New Theory Proposed for Marketing Perishable Produce
A. M. Echternach of the United Fruit Growers Association advocates federal regulation of production and distribution of fruits and vegetables. He argues most producers should sell through a single organization to prevent unfair practices, with independents required to justify methods not impacting the collective marketing program. He cites industry regulation parallels to other sectors and urges orderly marketing for public welfare.
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Kansas City
A. M. Echternach
United Fruit Growers Association
Palisade
Colo
Mr. Echternach Ja
United Fruit, Growers Association
Fifeenth
Vuatambra
Bureau Expects Small Rise in Onion Planting
Washington March 25 The Agriculture Department reports intentions to plant onions show a slight overall rise of under 1 percent from last year. Intermediate states anticipate a 19 percent drop to about 38,020 acres versus 1937, while late acreage may rise 6 percent to about 55,720 acres from 62,330 in 1937.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Penn
Potatoes Look Well in Southern Alabama Progresses
Loxley Alabama March 25 The potato crop in south Alabama advances rapidly with many fields half grown. Timely showers aid development and the crop is described as the best in memory. If weather stays normal first cars may start by April 18 and general movement by April 25 with quality expected to be very fine this season.
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Loxley
Ala
South Alabama
The Produce Packer free sample offer
The Produce Packer edition explains it is a separate weekly newspaper focused on marketing and trade news for shippers and distributors of produce ages poultry butter hides wool fur and more. A free sample copy is offered upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Highlights from News This Week Findings in 1938 potato and fruit trends
Report indicates reduced potato acreage in 1938 with shifts in fruit markets from Florida to California. Plans include a west Tennessee berry festival and Salinas lettuce deal weather influences. Bearman Fruit Co offers cash settlement amid rising onion acreage. Several obituaries noted among union and industry leaders. Weather and market shifts affect lettuce, peaches, strawberries, and tomatoes across Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and California. Federal aid discussions for Northwest apples and new market plans near Minneapolis.
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West Tennessee
Local Creditors Accept 50 Per Cent Settlement From Abe Mendelson
Local creditors in Minneapolis approve a fifty percent settlement with Abe Mendelson after his firm closed. Mendelson can raise funds to cover the 60 percent immediately, and he will seek outside creditors’ attitudes. The St. Paul operation failed after earlier financial strains and frozen assets. Mendelson, who owned the firm, returned from Florida to tidy affairs and may resume operations in St. Paul if arrangements are made.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Abe Mendelson
Mendelson
St. Paul
Florida
First Crate of Berries Sold at DeQueen Ark
In De Queen Arkansas on March 25 Jim Parker, a berry grower, delivered the season s first crate of strawberries breaking all early ripening records. L O Shull Horatio Fruit Growers bought the crate for five dollars and noted the earliest crate last year arrived April 6. If weather stays favorable carload shipping could start late next week earlier than usual.
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de Queen
Ark
Jim Parker
L. O. Shull
Horatio Fruit Growers
Shull
Carjlot
Salinas Spring Lettuce Shipments Seen Delayed by Weather
Weather dictates early Salinas-Watsonville lettuce schedule with first car due March 30 to April 2 and many shippers opening April 5 to 10. Watsonville may run later due to cold, wet growing season. overall April shipments hinge on weather and early acreage impacts.
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Salinas
Calif
Salinas-Watsonville
Salinas Valley
Watsonville
Frost Hits Shafter Early Potato Fields
Frost in the lower San Joaquin valley damages early potato fields in the Shafter Wasco district delaying Long White Rose shipments by ten days to two weeks. Edison Arvin escaped frost with Long Whites and Bliss Triumphs expected April 20 to 26. Heavy rains slow Kern county crops and may reduce yields. Edison acreage set around 7 500 to 7 800 acres with Bliss Triumphs about 750. Total Kern planting outside Edison Arvin likely under 15 000 acres due to rain and financing.
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Shafter
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter‘Wasco
Shafter-Wasco
Edison-Arvin
Bliss
Kern County
Shafter- Wasco
Edison
Bliss Triumphs
Edison- Arvin
Advertising Campaign Planned for Georgia Peaches
Georgia peach growers form the Georgia Association of Peach Growers with headquarters in Macon to promote Georgia peaches nationwide. Emmett Snellgrove named executive secretary, Wilmer M. Dickey presides as a leading grower. The association aims to raise substantial funds and enroll the remaining 30 percent of Georgia’s peach tonnage, with The Georgia Peach Grower to publish mid April detailing the full program.
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Macon
Georgia
Georgia Association of Peach Growers
Emmett, Snellgrove
Bible Building
Wilmer M. Dickey
Dickey
Snellgrove
Georgia Peach Grower
Macon Telegraph
Triumph potato movement in Lower Rio Grande Valley starts
Jen Brownsville Texas March 25 The spring crop of Triumph potatoes is moving slowly with light shipments expected until April while growers wait for nearby regions to finish shipping Blight is damaging crops though growers are taking steps to control it Cleve Tandy of A N Tandy Sons Los Fresnos notes yields may drop from 125 to about 50 bushels per acre opinions vary about total crop Most operators expect around 1200 cars but some forecast 1000 cars Quality of stock is excellent as stock is washed and many cars are precooled to arrive in good condition.
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Brownsville
Tex
Triumph
Cleve Tandy
A. N. Tandy & Sons
Los Fresnos
Rio Grande Valley
Packer
Florida citrus two-bushel box ruling overruled
Attorney General Cary D. Landis ruled the Florida Citrus Commission lacks authority to outlaw the two bushel Bruce box for citrus fruit. The commission had designated the one and three-fifths bushel box as the standard, prompting questions about proper shipping containers and labeling under state law.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Florida Citrus Commission
Cary D. Landis
Nathan Mayo
Commission
Attorney General
Commissioner of Agriculture
New York
Rockaway
N.J
Free Service From The Packer For Growers And Shippers
The Packer offers a free service department for subscribers to help growers and shippers. It invites inquiries on what you grow, quantities, shipping methods, markets, and connections needed, noting a national network and advising on risky marketing routes. Address THE PACKER Free Service Department Second and Delaware Sta Kansas City Mo.
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Packer
Fnt
United States
the Packer
Free Service Department
Second and
Delaware Sta
Kansas City, Mo
Prospective 1938 potato plantings show decline
Agriculture dept report projects total potato plantings at 3,101,700 acres in 1938, down about 4 percent from 3,216,200 acres in 1937. Abandonment of about 1.3 percent leaves roughly 3,061,000 acres for harvest across all states, with varied declines in early, intermediate, and late states.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Early Georgia peach crop expected below normal yield
Macon March 25 report from the Georgia Peach Growers Exchange states the 25 percent or more below normal yield. Damage occurred during budding and blooming, concentrated between Atlanta and Macon. Middle Georgia Hileys and Bilbertas suffered heavy losses, with some orchards nearly wiped out though overall crop may be moderate.
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Macon
Georgia
Georgia Peach Growers Exchange
Atlanta
First Bermuda Onion Cars From Texas Due Late This Week
Rayville Texas March 25 The big spring Bermuda onion deal in Willacy county is under way and five or six cars should reach market by the time this item is read The movement will rise next week but heavy shipments are not expected until about April 10 due to late fields Quality this year is expected to be better than usual though yield will be reduced by thrips damage Weather and moisture shortages in the district west of Sebastian add to concerns over final crop size
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Raymon
Aville
Tex
Willacy County
Missouri Pacific Railway
Sebastian
Kaw Valley Potato Planting Nears Completion
Topeka Kansas March 25 planting of potatoes in the Kaw valley was nearly finished this week with some fields still to be planted. Acreage rises are seen in the western part while eastern counties hold about last year. Total valley acreage may be about 10 percent higher than last year but below the five year average.
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Topeka
Kaw
Kaw Valley
Louisiankrawberry Market Shows Advance Early in the Week
Hammond Louisiana reports rising strawberry demand driven by warm northern weather. auctions Tuesday priced Louisiana Klondykes at 2.17 to 2.52 per 24 pint crate averaging 2.85, with supplies below 60 cars daily. growers expect shipments to peak late March and main crop to rise around April 4, sustaining heavy movement thereafter.
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Hammond
Bearman Fruit Co Offers Creditors Cash Settlement
Minneapolis March 25 The Bearman Fruit Company once a leading northwest fruit and vegetable factor closed doors after long financial stress. Creditors were offered 50c on the dollar in cash with option to wait for final collections. Liabilities about 11000, assets about 17000. Attorney Eli M Rostow said the plan aims to minimize costs and maximize creditor returns beyond bankruptcy. Several local creditors accepted, others undecided. The Bearman network faced related failures including Bearman Fruit Company of St Paul closing owing around 10000 and receivership for A N Bearman. Dave Gold bloom remained in charge as operations faded awaiting possible last deal.
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Minneapolis
Bearman Fruit Company
Northwest
Eli M. Rostow
Roston
A. N. Bearman
Ted
Bearman Fruit’' Company
St.Paul
L. M. Bearman
Cash & Carry Fruit Company
Arthur Bearman
Price Slashing Strawberries Hit Minneapolis Retail
Louisiana strawberries featured a price cut in retail trade last weekend with quotes as low as 94 per pint. Ads prior quoted two boxes for 29c, then 25c, and by Saturday some stores sold two boxes for 19c. Deliveries were noted at 2.95 per crate.
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Minneapolis
Yobbers
Mississippi Pea Crop Movement Opens Soon
Hazlehurst Mississippi March 5 The English pea acreage is harvesting quickly under ideal weather. The first car should move late next week with general movement around April 4 and heavy activity the second week of the month lasting until May 1. Six hundred cars are in prospect. Cabbage carlot shipments begin April 11 from about 6 000 acres in Copiah and Hinds counties compared with 5 000 acres last year.
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Hazlehurst
Miss
Coplah-Hinds
Bert Bryant of Los Angeles Is Dead
Bert Bryant 62 a widely known figure in the Los Angeles produce trade died suddenly Thursday morning from a heart attack while driving to his office. He left the business in 1930 after a long career dating to 1910. Surviving are his widow and several siblings in the East.
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Los Angeles
A. J
Bert) Bryant
Bryant
Bryant & Phillips
Sol Tubbesing Dies St Paul Operator
Sol Tubbesing of Tubbesing and Nelson died here Thursday after a two week illness. He was one of the oldest operators on the market and widely known nationwide. Funeral arrangements were set for Saturday.
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Sol Tubbesing
St. Paul
West Tennessee Strawberry Festival Plans Expanded
Humboldt Tenn March 25 plans are shaping for the fifth annual West Tennessee Strawberry Festival to be held May 4 6 and 7 with pre festival events on May 3. An open golf tournament and street dance kick off the festivities. The day features daylight fireworks a free circus vaudeville acts and a main stage opening followed by a Tennessee Horse Show with entrants from several states and a parade revue pageant and fireworks.
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A. H. Williams
Humboldt, Tenn
West Tennessee
Humboldt
Humboldt Golf and Country Club
Feaapes
Ennessee-1 Project
Soil Conservation Service
Tennessee
Strawberry Bowl
Lettuce supply to be lighter next week in Phoenix market
In Phoenix the lettuce supply from the Salt River valley will be lighter for the coming week, keeping prices about $2 higher per crate after crop losses. Demand remains good, market firm, with most crates around 3.25 to 3.50. About 450 cars expected to load, with shipments dropping to roughly 75 cases daily after Tuesday.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River Valley
Carlands
The
Inspection Service
Corres
First Cars of Alabama Strawberries Moving Now
The deal began its first car on Saturday March 19 with a second car on Monday. The store will open slowly with the southern section starting movement and the central and northern districts near maturity. Daily carrot shipments from Alabama will stay moderately light even after operations stabilize.
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Alabama
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