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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1921
Page
2
San Francisco reports active potato and onion trading with concerns over recent Delta receipts quality. Prices vary, with Idaho Gems around 2.50 per cart and extra fancy Salinas 3.25 per cwt. local receipts near 19 000 sacks for the week and onions priced to 3.50 per cwt in high demand.
A Sacramento survey finds California celery acreage 25 percent below last year as high freight rates kept growers away. Even with a freight-rate cut in effect this week, announced in June, planting could not recover. Much celery was already in the ground and the relief was too late to boost acreage.
A horticulture specialist explains Loganberry is not a blackberry raspberry hybrid but a Pacific Coast trailing blackberry variety. The article outlines crossing methods, emasculation to prevent pollen contamination, pollen transfer to stigma, and timing for fertilization, noting development of the fruit after pollination.
Local market report shows onion receipts for the week at 75 sacks with 21 478 sacks stored, and year ago storage at 8 710 sacks. Retail onion prices ranged from 3 25 to 3 50 per cwt. Stockton stock 3 50 to 3 75 per cwt. Potato week receipts 32 974 bags. storage 7 300 bags vs 3 100 a year ago. Stockton Burbanks 2 50 to 2 75 per cwt. fancy stock 2 85. Local stock 1 16 to 1 25 per lug. lettuce 1 1 25 per field crate. cabbage 2 75 to 2 86 per field crate. No 1 tomatoes 0 76 to 1 per lug. Apples 2 4 c per lb to retailers. wat sonville Bell towers 1 35 to 1 60 per box. Muscat grapes 5 6 c per lb. todays 7 9 c. missions 6 c. Black Moroccos 3 4 c per lb. Grapefruit 3 50 to 4 c per box. lemons 5 5 50 per box. oranges 5 50 to 6 per box. Bartlett pears 5 6 c per lb. peaches 7 c to 1 25 per lug.
Census figures released show California supplying more than a quarter of the nation’s celery crop. Of 20,000 acres nationwide, California accounts for 5,300 acres, underscoring the state’s prominence in this vegetable industry.
Stockton, Calif., Oct. 6. The onion market remains active with strong demand from outside the state. River crop nearly sold out. some sellers hold for higher prices with early week quotes about 3.50 per cwt FOB. The potato market is quiet with local oversupply depressing prices. ordinary stock around 2 and fancy 2.40 per sack on the river bank, few sales as outside markets run lower.
Waterloo Iowa Oct 7 Members of the trade learn with regret of the death last Saturday of J J Buzzard owner of the Black Hawk Fruit Company and interested in the Tri City Fruit Company Davenport His death was due to angina induced by a blow from an irate customer He had long been in the fruit and vegetable industry and was known statewide The two firms will continue in business under his family's management
Log Angeles reports California grape shipments averaged about 400 cars per day over the last ten days. The tally by region shows Northern, Central and Southern California totals from September 24 to October 3, with a grand ten day sum of 4108 cars, signaling ample nationwide market supply next week.
Los Angeles report shows weekly totals for Southern California oranges and lemons. Oranges 724 cars for the week with daily breakdown from Sept 26 to Oct 1. lemons 182 cars for the same period. Cumulative state totals list 45,857 orange cars and 11,257 lemon cars shipped since November 1 last year. Prices: first grade oranges $6.25 to $6.50 per box. lemons $6.16 to $6.50.
Fresno October 7 official crop estimate of the California Associated Raisin Company places this year’s raisin production in California at 127,805 tons. The harvest is about 48,000 tons below last season’s 175,000 tons. Yakima Valley Apple Shipments rise with weekly data to 761 cars for week ending October 1 and projections to 160 cars daily in coming week.
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