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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1918
Page
2
Chicago in early summer reports active green vegetable trade aided by favorable weather. Tomato supply large and repacked stock active. prices generally easy for salable lots while inferior grades lag. Beans, peppers, lettuce, cucumbers show varied demand with price levels steady to weak for lower grades and steady for fancy stock.
Sheboygan Wis May 24 The cheese market remains firm with buying pressure stronger than last week. Production is rising but ruling prices show little change while home market trading stays brisk across styles. The Allied Provisions Export Commission quotes cheese at around 22 to 22 1/2 cents per pound in New York.
In Washington the proposition to require payment of freight bills within 48 hours after delivery is under consideration. Director Prouty promised the committee a hearing before any action is taken.
Indiana grown strawberries expected in marketable quantities by week’s end as traders note a large crop. Kentucky berries arrive in good condition with premiums. Tennessee Klondykes and Aromas Nate supply. Lemons and oranges rise 50 cents per box amid warmer weather. California cherries ease to two dollars per eight pound box. Cuban pines rise with arrivals. Ben Davis apples hover around five fifty to six fifty a barrel. Peaches move better as warmth arrives. eggplant and green beans prices soften amid ample supply. Shipments from Florida Mississippi and Louisiana. Mississippi new cabbage opens at two to two fifty per cwt. Texas Bermuda onions and spinach fall. Tomatoes remain scarce and high. New Louisiana turnips show in hopeful volume. Demand for old potatoes improves with some scarcity on certain kinds.
May 24 Minneapolis market reports strong demand for strawberries in good condition stock though supplies taper. Twenty four quart Arkansas Klondykes fetch $5.50 while Aromas at $6.50. Cherries arrive in heavier quantities with Blacks 12 row boxes at $3.50 and 11/10 row at $0.75. First red raspberries arrive from Tennessee, praised as fine in shape. Slattery Brothers note three seasons of first arrivals.
Mississippi reports mixed yields with snap beans at 65 percent of normal and cabbage 93 percent while tomatoes reach 95 percent. Central Mississippi ready to ship potatoes in a week and tomatoes by month, with freight delays from car shortages and good bean quality despite frost. Louisiana shows beans 80 and 70, cabbage 63 and 75, onions 75, 75, potatoes 88 and 90, squash 80 and 80. shipments moving, potatoes accelerating, and Texas stock handling noted.
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