Onion Seed Scandal Strains New York Market
New York November 26 A National Onion Association estimate shows a strange season with 6000 carsto September 1 a big early excess followed by a shortage. Government data show October shipments at 6000 cars with another 2161 from November 1 to 18 buyers faced poor stock and no onions in New York cold storage. Seed houses allegedly sold foreign seed as domestic at high prices prompting lawsuits as growers sue over poor mixed seed.
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New York
National Onion Association
Consumpton
Chicago
Kensan
California
Ayally
Oregon
United States
Joseph
Indiana
New York State
Ohio
Hungary
Holland
Germany
The Produce Packer weekly trade newspaper description
A fragment describes The Produce Packer weekly issue devoted to commercial production and marketing of fruits vegetables and other commodities. It notes market and trade news for shippers distributors of eggs poultry butter hides wool and furs and offers a sample copy by mail.
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Packer
IC F Love & Co Dissolved By Receivers In Chicago
Chicago firm IC F Love & Co once a pioneer sealed by receivers, now being dissolved as capital runs dry. Chicago Produce Trade & Credit Association winds up its affairs with liabilities near 957,006 and uncollectible accounts around 7,000, while other intangibles may push totals near 20,000.
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Chicago
C. F. Love & Co
Chicago Produce Trade & Credit Association
Citrus Fruit Prices Lower In New York
New York November 26 There were no citrus sales during Thanksgiving. California Valencia oranges offered at $1 a car, Florida oranges weaker on lighter receipts, with prices for fancy fruit around 4.60 and 11.37 percent. California Navels moved at 4.50 for fancy and 4.70 for choice. Florida grapefruit and lemons mixed, prices uneven, with heavy imports depressing value. Porto Rico fruit softer, mandarins and pineapples showed declines. only 500 Sicily lemons sold Tuesday at 2.75 to 3.62 for 300s and 3.62 to 4.26 for 360s.
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New York
Florida
California
Severn
Porto
Rico
Porto’'Rico
Porto Rico
Sicily
Grape Offerings Moderate at New York Auction
New York on November 26 reports moderate offerings of California grapes at auction this week with about 150 cars of juice and 75 cars of table stock daily. Prices ranged from 0.65 to 2.66 per crate, with Alicantes at 1.60 and Malagas around 2.66 while Emperors sold 1.10 to 1.90 a crate.
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New York
California
Alicantes
Muacats
Arignanes
Tokaya
Malagas
Coraicholley
OROP ESTIMATES AND Foreign Onion Cargoes
Estimated production figures for Appin and related crops listed for 1926 show potatoes pears and sweet potatoes with large bushel and pound totals. In New York on Nov 26 1926 a cable advised 51 000 pages of foreign onions remained unsold at the dock and 90 100 packages of Valencias and Alicante were afloat for New York.
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Appin
New York
Critchfield Fruit Co Sold. Critchfield Leaves Dayton
The business once run by D. Critchfield, the Critchfield Fruit Company, has been sold to Glambrone & Dipasqualie. Critchfield has departed Dayton amid various claims against him.
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D. Critchfield
Dayton, O
Critchfield Fruit Company
Glambrone & Dipasqualie
Critchfield
Dayton
Onion production and distribution special report
Washington report details United States Department of Agriculture figures on onion production by cars of 600 bushels across states. It covers estimated production shipped and stored for future shipment with figures for California Colorado Idaho Illinois Indiana Massachusetts Michigan New York and others. Also notes a prior legal case about strawberry shipping rates from North Carolina to New York City and a new ruling setting maximum rates for 32 quart crates in refrigerator cars after December 30.
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Indiana
California
Michigan
Washington, D. C
United States Department, of ‘Agriculture
Colorado
Idaho
Qlalo
Oregon
Sylvania
Utah
Esa Wiswin
Tllinois
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Califortis
Minnete
Southern Vanate
Providence Fruit and Produce Exchange
G. W. Collier
Exchange
W. W. Meyer
North Carolina
New York City
Lines
Ygara
Providence
Rose Hill
N. C
Ruling Lower Rates On Southern Strawberries Move to Providence
A recent Interstate Commerce Commission decision lowers rates for the fruit trade as the New York New Haven Hartford lines and affiliated transport entities are found unfair in handling shipments from Southern strawberry producers to Providence R I. The ruling aims to ease freight costs impacting growers shippers and wholesalers.
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Providence
R. L
Interstate, Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Freeze Ends Danish Cabbage Field Movement in New York
Freeze in Western New York ends Danish cabbage movement. In Rochester on November 26 the fresh crop movement is brought to a finish with little left in fields. Market slow due to holiday and fruit focus, with small to medium lots selling around 15 dollars. Total seasonal movement trails last year.
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New York
Rochester
N. Y
California standardizing act violation fined
Mazzie pleaded guilty to attempting to ship grapes with more than 16 percent moisture violating the California trade and vegetable standardization act. Police detectives charged Archin with enforcing the standard. the case proceeded in court.
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Archin
California
Mazzie
Early Winter Vegetables Ship from Brookside and Brookaville
Early winter vegetables move from Brookside and Brookaville in express shipments led by eggplant as the heaviest crop this season. The report notes November 26 as the date of the dispatch.
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Brookside
Fla
Brookaville
Truck crop conditions in the Gulf Coast states Florida
New York reports detailed truck crop conditions and acreage across Florida and Louisiana. Arcadia and Deerfield plants expand potato, pepper, and bean output with near term shipments, while various crops like cabbage, carrots, spinach, mustards, and herbs are noted for timing, packing methods, and anticipated yields.
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Gulf Coast States
Cuban Fruits and Veggies Seen Doubling Before Cyclone
Frederick Todd, Havana commercial attache, reports Cuba’s potato tomato pepper green bean and pineapple output was expected to nearly double before the cyclone. Exports to the United States may rise significantly despite losses from the cyclone with new market connections and co operatives forming in Havana and New York to stabilize shipments.
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Washington, D. C
Cuba
Frederick Todd
Havana
Havang
Isle of Pines
Helena
New York
New
Cube
United States
New ‘York
Head of Defunct Bankers Trust Company Gets Nine to Ten Years
W D Manley former president of Bankers Trust Company of Atlanta was found guilty of fraudulent insolvency linked to the closing of the Farmers and Traders Bank of Atlanta by a Fulton Superior court jury and sentenced to nine to ten years in prison. The Bankers Trust Company closed July 12 causing 83 correspondent banks in Florida and Georgia to also fail. many have since reorganized.
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Atlanta
W. D. Manley
Bankers’ Trust Company of
Farmers’ and Traders' Bank of Atlanta
Fulton Superior Court
Bankers’ Trust Company
Florida
Georgia
Farmers’ and Traders' Bank
Wood Stubbs Firm Faces Federal Receiver Action
Louisville seed firm Wood, Stubbs & Co. sought to reorganize after filing in federal court. United States Trust Company was appointed receiver to manage assets including real estate and stock as creditors seek an orderly workout. The company, dating to 1898, has suffered losses and years of leadership turnover, with market conditions and cash shortages hindering revival efforts.
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Louisville
United States District
Charles I. Dawson
Paducah
United States Trust ‘Company
Wood, Stubbs & Co
Ohio Valley
Emile Steinfeld
D. A. Sachs
C. F. Wood
Chicago
W. P. Stubbs
Ton
F. Wood
Louisiana Green Vegetables Moving in Full Blast
New Orleans reports Louisiana green vegetables moving in full blast as the winter crop, including bunched greens and herbs, dominates shipments. Frost ended the fall crop of beans peppers eggplant and squash with no further shipments this season, while demand from Northern markets remains fair and improving. Prices range from per barrel rates: bunched beets 3 to 3.50, carrots 3 to 3.50, turnips 3.50, collard greens 3.50, mustard greens 3.60, curly parsley 5 to 6, plain parsley 4, shallots 6 to 7, spinach 4.50 to 6, escarole 2 to 2.75, endives 2 to 2.75, steeks 6, white tip radishes 3.50 to 6.
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Louisiana
Cincinnati
Packer
Kenner
Antse
Madisonville
New Orleans
Twin City Potato Market At Standstill Thanksgiving Week
Minneapolis report notes the potato market in the Twin Cities is nearly idle for Thanksgiving week. No arrivals to warehouses, shipments light, and demand weak. Carlot operators quoted 2.10 to 2.25 dollars per cwt for round whites packed and shipped from shipping points.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Bujineas
Twin Cities
Twin City
Conti Offers 25 Percent to Creditors in New York
J Conti a fruit and vegetable jobber at 181 West street proposes to pay 25c on the dollar with 15 percent in cash and 10 percent in notes to run 90 days He owes about 11000 in trade and has assets around 5000 mostly book accounts Ward W Smith of the Fruit Produce Trade Association circulated a petition this week and it is likely all creditors will sign
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Conti
New York
J. Conti
Weat Street
Ward W. Smith
Fruit, & Produce Trade Association
Costs of Distribution in Pittsburgh Market 1924 Study
A New York State College of Agriculture report analyzes wholesale costs in Pittsburgh for 1924. Among 16 firms, gross sales reached 10.28 million dollars, with 91.2 percent returned to country shippers or paid in transport. Remaining 8.8 percent funded wholesale distribution costs and profits or losses.
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Corneil
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Ithaca
N. Y
New York State College of Agriculture
M. P. Rasmussen
Pittsburgh
Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Cornell University
New York City
Newark
N. J
Adalgate
Ccconuts
Pittaburgh
Canadian Jobbers Name Convention Committees
Toronto officials outline the Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers Association convention plans for January 6 at King Edward Hotel Toronto. A general committee and subcommittees were named with chairs and members listed, inviting jobbers brokers and shippers from Canada and the United States to register reservations through Stringer in Toronto or Burrows in Ottawa.
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Toronto
Canada
Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers’ Association
King Edwards Hotel
United’ States
Toronto' i
Toronto A
Charles S. Simpson
Stronach
McCabe
Everist
Despard
Ash
McCart
McCallum
Husband
Megera
Gibson
McBride
Giggs
Barrett
Waters
Etringer
Wolfe
Spence
Moore
Cowdrey
Lister
United States
Stringer
Frontstreet
East
L. F. Burrows
Ottawa
Apple Exports Rise Compared With Last Year
New York data show the week ending November 20 saw exports of 162,234 barrels and 204,098 boxes from the United States and Canada, up from 134,473 barrels and 181,567 boxes a year earlier. Cumulative exports reach 2,478,251 barrels and 3,752,060 boxes versus last year’s 1,616,266 barrels and 2,068,826 boxes.
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New York
United States
Canada
International Apple Shippers’ Association
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IC. F. Love & Co
Calif
Alabama
Arcadia
Des. G. Assn
H. W. Bell
A. F. R. Bowling Green
L. A. R. Deerfield
Todd
Bankers Trust Company
United States Trust Company
Department of Agricultural Economics
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