National Apple Week Observed With City Competitions
Plans for National Apple Week starting October 31 spread nationwide. The International Apple Shippers Association offers four silver trophies for best celebrations by city size and urges committees to compile reports with photos and clippings. Plans include street parades, apple shows, window decorations, and extensive merchant advertising to promote affordable apples.
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Rochester
RG. Phillips
International
Apple Shippers’ Association
International Apple Shippers' Association
Applea
Oluba
Phillips
Wales
Association
Daily Trade
New York City
Milwaukee
Charleston
S. C
New York
H. B. Cash
The Produce Packer Promotion and Free Sample Offer
A notice advertising The Produce Packer weekly newspaper and its focus on market and trade data for fruit and vegetables, poultry, butter, hides, wool, and furs. It invites readers to request a free sample copy mailed to them.
Apple Exports From United States and Canada
Apple exports for the week ending October 14 totaled 68 207 barrels and 87 394 boxes from the United States and Canada. This compares with 39 255 barrels and 78 855 boxes the prior year. Last week 43 006 barrels and 45 526 boxes were shipped from Canadian ports. Year to date exports reach 172 067 barrels and 233 461 boxes versus 165 437 barrels and 222 866 boxes same date last season.
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Rochester
United States
Canada
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Free Receipts Of Long Island Potatoes In New York Market
New York on October 20 reports Maine potatoes scarce with shipments mainly from Long Island. Prices ranged 2.20 to 2.25 per 180 pounds bulk and 2.10 to 2.35 per 165-pound bag dockside. Jersey stocks cleaned up. Giants 1.10 to 1.45 per 160 pounds on docks. Shippers pay farmers 50 cents per bushel, Jersey round stock nearly depleted with limited demand outside Jersey markets.
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New York
Maine
Harlem River
Green Mountains
Long Island
Long Islands
Jersey
New York State
Reduced Fares Sought for Shippers Convention
The American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association asks transportation firms for fare reductions for its 1923 convention to be held at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago January 17 to 19. The secretary expects favorable action soon as interest grows and urges early reservations for attendees.
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Chicago
American’ Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Sherman
Colorado Box Apple Market Doing Better
Grand Junction Colorado October 20 The box apple market for Colorado fruit shows revival signs the last two weeks Growers shift from bulk shipments to boxing to access better markets This year even with many low grade apples in markets box apples net growers from 60 cents to 1 75 a box
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Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado
Onions Doing a Little Better in New York
New York onions market improves with cooler weather and steady demand. Receipts moderate and prices firm with Middle Western yellows and reds at 1.35 to 2 per 100 pounds, Western New York estate stock about 1.60 to 1.90, Orange county yellows 1.50 to 1.75, Western whites 2.50 to 3 per 100 pounds, pickers 3.60 to 4.50, boilers to 3.50.
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New York
Orange County
Bananas Expected to Scarce. Prices Seen Rising
New York reports fruit dispatch cables indicate banana shortages may start next week due to high winds and tropical storms in Jamaica and Central America. downed trees reach about 35 percent, signaling sharp price increases.
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New York
The
Fruit Dispatch Company
Jamaica
Central America
New York Week's Market on Citrus and Tropical Fruits
Week of Oct 20 reports heavy Porto Rican fruit receipts and price shifts in California Valencia oranges and lemons. Prices fluctuated from steady to lower through the week, with best stocks around $9.60 to $14.35 for oranges and varying rates for lemons, grapefruits, pines, and cultivated fruits.
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New York
California
Valencia
Porto Rico
Florida
Sicily
Verdelli
New York Apple Receipts Mixed as Market Remains Firm
Apple receipts in New York October 20 show moderate overall supply with firm pricing for fancy hard fruit. Most offerings were of poor quality, dull trade, and weak prices for soft fruit. specific barrel prices include McIntosh 2.7, Wealthy 2.5, King 2.5, Baldwin 2.25 to 3.75, Gravenstein 2 to 3.5, York Imperial 3 to 3.5, and Ben Davis 2 to 2.5.
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New York
Wolfe Rivers
Gravensteins
King Davis
York Imperials
Ben Davis
Ot Wealthies
Maiden Blush
McIntoshes
Wyetein
King Davids
Too Warm for Heavy Sweet Potato Sales
New York market for Southern sweet potatoes opened firm but warm muggy weather later in the week slowed trading and barely sustained prices. Eastern Shore white covers mostly $1.50 to $1.62 per barrel with tops near $1.75. brown covers around $1.25, some $1.37. Basket sweets slow with Jerseys rarely above $1.12, some fancy marks $1.25. Delawares and Maryland stock around 40 to 65 cents.
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New York
Eastern Shore
Green Veget- Ne fe New Orle) and nearh
Readable text fragment notes green vegetables and nearby areas in New Orleans with unclear context. The fragment lacks a clear event or subject. No date, organization, or person identifiable.
Prices Edge Up on Market Produce
Farm stand listing shows beans at 8 per hamper butter beans 4 cents per hamper okra 3.50 per hamper peppers 1.25 per hamper eggplants 2.50 per hamper squash 8.50 per hamper spinach 1.00 per dozen bundles parsley 0.60 to 0.40 per bunch greens 0.75 and carrots 0.65.
Quiet market on potatoes in Chicago
Local and outside buyers showed moderate demand for potatoes in Chicago as receipts from nearby states remained ample. Car supply worries loom with potential need for refrigerator cars as embargoes and fuel costs threaten movement. Minnesota and Wisconsin remain major shippers with 300 daily cars from Minnesota and 150 to 175 from Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Idaho
Waupaca
Wis
Minnesota
Comsack Kowara
U. S
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Northern Cabbage Market Shows Mixed Activity in Chicago
Chicago reports a fairly active carrot market with Wisconsin Holland cabbage at 8.9 per ton, Copenhagen 6 to 7 per ton. Railroads refuse stock cars due to cold risk, forcing sale in refrigerators after early November. Overall market dull with light receipts but ample homegrown stock. Wisconsin ships 5–7 cars daily.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Sicker launches Apple Week campaign in New York
Joe Sicker chairman of the local publicity committee for National Apple Week begins campaign in New York. He starts collections and has about 500 dollars promised, aiming to inform metropolitan consumers that apples are plentiful and should be eaten.
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New York
Joe Sicker
Cantaloupe trade slows as New York season ends
Cantaloupes in New York grow lighter in receipts as the season nears its close. Trading this week remained dull and weak with only a few Colorado pink meat flats offered and selling at about 75 cents per large crate.
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New York
Colorado
California grape market eases amid shipping embargoes and contract disputes
Eastern dealers in California struggle to secure fruit as shipments run lighter. Embargoes on box cars by Union Pacific and Western Pacific limit traffic to and from key markets including Pittsburgh and Chicago. Contracts are being broken with deposits refunded and sales rescheduled as grape prices fall amid decaying stock and aggressive cash sales.
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Los Angeles
Californ
California
Union Pacific
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Boston
Chicago
Western Pacific
Salt Lake City
Packer Office
Business groups press telephone and telegraph rate cuts
A Chicago meeting at the Board of Trade drew officials from fruit and produce trade and other industries to discuss reducing telegraph and telephone tolls. A three member committee is to craft a joint action plan to urge associations and telephone and telegraph companies to consider rate cuts.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
William Garfitt
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
American Fruit and ‘Vegetable Shippers’ Association
JoEas Briges
Onions Market Steady as Supplies Open Across Regions
Chicago October market reports show large onion holdings in carlots with demand easing. Prices for reds and yellows range about 1.80 to 1.40 in carlot sales, with smaller lots selling near 1.20 to 1.60. Indiana Wisconsin reds and yellows price 1.40 to 1.60 per 100 pounds. whites 1.75 to 2. Spanish onions 2.25 to 2.35 per crate, 3 to 2.25 per half case.
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Chicago
Indiana
Wisconsin
Peach market prices drift lower in New York week
Market chatter from New York reports a dull peach trade with many arrivals small and poor. Elbertas dominated sales at about 1 dollar per bushel for basket lots while weak fruit sold as low as 65 cents. a few extra fancy Hibertas reached 1.25 dollars occasionally 1.75.
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Dan' An
New
York
Elbertas
Inspectors Open Offices in Avoca on Certified Potatoes
Avoca officials report R V Bier of Washington representing the Department of Agriculture and H S Duncan of Rochester from the State Bureau of Farms and Markets opened offices in the J. E. Walker Co. with certified potatoes. The United States standard grade applies to the lot handling and inspection duties.
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Avoca
N.Y
R.V. Bier
Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
H.s. Duncan
Rochester
State Bureau of Farms and Markets
J. E. Walker&Co
United States
Potatoes in North Dakota Face Acute Rail Car Shortage
North Dakota struggles with a record potato crop amid an acute rail car shortage. Officials urge use of auto trucks for short hauls and farmers store surplus in cellars as frost hits, while railways limit open car shipments and push for refrigerated options to move potatoes. State college extension agents tour farms to teach quick pit storage.
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Nestos
North Dakota, Agricultural College
Northern
Pacific
F. C. Huntington
Fargo
Great Northern
Grand Forks
Feliciana Bid for Fruit Traffic Opens in New York
Ss. Feliciana bids for fruit traffic as Purness Withy hosts an open house for their new steamship Feliciana at Pier 47. About 100 guests attended a luncheon while freight traffic manager and others received invitations for the vessel’s planned sailing to London.
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New York
Purness, Withy,&Co.,Ltd
Holdings Report Breaks by Region Across Central and Pacific
A fragment shows regional holdings with East North Central West North Central West South Mountain and Pacific areas. Notes 85 5 50 figures appear and a reference to Petal stock and a $1 figure follows, though context is incomplete.
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Mountain
Pacific
Petal’ Fe
Cincinnati Plans January National League Meeting
Cincinnati hosts planning for a January National League convention with business focus and entertainment aims. Local leaders unveil tentative program featuring Warren G Harding Herbert Hoover and Alabama senator Bankhead, plus officers for the coming year and committees guiding publicity hotels and receptions.
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Cincinnati
Thomas A. Edison
Nessenger
Sheridan's
Thomas Buchanan Read
West
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Morgan
Ohio
Alte
Stors
Warren G.harding
Herbert Hoover
Bankhead
Alabama
A. Gerraray
James L
Leonard
Refrigerator Car Shortage Figures Reported on October 8
Washington Oct 20 a report from the car service division of the American Railway Association shows a refrigerator car shortage of 4791 cars as of October 8. The figures were announced here Thursday and detail the ongoing shortage affecting freight service nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
American Railway
Wer
Buich
Cabbage Movement Slow Amid War Weather
York state reports movement of cabbage is slow due to war and unfavorable weather. Demand is weak for both domestic and Danish cabbage in the New York territory. This week shippers quote 37 per ton for domestic cabbage and 11.12 per ton for road station cabbage.
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Yorks
New York
Montrose reports weak car supply for crops
Fall and winter crops face transport shortages as eight to ten cars are reportedly obtained for potatoes while onions and apples suffer from limited shipping. Growers complain they cannot secure enough cars, hampering movement of produce to markets.
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Tado
Montrose
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