11 Sep 1926
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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1926
Page
1
New York market reports indicate reduced offerings and strong demand for California Valencias and Porto Rican grapefruit, with Jewish holidays and Labor Day limiting sales. Prices show gains for larger fruit and declines for smaller sizes, while lemons and onions remain plentiful.
New York Sept 10 heavy arrivals of table grapes kept demand strong. Malagas and Seedless sustained firm prices all week with 25 to 30 cars daily, Tokays steady then weak as arrivals rose. Seedless crates sold 1.35 to 1.75, lugs 1.25 to 1.50, Malagas 1.60 to 2.00 per crate and 1.65 to 2.00 per lug. Tokays 1.50 to 2.50 per crate, 1.65 to 2.50 per lug. Juice grapes moderate, demand good, market opened weak then closed higher on lighter late-week receipts. Alieante lugs 1.25 to 1.60, Zinfandels 1.10 to 1.36, Pettit Shahs 1.15 to 1.35 per lug, Muscats mostly 1 per lug.
Chicago, Sept 10. Supplies of peaches were liberal on the local market this week with good demand for quality stock and the market held steady to firm. There was slow demand for ordinary, ripe and small sizes. Illinois and Indiana shipped in volume, Michigan to open next week. Best Illinois and Indiana Elberta sales ranged from 2 to 3 dollars, with very best up to 3. ordinary 1.50 to 1.86. small and ripe 1 to 1.50. Indiana and Illinois large sales 2.50 to 3, for medium quality 2 to 2.50.
The Produce Packer announces a weekly edition separate from The Packer. It carries market and trade news of interest to shippers and distributors of eggs poultry butter lichens wool furs and related commodities. A free sample copy will be mailed upon request.
This third talk in a series argues cold storage stabilizes prices for farmers and reduces waste. It cites higher quality packing and education boosting consumer demand, notes apples and other fruit rely on ice and steamship refrigeration for export, and shows how storage keeps markets steady during production swings, benefiting the farmer.
Grape movement tallies show five districts shipped 6 860 cars with Northern California 2 303 Central 3 027 and Southern 630 making 15 141 cars to September 7 vs 1 136 a year earlier. Week of September 1 shipments list 806 on the 2nd 801 on the 3rd 970 on the 4th 974 on the 5th 692 on the 6th 44 on the 7th and 973 on the 8th. Fresno bureau notes dull market with few sales carloads f o b cash track table stock crates Malagas U S No 1 70 8b crates Tokays U S No 1 11 15 juice stock bulk per ton Zinfandels 62 50 65 few best 687 50 Alicante s mostly around 70 with some 32 50 35 few best 37 50. Most shipments rolled unsold.
Monte Vista Colo Sept 10 The late potato crop led by Brown Beauties and Red McClures is moving from all shipping points in the San Luis Valley with about 15 cars daily. Digging is progressing and shipments will rise to a peak around October 1. Midweek prices ranged about 1.60 a bushel for whites and 1.76 for Reds delivered at car doors. Heavy August heat and water shortages reduce this year’s output below 7 000 cars last year, with an estimated yield near 6 000 cars.
New York trade sources report the sudden death of Earl C. Stewart proprietor of E. C. Stewart & Co in Philadelphia. A well known figure in the fruit and vegetable trade he served as president of the National League of Commission Merchants and remained on its advisory board. The industry offered condolences to Mrs. Stewart and the family.
New York fruit and vegetable merchants oppose Erie Railroad move to shift New York City’s wholesale trade to Jersey City. A $3,000,000 bond plan backs a Seaboard Terminal and refrigerating complex with a ten story freight terminal across from the Jersey City entrance of a new vehicular tunnel. Trustees say the venture would relocate the city’s fruit market within a year, while shippers fear higher costs and loss of control.
New York and Virginia apple arrivals arrive in barrels as market activity stays firm despite heavy nearby basket fruit. Basket apples fetch 1.25 to 1.50 dollars with poorer fruit down to a cent, while barrel varieties like Fancy Alexander Duchess and McIntosh command up to 4 dollars. Hudson Valley reds color early and price ranges vary widely per stock. Western box apples rise in offerings with Jonathan, Winter Banana, King Davide, and Gravenstein prices reported.
Stockton reports the potato market steady with 68 cars in Northern California, 82 in Central California, three in Southern California, 280 in Idaho, 1 in Oregon, and 168 in Washington for September 1 to 6. Onion demand rises for white onions while Browne and yellow prices fall to 86 cents per sack, whites around 1471.06. Onion receipts total 82 cars locally, with Northern California 54, Washington 54, and Idaho 24 cars for the same week.
New York reports Colorado cantaloupes in fine condition with high sweetness but prices underwhelming. Standard crates sell for 1 to 2.25, flats 50 to 75 cents, Nevada melons around the same, occasional jumbos up to 2.75. Maryland and Delaware ship steady quality, sales 1.50 to 2 per jumbo, 500 per flat. Jersey cantaloupes poor this week after heavy rains, prices 60 to 80 cents per crate.
Isadore Sculky of Port Chester New York file for bankruptcy in New York on September 10. He is a Los Angeles fruit and produce jobber. The week ended September 7 shows liabilities of 26264 dollars and assets of five, totaling 7129 cars of fruit and 66,868 cars for the season, with oranges and lemons dominating. Central California and Northern California season totals are cited, while Sculky’s debts and slow payments are noted as ongoing.
New York dispatch reports excellent potato market with Long Island stock meeting bulk demand. Maine shipments few, price disputes persist as buyers balk at Maine asks. Demand extends to Cleveland Pittsburgh and Jacksonville amid signs of regional scarcity and robust overall market conditions.
The Packer in New York reports inquiries concerning Ross Produce Company of Hagerstown Maryland. The firm allegedly wires the trade offering attractive peach deals and claims to be reliable shippers. Receivers doubt the legitimacy, likening it to past Georgia and Carolina watermelon fake schemes. Several firms newly aware of Ross Produce Company are receiving these messages.
A Palmetto Florida bank staff insists there is no connection to Atlanta’s Bankers' Trust Company. The Palmetto State Bank of Palmetto, Florida, recounts its 1912 organization by local residents and states it operates independently with no outside management or ties to Atlanta entities.
Honey Dew melons arriving from California Colorado and New Mexico reached the New York market this week but overall demand was weak and prices fell. General range quoted was 1.50 to 2.50 with higher outside offers for Jersey Turlocks.
George B. Long of Buffalo New York filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Liabilities amount to 48652 percent 9 and assets 5830. Secured claims include 10200 to Liberty Bank and a 3300 note of Community National Bank. Unsecured claims are held by Collins Company Selbyville Maryland 5545.90 Erie Cooperative Company Leamington Ontario 3968 and M Feolo 145 Michigan Avenue Buffalo.
Exports of apples from the United States and Canada totaled 64 978 barrels and 72 072 boxes for the week ending September 4, per the International Apple Shippers Association. Year over year totals show 106 509 barrels and 311 908 boxes to date, compared with 111 669 barrels and 121 027 boxes at the same date last year.
The Michigan Central Railroad has imposed an embargo on all grapes arriving at Detroit with immediate effect. The notice states shipments consigned or to be reconsigned are embargoed unless permits are issued by the freight traffic manager after written request. The embargo will remain until congestion in the Michigan Central Produce Yards subsides.
In Chicago on September 10 the Illinois and Michigan basket apple market showed firmer tone with light supplies and expectations of price gains. Prices ranged with Wealthies near 1.60 to 1.90, Pippins 1.50 to 1.75, first Illinois Jonathans around 1.76, Arkansas Jonathans about 25 cents higher than Illinois, and box apples at a softer level to meet fair demand. Grimes Golden offered at auction averaging 2.21, fancy Washington Jonathens near 2.46, Winter Bananas 2.35, New Mexico Delicious 1.86 to 2.00, crabapples increasing with many small sizes. Michigan Transcendents and Hyloops around 1.60 per bushel.
The Delaware River excursion, organized by the Boards of Agriculture for Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Salem and Cumberland counties, is expected to attract the largest crowd yet. Leaving Riverview Beach at 8 30 Saturday, the ten hour trip runs up the river past major industrial plants under the Philadelphia bridge to Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia for Northern county riders, then down the bay to Light Ship John and back, visiting key industrial sites along the Delaware River.
In Rochester New York a modest celery movement continues with recent shipments slowing, likely due to the holiday. Prices hover around 1 45 per small crate of five to six dozen f o b shipping points, while growers seek 1 15 to 1 25 per crate. Early celery quality is good with large stalks and little string, though some disease noted and Bordeaux spray used as a preventive. The late crop progresses well.
In Middletown New York Samuel Zwick fruit and vegetable jobber owed about 36000 to creditors. A meeting was held with Zwick and his attorney as explanations were offered. Most creditors doubt his account and will pursue further investigation. Ward W. Smith appointed U S District Court receiver to assist creditors. The investigation is under way.
Newark man Charles H. Abbott, out on bail, ran multiple fake concerns over four years including Newark Produce Company and New Jersey Produce Company and others in Newark and Orange. Indicted in 1924 and 1926 for fraudulent use of mail, he swindled shippers with high quotes and literature, keeping a master list and using various firm names to defraud repeatedly. Trial expected within weeks after the fall term opens.
Northwest apple crop sizes and a weaker European harvest spur expectations of a strong export movement. Seattle and Portland steamship officials report heaviest advance refrigerator bookings in years for direct lines to England and European ports. In 1925 Portland shipped 972,219 boxes to Europe, the largest Pacific coast total and over one-fifth of U S boxed apple exports.
Production estimates as of August 1 1926 show apples 39 559 000 bbls down from 33 044 000 last year peaches 63 619 000 bushels up from 46 565 000 pears 25 047 000 sweet potatoes 73 740 000 bushels up from 62 494 000 potatoes 345 569 000 bushels up from 325 902 000.
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