Fruits And Vegetables In Milwaukee Market Report
The Milwaukee market notes large apple receipts and strong demand for choice fruit with Boston or Michigan barrels priced to $5 a barrel. Grapefruit and grape supplies are rising with weak to soft pricing. orange and lemon markets show firmness or gains. Beets, carrots, celery, cabbage, onions, cucumbers and leafy greens show steady or improving demand. potatoes steady for fancy stock. spinach and beans mixed. tomatoes light but firm. Grand Rapids reports cider demand rising post grape harvest. inspectors enforce state law. giant potatoes showcased with a single basket weighing 60 pounds and patch yields of 360 bushels per acre.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Louis D
Minneapolis Fruit and Produce Club to Move to New Quarters
The Minneapolis Fruit and Produce Club reports over 100 members attended its November meeting at the Y M C A. President George Sherman announced the soon ready fourth floor club rooms at the Produce Exchange, promising a Thanksgiving stag opening with a cafe, billiard room, reading area, and showers as the club grows into a leading trade group.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis Fruit and Produce Club
Minneapolis
George Sherman
Glee Club
Ayell
Harry Baltuff i i
Capt. C. Metz
Frank Thompson
A. B. Love
A. H. Flack
Produce Exchange
Twin City Street Notes On Trade Trips And Local Happenings
M C Ragatz of J C Famechon Co was away hunting near Hackensack Minn during the first four days of the week R L Higgins of George B Higgins Distributing Co Minneapolis spent several days hunting in South Dakota Celery from Labish Meadows Salem Ore is praised as high quality in Minneapolis markets Cranberries show steady demand aided by American Cranberry Exchange staff A large department store advertises cranberry colored dresses as a fashion hit Dr A Moore refrigeration engineer toured the South visiting Texas Mississippi and Louisiana Ss L Sam Chesley returned from a hunting trip in northern Minnesota H A Hopkins Illness after vaccination confines him at home R S Lorch of Fruit Service Co hunts in northern Minnesota George Lytle of E P Stacey Sons out sick at his desk George Curry of K W King Co St Paul ill early week J R Beggs of J R Beggs & Co St Paul hunters in northern Minnesota recently
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M. C. Ragatz
J. C. Famechon Company
Hackensack
Minn
R. L. Higgins
George B. Higgins Distributing Company
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Labish Meadows
Salem
Twin City
American Cranberry Exchange
Dc. A. Moore
Mr. Moore
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Ss. L
Sam” Chesley
S. L. Chesley Company
H. A. Hopkins
H. A. Hopkins & Co
Lorch
The
Fruit Service Company
George Lytle
E. P. Stacey & Sons
George Curry
K. W. King & Co
St. Paul
J. R. Beges
J .R. Beggs & Co
Green Vegetable Market in Chicago
Chicago on November 14 reports continued warm, drizzly weather reducing demand for green vegetables at week start, with trade picking up Wednesday. Supplies remain heavy on some lines and prices vary. alligator pears drop to $5 top Florida cases, ripe stock as low as $2 a case, and many items show modest moves including artichokes, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, eggplants, lettuces, peppers, radishes, shallots, and spinach with mixed regional prices and notable Thanksgiving demand influence.
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Chicago
Florida
California
New Yorks
Michigan
New York
Oregon
Mississippi
Idaho
Colorado
Vegetable Trade in Grand Rapids Shrinking Prices Fall
In Grand Rapids Mich the cabbage supply was generally ample and prices trended downward with many sales at 25 to 40 cents per bushel. Demand was light while growers with storage facilities marketed best production for winter. Celery demand improved slightly but frost damaged hearts, with 50 to 60 percent trimmed. spinach rose to 75 to 90 cents a bushel. cauliflower eased to 1 dollar 25 cents per crate. hothouse radishes moved at 35 cents per dozen. head lettuce held at 1 dollar a box against Iceberg at 5 dollars per crate. imported cucumbers 2.25 to 2.50 per dozen and tomatoes 3.50 per ten pound basket.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Beware Of This Man Holstein Swindle Warned
East Lansing November 14 A new dairy scam targets Holstein buyers in which a swindler visits sales, buys on credit then shows a false out of state bank telegram and urges the buyer to endorse his check. The scheme led to a $650 loss by a Holstein county sales manager and police in Nashville say no such depositor exists. Wire James G Hayes with information.
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East Lansing
Mich
James G. Hayes
Michigan Agricultural College
H. C. Helms
Nashville, Tenn
Holstein County
Nashville
James G. Hays
Madox Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition in Georgia
Walter Lee Madox a farmer from Eatonton Ga filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court here this week Liabilities total 144 714 16 assets 4 816 Local bankruptcy filing lists the farmer as the petitioner and specifies the debt load and asset amount as part of the court record.
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Macon
Walter Lee Madox
Eatonton
United States District Court
Kahn & Co Sell Restaurant and Hotel Supply Unit
Chicago November 14 Kahn & Co have sold their restaurant and hotel supply business to former employees Herman Jacobs and Thomas S Moore. The firm will now focus solely on packing and carrot distribution of potatoes, expanding a Western grown potato operation and maintaining the local warehouse and plant.
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Chicago
Kahn & Co
Herman Jacobs
Thomas S. Moore
Kahn
Pocatello
Idaho
Jacobs Moore Company Forms New Chicago Firm
The Jacobs Moore Company Inc a new Chicago firm takes over the hotel and restaurant supply business from E Kahn Co. It is incorporated for 25000 dollars. Senior executives Herman Jacobs and Thomas Moore bring 24 and 23 years in the fruit and produce trade respectively. Offices and salesrooms will be at 70 West South Water Street.
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Chicago
Jacobs- Moore Company, Inc
E. Kahn & Co
Ilinois
Herman Jacobs
Thomas 3. Moore
Moore
Jacobs
West South Water Street
Chicago Street Notes Sees A Flurry Of Trade Visitors
Last Tuesday evening F E Nellis of F E Nellis & Co left for California for ten days. Nathan Rubin of Northern Fruit and Produce Co returned from Traverse City Michigan after two months aiding Michigan apple and pear deals. M N Stout of M N Stout Company visited Chicago. he has been in New York for weeks on California wine grape deals. P C DeMarco of Fava Fruit Co Baltimore passed through Chicago returning from California after two months. headquarters with Coyne Brothers. Milton E Smith of Butwenig Produce Co and H Butwenig & Co of New York City were in town early in the week. S Sunferi of Pennsylvania Macaroni Co Pittsburgh stopped here en route from California. his firm has been active in the wine grape deal this season.
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Chicago
F. E.-. Nellis
F. E. Nellis & Co
California
Nathan Rubin
Northern Fruit and Produce Company
Traverse City
Mich
Michigan
M. N. Stout
M. N. Stout Company, Inc
Plant City
Fla
Fruit Market Quiet in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids fruit trade shows weak demand across varieties. Kieffer pears sell slowly at 25¢ to 76c per bushel with many stored for later market shifts. apples mix steady to unsettled as growers push lower grades while high quality stays firm. Michigan peaches nearly finished with lemons and Smocks at 1.50 per bushel. frost‑free Niagara grapes fetch 75 to 80 a ton as season ends.
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Tolman
Michigan
Muskegon
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Ieche
Real Service
Wagner & Sons
T. E. Polk Company
Packer
Milwaukee
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Jersey
Virginia
Grand Rapid
Grand Raps
John’ W. Low Pres. and
Treas
Mittalsta ‘ice-Prea
R. S. Headley Sec’y
Mar. Wayne & Low, Inc
Fruit and Produce Commission
W. S. Water St
Corn Exchanga
Bank of Commerce
DE Gigag! Brothers CO
Council Bluffs
T. E
Einameco
Vember
Twin City Street Notes
St. Louis
Tennessee
Georgia
Arkansas
Kenner
New Orleans
Illinois
Baltimore
Holstein Bayer
Lorcn
MW. Lorch, Hn
Jacobs-Moore Company
AGO Fruit and Produce CO
W. Randolph St
Bacon Bros
Ogden Bidg
South Water Street
South Water St
West
Randolph Street
W. H. J. Kavanagh
W. Randolph
St. Chicago
Danville
T. & J. Produce CO
Danville, Ill
H. A. Hopkins & Coo
Jonathans
McIntosh
Fiedler Bros
Springfield
Ill
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