Crutchfield and Woolfolk Report Quality Cantaloupes Arriving
Crutchfield and Woolfolk report first cargo of Texas cantaloupes arriving in Chicago, sold at satisfactory prices. W B Clore notes fine flavor but smaller size due to airy Texas weather. The firm expects multiple cars next week. Also two crates of Imperial Valley cantaloupes from Heber bring $50 per crate.
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Crutchfield & Woolfolk
Chicago
Texas
W. B. Clore
Pittsburg
Clore
Los Angeles
Cal
Heber
Florida orange growers meet in Tampa on June 1
Tampa, May 27 1909 a meeting of orange growers in Florida has been called for Tampa June 1. At this gathering party members who traveled to California to study conditions will report and a plan to organize a state exchange or association will be discussed. The Belleview crops report lists 6 acres onions 15 acres tomatoes 150 acres watermelons and 100 acres cantaloupes with varied harvest windows. Growers include L L Hopkins J E Pelott A L Nott R C Ridge O M Gale W R Bryant J J Nelson W H Hale C E Lucius and George J Proctor.
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Californis Party
Tampa
Fla
Florida
California
Belleview
L. L. Hopkins
J. E. Pelott
A. L. ‘Nott
R. C. Ridge
O. M. Gale
W. R. Bryant
J. J. Nelson
W. H. Hale
C. E. Lucius
Myself
George J. Proctor
Railroads challenge loading aid for produce at IC hearing
At Chicago hearings before Interstate Commerce examiner Brown, railroads vow to resist an order requiring loading and unloading assistance for produce including carrots butter eggs cheese honey and other items. The case traces back to a 2008 decision and may shift long standing practices affecting shipments east and west.
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Chicago
Examiner Brown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wholesale Fruit & Produce Assn Alt
M.D. T. Star Union
S. 8
Borden & Co
Geo
Wholesale Fruit & Produce Assn
B. G. Davies
John W. Low
Wayne & Low
Davies
Short Weights in Kansas Law Targets Berries Butter
Kansas to enforce state weights and measures law from Senate Bill 134. By June 1 boxes of berries must state net contents or use label or stamp showing dry quarts or pints. Butter packages must state net weight of 16 ounces. All dry goods must be sold by standard dry measure or weight unless otherwise agreed. May 27 reports from Topeka and Green River, Utah, note related agricultural updates and shipments.
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Berrien
Topeka
Market Report From Pueblo Vegetables and Fruits Decline
NHARBY SUPPLIES reports Pueblo market well supplied with greens onions radishes lettuce and spinach. Berries are delayed by weather. June 10 hoped for. Texas beans arrive poorly. oranges weaker. apples scarce. old potatoes depleted. new potatoes at 2 75 with good demand. Poultry market tight. live hens 16 to 164 cents, springs 35 to 4 cents. Local fruit and produce dealers listed including Sutton Mercantile Co Liebhart Produce Co and Langley Co.
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Pueblo
Col
Missouri
Texas
King Com. Co
Sutton Mercantile Co
Liebhart Produce Co
Preaséy,Tanner Co
Langley &Co
McCohn& Gleason
Collins & Williams Produce Co
Graham Com .Co
McCohn & Gleason
Collins Com. Co
Van Buren Ark Strawberry and Peach Crop Outlook
At Van Buren Arkansas a strong strawberry season has yielded high profits with around 160 full cars shipped and 3500 to 4000 crates expressed. Elberta peaches look promising with July shipping to Chicago and Denver, while potatoes and beans show moderate outputs. Local brokers and unions handle most shipments, with broader activity across Alma Dyer, Frisco north and Katy routes shaping the market.
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Erries Pata Wen
Soen
Watt
van Buren
Jus. L. Rea & Co
W. F. Keller
Farmers’ Union
Unnion
J. 1. Nea , Co
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansan
Julie
Alma
Dyer
Here
Frisco
Rudy
Lancaster
Mountainburg
MM. Creekmare
Faers’ Union
Hee Rich
Symonds
H. F. Rich
Alte Gore
A. L. Keith
B. Paine
J. Ll. Rea Ok
R Tindle
J. H. Baller
Ser
H. R. Rouw
Colorado Springs Market Report on Produce and Poultry
In Colorado Springs on May 27 trade in produce and poultry is robust though stock quality varies. Prices are generally lower for many items, with good demand for fresh stock, tomatoes scarce, strawberries tight, and eggs weakening. Notable dealers include Freedline & Taggert, Ira J. Morse, Brown Co., M. Allen, and poultry handlers Colorado Comp Co., Ralston Bros., Denney & Sommers.
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Colorado Springs
Col
California
Colorado
Freedline & Taggert
Ira J. Morse
The
Brown Com. Co
M. Allen
Colorado Com. Co
Ralston Bros
Denney & Sommers
Too Much Dirt Stirs Potato Trade Complaints
Columbus reports buyers complain Texas and Louisiana potato shipments carry excess dirt. At $1 per bushel, buyers say 40 bushels of dirt equates to value loss, while Ohio soil is plentiful. Tyler reports 89 carloads of berries shipped so far with potential for more. peaches reach Pabst Bros. in Galveston for $2.90 per crate.
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Columbus
Texas
Louisiana
Ohio
Tyler
Tex
Woldert Grocers Co
Pabst Bros
Galveston
A GOOD TRUCK DISTRICT May 1909 potato outlook in Cheneyville
Cheneyville La May 19 1909 The Irish potato crop outlook is poor due to inexperience bad stands and unfavourable weather Yields range 20 to 30 bushels per acre with rare reports of 50 to 75 bushels The author argues only about 40 percent of earlier prospects will be realized and urges diversification and new ideas to lift farmers from debt and dependence on merchants He opposes outside teachers but advocates progressive farming.
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Cheneyville
Packer
Agricul
Local growers discuss prospects for western cantaloupe distribution
A Gibson Fruit Co announcement on May 23 outlines that the firm will handle distribution for M. O. Coggina Co of Pittsburg and Lyons Bros. Co of New York in the western territory. The note hints at regional agricultural opportunities and the impact of climate and soil on prospects in the area.
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Gibson
Chicago
Gibson Fruit Co
M. O. Coggina Co
Pittsburg
Lyons Bros. Co
New York
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Coyne Bros
Water St
South Reet
Gallagher Bros
Chicaco
Produce Commission‘ Merchants
Youse
J. L. Hoar & Co
South Water St
Storch Bros
C.H. Weaver & CO
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Albert Millerd
Potnte
Kansas City
Denver
Atlantic Seaboard
Albert Miller & Co
Ogden Ridg
Ill
Railroads
Carlota
Kansas
Green River
Utah
Green River Fruit Growers
Aren
BE. A. Bricker
T. B. Strauss
G. N. Stevenson
J. S. Ladd
Sandoval
B. C. Warfield
Evans-Dougl Fruit Co
Express
Frr
Bullard
Evans-Douglas Co
Oscar R
Reitz & Redgood
Arkansas
Ginor Jones Fruit Co
Missouri Berrie Raneage City
M. R
Howard Com. Co
Berry
Nharby
Tre van Buren, Ark
Iim
A. R
Alifornia
Bunkiat
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
G. A. Charters
Clark Street
Damortratt
Condit
Cheneyville, la
C. C. Jensen Co
John Bronson
W. Randolph
ODD & Kraft CO
Des Moines
Iowa
Albert Hornei
Davidson Bros. CO
Des Moines, Iowa
FT. Dodge
Marshalltown
Moberly, MO
Ross Brothers’ Seed House
Wiens
Wy Neel
M. Longo Fruit CO
Louis, MO
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