Imperial Valley cantaloupes roll in as 8500 acres plan 5500 to 6000 cars
May 26 Brawley Calif large cantaloupe deal underway with 8500 acres and 5000 plus cars anticipated. Early shipments began May 16 with escalating daily car counts by express and freight. Quality praised with Honey Dew debut by Weaver Co and new handling methods improving grading and packing under state inspection.
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Packer
United States
Eveny Stipper
Packerman
Randolph Marketing Company
Mission Bell
Arakelian Brothers Co
Crowned Loyn
Arthur Miller
United Marketing Company
Threa Melon
Honey Dew
Weaver & Co
Carnation
F. H. Speich & Co
Poppy
Crutchfield & Woolfolk
American Beauty
Gerrard & Co
Bungalow
The
Turlock Shipping anl Supply _Company
Old Colony
J. Hillis Slater
Chicago
Circle W
Wagner & Sons
Alemo
J. Friedheim
Tox & Godding
H. B
Kornhorst
Arakelian Brothers & Co
Valley
Calexico
Heber
Fresno
Speich
New York
Shippers
H. B. Farming
C. A. Thornberg
Turlock
K. Arakelian
Charles Hall
J. Friedheim & Co
Hi. L. Peck
Fox & Godding
Guy Pearson
Arthur
George B. Lanhem
Ernest Coons
Charlie Donalin
Texas Peaches Move Toward Market Ready For Shipment
Dallas, May 26. Peaches move from South Texas recently with East Texas shipments beginnings. First offerings are Victor variety and Mamie Ross and Slappy and Barry Wheeler types due June 1 to 20. Cotton Belt Railroad predicts East Texas yield matching or exceeding last season’s carloads. May drop persists but wet conditions slow it. Biberta crop expected light in Jacksonville, Mt. Selman, Bullard and Palestine. Tyler and Athens shipping gains projected. Mount Pleasant, Sulphur Springs, Mount Vernon and other East Texas towns show varying car totals. Elbertas to move by early July.
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Dallas
South Texas
East Texas
Victor
Mamie Ross
Cotton Belt Railroad
Peach Belt
Palestine
Jacksonville
Bullard
Mt. Selman
Tyler
Athens
Texas
Marshall District
Naples
Omaha
Cooksville
Winfield
Mount Vernon
Saltillo
Pittsburgh
Sevarg
Chandler
Murchison
Ash
Lindale
Winnsboro
Denison
Whitesboro
Elbertas
Federal Crop Movement Report for Strawberries and Onions
Kansas City May 26 report from the Office of Markets shows strawberry movement May 18 24 across Carolinas Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas California Tennessee Missouri Illinois Virginia Kentucky and other states. It lists 16 700 crates by boat to Florida and 345 cars in Texas May 18 24 with onion movements totaling 4 164 cars through Louisiana North Carolina South Carolina Texas Virginia and California plus scattered counts for Alabama Mississippi and more across the South and West.
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Kansas City
Carolinas
Alabamawa
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
California
Missouri
Virginia
Kentucky
Luma Vda Piorida
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Wee
Wescue
Emerson to Quit Dillon's Office Rumor Surfaces
Dallas reports from Texas say Herb A. Emerson chief deputy to John J. Dillon may return to the egg and poultry business soon. Letters and telegrams signed by Emerson asked Texas dealers for the lowest prices on carloads. Confirmation was unavailable as Emerson was in Washington this week amid a restraint of trade case against Baff & Sons.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Herb A. Emerson
John J. Dillon
New York
Emerson
B. Patterson
Washington
Baff & Sons
Hood River Growers Reject Fruit Agency Union
Hood River Oregon May 26 W Stone executive manager of the Apple Growers Association states the local group will not unite with the Fritz Growers Agency Inc formed under government supervision with Spokane headquarters for the present. He adds the local agency is in hearty sympathy with the movement.
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Hood River, Ore
W. Stone
Apple Growers’ Association
Fritz Growers’ Agency, Inc
Spokane
Egg Shippers Warned On Five Per Cent Loss Rule
New York May 26 egg shippers nationwide face strict enforcement of a 5 percent bad egg limit under a Federal ruling tied to warmer weather. Penalties include fines up to 300 dollars, seizure of eggs, and civil action. The Agriculture Department urges candling to remove adulterated eggs and notes denaturing for nonfood use. Chicago May 26 reports candling and enforcement advances, with shippers educating patrons to ensure marketable eggs.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Department
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Chemistry Service
Chicago
Packer
C. H. Young
Wall Lake
Young
Towa Dairy and Food Commissioner
Mr.Young
Express Drivers Strike Paralyzes Chicago Freight Movement
Chicago’s express drivers strike disrupts late week freight, halting many perishable shipments. South Water Street merchants forced their own drivers to load cans and cantaloupes at express depots, with police present. Freight shipments suffer while some cantaloupes reach receivers. most outgoing express consignments go by freight.
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Eggund
Chicago
South Waterstreet
South Water Street
Chicago Market Prices Rally on California Cherries Auction
Auction sales in Chicago opened with strong demand and higher prices for California cherries. Central car averages included Bings 2.13, Tartarians 1.69, Royal Annes 1.59, Republicans 1.70, while Green car listings showed Royal Anes 1.24 and Bings 1.83, with crates values around 2.01.
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Chicago
California
Central
Oregon
the Central
Melon Car Movement Limited from Florida to Markets
The Jacksonville area reports a scarce melon crop with heavy rains improving yields but overall acreage and shipments remain small. Only nine cars of cantaloupes and melons have moved from Florida, eight cars from St. Johns and the ninth from Pinellas, destined along the Charlotte Harbor division of the Atlantic Coast Line. Fruits weigh 20 to 25 pounds and quality is good.
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Jacksonville
Mig
Imone
Charlotte Harbor
Atlantic Coast
Cabbage Market Slows as Week Opens in Chicago
The Chicago market sees sluggish cabbage receipts this week with prices easing. Early arrivals from Mississippi and Louisiana bring mixed quality, selling near 3.10 per cwt, while Louisiana lots quote around 1.50. Demand weak at start but shows tentative pickup as prices hold steady.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Louisianna
Big Advance in Chicago Potato Prices Strikes Market
Chicago reports a strong rise in spring potato prices as demand surges from East and Midwest buyers. Prices hit 1.20 a bushel f o b at loading stations with steady to higher quotes into midweek, while shipments from Michigan lead the rally and farmers rush remaining holdings to market amid a tightening supply.
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Chicago
Holdings Limited
Cantaloupe season opens and transport woes loom
A sprawling page summary lists market notes from Chicago to New York covering cantaloupes, apples, peaches, beans, and various vegetables. It notes shipper warnings, car reconsigning and diverting charges, strikes, price shifts, and upcoming market reports across multiple states and cities, highlighting fragile supply chains and ongoing agricultural commerce.
Southern Shippers Push Extra Charges on Perishables
Watermelon and fruit shipments face new costs for diverting and reconsigning. Affects south origin perishable goods including watermelons, cantaloupes, oranges, and grapefruit, though bananas are excluded. Effective next shipping season, 30 days to implement. protest noted by H T Kuhlmeyer. Local shippers foresee immediate impact on Florida peach and tomato shipments during transit adjustments.
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Hot Springs
Southeastern
American Association of Ight
Southeastern and Mississippi Valley Freight Association
American Freight Traffic Gulf Association
H. T. Kuhlmeyer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida
Kuhlmeyer
Packer
Jarre
Fancy Apples Sold Well in New York Market
The New York apple market reported good fruit availability but quality generally off. Greenings showault, Baldwins poor from overlong storage. Baldwins fetched 2.75 to 4 dollars, Ben Davis up to 2.75 for clean stock, Albemarle Pippins 4.25 to 4.75, with undergrade fruit 50 cents to 1 dollar below these levels.
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New York
Baldwins
Ben Davis
Poultry Inspectors Hold Up Another Car
New York May 26 Commissioner Hartigan of the Bureau of Weights and Measures held up one car of live poultry shipped by Aaron Pouling Company of Kansas City to B and. The stock was overfed inspectors stopped it Wednesday and held it up until Thursday. California Vegetable Shipments Los Angeles May 20 total vegetable shipments from southern California for the season amounts to 4158 cars. Recent daily shipments list May 18 25 cars May 19 43 cars May 20 21 48 cars May 22 14 cars May 23 31 cars May 24 19 cars
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New York
Hartigan
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Aaron Pouling
Comany
Kansas City
B. ‘Badf
California
Los Angeles
Kansas City Market Notes and Distant Market Gist
Kansas City street notes summarize market chatter across regions including Grapefruit on Isle of Pine and Bellwether topics like Watermelon shippers Potatoes in Ohio Valley Tomatoes at Crystal Springs Elgin butter market and Cincinnati notes Mention of new firms in El Paso and Sweetwater Texas plus Nashville berry season and Chicago hay market alongside California citrus and Niagara fruit prospects The page also notes market quotations and various cargo shipments with mentions of Rogers cold storage enlargement and beans from Gulf states.
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Northwest
Watsonville
New York
Penn Docks
Florida
St. Louis
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Grand Valley
Kansas City
Cleveland
Isle of Pine
Crystal Springs
Elgin
Cincinnati
White
Fort Worth
el Paso
Rogers
Texas
Nashville
Ikansas City
Eagle Lake
Houston
Sweetwater
Tex
San Antonio
Pinert Pecan Company
California
Chicago
Niagara
Canad
Louisville
Gulf States
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Federal Reports
Herb Emerson
Dillon
Hood River
Fruit Agency
Fa Shppers
Ege
Ohio
Indiana
Food Department
Bradingy
Chicago Express
Cherries
Hght Holdings
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York City
San Francisco
Calumet Company
Slater
Willis A. Sadler
A. W. Hanley
Fisher & Co
Siiverman
Maiman
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Sotwader
Georgia
Chee, & Co
Florida Truck News
Leesburg
Baldwin
Colorado
Denney
Clifton
Coto
J. W. Charles
Judsonia Berry
Utah
G. G. Kramp
Burt, N. Y
Tennessee
Buffalo Street
Minneapolis
Iowa
S. A. Gerrard & Co
Crutchtfield & Woolfolk
H. Speich & Co
Norfolk
Sandy Creek Agricultural Society
Newark
Louisiana Fruits and Vegetables
Andrewe Brothers
Berry
Cherry and Peach Shippers
Grand Bay
Ala
Hulsmith
Florida News
Boston Market
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Americus, Ga
North Central States
Aliensas Valley
Southern Shippers
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