Potato Planting Starts Across Red River Valley
Moorhead Minn May 23 potato planting is under way in the Red River Valley and will become general by week end according to Moorhead dealers. Two weeks of rain pushes work back about ten days, with completion now expected around June 10. Several large growers have begun, including Ernest Schroeder near Glyndon and Albert Carlson Watts Siding, while others like E O Grant Glyndon and the Thortvedts near Glyndon also started this week.
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Moorhead
Minn
Red River Valley
Valley
Ernest Schroeder
Glyndon
Albert Carlson
Watts Siding
Stanley Huxtable
Leonard, Crosset and Riley
Moorhead Potanto
John Whitnock
Atlantic Commission Company holds Detroit open house
The Atlantic Commission Company central western division met in Detroit on May 17 with eleven office managers from ten cities. A. Prager led talks on expansion and optimism for 1930, as H. A. Baum praised sales gains and presented the President's Cup after a banquet at Book Cadillac Hotel.
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Detroit
Central Western Division
Atlantic Commission Company
Indianapolis
Toledo
Flint
Evansville
Ft. Wayne
Grand Rapids
Cincinnati
Louisville
Lexington
Nashville
A. Prager
H. A. Baum
New York
Detroit Union Produce Terminal
Book- Cadillac
Prager
Central Western
Moderate Potato Trade Maintains Steady Chicago Market
Chicago May 23 a fair market for potatoes with steady movement on both old and new lots. Cool early week weather aided demand before rising temperatures cooled interest. Dealers report old crop nearly exhausted at terminals as new potatoes dominate and prices vary by region from Wisconsin to Florida.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Chicago Street Notes on Early Fresh Produce Trade
C H Weaver and Co shipped the first two cars under the Three-Melon label with good size fruit. P W Plinck of Wenatchee coop visited Chicago with Riley-McFarland. H A Nock of Onley, Va checked in at the Produce Exchange Building. Mort Saunders’s daughter Helen ranks high academically at Illinois. another daughter, Margaret, was an honor student. Produce Exchange Drug Co opened in the Produce Exchange Building. Charles Abbate returned from a three month shipping districts tour. C H Robinson Co moved its offices to the Produce Exchange Building. Watermelons arrive in Chicago signaling summer. first Florida car from Fort Myers weighed about 20.22 pounds and sold for 1350. Season about a month late due to south weather. Cuban melons seen recently but Florida fruit typically appears around April 15.
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Mort Saunders
Atlantic Commission Company
Helen
University of Ilinois
Margaret Saunders
Illinois
Chicago
S. Friedman & Son
Florida
Fort Myers
South
Vegetable prices show weakness at Chicago market
May 28 Chicago vegetable sales mostly weak as southern and western stockslow. lettuce held firm amid decent demand. Cucumbers and asparagus slumped. beets, cabbage, and celery varied, with heavy supplies and discounts on lower grades. Notable prices include Illinois crates $1.50 2.75 for asparagus and Louisiana hampers $2.25 2.60 for beans.
Market Prices For Produce From Florida to Louisiana
Tomatoes abundant and weak demand. Florida luge sold at 3 to 3.75, Texas lugs 2.50 to 3, Oklahoma ten-pound car tons 1.75 to 2.50. Turnips moderate supply and weak market. Illinois and St. Louis bushels 0.50, Louisiana crates 1.76 to 2.60, washed without tops 1.25. Peppers and fancy goods higher but light in supply. Florida crates of fancy 5, off condition 2.50 to 3. Florida hampers and Chile prices 2.76 to 3.26. Radishes ample with unchanged market. Indiana bushels 1? icicles at 1c. Illinois small hampers 65 each, homegrown red bunches 2 to 3 cents per bunch.
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Chicago
Illinois
Alton and
Godfrey
Ottawa
Aurora
Rochelle
Michigan
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Louis
California
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
St. Louis
Chile
Nancy Halls
Oklahoma
Indiana
Chicago Dealers Golf Meet At Westward Ho
About 40 South Water Market dealers and guests played in a spring golf tournament at Westward Ho amid wind and rain. Scores ranged mostly in the eighties with John Hartman leading at 83 and a fund to raise prizes for a final August event.
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Chicago
Westward Ho
John Hartman
Charles Irrgang
Howard Sloan
Merwin Ray
Charles Godding
Ray Hanley
Charles Abbate
F. E. Baldwin
Larry Archer
Lee Simpson
Luthy Locher Opens in New Modern Peoria Plant
Peoria Illinois reports Luthy Locher has opened a newly completed plant. About 7,000 visitors have toured the facility in the early days, with the building described as a half block long.
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Luthy-Locher
Peoria
Large brick business house with glass front in Peoria
The Luthy Locher Company, led by Emil Locher and Fritz Luthy, is described as one of Peoria’s oldest firms. It occupies a long brick structure with modern equipment and trackage for unloading three cars, moving from its Produce Row location due to space needs.
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Luthy-Locher
Emil Locher
Fritz Luthy
Peoria
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1. C. 1. Receivers and Distributors
House of Weaver
South Water Market
Tex
Wagner
T. E. Ball Springrield
Chicago Street Notes
C. H. Weaver & Co
P. W. Plinck
Wenatchee
H. A. Nock
Onley
Produce Exchange
The
Produce Exchange Drug Company
Produce Exchange Building
C. H. Robinson Company
Harry Allen
HUB Truckers
Robertsdale
S. Racine Ave
Robertsdale, Ala
Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank
Packer
Peter W. Coppersmith
John L. Coppersmith
P. W. Coppersmith & CO
South Water
CHICA
P. W. Coppersmith, JR
San Benito
Gourley Organization
Gourley Company
F Wyse Psn
Chicago, Ill
SRE
F.e.baldwin& CO
Washington Star
A. Ernst
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