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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1923
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a peace in a suburb and a business agreement between Maywood and Well. It mentions a doctor and a garage man agreeing to cut their bills, then shifts to unrelated dialogue about illness and school chatter. No clear events or names beyond those two local entities.
St Paul Aug 31 The fruit and vegetable trade remains steady with light city demand amid heavy homegrown supplies California summer fruit shipments decline while Northwestern states increase arrivals Washington peaches and pears in good supply Italian prunes replace California plums California grapes abundant citrus remains well supplied with oranges slightly stronger. Cool weather dampens demand for watermelon homegrown cantaloupes plentiful and cheap local apples very cheap market on truck remains strong with cabbage up and tomatoes cheaper Minnesota potatoes showing activity Walla Walla pears shipments begin with about 25 cars this year at $30 a ton mixed loads local pears in demand canning houses buying most of crop Refrigerator plant installed in Columbia South Carolina Ben Goldberg in Chicago confirms car purchase inquiry
Chicago reports dull trading in green vegetables with variable receipts and modest demand across many items including turnips cabbage peppers and lettuce. Separate notes detail Tokay grape shipments from Lodi and a strong tomato season in the Walla Walla Valley with $46,000 returns from 20 000 packages and utilities gearing up for a large 1923 apple crop across North Central Washington with 7 000 reefers on Great Northern fleet.
Portland Ore Aug 31 State Market Agent Spence warns of a large potato surplus in Oregon Washington Idaho and four coast states from 1922 crops. He urges growers to grade stock strictly and avoid flooding markets to secure fair prices. concentrate on high standard graded stock and forego flood sales.
The Western Fruit Jobbers Association of America issues a circular urging trade members to cooperate to prevent a repeat of last year's car shortage. It asks carriers to promptly release and unload refrigerator cars, move cars quickly after unloading, and crowd return handling ahead of the peak loading period. The Pacific Fruit Express Company seeks timely reports of any carrier delays.
Washington August 1. A crop of 5 603 000 bushels of cucumbers for pickles is forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture. The rise comes from larger acreage and higher yields per acre with Michigan leading production at 2 579 000 bushels. Tomatoes for canning are seen at 1 391 690 tons versus 1 133 350 last year. New York, Maryland and Delaware together may deliver 359 660 tons, Indiana 310 290 tons, California 197 100 tons. Sweet corn for canning is pegged at 637 330 tons, up from 2 480 tons in 1922 with Illinois 143 420, Iowa 118 590, Ohio 62 500, Maryland 52 020, New York 59 020, Maine 49 930 tons.
Kadota fig growers near Orland California ready for first crop with contracts at good prices. About 200 acres bearing now, 800 more to come next year. Trees six feet tall with ripe fruit and archery stock along twiga. Expect 30 to 40 tons this season as planting expands. Almond harvest begins in Oakdale with Nonpareils and IXLs ripening. crop overall light but state’s nuts set record growth with efforts to move fruit quickly.
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