St Paul fruit and vegetable trade shows mixed activity
Market reports from St Paul indicate a fairly active week for fruits with steady to easy conditions in vegetables. Strawberries remain plentiful, Cuban pineapples and Valencia oranges meet fair demand, and prices stay mostly unchanged while home grown truck produce eases slightly.
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Sth Paul
Tuide Fin Fruit
Louisiana
Arkansas
California
Florida
Texas
Iona
Easier Tone to Potatoes in Michigan
Grand Rapids Mich May 12 the potato market after ten days of steady price gains turned easier as demand slowed and buyers hesitated to take large stocks. Top price paid was 1 a bushel with few houses buying more than 100 bushels at a time. Truckers reported limited stocks in first hands and fewer than 1 000 cars remain in the state to move. J R H Shoemaker United States Bureau of Markets representative closed his office Saturday and will visit Lansing next week to discuss issuing fruit marketing reports from June 1 in cooperation with state officials.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
J. R. H. Shoemaker
United “States
Bureau of Markets
Shoemaker
Lansing
of. Agriculture
John A. Doelle
William. P. Hartman
X- Penses
Heavier Vegetable Receipts Cool Prices in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Mich May 12 Heavier receipts of vegetables driven by warmer weather and a warm rain exerted a bearish influence on prices in the market early this week Hothouse leaf lettuce fell from 16 cents a pound to 10 cents asparagus dropped from 2 dollars to 1 25 a dozen bunches rhubarb slid from 3 dollars a bushel to 1 50 hothouse radishes held at 75 cents to 1 a dozen bunches supply limited spinach remains scarce as some acreage was winter killed home grown hothouse cucumbers now in market at 1 2 a dozen spring vegetables in volume slow up shipped stocks"}
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Traverse Cherry Crop Outlook Bright Despite Frosts
NTraverse City Mich May 12 Two severe frosts last week did not damage local cherry orchards as reports from major growers show. A later warm spell stimulated rapid development, prompting farmers to prepare oil burning to counter future freezing nights.
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Ntraverse City
Mich
Blooming fruit trees sweep Michigan belt in May
Grand Rapids Mich May 12 blossom time dominates Western Michigan fruit belt from Indiana line to Grand Rapids with peach pedals fallen and fruit set for a bumper crop. Cherries and plums also advanced as ideal weather fuels optimism though Baldwin and Spy trees show a limited bloom in parts of Southwestern Michigan.
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Grand. Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Indiana Line
Grand Rapids
Baldwin
Spy
Sees Good Future for Michigan Fruit Growers
Grand Rapids May 12 Bara Levin state director of agricultural development cites census figures showing large apple and peach bearing trees in the United States and Michigan. He argues Michigan has unusual opportunities for fruit producers due to climate soil and proximity to markets. He urges examining Michigan locations from Berrien to Emmet counties and distances to Detroit Chicago Cincinnati Indianapolis Washington Oregon as signs of a thriving horticultural future.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Bara Levin
Michigan
United ‘States
United States
Great‘lakes
Berrien
Emmet
Detroit
Chicago
Ireland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Toledo
Washington
Oregon
Berries Selling Strong in Grand Rapids Market
Grand Rapids Michigan May 12 Grand Rapids now consumes about one car of Southern strawberries daily. Arrivals from Tennessee and Louisiana reached the market last week with Louisiana fruit in better shape due to variety and packing. Demand for strawberries this season is the best in three years. Opened this week at 5 dollars after rate of 24 quarts. Michigan berries unlikely to ripen until June unless growing season improves. Prospects point to a large crop unless late frosts occur.
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Grand, Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids
Tennessee
Louisiana
Michigan
Michigan Cherry Canners Protest Rate Discrimination
Traverse City May 12 Michigan cherry canners protest competitive freight rates on canned goods with Pere Marquette Railroad during a meeting with President Frank Alfred. They allege Sturgeon Bay’s 18 cent rate to Chicago undercuts Traverse City cherries, limiting Michigan packers to a narrow Ohio Kentucky corridor and markets as far as Pittsburgh. Alfred promised a tariff inquiry into the matter.
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Traverse City
Mich
Pere Marquette Railroad
Frank Alice
Sturgeon Bay
Chicago
Traverse ‘City
Kansas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Alfred
Bay
Freight Tariff Department
Michigan fruit growers urged to protect honeybees guidance
Grand Rapids May 12. P J Ulman assistant director of apiary stated Michigan fruit growers value honeybees and their work for the industry. He urged precautions against arsenical spray for codling moth and advised not locking bees in hives. Follow first spray when 90 percent of petals fall. proper directions protect bees and aid fruit yields. Overhead irrigation adopted by many berry growers to aid raspberries and strawberries despite plant shortages and a June drought ahead. Grand Traverse region expects to hold back strawberries to reach Chicago market two weeks after a Southern sale.
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Grand, Rapids, Mich
P. J. Ulman
Michigan
Chicago
Evan
Milling Alfalfa Kills the Weevils in Idaho Now
Boise May 12 Tests by W H Wicks head of Idaho State Bureau of Plant Industry show alfalfa meal mills kill weevils. In Payette mill two trials placed 200 live weevils in hay with 100 pounds of meal and 200 in 50 pounds of meal. only broken dead weevils found, no live weevil. Results to be presented at Sacramento conference to ease pacific coast shipping.
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Boise
Idaho
Oregon
California
W. H. Wicks
State Bureau of Plant Industry
Payette
Pacific States
Sacramento
Minneapolis Firms Move Offices in Market Shift
Three Minneapolis firms relocate their offices within the central business district. Levey & Son vacate 200 Market Bank Building for 528 Third Avenue North. J P Michels & Co move to 204 Market Bank Building. Growers Sales Agency occupies Levey & Son’s former 327 Second Avenue North office. Tong Freight Bureau director O W Tong visits Chicago. Produce Reporter Co’s F B Baker meets with Twin Cities trade. Twin City Market Week set for August 7 to 12 with a large regional merchant invitation.
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Minneapolis
Levey ,& Son
Market, Bank
Third Avenue North
P.michels.& Co
Market Bank
Growers’ Sales Agency, Inc
Second Avenue North
O. W. Tong
Tong
Chicago
F.B. Baker
Produce Reporter Company
Twin Cities
Twin City
Central Northwest
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Montana
Shipping By Trucks Threatens Local Freight in Allegan
Allegan Mich May 12 Merchants and shippers fear loss of local freight to outsiders as motor trucks take railroad business. President David Boyes of the Chamber of Commerce has been notified by the railroad traffic manager that freight could be discontinued if truck competition continues. Businessmen aim to preserve railroad service and redirect volume back to the line.
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Allegan
Mich
Michigan
David Boyes
Chamber of Commerce
More Orchards Grow in Payette County Idaho
Payette Idaho May 12 It is estimated that about 600 acres in Payette county are being set out in new orchards. Two large plantings are on Payette Heights where Col L W Patch starts 45 acres in Italian prunes and five in Lambert cherries, and M Harris plants Italian prunes on 80 acres. Strong 1921 fruit returns encourage expanding fruit acreage.
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Payette County
Payette
Idaho
Payette Heights
Col. L W. Patch
Lambert
M. Harris
Dunlap Opens Walnut Valley Distributing in Winfield
N Dunlap of Winfield Kansas opens Walnut Valley Distributing after selling wholesale fruit business and house to Central Fruit Company of Wichita He plans to market his crops from Arkansas and expand fruit interests in the region May 12 report notes his shift to distribution work and regional aims.
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N. Dunlap
Winfield
Kan
Z. N. Dunlap
Central Fruit Company
Wichita
Walnut ‘Valley Distributing’ Company
Dunlap
Arkansas
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W. So. Water St
Bacon Bros
N. Clark St
Luthy & Locher
Peoria, Illinois
T. E. Ball
Springrels
ST. Paul
Grand Traverse
C. H. Weaver & CO
Coyne
WALDE
England
Ogden Bidg
F. E. Baldwin & CO
Osden
John W. Low
J. C. Mittelstadt
Toadley
Wayne & Low, Inc
Fruit and Produce Commission
W. S. Water St
Corn Exchange Natl. Bank
National Produce Bank
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