IWIN CITIES STREET NOTES R C White returns home from precooling project
R C White of the Precooling Car Service Company came home to Plant City Florida after helping perfect a new precooling machine made in Minneapolis. The W A White Brokerage Company sold the first car of bulK Ben Davis apples shipped from West Virginia. T S Johnson of Yakima County Horticultural Union left for home after weeks in the Twin Cities. W R Hefley of C H Robinson Company was away on a business trip visiting branch offices. Walter Mewing of International Fruit Distributors visited the local market while located at Waterloo Iowa recently. International Fruit Distributors reported the sale of the first car of Texas grapefruit on the local market after opening of the shooting season. Hartley Grape lettuce shipper of Los Angeles visited the Twin City markets. Gus DeLisi of Twin City Celery Company announced the arrival of a baby girl at his home in St Paul. J O Gallagher, president of General Fruit Corporation Seattle Washington, was in the Twin Cities on a business mission.
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R. C. White
Plant City
Fla
Minneapolis
W. A. White Brokerage’ Company
West Virginia
Gus DeLisi
Twin City Celery Company
St. Paul
Gus
General’ Fruit Corporation
Seattle
Wash
Twin Cities
Duck hunter and fruit auctioneer Joseph Stern dies at 68
Joseph Stern, father of Perry Stern of the Fruit Auction Sales Company, died last week at age 68. Funeral services were held Friday at 12:80 p.m. in Chicago, with Stern noted as among the few duck hunters in the trade.
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Chicago
Joseph Stern
Perry Stern
Fruit Auction Sales Company
W. G. Griergen
L. K. Stern
Onion market shows little change in Chicago
Chicago October 7 supplies of onions were heavy with demand fair for medium stock while large stock moved slowly. Quotations were largely unchanged across offerings. Western yellows 60 pound sacks quoted 60 75 cents, Utah 100 pound sacks 1.25 1.50, western white wax 50 pound sacks 65 86 cents, midwestern yellows 60 pound sacks 25 40 cents, whites 60 pound sacks 0 76 cents, red 50 pound sacks 25 cents, Colorado crates Spanish seed at 1 dollar, homegrown 15 pound boxes picklers 30 36 5 cents.
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Chicago
Utah
Midwestern
Abe
Colorado
Boston
Maine
Isle of Pines
York State
Elbertas
York Elbertas
York
New York
Louie Cohen Company
I Bera
California
Californi
Indiana
Green Mountains
Slow freezing method opens frozen pack for fruits
Washington reports a new finding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that slow freezing at 16 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit can preserve fruit in small containers as effectively as rapid freezing to 80 below zero. Experiments at Arlington and Seattle show slower freezing causes less discoloration and better texture in peaches and strawberries, suggesting a broader future for cold storage and frozen pack work.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Experiment
Arlington
Seattle
J. M. Lutz
Joseph 8. Caldwell
H. H. Moon
H. C. Diehl
James A. Berry
Bureau of Plant Industry
Seattle Laboratory
Arlington Laboratory
New Precooling Machine for Fresh Carloads
Minneapolis reports a new precooling device by C A Moore and R C White designed for fruit and vegetable cars. The Moore System uses ventilation and diffused air to remove carbon dioxide, with six portable units totaling about 17 000 cubic feet per minute. Tests show cooling time could drop to one third to one half of rival machines.
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Minneapolis
C. A. Moore
R. C. White
White
Moore
Utah growers ban C grade apples from shipments this season
At a Provo meeting about 99 Utah county growers decided to ship only U S No 1 and U S fancy grades. Shippers from Salt Lake City attended with E O Muir Mart Roylance Lee Roy Hampshire Ora Komas Miss A M Elliston and Ben Cates. Officials L S Fenn G H Daughters Dr F B Stephens spoke as meetings spread to Box Elder and other apple regions. Utah expects 800 to 1,000 carloads this year after last season’s near none due to weather.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah County
Provo
U. S
E. O. Muir
Utah Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc
Mart Roylance
Pacific Fruit Company
Lee
Box’Elder County
Potatoes steady on Chicago market with ample supplies
Chicago October 7 Supplies of potatoes on the local market were ample for all requirements this week with demand moderate and movement fair. Prices remained about unchanged though slightly better sales in some areas. Wisconsin Cobblers 62% to 70c. Minnesota Ohios 60 to 67c. Idaho Russets 1.10 to 1.15. fancy 1.20. Colorado McClures 1.00 to 1.20.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ohios
Hollandale
Idaho Russets
Real Fancy
Wyoming
Colorado McClures
Winter Apple Deal Opens in Western Michigan
Winter apple sales began across western Michigan as late varieties reached full harvest in the fruit belt. Mostly shipped directly from orchards to cold storage in Detroit and Chicago. Leading varieties Northern Spy Delicious and Jonathan selling around 1 dollar 15 cents per bushel, others at 75 to 80 cents, McIntosh firm at 1 dollar 26 cents per bushel.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Detroit
Chicago
Northern Spies
Delicious
Jonathana
McIntosh
Tomato acreage on west coast of Mexico to shrink
Nogales dispatch notes a roughly 50 percent cut in 1932–33 tomato plantings on Sonora and Sinaloa due to past frosts and a new Sonora vegetable law. Peas acreage may hold near last year. about 1,300 carloads shipped previously. Sinaloa aims to improve quality rather than control production. A new Standard Marketing Company forms to handle tomatoes and other vegetables with Cumming and Griffin as incorporators.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Sonora
Sinaloa
Growers’ Association
U. S
Standard Marketing Company
Joseph A. Cumming
Thomas F. Griffin
Cumming
Mr. Griffin
Impe rial Valley asparagus arrival marks market start
Last Friday the first car of Impe rial Valley asparagus arrived in Chicago, received by C. H. Weaver & Co. and the C. H. Robinson Company. Jasper DeMaria of Demaria Janssen, Inc. from Kansas City visited for the World Series. Gridley Maxon & Co., Inc. received the season’s first car of Louisiana cucumbers, grading mostly OS No. 1, with the firm noting its specialty and ongoing supply all season.
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Campania
Michigan
Merkel Bros
Mark Owen & Co
P. W. Coppersmith
S. & H. Levy
American Fruit Growers
Strube Celery Co
Gridley-Maxon
H. P. Kelder
John Hartmann Co
A. M. Todd Company
C. H. Weaver & Co
C. H. Robinson Company
Jasper DeMaria
Demaria & Janssen, Inc
Kansas City
Gridley-Maxon & Co., Inc
Chicago
Boston Market News Reports Fruit and Vegetable Trade
Boston fruit and vegetable market activity details arrivals and prices. Carloads from Texas and California arrive and settle at varied prices. Officials from Moorhead Inspection Bureau and American Fruit Growers Inc. attend events. packing descriptions updated by USDA to standard sizes and pack methods.
Irregular Pack Tomatoes and Coast Planting Plans Highlight Local Notes
A note outlines tomato packing rules labeled as three and one half layers and irregular pack designations. Gaston Morris visited the city and plans to plant about 1000 acres on the west coast of Mexico, signaling a strong bean season. Manuel F. Gonzalez returns from a Pacific coast vacation.
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Gaston Morris
Mexico
Fall Fruit Deals Under Way in Fennville District
In Fennville Michigan on October 7 growers report full swing in the fall apple and late peach and pear campaigns. McIntosh apples and Salway Smock and Lemon Free peaches are being harvested rapidly while Kieffer pears are picked more slowly. Winter apples are expected to begin next week and some orchards without McIntosh stock are already picking winter varieties.
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Fennville
Mich
Trade in Detroit to Take Action Against Itinerant Peddlers
Detroit Oct 7 A meeting of paper stantes from Detroit’s produce industry branches is set for 3 p m Tuesday Oct 11 at police headquarters license enforcement office. Michigan Produce Protective League and state license enforcement groups will attend to plan steps against itinerant truck peddlers violating city licensing ordinances.
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Detroit
Michigan Produce Protective League
New York Quinces Hit Market Amid Slow Trade
The first New York quinces arrived early in the week and sold slowly around 1.25 dollars per bushel hamper. The funeral of Philip W Knefele occurred at his home. he ran the city importing business for forty years, succeeding his father who founded Henry Knefel y over seventy six years ago.
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New York
Philip W. Knefele
Mr. Knefele
Henry Knefely
Hijackers Reported Active in Southwestern Michigan
Hartford Mich October 7 state police were informed hijackers are active in the area Ronald Leach a local trucker told police he was held up Saturday night near the Indiana line as he hauled 1110 bushels of grapes to Chicago his truck and cargo were taken.
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Hartford
Mich
Michigan
Ronald Leach
Indiana State Line
Chicago
Potatoes Report From Restonment Oct 7
Potatoes and carrot shipments projected from 600 acres planted this year compared with 400 last year. Estimated 200 carload shipments from the harvest, yields expected similar to last year. Six weeks of heat and drought then rain roughens some fields. Seed potatoes look good though commercial potatoes may be small and dark. By A H 8.
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Restonment
Cabbage Markets Hold Steady in Chicago Bid
Cabbage demand remained fair in Chicago with homegrown and nearby supplies meeting most needs. The market stayed about unchanged from last week. Wisconsin 60 pound crates were quoted at 30 to 40 cents and homegrown at 33 to 40 cents.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
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U.S
Tru
South Water Market
Finerman
South Water Markets
Dubin Co., Inc
IWIN
T. S. Johnson
Yakima County
W. R. Hefley
Walter Mewing
The
International Fruit Distributors
Waterloo
Texas
Hartley Grape
Los Angeles
Twin City
A. G. Stearns
Stearns Marketing Company
Canada
Nat Feinn
University of Arizona
William A. Scatena
Scatena
Byron
Butcher
Middle West
East
Mrs. Butcher
Chicago Street Notes
Co. van Niman
Moorhead
E. A. Jasburg
Lake Superior Potato Growers, Inc
Marquette, Mich
Lovett & Kirk
San Benito
Tex
Frank ,Catalano Company
J. 8. Crutchfield
American Fruit Growers Inc
United States Chamber of Commerce
Crutchfield
Biggle, Inc
Phil Bloomgarden
Bloomgarden & Sons, Inc
Detroit, Mich
Bert Altschul
Altschul Brothers Company
Lima, O
California Fruit Growers Exchange
the Exchange
Paul 8. Armstrong
T. H. Powell
W. P. Geissinger
L. H. Wohlwend
Mike Degaro
M. Degaro
Cincinnati
Andrew Trautmann
Fred Squeri
Trautmann & Squeri
Jane
Mike Geraci
Chesi-Geraci & Co
William Peterson
Ironwood
Paul
Jack
Robert Lagomarcino
Lagomarcino-Grape Company
Iowa
William Garfitt
Central Western
Standard Fruit & Steamship Company
Kansas State Jobbery Association
Diana & Mercurio
Iit
M. Diana
C. J. Mercurio
Cecile Pursley
Pacific Coast
Butcher Brokerage Company
Mr. Taxin
Eneloff
Tazin & Saby
Vitz
Philadelphia
E. L. Morrison
Benton Harbor, Mich
W. B. Clore
Weslaco, Tex
Mr. Berky
L. D. Goldstein
Ume
P. W. Coppersmith & CO
Elery Prouts
Manuel F. Gonzalez
W. A. Murphy Brokerage CO
Saint Paul, Minn
Geo.fitz & Co
Indianapolis, Ind
Baltimore Street
the Packer Produce Mercantile Agency Traffic Department
Wassix Building
Kansas City, Mo
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