Vegetables Market Quiet Amid Heavy Receipts In Chicago
The Chicago vegetable market showed quiet trading with abundant homegrown and nearby stock. Prices remained low across most commodities as oversupply persisted, with cucumbers weak and demand slow. Homegrown lettuce and cauliflower sold at cheap to moderate prices, while tomatoes, corn, and peas drew mixed but steady demand and high receipts.
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A fragment from a local page notes street events and an advertisement header. Readable items reference Chicago street topics and a brief ad motif, without clear details or full context.
Creamery butter sales and potato trade report
Elgin Butter and Creamery Board notes sales at 27 cents for creamery extras. Production in Bigin districts rises while quality draws concern due to heavy rains. Chicago firms Baldwin and Co. report receiving boatloads of potatoes from northern Michigan and expanding carrot and melon handling alongside potato business.
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Chicago
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Michigan
Twitchell Returns to Lead Chicago Brokerage
Jay H. Twitchell, head of J. H. Twitchell & Co., Chicago broker, returns after a trip. He touts a strong client list including F. F. Dutton Sanford Wia C. D. Jarratt Laredo Tex C. E. Coleman Produce Corpus Christi Gulf Coast Harlingen and Chaddock Carney. He emphasizes acting as exclusive selling agent for carrot shippers with no personal speculation. Twitchell has ten years in fruit and produce business and has held roles with Fruit Dispatch Crutchfield Woolfolk North American Fruit Exchange and Sales Service Company before starting his own firm.
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Chicago
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Fruit Dispatch Company
New York
Crutchfield & Woolfolk
Pittsburgh
North American Fruit Exchange
Chicago Citrus Market Firmer
The Chicago orange market shows further improvement with higher asks for top stock as warmer weather boosts demand. California Valencia receipts are light while arrivals stay quality rich, fancy Valencias at 3.40 to 3.50 per carlot. California lemons move slowly with lower prices and heavy offerings. Florida grapefruit remains small scale at 4 to 4.50 per box.
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