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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1923
Page
1
Present estimates indicate around 20,000,000 boxes for shipment this season. The Florida citrus crop is expected to be a bumper year with higher production than last season, according to agricultural officials.
Jacksonville Florida reports a bumper citrus crop with record volumes in oranges and grapefruit for 1923-24. Recovery from the 1921 hurricane along with a surge of young bearing trees and ideal growing conditions push total production higher. Early bloom shapes a strong season though some consecutive production varies by grove. Weather and color development favorable, with fruit sizes larger and quality good.
Brownaville Texas November 2 Around 1500 acres of fall potatoes are grown in the Rio Grande Valley with harvest near but weather slowed by heavy rains. Spring plantings may reach about 4090 acres, up 1500 from last spring as seed purchases rise. Local firms report seed carloads from Nebraska in Rea Triumph and pricing around 2 dollars per cwt. Planting begins January with harvest March and April. prices vary by year.
The National League of Commerce Merchants plans a ten day Florida tour ending with Havana after the January convention. Departing Jacksonville January 18, the trip costs 170 per person including most expenses, with Havana optional return from Miami at 120. A 59 advance secures reservations by January 1.
Phoenix Ariz Nov 2 The Arizona citrus crop estimate shows grapefruit at 125 cars with 95 cars seedless and 20 cars seedling varieties. Orange production expected around 100 cars with 75 Navels and 25 seedling. Quality of both oranges and grapefruit reported unusually good by shippers.
The California Vegetable Union opened warerooms at 2018 Canton Street in Dallas to run a jobbing and spec car business for its products with Charles P Hoar in charge. Hoar says the Texas venture will provide more economical, broader distribution of the Union’s commodities and a similar house may open in Fort Worth, with possible wider Texas expansion.
Arrangements are being made for a special train to Jacksonville Florida after the Western Fruit Jobbers Association meeting in Kansas City January 8 to 11. The train will run via St Louis Memphis Muscle Shoals Chattanooga and join a Cincinnati train then proceed to Jacksonville for the National League convention. Stops en route include Muscle Shoals with the full schedule to be finalized soon.
Chicago market activity for onions rises as cooler weather spurs buyers. Indiana Michigan Ohio and Wisconsin reds and yellows fetch around 3.25 to 3.75 per unit, California browns about 2.30 to 3.50, and Colorado yellows 1.75 to 2. The week sees brisk demand alongside steady prices, with field run shipments noted and October totals near 4 800 caras.
The Produce Packer announces a separate weekly edition carrying market and trade news for shippers and distributors of fruits vegetables poultry butter hides wool furs etc A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
Mobile correspondence reports a booming Satsuma orange outlook for Southern Alabama with expected output between 450 and 500 carloads. Older trees yield strongly, new plantings rise, and shipments should grow daily toward mid month as the crop expands across the southern state. Louisiana and Mississippi also show improved citrus yields, marking one of the best crops in years.
In a Madisonville Texas to Thibodaux Louisiana trunk case the U S Supreme Court held express firms are not liable for actual contents value when the shipper accepts a receipt stating a lower value The decision in the American Railway Express Company v Levee defines interstate commerce liability limits and the acceptance of a lower declared value as binding
On a firm and solid basis and absent unforeseen calamities, the region expects steady growth in orders as new packing houses and modern equipment for cleaning, brushing, and grading fruit are established at principal loading stations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, with continued improvements in handling facilities.
New York state and New Jersey banned New England Christmas trees and greens weeks ago with Pennsylvania and Michigan following. Quarantines aim to curb gypsy and brown tailed moth spread, affecting Maine New Hampshire and Vermont as top East Coast shippers. Federal and state inspectors will enforce rules. Burgess and Rogers lead the effort.
New York reports little improvement in the apple market this week as heavy box fruit receipts congest rail yards in Jersey and buyers struggle to meet demand. Fancy Jonathan barrel apples reach $9, with most sales $4 to $6. other varieties price from $2 to $6, while Western box fruit shows Delicous and Jonathans at $1.25 to $2.75. Winter bananas and Spitzenbergs command up to $5 and $2.75 respectively.
Harlingen Texas November 2 cabbage acreage in Rio Grande Valley remains uncertain with estimates from 2 000 acres currently planted to a possible 7 000 acres as planting resumes in December January and February. If average yields hold, output may top 1 200 carloads though weather delays and late plantings could reduce totals.
Los Angeles reports from Brewers and shippers say California will ship about 70 000 cars of citrus in the coming season from November 1 1923 to October 31 1924 with possible totals up to 75 000 cars. The breakdown anticipates 55 500 cars oranges 12 500 lemons 1 250 miscellaneous oranges and 630 grapefruit. Outputs may be 25 to 30 percent heavier in some areas. Valencian shipments in Southern California are expected to exceed Navels for the first time. Major players include American Fruit Growers Inc and Peppers Fruit Company with real estate gains noted among executives. Continued on Page A2.
Readable fragments show shipments from California ending October 31 to California with a value of .43 and a quantity noted as 180, though the text is incomplete and lacks full context or identities.
A meeting called by George A. Solomon of the Consolidated Brokers Inc discusses changing opening hours on streets and docks through November to March. Attendees include Joseph Steinhardt, Charles Pape, Carl Dingfelder, and Ward Smith of the Fruit and Produce Trade Association, with a follow up committee to be formed. Dock times cited 6 and 7 a.m. as part of planning.
South region supplies boosted demand and kept values steady. Eastern Shore cargoes moved Jersey varieties into Delaware and Maryland with Jersey yams selling between 75 cents and 1.35 dollars per basket.
Cabbage production in Wisconsin shifts from field sales to warehouse handling. Northern Appleton district yields are cut or in warehouses while southern areas still have some in the fields. Prices rose from 9 to 11 dollars a cart in direct sale last week to 11 to 13 dollars this week with refrigerator cars required as equipment tightens.
New York onions showed better conditions this week with prices around 2.50 a crate. Trading was uneven with unsold stock and 500 half-cases afloat. the Packer Weekly Bulletin will next issue list growers and shippers of citrus fruits with names and addresses.
In New York a involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed Monday against Samuel Kronman & Co a New York fruit and vegetable firm at 181 Reade Street by creditors Flo Blitz Ruth Pfister and David Engel. Receiver Eliza beth R Rayhor was appointed on a $2000 bond. Kronman and Levy reportedly owe about $60000 to four fruit auction firms and significant sums to banks and others. The building at 185 Reade Street and the 181 Reade Street Corporation are tied to the business. Liberty Fruit and Producing Co at the address closed down Tuesday.
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