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Newspaper
Chicago Packer
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1924
Page
2
Winnipeg market reports a quiet two weeks with heavy peach trade for preserving and improved early apples from British Columbia. Bulk apples less favored due to packaging labor. prices listed for oranges grapet lemons apples pears grapes and assorted berries and vegetables with regional origin notes and per unit costs.
Chicago September 12 the South Water Street Robert E Crowe Republican Club held a banquet for States Attorney Robert E Crowe in the Sherman Hotel Tiger Room. About 400 local fruit and vegetable trade members attended. Otto L Amoreno chaired the club Frank Nellis was toastmaster Crowe spoke on recent department cases including the Loeb Leopold matter and Judge Caverly’s decision last Wednesday.
Grand Rapids Michigan September 12 cold weather spurs demand for frost sensitive crops. Tomatoes sell at 1.25 to 1.50 per bushel, wax beans 1.25 per bushel, pickles 1.50 to 3 per bushel, sweet corn 10 to 20 cents per dozen, dill 10 cents per bunch, potatoes slow at 60 to 70 cents per bushel.
Receipts of apples are liberal with demand for choice stock and prices from $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel. Grapefruit scarce at $6–7 per box, black grapes weak at 33–38c per small basket, lemons easing to $5.50 per case, oranges firm $5.50–8.50 per box. Peaches steady to firm $2.25–$4 per bushel, Michigan pears scarce at $1.50–$3.00, plums $0.75–$3, blueberries $1.50–$4 per crate. Cantaloupes heavy and weak $1.50–$2.50. Vegetables: beets 20–25c a dozen bunches, cabbage $2–$2.25 a barrel, carrots 35–40c a dozen, celery weak, Michigan High Ball crates $1, onions $1–$1.25, potatoes $1.50 per cwt, spinach $1.50–$2, string beans scarce, sweet corn weak, tomatoes rising. homegrown $0.50–$2.00.
Paw Paw Michigan September 12 The grape crop gained some time this week but remains far from harvest. Concords stay green needing about 15 days of hot weather to ripen and color. Large berries could be luscious if frost delays into late October. Growers delay signing sales contracts until more certain pricing and fruit readiness.
Manistee Michigan September 12. The pickle crop around Manistee is seriously damaged by black rot. County Agricultural Agent Harold J Vaughn reports the disease has spread in streaks through the region.
Fruit and vegetable shippers along the Manistee and Northeastern Railroad prepare to fight the carrier’s petition to abandon its trackage. The receiver seeks ICC approval to tear up tracks and dispose of equipment, citing about 1,127,000 dollars in bonds unpaid and ongoing losses. Michigan Public Utilities Commission members seek to save the road by adjusting valuation and freight rates. ICC hearings date to be set soon.
The American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers Association reports that a forthcoming supplement to the Perishable Protective Tariff No 2 will amend Rule 240 to limit icing to bunkered cars. It will standardize top icing with a new Rule 241 per the Commission's decision in I. & S. Docket 1842.
Hart, Sept. 12. For the thirtieth time in 31 years Oceana county fruit growers returned from the Michigan State Fair with blue ribbons. Their display was judged best in the exhibition. The arrangement was led by James Billings and Raymond Newton, aided by G. B. Wyckoff, Oceana Agricultural Society secretary. Kent County placed second.
Thomas C. Osborne opened offices in Meyer Kiser Bank Building to run a brokerage dealing in a full line of fruits and vegetables with emphasis on carrots. He previously led the carrot fruit and vegetable department at C. L. Dietz & Co. Walter Rassel joins him, bringing eight years with C. L. Deitz & Co. The office is located near Commission Row.
Lansing Sept 12 Members of the Michigan Beekeepers Association discuss adopting a trade mark for Michigan honey noting the product's distinctive flavor and excellence worthy of branded merchandising.
The Adams County Fair closed with record exhibits in farm stock and fruit products. Orchard displays impressed with a larger apple collection led by Delici ous and Winesap varieties. Oscar Pierson of Timewell showed the largest apple display, with prizes awarded to Mast Herleman Lambert Chatter Perkins Seward Starman Beckman Ippeson Berlin Walbering Dedert Piper Beall and Kiem. The event drew thousands from Illinois and Missouri under S H Thompson and C C Mast. Peaches rose in Chicago markets as supply dwindled and demand stayed strong with Elberta varieties fetching up to 3.25 per basket.
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