Illnois
Ships Six Different Packs of Lettuce in One Car
LaMantia Bros Arrigo Company received a car of lettuce from E. E. Hardin Packing Company Salinas California. The shipment contained six distinct pack styles tested to gauge how the lettuce travels in transit and trader reaction to each packing method. Hardin arranged two inspectors to record arrival conditions and assess the best packing style for markets.
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Chicago
LaMantia Bros.Arrigo Company
E. E. Hardin Packing Company
Salinas
Calif
Hardin
LaMantia Bros.-Arrigo Company
Herdin
Meyer Schuman Co Receives First Car of Yuma Gold Cantaloupes
Chicago June 16 The Meyer Schuman Company received its first car of Yuma Gold Arizona cantaloupes of the season. Old Fort Yuma brand grown and shipped by McDaniel and Sons Yuma Ariz. The car arrived in fine condition with excellent quality and golden color. The melons sold quickly at top market prices. The Meyer Schuman Company exclusive distributor of Old Fort Yuma brand Yuma Gold and McDaniel Nugget Arizona cantaloupes says movement is growing and ample supplies will be available for the rest of the season.
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Chicago
Meyer Schuman Company
Arizona
Old Fort Yuma
McDaniel & Sons
Yuma
Ariz
McDaniel
Detroit Street Notes on Market Visitors and Shipments
Detroit market notes list visitors from Akron Montreal Nogales and Idaho and shipments of California figs washed potatoes and Georgia peaches. An auction timing experiment ran at 3 am and 6 30 am with mixed car lots and injured players from a railroad league softball game.
Pleasant Valley Onions Look Strong for Harvest Season
Russell Produce Company reports Pleasant Valley Iowa onions showing excellent color tops and clean fields after recent rains and cool weather. Production may reach about 400 cars with shipments expected around July 4, all onions graded under the United Onion Growers Co operative and packed in saxolin 60 pound bags for national markets.
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Pleasant Valley
Chicago
Russell, Lutz
Russell Produce Company
Lutz
Russel Produce Company
United Onion Growers Co-operative Association
United Union Growers Co-operative Association
Chicago Onion Trading Active
Chicago market report notes fairly active trading in onions for the week. Receipts were moderate and prices varied by grade including South American yellow Spanish onions at 3.50 to 3.65 per 48-pound crate and Texas whites at 0.86 to 1.06 per 50-pound sack with more that show decay.
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Chicago
Texas
Chicago Potatoes Strengthen Through Week
Early week weakness gave way to firmer demand as off grade stock cleared. Moderate arrivals from Alabama Arkansas California Idaho North Carolina Oklahoma Texas and others supported higher prices for Triumphs long whites and Russets with improved outside orders and steady-to-firmer tone by midweek.
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Chicago
Ala- Ay Cissippi
Arkans
Okla‘homa
Texas
California
Fornia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Idaho
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Alabama
Market quotes for potatoes show mixed colors and rising demand
The report lists multiple varieties such as California Triumphs Alabama Triumphs and Idaho Russets with washed and unwashed prices ranging from 1.50 to 2.36 per cwt. Arrivals include Alabama 18 cars California 59 Idaho 12 and others totaling 254 on track. Demand is described as good with firmer tone noted Thursday.
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Alabama
California
Texas
Okiahams
Arkansas
North Carolina
Louisiana
Idaho
Michigan
Oklahoma
Arkenstas
Cobblers
Wilensky Lash & Mages Open Carlot Department
Wilensky Lash Mages have opened a carlot department at the Chicago Market. The office is in room 111 Produce Exchange building 216 South Water Market and began functioning Thursday this week. William Chesky will manage the department handling buying selling brokerage and full line fruit and vegetable distribution from all sections. The firm already operates a jobbing house at 37 South Water Market with large volume through store track and auction.
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Chicago
Wilensky
Wilensky, Lash & Mages
C. H. Robinson Company Secures Colorado Peach Deal
Minneapolis June 16 Arrangements have been completed making C. H. Robinson Company the exclusive distributor for all carrot shipments from United Fruit Growers Association Palisade Colorado The United Growers shipper expects a good crop and the Elberta deal is set to start in August The Robinsons will open offices at Palisade in July to handle early fruit and prepare for the Elberta peach deal The United brand peaches will reach a wide territory this season.
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Minneapolis
C. H. Robinson Company
United Fruit Growers Association
Palisade
Colo
Colorado
United Growers
Elberta
Co. H. Robinson
Ngles
United
Potato Tuber Index Plots Planted in Cotton and Palo
Two 100 foot rows of certified potatoes were planted in Cotton and Palo as part of a cooperative tuber index yield project. M J Thompson and Felix A Nylund supervised the effort, funded by the state Agriculture Department and local rural schools. The study aims to compare yield and disease-free qualities of county-grown seed potatoes with 34 growers supplying seed.
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Virginia
Minn
Cotton
Palo
M. J. Thompson
Northeast Experiment Station
Felix A. Nyland
County Rural Schools
State’ Department of Agriculture
County Rural Schools Agriculture Department
Herman Moberg
John Koivisto
Aurora
St. Louis County
State Department
Potato Certification Leads Local Growers Group
G Tolaas oversees potato certification with supervision from local agencies. The St Louis Council, Cortitiea Potato Growers Association, and Smith Hughes vocational experts participate in cooperative efforts to ensure quality standards.
Michigan Fruit Growers Honor T T Lyons July 25
Michigan fruit growers will gather at the South Haven Horticultural Experiment Station on July 25 to honor T T Lyons a nationally known horticulturist who donated land for the station fifty years ago. Leaders will memorialize Lyons with a bronze plaque, then a two day blueberry and orchard tour will visit plantations in Van Buren and Berrien counties ending at the Benton Harbor fruit market.
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South Haven
Mich
Michigan
South Haven Horticultural Experiment Station
T.T. ‘Lyons
Michigan State Horticultural Society
Lyons
Grand Junction
Bangor
Hartford
Watervltet
Coloma
van Buren
Berrien
Benton Harbor
Safe driving hint for cherries crops observed in June
Traverse City reports field representative Abraham VanderWeele from Kalamazoo says if cherries are visible on trees at 60 miles per hour in the fruit belt on June 1 a fair to good crop is expected. He notes abundant cherries this year and warns against light crops. Mrs. Agnes Miles of Chicago dies at 69 after 60 years there. funeral at Drexel Park Presbyterian Church. Survived by R F Miles and two daughters. Harry Teplin elected assistant cashier at Halsted Exchange National Bank in Chicago after 11 years on South Water Market.
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Traverse City
Abraham VanderWeele
Kalamazoo
Pitters
VanderWeele
Agnes Miles
Chicago
R. F. Miles
Rathborne, Hair & Ridgway Company
Janbell Hell‘wig
Catherine Layton
Layton
Earl Layton
Chicago Title & Trust Company
Coe
Harry Teplin
Caghier
Halsted Exchange National Bank of Chicago
Teplin
South Water
Michigan Farmers Planting More Certified Potatoes
Cadillac Michigan June 16 More Michigan farmers have planted certified seed potatoes this year than in the history of the industry Fred P Hibst Cadillac general manager of the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange and president of the Michigan Quality Potato Association reports This week he notes the Michigan Certified Seed Potato Growers Association and the Michigan Crop Improvement Association from selling seed out of state now most of the crop is sold within Michigan The rise in home consumption is credited to Michigan State College potato and marketing specialists Farmers were advised to plant good seed and many have been selling their good potatoes while retaining seed tubers for seed The officers of the Michigan Certified Seed Potato Growers Association report many farmers are selling the better seed idea to neighbors Last spring many producers bought certified seed and this spring their neighbors joined in ordering seed for the 1935 crop The purchases of last year demonstrated the value of certified seed
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Cadillac
Mich
Michigan
Fred P. Hibst
Michigan “ Potato” Growers Exchange
Michigan Quality Potato Association
Michigan Certified
Hibst
Michigan State College
Michigan Certified Seed Potato Growers ‘Association
Chicago cabbage market trends early week soften later
The Chicago cabbage market showed a firm tone at the week’s start with active inquiry and ample supplies, but demand cooled to fair as the week progressed. Missouri L. A. crates sold around 1.38, ten ness round white at 1.36, and homegrown crates also noted.
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Chicago
Missouri L. A
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Grand Rapids, Mich
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McFaddin
Detroit Street
Emmanuel Weiner
Akron, C
Thomas F. Levins
A. R. T. Company
Montreal
Canada
California Fruit Producing Company
Tuesday
Shippers Service Company
Cc. O. Brown
Detroit Fruit Auction Company
R. Phillips
Nogales, Ariz
Union Produce Terminal
Kury & Zerlil, Inc
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Georgia Hiley
George H. Rock
Morris
Weinberg
Erwin Schrier
A. Schrier & Sons, Inc
Johnny Condne
Herman Franzblau,Inc
Curtis Kiefer
Railroad Perishable Inspection Agency
Detroit Union Produce Terminal Athletic Association
Fesca
Louisistiea
Greta
Carlot’ Brokerage Department
Chica
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Predare
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Harry J. Schifferle
T.T. Lyons
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