Frost Damage Ravages Northwest Apple and Fruit Crops
Heavy late season frosts sweep across the Northwest damaging apples pears strawberries and cherries in Hood River Yakima Wenatchee and related districts. Yakima reports the sharpest losses with many crops now expected to be light or wiped out especially peaches and apples.
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Seattle
Wash
Northwest
Hood River
Oregon
Walla Walla
Yakima
Wenatchee
Washington
White River
Puyallup Valley
Hood River Valley
Yakima Valley
Upper
Lower Valley
Condrea
Weather Bureau
Federal
Rome
Okanogan
Wenatchee Valley
Department of Horticulture
Washington State College
Not Much Damage to Georgia Peaches by Tornado
A May 2 tornado hit Middle Georgia with limited orchard damage. On John T. Moore’s farm 25,000 trees bore fruit. one-fifth broken, fruit stripped from others. At Reynolds J H Neisler’s plantation 190,000 trees remained in good shape. buildings wrecked and some injuries reported. Minor damage occurred between Roberta and Fort Valley and near Old Camp Wheeler.
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Macon
Middle Georgia
John T. Moore
Reynolds
J. H. Neisler
Growers and Shippers Telling Truck Crop Outlook This Year
Reports from Illinois Maryland Virginia Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Colorado and other states detail prospective truck crops acreage and shipments. Early yield estimates for potatoes cabbage green vegetables and fruits include per‑state figures and packaging used, with notes on shipping times and local markets.
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Ilinois
Maryland
Virginia
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Colorado
States
Packer
Alabama
Packer Weekly
Buletin
Hearing on Sapiro Co operative Law in New York
Governor Smith will hold a noon Monday hearing on the Farmers Co operative Marketing Bill in Albany May 5. Opponents meet at 10 a m in the Teneyck Hotel lobby before the Governor’s session. The bill, identical to laws in other states, imposes penalties for breaches of marketing contracts and false reports, with fines and possible injunctions.
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New York
Smith
Albany
Western
New York State
Teneyck Hotel
Sapiro Farmers Co-Operative Marketing
Senate
Nathan Strauss, Jr
Sapiro
Nless
Peuiener
First Car Cherries in Chicago Brings Over $10 000
Chicago May 2 The first full car of California cherries reached Chicago and sold at auction. California Fruit Distributors led the shipment with minor portions from other shippers. Prices ranged with Chapmans 33 to 7, Guignes 2.35 to 5.50, Tartarlana 3 to 7.50, Burbanks 2.60 to 6.50. total value about 310,000.
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Chicago
California
California Fruit Distributors
Fine Prospect for Berries in Southwest Missouri
Purdy Missouri April 29 1924 To The Packer the prospect for a good crop of Missouri strawberries improves daily The acreage is slightly smaller than last season and the berries are thinner but the plants are in the best condition they have been in the last five years They are blooming heavily The fields are in excellent condition There has been no frost to date and the weather so far has been ideal From present indications the movement will begin around May 24 Very truly yours W D Cowherd
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Purdy
Missouri
W. D. Cowherd
Rotary club receives gifted boys camp land in Kansas City
R W Gees retiring Kansas City Rotary president gives 240 acre wooded tract near the city to the Rotary Club to support a boys camp. The club bought the land for 6000 dollars two years ago and will lease it for a dollar annually, with the estate to pass to the Rotary Boys Camp Association on death of Mr and Mrs Gees. The club plans permanent improvements including a swimming pool bunkhouses tennis courts and baseball diamonds.
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Kansas City
R. W. Gees
Rotary Club of
Rotary Club
Western Fruit Jobbers Meet Set at West Baden 1925
Chicago May 2 William SONA secretary and business manager of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association announces the twenty first annual meeting will be held January 20 21 and 22 1925 at West Baden Springs Hotel Indiana. The hotel will host 1100 guests and the event is described as a convention and family reunion with plans for entertainment of the ladies.
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Chicago
William Sona
Western Fruit Jobbers' Association
West Baden Springs
Ind
National League of Commission
Louisville
Nto
West
Broadmoor Hotel
Colorado Springs
Garfitt
New York Theatre Party Packs Knickerbocker Night
The New York branch of the National League of Commission Merchants and friends filled the Knickerbocker Theatre for a gala night last Friday to see Lollipop. Ada May Weeks stars with Gus Shy and Harry Puck, noted for their musical comedy talents, in a lively Broadway hit praised by attendees.
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N. Y
New York
R. C
Knickerbocker Theatre
National League of Commission ‘Merchants
Packer
Ada May Weeks
Gus Shy
Harry Puck
Plumbers Sing Election Song at New York Branch League
The piece features a Boston duo calling themselves a pair of small town plumbers who perform a satirical song about overtime and a midlevel union scheme. They deliver verses including a quip about “Time and a Half for Overtime” and a reprise to the crowd, with Kimball described as a sharp picker for choosing the tune “Lollipop.”
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Boston
Kimball
New York
Casazza Takes Over Titus Brothers Firm In New York
New York May 2. L Casazza & Co. formally took over and incorporated Titus Brothers a long standing fruit and vegetable commission house. Titus Bros Inc moves from 154 West Street to new offices at 254 Washington Street after May 1. The firm capitalized at 20000 dollars with Lawrence Casazza as president George Casazza secretary and Eddie Wolfe treasurer. The move coincides with Casazza’s twenty first anniversary celebrated April 5 marking growth as a major receiver of Southern and Western produce.
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New York
Carriers Lose Point in Watermelon Rate Dispute
Chicago May 2 The Interstate Commerce Commission refused an oral argument in docket I C C 13 458 in the case of B D Anguish versus the Albany and Vicksburg Railroad. The ICC previously granted reparations to shippers for 1920 and 1921 after finding cheaper split rates from Florida and Georgia to the Ohio River and then to Chicago territory than the through rate. Per car differences ranged from 5 to 160 dollars, with total sums substantial across all shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
B. D. Anguish
Albany & Vicksburg Railroad
Florida
Georgia
Ohio River
Chicago Territory
The Produce Packer introduces new weekly edition
The Produce Packer announces a separate weekly paper focusing on market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and furs. A free sample copy can be mailed on request.
Federal Takeover of Foot and Mouth Campaign in California
The U S Department of Agriculture assumes full charge of eradicating foot and mouth disease in California. Headquarters are at Sacramento with Dr A G Houck overseeing federal and state forces. Infected areas are quarantined and fruit and vegetable shipments from those areas require federal permits. The move aims to prevent interstate movement without state embargoes.
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Washington, D. C
California
J. R. Mohler
Bureau Animal Industry
Henry C. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Friend W. Richardson
Sacramento
A. G. Ouck
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Fresh fruit and vegetables embargo debated by states
Containing remarks on disease control and interstate commerce. Federal authorities take care to check the spread of the disease while some state embargoes hinder movement of produce from infected states or Europe if not packed in hay or litter.
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Europe
Imperial Valley Poised for Early Cantaloupe Shipments
Brawley California May 2 The Imperial Valley rail offices report long lines of refrigerator cars along the Inter California line from Mexico to Yuma with Mexicali and Calexico yards filling and crews counting on an earlier large scale shipping season. Cantaloupe fields show strong vines and advancing fruit while workers gather in numbers. Growers expect high quality early crops. Oklahoma Watermelon Crop In Oklahoma City reports indicate a good watermelon harvest outlook for the year.
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Brawley
Calif
Exchange to Consign Peaches as Well as Sell on F C B Basis
Macon Georgia May 4 Officers of the Georgi Peach Growers Exchange and Gentile Brothers Company with the Federated Growers in talks on appointing consignment agents in major distribution centers. Receivers may handle fruit not sold for cash at shipping points. Names of hundreds of commission agents are known and may be selected.
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Macon
Georgi Peach Growers’ Exchange
Gentile Brothers Company
Federated
Mrint and
Vegetable Growers, Inc. F
Exchange
Minnesota Potato Growers Exchange forms leadership to market 1924 crop
In St Paul on May 2 the Minnesota Potato Growers Exchange elected officers Frank Kien Kennedy Minn President. Possehl Baker and George H Neubert Mora Vice Presidents. Walter Oby Detroit Secretary Treasurer. The executive committee includes Olson Norman Glantz Hubbard and Wallace St Paul. A distributor and sales manager to market the 1924 crop will be selected soon.
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Minn
Potato Growers Exchange
Frank Kien
Kennedy
Possehl
Baker
George H. Neubert
Mora
Walter Oby
Detroit
S. BE
Olson
Norman
Benjamin Glantz
Hubbard
A. Wallace
St. Paul
Manhattan Tomato Company Faces Creditors Over Bankruptcy
Creditors of the Manhattan Tomato Company await a proposition after the firm, led by Germansky and Morgan A. Smith, failed to meet obligations. About $18,000 in tomatoes were charged by A. J. Smith amid purchases by Germansky, and a bankruptcy filing was being prepared as creditors weigh recovery options, with Tozzi & Co. holding nearly $5,000.
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Creatior
Manhattan Tomato Company
S. Germansky
West Street
Germansky
Morgan A. Smith
Smith
Detroit
Southwest Tomato Company
A. J. Smith
Morgan A
Natalia
Frank
James Tozzi & Co
Tozzi
Minnesota grange elects officers and names committee slate
The executive committee of Minnesota farmers elected six officers to represent counties including Kiene Marshall Possehl Norman Neubert Kannabec and Oby Detroit along with six other members EB Olsen Norman and Benjamin Glantz Hubbard and D A Wallace St Paul editor of the Farmer was appointed by Agriculture Commissioner Wallace This session focused on 1924 potato crop preparations and selecting a sales organization with warehousing and financing plans as several national fruit and vegetable distributors presented proposals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Wallace
St. Paul
Farmer
Wallace
Washington
N. J. Holmberg
Minnesota
McCormick Company Reopens as Empire Produce in Savannah
McCormick & Co of Savannah closed weeks ago after failing to pay bills. Complaints linger as H Glenn Oetgen, linked to Edgar O. Oetgen, and H Dono nue form Empire Produce Company Inc at the same location to resume business.
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McCormick & Co
Savannah
H. Glenn Oetgen
Edgar O. Oetgen
H. Dono‘nue
Mpire Produce Company, Inc
States Conference on Plant Quarantine Policy Ends
A three day federal and state officials meeting in Washington discusses a general policy on plant quarantine and embargoes. The aim is closer cooperation and a system to certify shipments free of pests to avoid blanket embargoes while recognizing limits set by Supreme Court decisions.
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Washington, D. C
C. L. Marlatt
Federal Horticultural Board
W. C. O'Kane
New Hampshire
R. C. Althouse
Marratt
Ence
United States Supreme Court
PHTEEY Dispute Over Bankruptcy and Debts In New York Firm
Creditors propose settling with conditions to hold bankruptcy in abeyance and require Germansky to pay 60 percent over two months. Morgan A. Smith claims authority for the firm and asserts debts of A. J. Smith are those of the Manhattan Company. Smith cites recent payouts and asserts solvency though assets are illiquid.
Maine Potato Exchange to operate its own selling agency
Maine potato growers decide to establish an independent selling agency for the coming season, replacing the Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers. Julien T. Warder named general sales manager with Boston headquarters. he currently runs metropolitan sales for Phillips & Co in Maine. G Herbert Foss and A J Beck confirmed the move after a New York meeting.
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New York
Maine
Maine Potato Growers Exchange
Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc
Exchange
Board’ of Trustees
Houston
Julien T. ‘Warder
Boston
Warder
Phillips & Co
Inz
Maine Potato Distributors
W. M. & J. T. Warder
G. Herbert Foss
A.J. Beck
The
Packer
Acreage to Plant Onion Crops in Five States for 1924
The Agriculture Department announced onion acreage to be planted in 1924 for Indiana Massachusetts Minnesota New York Ohio totaling 24 610 acres. The test year total was 25 400 acres.
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Commercial Union
Washington, D. C
Nursday
Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
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Lil
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Cass County
Lal AL Bunscombe
Sapiro Co-Operative Law
State OF
Western Fruit
Casazza
Titus Bros
A. G. Houck
Imperial Valley
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Potato Growers’ Exchange
Proposition
Pet
Pim
Ays
Manhattan Company
Mr. Smith
Natalia Frank
Maine Potato Exchange
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