Chicago Vegetable Market This Week
The Chicago vegetable trade remained quiet overall with steady to firm prices on several items. Demand was solid for fancy homegrown lettuce and California Iceberg, while cucumbers, string beans, and certain peppers faced softer activity amid plentiful supply and cold weather.
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Chicago
California
St. Louis
Louisiana
South
Michigan
Colorado
Florida
New York
E. Ford
Florida Grapefruit rolling wire Jay H. Twitchell Co.
Florida grapefruits are rolling through the market as Jay H. Twitchell and Co. of Chicago advertise a new wire arrangement. The brief item notes supply chain movement and a Chicago firm behind the packaging design.
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Florida
Jay H. Twitchell & Co
Chicago
Wisconsin Cheese Market Declines Further
Wisconsin cheese prices and activity fell again as buyers nationwide paused amid Food Administration licensing uncertainty and lack of export trade. In Plymouth 307 Squares sold at 23c and other varieties moved weakly while Sheboygan offered only Longhorns at 22c. Appleton Dairy Board offered Cheddars and pans at unquoted prices.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Food Administration
Plymouth
Appleton
Honey Crop Prospects In Wisconsin Apiary Districts
The Stanley Wisconsin apiary district reports a shorter honey crop this year yet expects total production to exceed 30 000 pounds. Bees gathered from surrounding areas mainly yield white clover honey. Following National Food Commission recommendations plan focuses on selling extracted honey to maximize yield, with sixty pound cans shipped two per box.
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Aley
Wis
Stanley
Butter market firmer at Elgin stay steady
The Elgin Illinois meeting of the board reported firmer butter tone on Saturday with west grade fresh butter in good demand. Receipts declined and prices were about higher than the prior week. No sales on the call but one lot of extras offered at 43 cents, aligning with general sentiment.
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Elgin
Milwaukee Market on Fruit and Produce
Milwaukee reports Apple Day boosting apple market with steady to firm demand for quality fruit. Barrels at 3.6 dollars, Michigan blacks at 15 cents per basket, fancy stock at 17 to 18 cents. Grapes scarce, moridas and cranberries rise, cabbage and onions steady, potatoes weak, butter firmer, eggs down to 34 to 35 cents.
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Milwaukee
Commission
Michigan
Moridas
Omingo
New York
Minneapolis Trade Heavy Bond Buyers
Minneapolis fruit and produce trade showed strong support for the second Liberty Loan. Ross A. Gamble of Gamble-Robinson Company led the committee for the district, reporting subscriptions of 340,600 dollars. Minneapolis quota was 16,000,000 dollars, with total subscriptions around 25,000,000 dollars.
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Minneapolis
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Liberty Loan
Ross A. Gamble
Gamble-Robinson Company
Chicago Street Notes on local onion and potato trade
A. J. Hubbard of W. B. Northrup Company, potato shippers from Minneapolis, spent Monday with local firms. W. W. Lessly of W. H. Lessly & Co. of Chattanooga, Tenn., was on the market earlier this week. W. J. O'Conner of Charles Pape & Co. from New York has been in town, overseeing onion and potato dealings for his firm.
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W. B. Northrup Company
Minneaholis
Ade
W. Lessly
W. H. Lessly & Co
Chattanooga
Detroit Market News Amid Weather Delays and Varied Fruit Trade
Detroit Mich November 2 The market faced cold wet weather yet reports a satisfactory trade with California deciduous fruit sales around 15 cars, Tokays and Malagas fairly split. Northwestern fruit included apples prunes peaches while domestic fruit focused on apples and grapes with farm picked stocks and Snows and Spies leading. Grapefruit receipts light and demand steady, oranges less active, lemons in tighter supply lifting prices. Potatoes show chaotic conditions with many shippers seeking top city prices. Michigan stock dominates receipts. Butter biting toward government control. cay market firm with light fresh receipts. Live poultry demand softly rising as Thanksgiving turkeys may be scarce. Crop locally small, prompting a view toward Christmas trade.
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California
Tokays
Malagas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Cay
Wit Uyers
Banquet Honors Stewart Visitor in Chicago Fruit Trade
W H Stewart of the Stewart Fruit Company San Francisco visited Chicago and attended a lavish banquet for 65 to 70 Central Fruit Auction buyers. The 6 pm event in the Sherman hotel Rose room featured tributes to Stewart and to Tom Clarke national East representative, with entertainment after dinner.
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W. H. Stewart
Stewart Fruit Company
San Francisco
Calif
Central Fruit Auction Company
Sherman Hotel
Mr. Stewart
Signal
Tom Clarke
Expect Turkey Business to Be Late in Midwest Market
Indianapolis reports rumors from Washington that turkeys may be shifted from Thanksgiving to Christmas. The crop is late and thin with few offerings and steady bids aimed to satisfy hotel and dining car trade. Meatless days boosted poultry demand with prices held firm. Egg prices rose to 41 cents a dozen as receipts stay ample and storage stock moves out. Butter remains steady with bids around 33 cents for country stock and creameries selling prints.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Potato Show at Rhinelander Announces County Exhibit
The Oneida county potato show will be held in Rhinelander on November 14 with specimens selected for the state show at Madison a week later. Reports from Hamilton Montana note 75 percent of normal crop with about 100 cars in shipment and Mayville Michigan expects 150 to 200 cars of potatoes this season, with crop at 60 percent of normal.
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Oneida County
Madison
Hamilton, Mont
Mayville
Mich
New firm Quick & Co opens in Richmond
Richmond Va Nov 2 a new firm Quick Co has opened as wholesale commission merchants at 1210 East Cory Street The firm will participate in the Florida Fruit and Vegetable deal and is set to engage in trade with growers and buyers in the region
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Richmond
Quick &Co
East
Cory Street
Florida
Sweet Potatoes Acreage Varies Across Regions
Reports from Chioudrant Louisiana Gonzales Louisiana and Tenn Nancy Hall Dooley Yams and Porto Ricans dominate production with acreage increases in some areas and declines in others. Shipments begin in January or November, with packing in hampers sacks and 80 to 90 pound containers. A Wisconsin study shows formaldehyde treatment controls onion smut effectively.
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Chioudrant
Nancy Hall
Bubach
Gonzales
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Esterville
John A. Eck CO
Chicago Street Notes
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North Second St
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J.C. Mittelstadt
RS. Headley Wayne & Low, Inc
Fruit and Produce
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W. S. Water St
Corn Exchange Nath Bank
National Produce Bank
Tr. Ee
Springfield, Alinois
Carlota
Stewart ‘Fruit Company
C.H. Weaver & CO
Vegetable Shippers
Texas
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Ford Service
Market St
Eldredge
Shippers
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Sinclair Brokerage Co
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