Potato Market Pact Approved in Nine States
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced tentative approval of four potato marketing agreements covering Maine Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota Colorado Nebraska Wyoming Idaho and related regions. The plan requires signatures from potato handlers and possible orders by the Secretary of Agriculture based on a two thirds producer vote in the nine-state area.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Idaho
AAA
Aroostook County
Panobscot County
Maines
Wisconali
Tess Thant
Secretary of Agriculture
National Apple A Day Campaign To Be Pushed
Martinsburg W Va Sept 10 Grocers of the nation are lining up to aid apple growers in marketing the 1937 crop under the National Apple A Day Campaign Five nationwide week long drives are set for Sept 16 23 for Jonathan Grimes Golden Delicious and other varieties with National Apple Week Oct 29 Nov 5 and a pre holiday sale Dec 9 15 The plan combines grocer and regional advertising to move apples from stores to pantries and homes.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
East
Midwest
Northwest
Apple
The Produce Packer offers market news for shippers
A separate weekly issue of The Produce Packer accompanies The Packer edition. It focuses on marketing and trade news for eggs, poultry, butter, hides, wool, and fat. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
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Packer
Produce Packer
Highlights From This Week in National Fruit Trade
Tentative approval from AAA to proposed potato marketing pacts and movement in multiple regions. Lodi, Florin, Kansas City, Florida grapefruit, Michigan peaches, Salinas lettuce, Minnesota potato inspections, Idaho Jonathan shipments, and Florida Everglades bean acreage. California Arizona grapefruit prorate requests and Jersey City juice grapes opening sale. Trade activity, laws, and market forecasts include cranberry crops in New Jersey, Yakima valley surpluses, and Washington apple acreage changes.
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AAA
Cro
New York
New Way
Everglades
Jersey City
Florida
New Jersey
Red River
Idaho Harvesting Jonathans Promises Strong Apple Season
Idaho reports Jonathan apples beginning in small pockets last week now gaining headway across producing districts. By mid next week a robust carrot movement is expected with Rome Beauties Delicious Winesaps Arkansas Blacks and other varieties to follow. State projections show about 6 500 cars may be shipped this season versus the five year average of 4 095 cars. Estimated breakdown includes 1 800 Jonathans 1 400 Rome Beauties 800 Winesops 450 Delicious 200 Arkansas Blacks with the rest mixed varieties.
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Rome
Apple Exports Report Shows Weekly U S Canada Totals
New York reports the week ending September 4 saw United States and Canada apple exports total 44 985 barrels and 24 302 boxes. Cumulative exports reach 67 809 barrels and 244 611 boxes, compared with 8 395 barrels and 263 913 boxes at the same date last year. Mrs Fred S James Is Dead Torrington Wyoming Mrs Fred S James died at home on Sunday September 5 after a brief illness.
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Apple
New York
United States
Canada
International Apple Association
Fred S. James
Torrington
Wyo
Fred
James
New York Shipper Bankrupt Meets Creditors in Fairport
A meeting of creditors for Herman L. Steffen a Fairport vegetable shipper was set for September 14 at the federal building in Rochester. Steffen was declared bankrupt in July with liabilities listed at 12725.62.
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New York
Rochester
N. Y
Herman L. Steffen
Fairport
Federal
Steffen
How to Chisel Prices Under the Robinson-Patman Act
Kansas City reports discuss a controversial tactic where sellers offer discounts to some buyers equal to those given to others to render the Robinson-Patman Act impotent. The piece notes business leaders seek an antidote to the law, risking contempt for legal restraint as they plot schemes to dodge its reach, with continuation promised on page 11.
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Kansas City
Congress
Jobbing Business Cost Factors and Operating Methods
Chicago Sept. 10 Special bulletin by William L. Wagner, secretary of the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, outlines operating costs for jobbing firms from a 19‑question survey. Costs rise with city size. averages run 14.7, 13, and 11.7 percent of gross sales across population groups. results show similar expense patterns despite varying volumes.
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Chicago
William L. Wagner
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Wagner
Henry Goodwin English Fruit Importer Dies in England
Henry Goodwin managing director of J. H. Goodwin Ltd Manchester died September 3. Born December 18, 1861 in Congleton, he built a global fruit import business. Survived by widow, two sons Harry and Charles, and daughter Mrs. J. S. Johnson. Company vows to continue conservative leadership.
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New York
Henry Goodwin
J. & H. Goodwin, Ltd
Manchester
England
Mr. Goodwin
Congleton
Congleton Hospital
Goodwin
Harry
Charles Goodwin
J. S. Johnson
Still Ring the Bell an Ad Request Turns to Village Church Tale
Montreal Star recounts a village grocer refusing an ad pitch saying the village has advertised for eighty years. A visitor asks about the hilltop building. the grocer answers it is the village church, dating about three hundred years. The visitor notes they still ring the bell.
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Grocer
Montreal Star
Kansas City market work to start after long delay
Kansas City officials announced that razing of the old City Hall annex will begin October 1 and the old city market January 1 as part of plans for a modern wholesale and retail market between Main and Walnut streets from Third to Fifth. City Manager H F McElroy said construction could proceed while other buildings are razed, with space for wholesalers retailers farmers and truckers. The Kansas City Southern plans to add storage and team tracks in a five block area east of Locust, and January 1 was set to start razing the present market.
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Kansas City
H. F. McElroy
Old City Hall
Old City
Kansas City, Mo
McElroy
North Side Business and Improvement Association
City
Main
Walnut Streets
Fifth Street
Fifth Streets
Fourth Street
Broadway
Locust
Kansas City Southern
Locust Street
Mr. McElroy
Hal R. Lebrecht
Phil ‘Pisciotta
Herbert Ziegler
Henry ‘Hanssen
Louis Singer
Edward Lorber
Benjamin Yukon
Harry Robinson
Frank Lambacher
Herbert Trask
Nat Milgram
Turney Gratz
Larger Early Bean Acreage in Everglades
Pahokee Florida reports unusually heavy early bean planting in the Lake Okeechobee region. With favorable weather by week’s end about 1500 acres of beans will be planted. Growers, now diking and pumping to handle rains, expect around 5000 acres of new land to be cultivated this season for vegetables.
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Pahokee
Fla
Lake Okeechobee
Free Service For Growers And Shippers From The Packer
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Packer
United States
Packer, Free Service Department
Second and Delaware Sts
Kansas City, Mo
Tokay Market Strong as Lodi Tokays Move in Week
Tokay shipments from California's Lodi and Florin rise sharply with 70 to 75 cars daily at Lodi and 20 to 35 at Florin. The midweek market steadies around 80 cents cash track as demand and inquiry improve. quality is reported better than in recent years with bright stems and about 20 percent sugar content.
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Lodi
Calif
Florin
First Florida grapefruit car shipped for 1937-38 season
Lakeland Florida September 10 The first car of Florida grapefruit for the 1937 38 season was shipped from Kendall Dade county to Baltimore A truck with 120 boxes went to Nashville Tenn First shipments from Dade county were earlier last season but this year the fruit arrived about ten days late Inspection showed only about one third of 400 boxes passed acid ratio and juice content tests and the rest were rejected Picking continues in Dade Lee and Manatee counties with several cars rolling north this week Officials report the fruit condition is below normal for the corve season
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Kendall
Dade County
Baltimore
Tampa
Nashville
Tenn
Lower West Coast
Dade
Lee
Manatee
25 Percent Ocean Freight Increase Hits Washington Fruit
Wenatchee Washington September 10 United protests against a 25 percent rise in ocean freights on apples and pears. The Pacific Coast European conference of steamship lines rejected any reduction. Northwest Exporting Committee members from Washington and Oregon include Frank W. Taylor and others. The rate hike adds about 20 to 30 percent to former costs, affecting the fruit industry.
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Wenatchee
Wash
United
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Coast-European Conference of Steamship Lines
Northwest Exporting Committee
Northwest Export Committee
Frank W. Taylor
Ross M. Coolidge
F. O. Schweitzer
W. E. Miller
Yakima
A. A. Hukari
John Duckwall
Hood River
R. R. Reter
Medford
J. A. Smith
C. R. Paddock
Seattle
Ivan L. Plette
R. G. Scearce
F. K. Deuel
Bert L. Baker
Pacific Coast
Canadian fruit crops larger in 1937 report says apples peaches up
The Agricultural Branch of Canada's Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports larger apple, peach, and plum crops for 1937 than 1936, with apples up 25 percent, peaches up 46 percent, and plums up 36 percent. Pear production will be slightly smaller, about 7 percent below last year due to a small Ontario crop.
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New York
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Dominion
Grapefruit Growers to Begin Proration Talks
Members from Southern California desert and expanding districts met with the advisory committee of the Arizona orange grapefruit agency to request proration for the coming season. The committee will initiate machinery to enact proration, with further discussions planned next week involving George Musson Glenn Heipes L W Ott R Hess George Libby Robbins Russell, and Byron Showers plus one more member to be named.
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Svapefruit League
Repro-Uthern
California
Ers
Suthornia Arizona Orange’ Grapefruit Agency
George Musson
Glenn Heipes
L. W. Ott
R. Hess
George Libby
Robbins Russell
Byron Showers
Jonathan apple and Kieffer pear shipments to be heavy this week
Centralia Illinois correspondents report Jonathan apples and Kieffer pears moving from south central Illinois starting early September with heavy shipments expected this week. Crops are good with above normal quality though light in some varieties. movement will continue into October for apples and into November for pears, shipping to the north and northwest.
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Centralia
Ill
Jonathan
Illinois
Flora
Salem
Sandoval
Dix
Kell
Carbondale
Rome
Yorks
Opening Juice Grape Auctions Boost Jersey City Market
The first Juice grape sale at Monmouth street yards Jersey City drew 13 cars with mixed quality wine and table varieties selling from 95 cents to 1.40 per lug. A second sale Friday totaled about 19 cars as Alicantes Zinfandels mixed blacks and Petit Bouchet traded around 1.07 to 1.65 per lug, signaling a brisk season ahead with expected top quality.
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New York
Monmouth Street Yards
Jersey City
Alicantes
Fears for Safety of Barney Berman's Daughter in War Zone
In Shanghai for six months after marrying a newspaper correspondent Mrs Lilly Covit sister of Bob Berman of A B Produce is feared safe after a cable from Cordell Hull said she would leave the Sino Japanese war area on August 31. No further word has reached her family as Barney Berman Sr travels abroad and relatives fear for her safety.
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Los Angeles
Lilly Covit
Bob Berman
Barney Berman
Shanghai
Cordell Hull
Crop movement in western New York now on fall apples start
Western New York crop movement shifts as Elberta peaches begin to move in small quantities around Rochester Burt Newfane and Lockport with prices from 70 to 1.25 per basket. Bartlett pears moving fairly well with prices 1.40 to 1.50 per basket. Onions in good demand with yellow sacks selling f o b at 75 to 85 cents and smaller stock around 15 to 19 cents per unit.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
U. S
Minnesota potato inspection law takes effect next week
Minnesota growers praise ideal weather and the new compulsory potato inspection law, set to start September 15. Thirty seven inspectors will operate across the state with dealer cooperation to enforce the act, and branch offices opened in Hollandale Moorhead and East Grand Forks to handle details and issue certificates.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
J. A. Whaley
Whaley
Hollandale
Moorhead
East Grand Forks
Shipping on Consignment Still Strong in Market
Pittsburgh report notes the George Lasbury Company processed the week of August 30 to September 4 showing about 100 truck loads of fruits and vegetables sold, including 12 861 bushels of peaches. On September 3 the firm handled 26 truck loads or 4 715 bushels of peaches. The company operates pure consignments with no joint accounts. Shipments moved from Virginia West Virginia Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania and Ohio from around 30 shippers. The data suggests many shippers still trust consignment.
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Pittsburgh
George Lasbury Company
George Lasbury
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
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Z Trade Commission
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Califognia
William
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Racine
Patman
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Assn
Produce Déaslers
Tokay
Flork
Trindla
Bartlett
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