Apple Auction Fiasco Leaves No Bids at Four NY Sales
New York apple auctions led by Ezra Tuttle and Commissioner Dillon failed to attract buyers at Seneca Falls Penn Yan Interlaken and Stanley with about 80 000 barrels scheduled for sale. Growers were urged to send fruit direct to New York City while critics blamed the auction plan for the lack of bids and questioned the sellers profits.
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New York
Dillon
Department of Foods and Markets
Seneca Falls
Penn Yan
Interlaken
Stanley
Packer
Morris Petchesky
Morris
Ezra Tuttle
Tuttle
Hudson River
New York State
Mr. Tuttle
Red Hook
Ulster County
New York City
Sma
Seneca Walla
Emerson
Ezra
Washington Street
Providence
John Dillon
Herb Emerson
Angles
Northwest
Middle West
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Anda
Pest
Dixon
Seneca Tralls
Ready aye SF special car convoys to Gotham bound
A Chicago convention special moves 200 butter poultry and egg men and spouses from the city to New York on September 30 in ten cars. St Paul and St Louis are expected to join at Niagara Falls, with Cincinnati Pullman added to form a large train headed toward the convention. A 15 member local committee handles the arrangements.
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Chicago
Gotham
St. Paul
Wisconsin Potatoes Freed From $5 Car Charge
The $5 car rental charge on Wisconsin potato shipments is canceled for both interstate and intrastate moves. The Western Trunk Lines and major roads publish the tariff cancellation, effective by November 1, 1915, aiding Wisconsin producers to compete with other regions. Governor Phillip of Wisconsin is credited for pushing the change.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
J. E. Robinson
Albert Miller & Co
E. B. Boyd
Western Trunk Lines
Phillip
Apple Exports Slide From Last Year At New York Ports
Apple exports for the week ending last Saturday from all American ports were 23,586 barrels, down from 44,223 barrels a year earlier. The season total reached 44,277 barrels by last Saturday, versus 71,681 barrels for the same period a year ago.
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New York
Apples for Europe's Soldiers Plan Aims Five Cars from Each State
Chicago Sept. 24. R J Coyne, chairman of the American Apple association, sponsor of a plan to ship a boat load of apples to Europe for Red Cross distribution to soldiers, says endorsements come in and expects cooperation from apple producers. He proposes each state donate five cars of apples, with some states able to give more, and notes Red Cross offers free transport to the sea board. He calls it an admirable way to popularize the American apple in Europe and seeks further input from growers and dealers.
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Chicago
R. J. Coyne
American Apple Association
Europe
Red Cross Society
Coyne
Union
Red Cross Organization
Seaboard
Mr. Coyne
Fruit Sales By Weight Now Law In Utah
Utah has enacted a new law prohibiting sale of fruit and vegetables by any unit other than weight. Fruit shipped to Utah must be weighed and labeled. Violations have led to arrests as Utah dealers adjust from the old system.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Utah
First Car of Grapefruit Ships From Okeechobee to Cincinnati
The first car of grapefruit for the season left Okeechobee in Dade county on September 22, shipped by Dr. P. Phillips of Orlando. The car apparently headed for Cincinnati, with fruit described as fair quality and good color. Gabriel S. Weil, Cincinnati, was seen in New York. Robert T. Cochran of New York visited Los Angeles last week.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Okeechobee
Dade County
P. Phillips
Orlando
Cincinnati
Gabe S. Weil
New York
Gabbe S. Weil
Weil, Brockman Company
Robert T. Cochran
California
Los Angeles
Robert T. Cochran & Company
New York City
Block of Shanghai Offers to Deliver Chinese Eggs in New York
E Block reports heavy season production in Shanghai but uncertainty about refrigerator spice supply. He proposes 70¢ per dozen, with delivery to New York, and claims sales of 5,000 cases in New York this week at 20¢ delivered for December and January.
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Block
Shanghai
New York
E. Block
Chin
China
San Francisco
Frisco
Black-sue
Grape Market Service Ends for This Season in New York Area
The United States Department of Agriculture will not provide telegraphic market service to grape growers this season due to lack of funds. Office of Markets chief Charles J. Brand says the program, begun for strawberries peaches and cantaloupes, will terminate next month as peach and cantaloupe crops end.
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Office of Markets
York State
Westfield
United States Department of Agriculture
Charles J. Brand
Washington
Butter Poultry Egg Convention Plans Unveiled in Gotham
The article outlines a grand butter, poultry and egg convention with three five member subcommittees led by Charles S. Borden. A special committee will manage travel to Poughkeepsie and New York via the Robert Fulton steamship, with hotel arrangements at McAlpin and prearranged registrations to ease lobby congestion. A harbor boat tour and ladies automobile ride are planned, and a October 4 banquet will be led by New York members as plans proceed.
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Charles $. Borden
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Albany
Robert Fulton
New York
New Zeek
Chicago
McAlpin
Hotel
McAlp
Gotham
Association
Central Station
Michigan
Boulevard
Twelfth Street
Harbor
W. F. Bennett
Central West
September cranberry crop estimate and California shipments
Government figures place the September cranberry crop at 439000 barrels, down from 653000 in 1914, with Cape Cod 261000, New Jersey 139000, and Wisconsin 39000. Early Black berries shipped. Jersey bogs ripening under warm weather. Casings hold at 6 dollars per barrel f.o.b. Cape Cod and Jersey. California citrus shipments for week ending Sept 22 total 322 cars on SP and Santa Fe lines, with season totals reaching 43674 cars. Chestnut market hurt by warm weather. prices vary 8 to 11 dollars per bushel for southern nuts and 6 to 9 dollars for cultivated chestnuts.
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the Exchange
New York
American Cranberry Exchange
Cape Cod
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Jersey
Los Angeles
California
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
North Carolina
Virginia
Trouble Over Peaches Theod or Snyder sued for bad checks in Chicago
Theodore Snyder of Snyder and Co faces a warrant for arrest on charges tied to six peach cars sold to Sam Goldstein of Central Produce Co. with two bad checks for 500 dollars each. Goldstein pursued payment after Snyder promised to settle, but funds were insufficient. Snyder’s dealings include other fruit shipments and prior business troubles in Florida tomato trades.
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Chicago
Theodore Snyder
Snyder & Company
Snyder, Schutz & Company
Sam Goldstein
Central Produce Co
Benton Harbor
Mich
Snyder
Gallstein
Goldstein
Flo
Tie
Cate
Mark Owen & Go
Owen
Florida
Onion market shows growing outside demand in carlot trading
Chicago reports outside demand for onions is developing slowly in carlot volumes. Cool weather boosts trading but most markets remain backed up as home stock sells slowly and northern unions await. Dealers price immediate shipment at about $1 per hundredweight for good stock, with Ohio buyers purchasing Wisconsin reds at $1.50 per hundredweight fob plus earlier purchases at similar levels.
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Chicago
F. E
Wisconsin
Indiana
Central States
Ohio
Wisconsin Reds
Crook Abrahamson Brought Back to Chicago Jail
Chicago Sept 24 Charles Abrahamson the egg crook once aided by The Packer and linked to deals under M Abraham and Louis Abraham was returned to Chicago and jailed awaiting grand jury trial after waiving preliminary hearing. He allegedly stole about 2100 in poultry eyes from country shippers. First car of Florida limes ships from Miami to Dallas marking a Florida Key Lime Association shipment.
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Chicago
Charles Abrahamson
Detroit
Packer
M. Abraham
Louis Abraham
Abrahamson
Florida
Miami
Fla
Dade County
Dallas
Tex
Florida Key Lime Association
Trouble over peaches and markets across states
Despite varied crops and auctions from Chicago to Texas, agriculture and fruit trade face tensions and shifting prices. Apple shows in New York and Washington, cantaloupes in Chicago, cranberries and limes in Florida, and potato movements in Minnesota and Idaho signal ongoing volatility and speculative demand.
Potatoes in Nebraska Box Battle County opens harvest
Hemingford and Scottsbluff regions in Nebraska report a large potato crop across Box Butte and surrounding counties. Some 6,000 acres in Box Butte with yields of 100 to 150 sacks per acre are anticipated, while other towns note lighter crops. Farmers face labor shortages during wheat harvest and fear freezes. prices remain around 22 cents per bushel with limited shipping capacity.
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Box Battle County
Wis
Platte Valley
Hemingford
Neb
Nebrask
Ah Aliance
Box Butte
Nebraska
Sand Hill Country
Alliance
Crawford
Ainsworth
Brown
CABBAGE MARKET REPORT FROM CHICAGO AND WISCONSIN
Chicago reports little change in cabbage prices with slight movement from outside points. Early Holland cabbage offered around 5 dollars per ton f o b Wisconsin loading points, while domestic cabbage sold slowly and cheaper. Late Holland cabbage movement begins late September with light volumes until October, and nearby cabbage remains in limited demand at about 1.50 per ten heads locally.
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Chicago
Central West
Wisconsin
Tennessee incorporations and Texas produce news roundup
A varied set of notes covers Tennessee incorporations, Texas vegetable markets at Big Wells and Marshall, a new creamery in Marshall, storm damage to Texas oranges, Louis Levin in a new deal, Clover seed acreage in U and Texas nurserymen meetings, broker activities, more cantaloupes in Grand Valley, orchard improvements, West Texas turkeys, Red River Ohio trading start, Pittsburgh trade news, Newark notes, Baltimore trade activity, R. S. Kella in bankruptcy court, Nashville outlook, Kirk Mitchell’s New York grape belt visit, onion reports, York state cauliflower crop, King Fruit Company officers elected, market quotations, St. Louis fruit and butter markets, evaporated loganberries, Brazilian nut exports, Indiana nursery law, Johnson and Breden papers, and Tompkins county poultry grower actions.
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Detroit
Fitch
Columbus
New York
Milwaukee
California
New York State
York State
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Sanford
Flo
New Orleans
Texas
Memphis
Michigan
Fayetteville
Tenn
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Cleveland
RRP
Wonnell
Tennessee
Big Wells
Tex
Marshall
Storm
Texas Oranges
Louis Levin
New Deal
U. & Texas
Grand Valley
West Texas
Red River
St. Louis
Francis G. Tracy
Iowa
Scioto Marsh
John H. Hile
Indiana
Frederick
Johnson A
H. D. Breden, Inc
Tompkins County
Newark
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Commissioner Dillon
Alin
PS Er
We & Wi
Reaves
Apple Exports
Dr. P. Phillips
Orlando, Fla
Bhatia
Charles i Phesidenta the Nationa M
Ents Oulvesspy
Cranberry
Snyder & Co
ONION
CROOK
Egg Swindler
Abrahameon
Niagara Falls
Isle of Pines
John Moore
Wenatchee
Yakima Valley
Redlands
Watsonville
Duncan Campbell
Earl Gardner
Seattle
New Zealand
Minnesota
Petaluma
Calif
Kansas City
Hloan
Boston
Fort Worth
C. H. Cox & Co
Waco
Roy Campbell
Oklahoma
Rio Grande
N. B. Edington
Hood River Apple Harvest
Southern’s
Idaho
Alaska
Co. A
Kerr
Bart Fruit Company
Walla Walla
Sammy Ballistine
St .Ansgar
B. Marmori& Son
Howard Reynolds
Indianapolis
Bellingham
Wash
Kansas City Street Notes
Jap Association
Lemmon-Hershner
Norfolk
H. I. Davidson
Richard B. Brown
Farm Company Incorporates
Buffalo Street
H. C. King
St. Michael -Pineapples
Scottsbluff
Vlatte Valier
Mitchell, Morrill
Minatare
Gering
Union ‘Pacific
Gordon
Sheridan County
Geres
Petia
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