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Cantaloupes Open Season on Chicago Market in Heat
May 26 Chicago reports the real opening of the cantaloupe season with daily express car arrivals and hot weather boosting demand. Distributors hold back greens, boosting public appetite. standards at 6 to 6.50 and ponies 4.25 to 4.50. Major direct receivers include C H Weaver & Co with Three Melon brand, G M H Wagner & Sons with Sunripe and Circle W, J Friedheim & Co with Alamo, J Ellis Slater Co Old Colony from Heber, and M Piowaty & Sons handling Carnation and Aurora brands through Speich & Co and American Fruit Distributors. Fox & Godding expect early and late shipments from Imperial Valley around June 5.
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Chicago
Express
Lea
California
C. H. Weaver & Co
G. M. H. Wagner & Sons
J. Friedheim & Co
Imperial Valley
J. Ellis Slater Company
Heber
Calif
M. Piowaty & Sons
Michigan
Indiana
Pittsburgh
F. H. Speich & Co
Riverside
Pittsburgh House
American Fruit Distributors
M. Lapidus & Sons
Fox &. Godding