Florida Citrus Crop Down by Several Million Boxes in 1925
Reports from growers and shippers say Florida’s 1925 26 citrus crop is several million boxes below last year’s 18 2 million box output and far under normal. Aphis and dry weather cut bloom and fruit, while land pressure pushes groves into subdivision and real estate, threatening long term industry viability.
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Jacksonville
Frs
Florida
Wibey Ag
Aphis
Uttle
Big advance registration for fruit and vegetable shippers meet
Chicago hosts the American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association eighth annual meeting January 4 5 6 at the Hotel Sherman with record reservations. Attendees from across the country will discuss commodities like potatoes and apples while enjoying business sessions and social gatherings.
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Chicago
American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Sherman
Briggs
Association
State Lake
Apples Lingering as Draft Untaken by Dallas Produce Co
A Dallas fruit and vegetable business named Produce Supply Co backed by Hjvlar Swanson and W. W. Witte faces trouble as a car of apples bought two weeks ago detaches on the local tracks without the draft being taken up. Swanson is reported out of town with uncertain return date while Witte maintains good standing in the market.
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Dallas
Tex
Wibout
Produce Supply Company
Hjvlmar
Witte
Mr. Swanson
Texas
Produce Packer sample offer from trade newspaper
The Produce Packer edition provides market and trade news for shippers and distributors of tobacco, poultry, butter, hides, wool and furs. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
Record Potato Market Surges Across Nation
New York reports an unprecedented potato boom with buyers paying high prices while farmers clear debts and large operators stock up. Maine farmer in Aroostook County paid off $27,000 debts after four weeks of shipments, as prices range 5.75 to 8 per 150 to 180 pounds and shippers push for cars nationwide.
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Maine
New York
Tere
Kansas City
Igtan
Minnesota
United States
Aroostook
Long Island
St. O. B
Maine Green Mountains
Aroostook County
Harlem River
New York State
Freezing Weather Hits Midwestern States Record
A cold snap swept the Middle West with Kansas City at 19 degrees before morning and Chicago at 28. St Louis saw 24 and Iowa reported snowfall. Winds and lingering lows continued into Wednesday, marking the earliest freeze remembered by local produce workers.
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Kanaay City
Get
Middle West
Kansas City
St. Lauis
Chicago
Iowa
Mindie
Apple Week Opens With Nationwide Celebrations
National Apple Week kicks off with banners and parades as the Apple Association promotes a record event. Washington hosts the first prize basket featuring apples from major producing regions and will present it to Secretary of Agriculture.
National Apple Week Inauguration Honors Secretary Jardine
Washington committee of the National Apple Week Association will present a basket of apples to Secretary of Agriculture William M. Jardine to launch Apple Week from October 31 to November 6. The event includes King Apple, posters, and charity apple packages as part of a nationwide drive to boost consumption and promote selling in over 100 cities.
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Washington
Hallowe'en
United States
William M. Jardine
National Apple Week Association, Inc
Jardine
King Apple
National Apple Week Association
International Apple Shippers Association
James Handley
Mississippi Valley Apple Growers’ Association
Quincy
B. M. Knobel
Messrs
R. 8
National League of Commission Merchants
H. M. Mercetek
G. Perry Leishear
William W.leishear & Son
G. C. Miley
Sanitary Grocery Company
H. F. Hougson
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
W. M. ‘Hornstein
District Grocery Society
8. T. Price
R. D. Marshall
Terminal Cold Storage & Ice Plant
John T. Shreve
Willand, Shreve & Gons
Emmit Heltmuller
Apple Exports For Season Report From Rochester
Apple exports for the week ending October 24 totaled 187 717 barrels and 282 148 boxes, per the International Apple Shippers Association, up from 150 341 barrels and 232 883 boxes a year earlier. Year to date exports reach 1 046 158 barrels and 1 185 832 boxes, compared with 983 152 barrels and 1 379 467 boxes last year.
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Apple
Rochester
International
Apple Shippers’ Association
Good Citrus Frun Crop With Early Movement Indicated
California citrus prospects show a strong start for 1925 26 with predicted totals around 62 000 cars of fruit including 46 000 oranges 13 000 lemons and 500 grapefruit plus 2 500 mixed cars within the season. Southern Central and Northern districts distribute the crop while lemon sales gain from regulated shipments and marketing efforts.
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Tulare
L. A
San Bernardino
Santa Barbara
Riverside
Imperial
Ventura
San Diego
Tulare County
Kern County
Butte County
Fresno County
Sacramento County
Placer County
Colusa County
Glenn County
Dana C. King
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Porterville
Lindsay
King
California
Central
Citms
Central California
About &H
Los Angeles
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
Imperial Valley
South
City Produce Co. in Cleburne Faces Bean Money Dispute
A Kansas City report notes City Produce Co of Cleburne Texas owes a shipper in Arkansas for beans shipped. The claim alleges the company has not paid, leaving the shipper irate and pursuing remedy.
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City Prod. Co
Cleburne, Tex
Shipper
Kansas City
City Produce Company
Cleburne
Texas
Arkansas
Eity Company
European Apple Prices Fall Across Markets This Week
New York reports European apple prices easing amid weak conditions. Liverpool York Imperials and Ben Davis show lower barrel prices while New York boxes list Jonathan Grimes Golden and Winter Nelis pears with varying box and barrel rates. London shows York Imperials in barrels and Jonathan prices, with Kieffer pears also quoted.
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New York
Liverpool York
Imperials
Ben
Davis
Ganos
Newtowns
Jonathans
Grimes Golden
Nelis
Kieffer
London
York
Joseph Mazzacano Calls Meeting of Creditors
New York Oct 30 Joseph Mazzacano a fruit and vegetable jobber at 2012 First Avenue called a meeting of creditors to be held today at his attorney s office He has over 30 creditors in the trade and it is not known what his liabilities are He apparently has no assets and some checks he issued earlier in the week were stopped for payment The reason is unclear
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New York
Joseph Mazzacano
First Avenue
Mazzacano
Credit Men Target the Bankruptcy Ring in New York
Maxwell Matu ck, counsel for the National Association of Credit Men, plans a Federal grand jury inquiry to indict crooked accountants attorneys and firms accused of staging fake bankruptcies to take millions in profits. The campaign will span all lines of business.
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New York
Maxwell Mattuck
National Association of Credit Men
Eastern States Warehouse & Cold Storage Bosses Ousted
Auditors report massive irregularities at Eastern States Warehouse & Cold Storage Co with headquarters in Massachusetts and branches in New York and New Jersey. Springfield office blamed for the scheme while the Jersey City manager shows a clean bill. Banks claim to have cut expenses by about 40 000 yearly and will hire an experienced warehouse man to run the business.
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Eastern States Warehouse & Cold Storage Company
Weanqnersters
Springfield
Mass
Jersey City
Kron
Wanke
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Eastern States Warehouse & Gold Storage Company
William H. Parks
James A. Mahoney
Packer
Parks
Cates
Banking crisis rumors swirl around Eastern States Company
Audits show diverted funds totaling over 300000 from ordinary operations, affecting Third National and Chickopee National Banks with Hartford Worcester and Springfield links. Attorneys deny embezzlement, noting no officer pockets found and profits improving. banks may preserve asset base while reorganizing under new management.
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Tyral
Third National
Chiccopee National Banks
Springfield
Mass
Hartford
New Veaven
Bridgeport
Worcester
Scovell, Wellington & Co
Thomas J. Collins
Packer
Collins
Reorganized Board of Officers
Louis A. Richards
Charles N. Dunn
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Wightans
Ainke Way
Convention of Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
Atlantic
Pacific
Pennsylvania
Green Mountains
Fraits
James Fandly
Washington City
William M. Dardine
Committeca
Léetter
N. Lawson
Lawson
T. H. Powell
Banastake
Eastern States
Ness
Boston
Feastern States
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