South Texas onion crop acreage and prospects grower report
Late news from the South Texas onion belt notes an estimated 20 percent acreage reduction due to cut worms and local factors. Outlook covers Webb Dimmit Eagle Pass and Laredo districts with forecasts of start dates in late March to early April and varying harvest readiness across counties.
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Decem
Rio Grande
South Texan
Laredo
Catrina
Dimmit
Eagle Pass
Asherton
South Texas
Austin
Nueces County
Corpus Christi
Raymondville-Lyford
Sorbello Fruges Trader Owes Thousands in New York
The 355 Washington Retreat storefront of Joseph B. Sorbello has been closed for a week. Sorbello, a fruit and vegetable jobber, owes several thousand dollars on the street with bills overdue over two months. Judgments have been filed. he formerly partnered with Lauth as Sorbello & Lauth, Inc, before resuming sole operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph B. Sorbello
Washington Retreat
Sorbello
Mr. Lauth
Sorbello & Lau
The Produce Packer and The Packer Relation
The Produce Packer is issued alongside this edition and focuses on commercial production and marketing of fruits and vegetables. It prints weekly market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and fur. Free sample copies are mailed upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Producie Packer
Prices Rule Easy on American Apples in European Markets
Cable dispatches from Liverpool London and other markets report poor condition of apple arrivals and overall low prices. Liverpool and London auction prices show Winesaps York Imperials Baldwins Greenings and Newtowns in barrels and boxes with a stronger demand for boxed stock and several regional variations. Edwin Smith USDA notes heavy barrel stock overripe conditions reducing confidence in barreled apples and quotes per-barrel and per-box prices across regions including Virginia New York and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
London
Edwin Smith
New York
York
Baldwins
Newtowns
Rotterdam
Romes
Boitaenberge
Ben Davis
Newcastleins Seling
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Virginia
Ben Davia
Massachusetts
Advance in Potato Rates Surprises Idaho and Colorado Growers
J H Woolf of Greeley Colorado, VP of the Northern Colorado Traffic Association, says railroads will enforce a new tariff effective March 30 1927 raising freight on potatoes from Colorado Idaho and Utah to Arkansas and Tennessee points. The increase shifts rates from 76c to 80c and from 88c to 98c, instead of the anticipated cut. Woolf urges traffic associations and chambers of commerce to act promptly to contest the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burley
Idaho
Colorado
J. H. Woolf
Greeley, Colo
Northern Colorado Traffic Association
Utah
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Helena
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Mr. Woolf
Arkansas
Tennessee
Woolf
Chambers of Commerce
Better Tone In The Potato Markets Of Twin City District
Reports from Minneapolis indicate firmer prices for white table potatoes and steady seed demand influenced by southern weather. March shipments from Minnesota, North Dakota, and surrounding states show seeds and table stocks moving to Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama as regional totals edge past last year’s pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnespolis
Twin Cities
Twin City
U. K
Red River Valley
Red River
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Walter Farley resigns from Earl Fruit Company
Walter Farley resigns as vice president of the Earl Fruit Company effective March 1. He will not discuss future plans. His headquarters were in the San Francisco office.
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Walter Farley
The
Earl Fruit Com
San Francisco
Earl Fruit Company
Farley
Apple Exports In Week Ended March 5 Reach High Volumes
United States and Canada exported 144 655 barrels and 195 761 boxes of apples in the week ending March 5, compared with 69 317 barrels and 56 675 boxes a year earlier. Cumulative exports to date total 4 601 584 barrels and 6 761 568 boxes, versus 2 682 898 barrels and 4 610 893 boxes at the same date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Canada
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Bockelmann and Warnecke Indicted in Chicago
Chicago dated March 11 reports Fred Bockelmann and Otto Warnecke of the defunct firm Bockelmann and Warnecke indicted by a grand jury. They were bound over for trial. the firm, placed in receivership in November 1925, owed about $60,000 with alleged irregularities. Reports say they purchased around $80,000 in merchandise from many distributors and that a butter distributor restraining order blocked disposal of estate assets. Warnecke reportedly was not in Chicago at that time.
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Chicago
Fred_ Bockelmann
Otto Warnecke
Bockelmann & Warnecke
Warnecke
Peach crop in Georgia shows resilience after freeze
Georgia growers report the peach crop remains strong after last week's freeze. Heavy pruning and thinning are expected to trim yields to market demand, with forecasts suggesting 12 000 to 18 000 carloads. The Peach Blossom Festival at Fort Valley is canceled this year but may return next season.
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Macon
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
Fort Valley
Peach County
New Brunswick Potato Figures Corrected
New Brunswick potato shipment figures were corrected after an error in a January report. The American Vice Consul Frederick C. Johnson acknowledged the mistake and said the daily estimate should reflect the entire crop, with 960 cars per day for Canada and the U.S. The note requests further data from reliable shipping houses.
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New York
Department
Frederick C. Johnson
Fredericton
N. B
Conaul Johnson
Guy G. Porter Company, Ltd
Canada
United States
New Brunswick
Freeze Damages Hit Potatoes and Peaches Across Gulf Coast
Staff reports from Mobile and Baldwin Mobile counties in Alabama and West Florida describe a 28 to 30 degree freeze that damaged potato crops with 15 to 20 percent losses in radishes and peaches, carrots delayed, and early strawberry movement affected. forecasts shift from an early harvest to a later, uncertain timeline.
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Evergreen
Greenville
Castleberry
Mobile
Ala
Baldwin
Alabama
Florida
Atmore
Bay Minette
Perdido
Foley
Loxley
Robbertedale
Potatoes Firmer As Speculators Buy in Mid Atlantic
New York reports a firmer potato market this week with rising prices as speculators buy in Maine and unsettled shipping districts. Buyers paid farmers $8.25 3.60 per 165 pound barrel in Maine and $2.70 per cwt, while Harlem delivery quotes ran at $4.86 per 150 pounds bag.
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New York
Maine
Harlem River
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Long Islands
Lorch Creditors Meeting Set in Chicago
Referee in bankruptcy Harry A. Parkin calls the first meeting of creditors for M. W. Lorch, Inc. at his office in the Home Insurance Building on March 11 in Chicago.
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Lorch
Chicago
Harry A. Parkin
M. W. Lorch, Inc
Home Insurance Building
South la Salle Street
Trials of Lewis and Marshall Postponed in New Orleans
New Orleans on March 11 the trials of J K Lewis and John B Marshall delayed from March 9 to March 17 on federal mail fraud warrants. Sixteen indictments allege misuses of the mails while Lewis ran Crescent Produce Brokerage and Marshall is said to be involved. Lewis filed bankruptcy before arrest with assets around 38 thousand and liabilities near 16 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Tj. K. Lewis
John B. Marshall
Lewis
Crescent Produce
Marshall
Sting
Tomato shipments from Florida gain in volume
Jacksonville reports tomato shipments from Florida totaling just over 600 cars since the season began. Weather and frost affected early plantings but later plantings show stronger growth and improved quality. Acreage runs into thousands across Manatee Indian River lower East Coast and Everglades regions with April expected to be the peak shipping month.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Carlotas
Pointe
East Coast
West Coast
Seation
Manatee
Indiaa River
Lower East Coast
Everglades
Miami
Veneer Package Assn Plans New Orleans Convention
Arrangements for the American Veneer Package Association semi-annual convention in New Orleans March 16 and 17 are well under way. Members from across the country are requesting reservations and headquarters will be at the St Charles Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veneer Package Assn
New Orleans
American Veneer Package Association
St. Charlea Hotel
Mayfield Undercharge Bill Signed by President
President Coolidge signed the Mayfield Bill late last week, ending liability of commission merchants for undercharges on freight bills after returns to consignors. The law, effective March 4, widens credit terms and allows suits against terminal carriers for loss or damage, with other provisions expanding merchant protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Commission Merchante
Coolidge
Congress
Senate
Commission
Joint Council
International Apple ‘Shippers’ Association
Western Fruit Jobbers' Association of America
National League of Commission Merchants of
United States
Washington
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dow
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Walter H. Hewton
Minnesota
Earle B. Mayfield
Texas
James E. Watson
Indiana
National Industrial Traffic League
Meeting of Ferraro Creditors in Schenectady
A meeting of the creditors of John Ferraro and Nicholas Ferraro, recently bankrupt as John Ferraro & Son, will be held in Schenectady N Y next Wednesday at the referee's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
John
Nicholas Ferraro
John Ferraro
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South Texas Union
Maont
Webb
Eagle Bess
Josgph E. Sorbello
Dakan
Bockelmann
N.Y
H. Cheatham
Greenville Truck Growers’ Association
L. c
A. N. Bedrock
Farmers’ Co-operative Association
J. K. Lewis
John B.marshall
Bradenton
Fort Pierce
Indian River
Mayfield
Ferraro Creditors
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