Evansville Market Reports Apple Trade and Local Notes
The Evansville Market survey covers staple venetrables, Ben Davis apples moving in storage, and scarce York Baldwins. Trade notes indicate strong demand for southern vegetables and greens, with homegrown apples offered earlier in the season. Eggs, butter, and egg house activity are mentioned, plus plans for a new $12,000 Luig Butter Co. building and the Neitart Produce Co. succession. P. H. Pennington & Co. HQs in Evansville see heavy carload business as they discuss the apple barrel and pride measure before a likely law change.
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Insville
Avery
Potittees
Deers
Middle West
York State
St. Louis
Ben Davis
Luig Butter Co
Neitart Produce Co
Lehnhard & Neitart
Lehnhard
P. H. Pennington & Co
Pennington
Mrnit Jobbers’ Assn
Washington
Indiana Four Demonstration Orchards To Showcase Apple Yields
Indiana state entomologist C H Baldwin selects four orchards across the state to demonstrate care pruning and spraying for healthy apples. Sites include Plainfield Indiana Boys School Greensburg Odd Fellows Green Bow Laporte Reeder farm near Noblesville Allisonville Riverwood Farm. Education aims to boost fruit production with lessons on codling moth control pruning and fall packing. State campaign backed by the State Horticultural Society and Purdue University is expected to grow Indiana wealth in coming years. Orange and Lawrence and Fayette counties report strong planting and scientific care of orchards.
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Indianapolis
Ind
C. H Baldwin
Indiana
Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Odd Fellows
Greensburg
Dr. Reeder
Laporte
Riverwood Farm
William Holton Dye
Hamilton County
Noblesville-Allisonville
State Horticultural Society
Purdue University
Orange County
Lawrence County
Fayette County
Indians News Items Maples Spark Hope For Sugar Season
Indians News Items describe maple sap expectations amid cold winters and rising prices. Morgantown firms expand with new produce company, while peach buds warn of ruined crop and fruit safety. Wallonia opens a canning firm, and local canneries plan new creamery buildings. Indiana pushes tomato clubs to boost farming and weighs food packaging reforms to require stamped quantities.
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Indianapolis
Morgantown
Morgantown Produce Co
N. Wentz
W. A. Gibson
W. %. Coleman
Q. O. Elkins
J. M. Whitaker
Princeton
H. A. Yeager
Kieffer
Wallonia
Wallonia Canning Co
Indiana
van Camp Packing Co
Isidor Wulfson
Egg prices steady then fall at Indianapolis market
At Indianapolis on March 22 eggs held at 19¢ for the week, dropped to 18¢ by Wednesday morning as receipts rise due to Leiter condition of the rods. Dealers hope for a bright jewel and plan storing. Hens quoted at 14¢, chickens at 6? Butter remains firm at old prices.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Renewal note from A D Gingrich on fruit losses in Illinois
A D Gingrich writes from Ozark Illinois dated March 18 1912 renewing his subscription to The Packer noting peaches and blackberries were killed by the winter while other fruits survived, expressing he could not do without The Packer.
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Ozark
Ozark, IL
Packer
A. D. Gingrich
Indianapolis Market Report Shows Seasonal Price Shifts
The Indianapolis market reports rising prices for several vegetables as the southern crop arrives. Florida and California goods steady or higher, with onions, cabbage, celery, lettuce, and potatoes showing firmness. frozen ground delays planting. early vegetables command strong demand and prices edge upward.
Veggies Fill Markets With Spring Warmth and Rising Demand
Warmer early week weather spurred brisk buying of southern green vegetables in Cincinnati. Florida tomatoes show irregular quality with prices from $2 to $3, while new cabbage commands $50 to $60 per ton on track. Cucumber and pepper supplies rise, lettuce dips, celery softens, and assorted roots, herbs, and asparagus appear in jobbing ranges as receipts stay ample for fair demand.
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Cincinnati
Florida
Louisiana
Boston
California
Handsome storage booklet from Indianapolis firm
The Indianapolis Refrigerating Co. offers a free illustrated booklet detailing their modern centrally located storage warehouse. Producers or receivers in the middle west are urged to request a copy for reference, noting the booklet is artistically designed and compact for filing.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Refrigerating Co
Middle West
Shippers and trade notes from Chicago to the South
Chicago Street Nat Gco E Ford heads to Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama for two to three weeks to visit shippers. Jas M White Utah Fruit Exchange manager Ogden Utah visits to plan for the season and notes a fine Beaches crop in Utah. M E Campbell returns from Florida visiting shippers and Havana where he passed near the Maine hulk. Feilchenfeld Aaron, new name for Feilchenfeld Bros business, occupy former Moses Gray & Co store. Ted Aaron and Harry Feilchenfeld will oversee poultry butter and eggs shipments.
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Chicago
Nat Gco
E. Ford
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Jas. M. White
Utah Fruit Exchange
Ogden
Utah
Havana
Maine
Feilchenfeld & Aaron
Feilchenfeld Bros
Moses Gray & Co
Ted Aaron
Cabbage patch profits and dairy moves amid midwest notes
Last season D H Culver netted 763 88 from an acre and a half of cabbage with 125 in expenses and personal time. He plans larger planting next year using approved cultivation methods and agricultural bulletins. Clay Center Creamery Co moves to bigger quarters doubling capacity. P J Schaefer Cheese buys Hub Cheese Co. Vaughan's Seed Store in Chicago reports strong demand for onion sets in red yellow and white varieties.
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Clear Lake
D. H. Culver
Clay Center
Kas
Clay County Creamery Co
Marshfield
Wis
P. J. Schaefer Cheese Co
Hub Cheese Co
Chicago
Vaughan’s
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H. H. Chester , Co
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Chicago, Ill
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Sulzbeacer & Sons Company
Nion Stock Yards
Feischenfeld Bros
W. S. Water St
Evansville
Gaon
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A.H. Barber
W. So
Water St
Chlosser Bros
Erie Ave
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van T. Kelly
6Th St
Minneapolis
Minn
John B. Hoxsier, Co.,let Unlimited
ST. Paul, Minn
Paul
Deanane
Malaga
Milwaukee, Wis
National League of Commission Merchants, Western Fruit Jobbers Association
Tarnational “Apple Shippers Association
Detreit, Mich
Htenbeck & In
Peoples State Bank
Tnts
Arkansas
Walter W. Campbell
Danville
Net’ Bank
Jackson St
Danville, Ill
Com
Firat Nat'l Bank
Fox & Godding Chicac
B. G. Fendig
Hensselae
Has
Carl Decker & Company
W. Randolph St
the Packer
Producer Reporter Co
Port Dearborn National Bank
Indiang
Gallagher Bros. Produce Commission
Mercmants
We Ate
Chicaco
EGG Storers
San Jose
H. A. DU Bois
Cobden, Illinois
Reeles
Luthy & Locher
Peoria, Ill
Peoria
Alphonse J. Conroy
Fruit and Produce Broker
Chamber OF Commerce
Milwaukee
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Marna Naina
Southern Ver
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