Potato Deliveries Light at Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Mich Nov 29 Delivieries of potatoes from the country dwindled to almost nothing as growers held back supplies awaiting higher prices from the governments potato program. Locally the market ranged 1 10 a 100 pound sack with limited volume and truckers reported difficulty securing replacements. Carlot sales at loading points were about 1 08 a sack while shipments averaged 30 cars daily. The market was steady to firm on other vegetables and hot house lettuce rose to 65 75 a ten pound basket.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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Fruit Prices Mixed as Store Produce Rises
House tomatoes strengthened in a range of 1.10 to 1.15 an eight pound basket. Fancies topped at 1.25. Apples moved in larger volume with better demand blamed on higher Florida grapefruit and orange prices. Citrus sold slightly higher than a year ago. Apple prices held near last week. Limited fancy Northern Spies and Delicious sold at 1.50 to 1.75 a bushel.
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Florida
Fruit and Vegetable Container Committee Meet in Chicago
A Chicago meeting of the National Fruit and Vegetable Container Committee drew attendees from four national associations and various industry groups. Representatives from Western Fruit Jobbers, American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers, National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors, and others to discuss docketed subjects and container practices.
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Chicago
National Fruit and Vegetable Container Committee
National Fruit and Vegetable Associations
Freight Container Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Association of American Railroads
J. F. Waddell
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
E. 8. Briggs
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association
J. R. van Arnum
National League of ‘Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
Washington, D. C
Samuel Fraser
InternMational Apple Association
Rochester
I. L. Henricksen
Association American Railroads
New York
C. H. Dietrich
L. C. Carey
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Richard W. Burg
American
Michigan Apple Show to Be 25 Percent Larger
Officials announce the Michigan Apple Show in Grand Rapids opens December 3 with entries closed and classes full. Premiums total 1500 dollars, a 60 percent increase, and judges include Arthur H. Teske of Blacksburg and Prof. R. E. Loree of Michigan State College. Apples sold at show's end.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Arthur H. Teske
Blacksburg
R. E. Loree
Michigan State College
Michigan Apple Market Firm As Demand Rises In Michigan
In Grand Rapids on November 29, the Michigan apple market shows a firmer tone with expanding consumer demand and larger weekly sales. Prices mostly held steady, new highs posted for fancy Northern Spy and Delicious, small lots at 1.50 to 1.76 per bushel, A grade 1.26, and other winter varieties 0.65 to 0.85 per bushel. Retailers cite higher citrus prices driving shoppers to apples.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Green vegetables steady on Chicago market this week
Green vegetable prices held generally steady in Chicago as demand for the Thanksgiving period rose early then softened. Californias asparagus sold around 7 dollars, Ohio hothouse baskets 3.50 to 5.50, broccoli light at 2.00 to 2.75, cabbage active, and tomatoes firmer with light receipts and slow movement.
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Chicago Street Notes on Movers and Meetings in Trade Circles
Joseph Lerner and J Lerner Son prepare for Florida stays this winter while Cohen Gordon and others plan trips and visits. Chicago dealers visit St Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia and Detroit for trade talks and holidays. several executives return from travels and await further trips to Florida and the Gulf region.
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Cohen & Gordon
J. Lerner & Son
Miami
Via
Drainage appropriation for Newaygo county project
Grant Michigan November 29. O A Rhodes onion grower here says the federal government has allotted 52000 dollars to Newaygo county for the improvement of 178 miles of drain. Drains in the Grant onion belt are included and Rhodes, as county drain commissioner, will supervise the work.
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Grant, Mich
O. A. Rhodes
Newaygo County
Grant Onion Belt
Rhodes
Speakers Selected for 65th Michigan Horticultural Meeting
The Michigan State Horticultural Society released the complete speaker list for its 65th annual meeting December 3 to 5. Names include H P Gaston South Haven August H Teske Blacksburg Va W R Gardner MSU J M Hamilton NY Experiment Station W C Dutton MSU Carl Steime Sodus Otto Klenk Sparta A L Darbee East Jordan Ray Hutson MSU George Hess Benton Harbor J R Van Haarlem Vineland Ont H B Barnard Indianapolis J A King Detroit Thomas S Smith Chicago Stanley Johnston South Haven N A McCune East Lansing Donald Cation MSU Karl Reynolds Sturgeon Bay Harold Titus Traverse City Herman Wyngarden MSU.
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Michigan State Horticultural Society
H. D. Hootman
East Lansing
H. P. Gaston
South Haven
August H
Teske
Blacksburg
W. R. Gardner
Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
Vineland
Ont
Ontario Agricultural Experiment Station
H. EB. Barnard
Indianapolis
Ind
National Apple Institute
J.A. King
Detroit Commission
Thomas S. Smith
Chicago
Stanley Johnston
South Haven Experiment Station
N. A. McCune
Donald Cation
Michigan State College
Karl S. Reynolds
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Harold Titus
Traverse City
Herman Wyngarden
Michigan Hubbard Squash Reaches New High Prices
Grand Rapids Michigan November 29 The Hubbard squash market set new high prices this week within a 4 to 6 cent per pound range for tag ends of the 1936 crop. Many growers hauled their last loads for the Thanksgiving trade as supplies shrink. Market expected to be bare by Christmas unless imports arrive from other states. Truckers formerly brought in Ohio loads with apples on return trips, but with fewer apples this year traders speculate on southern deliveries.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Ohio
South
L Gillarde Company Expands Arizona Lettuce Trading
Chicago reports L Gillarde Company to operate heavily in Arizona lettuce and vegetables this year opening Phoenix office November 20 under Joe Macaluso. They will offer carrots along with other produce. Also noted, Trans-Continental Lines propose changes to Eastbound Tariff 43 C canceling Item 835 and references, with storage in transit notes added. changes pending lawful publication and eastern southern railroad concurrence.
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L. Gillarde Company
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Joe Macaluso
Macaluso
J. A. Farmar
Trans-Continental Bureau
Trans-Continental Lines
A. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana-Illinola State Line
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Eastern and Southern
Onion Haulings Continued Light As Crops Grow
Onion haulings remained light this week as growers plan to hold for higher prices. National crop is estimated larger by about 1,000,000 bushels from last year. Producers expect a contraction in final next month. Some holdings suffer from soft heart due to heavy rainfall and blight. The last state estimate placed the market outlook under review.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Crop Yields 1 524 000 Bushels This Season
Michigan reports 1 524 000 bushels harvested this season from larger acreage, compared with 1 828 000 last year. Market shows a slightly firmer tone with highest prices of the season. Large yellow corn sold at 1 3710 per 50 pound sack.
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Michigan
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