Chicago fruit trade figures trek through Idaho and beyond
The Chicago fruit trade scene reports A W Barnett of 8 A Gerrard Co returning from a ten day Idaho tour to gauge operations for the season. Numerous visitors from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin drop in Chicago to discuss Notre Dame Northwestern football, World Series appearances, and upcoming grape and apple deals. A Lansing buyer, L Richter, pays $54.76 in St Joseph court after pleading guilty to writing worthless checks.
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A. W. Barnett
8. A. Gerrard Company
Chicago
Idaho
Benton Harbor
Mich
R L. Richter
Lansing
John Rody
St. Joseph
Potatoes Sell a Little Higher on Chicago Market
Potatoes on the Chicago market showed a brief week of higher cash prices with improved local sales driven by cold weather. Idaho Russets and Cobblers moved in the 85 to 95 cent range, while Green Mountains and Maine spuds traded for October and January deliveries amid a cautious futures mood.
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Chicago
Idaho Russell
Idaho
Green Mountain
Maine
Boston
Russell
Green Mountains
C F Francis Dies Former Produce Dealer
C F Francis of Kilbourn Wisconsin and father of Mrs Harry E Colby of Waterloo Iowa died Monday Born in 1849 he moved from Massachusetts to Davenport in 1881 then to Dakota as a pioneer and later to Old Mexico and California as a fruit buyer He helped found Martins Woods Company later served as secretary of the Iowa Fruit Jobbers Association Funeral and interment were in Davenport Thursday
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Waterloo
C. F. Francis
Kilbourn
Wis
Harry E. Colby
Francis
Massachusetts
Davenport
Dakota
Colby
Old Mexico
Middle West
East
California
Mid-West
Martin-Woods Company
Peoria Style Wholesaler Truck Ordinance Receives Attention
Kansas City dispatch explains Peoria adopts a model ordinance licensing every wholesale distributor of fruits vegetables and provisions with a $100 fee. It covers trucks wagons railroad cars storerooms and vacant lots to curb unsafe practices, while producers selling directly to consumers remain exempt. The measure aims to curb in state and interstate truck competition and protect public health and fair pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peoria
Packer
Enli
Illinois
Vedéria
Potato harvest near end at Hollandale Minnesota
Hollandale Minnesota October 16 Harvest of potatoes is about finished with 2 to 3 percent remaining in ground. The crop was light but quality averaged fairly good. Growers and dealers plan to store stock rather than market soon, keeping holdings tight. Rail shipments are down as peatland trucks carried about half the usual tonnage this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollandale
Minn
Florida vegetable crop outlook notes mixed weather effects
A USDA report from Jacksonville details Florida vegetable planting and harvest progress, noting dry conditions in the northern fall belt and excessive rain on parts of the east coast. It cites acreages for beans cabbage celery and cucumber plans, with projected reductions in cabbage and varying plantings across counties like Leesburg Sanford Sarasota Manatee and Palm Beach.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Orlando
Lake Okeechobee
Palm Beach
Broward
East Coast
Leesburg
McIntosh
Coleman
Palmetto
Bartow
Sanford
Winter Garden
Alachua
Marion
Sarasota
Manatee
Belle Glade
Seminole County
Wauchula
Ft. Myers
Dade City
Arcadia
Ship Ping
Florida vegetable crop acreage shifts for fall harvest
The report shows 950 acres of egg plants planted for fall production, down from 1,260 in 1930 and 785 in 1929, with Hernando leading at 250 acres. Lettuce and escarole are being set in Sanford and Winter Garden, and peppers for Oct to Dec harvest are set with reduced acreage. Tomatoes for fall harvest total 3,100 acres across Martin, Dade, Broward and Lee. Advertising noted as a top investment.
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Hernando County
Hardee County
Manatee
Sanford
Winter Garden
Manatee County
Wauchula
Ft. Myers
Martin
Dade
Broward
Lee
Cabbage Harvest Nears Finish Across Twin Cities Area
Cabbage harvest in Minnesota nears completion with major districts like Plainview and Wabasha reporting below normal yields. Stock in the Twin Cities shipping districts is the smallest in twenty years, with most heads small to medium yet prices rising as demand outstrips supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Plainview
Wabasha
Union
U. S
First Imported Spanish Onions Arrive In Chicago Market
The Russel H. Lutz Co Inc received the first two cars of imported Spanish onions for Chicago this season. The first car arrived last Friday and was cleaned by Saturday noon. The second car came Monday and was cleaned within two days. The onions, packed in Spanish crates, are of good quality.
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Chicago
Russel H. Lutz Co., Inc
South Water Market
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U.S
Weaver
New York
Concords
Chautauqua
Eric” Brands
Rolling
Diversion
A. H. Welch
C.A. Woodward
Centralia
Anna
Jil
Pel Gourley
Gourley Company
St. Louis
Fred. McKown
Warsaw
Ind
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Jake Rudin
Rudin
W. L. Moulton
DiGiorgio Fruit Corporation
Brawley
Calif
Gillarde-Bruins Company
M. C. Coggins
Coggins’ Brothers, Inc
Rocky Ford
Colo
Andrew, Trautmann
Trautmann
A. G. Stearns
The
Stearns Marketing Company
Nogales, Ariz
Ea Menninger
John J. Menninger & Sons
Cincinnati
Mrs. Menninger
Tom Verrarini
Chas. Abbate Company
Michigan
Charles Cohen
Cohen & Gordon
Ohio
Ralph Lally
Standard Fruit & Steamship Company
New Orleans
W.A. White
W. A. White Brokerage Company
Sam Gilinsky
Gilinsky Fruit Company
Omaha
Harry Horowitz
Detroit
W.W. &B. Stella
General Western
Calvary Cemetery
Stella
A. Kerr
C. A. Kerr & Co
W. R. Hefley
J. H. Giroux
Crystal Lake
al Hart
Wesco Foods Company
E. F. Miller
Everett Code
Westfield
N. Y
George Frindell
Rhinelander, Wis
Harris Barnes
O. J. Barnes & Co
Grand Forks
N. D
F. Baldwin & Co
Carlots
A. J. Chisam
V. R. Culbertson
Minneapolis, Minn
Produce Exchange
Union Produce Terminal
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Yakima
United States Cold Storage Corp
United States Cold Storage & Ice Co
Chiloago
United State
Indiana
National League of Commission Merchants
Western Fruit Jobbers Association
International Apple Association Produce Reporter Trading
Dees
IRD
W. A. Murphy
St, Paul, Minn
D’amore Brokerage CO
Milwaukee, Wis
Carlot Distributors
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