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Newspaper

Chicago Packer

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1918

Page

2

California Apple Shipments Reach 121 Cars This Season

California apple shipments from September 17 to 23 totaled 121 cars with Bellflower f o u r tier fancy apples priced at $1.50 per box. Destinations include Los Angeles Oakland San Francisco Sacramento San Diego Denver Houston Dallas San Antonio Chicago Cincinnati and others, reflecting wide distribution through late September.

California Watsonville Calif Abilene Billings Bakersfield Butte Brownville Beaumont Burlington Chickasaw Cincinnati Dallas Devils Lake Douglas Denver el Paso Fresno Ft. Worth Great Falls Hattiesburg Houston Klamath Falls Los Angeles Law

Los Angeles storage stocks report yields varied goods

Los Angeles storage stocks reported today show 70 331 cases of eggs 429 051 pounds of butter 787 934 pounds of cheese 3 520 sacks of onions and 49 465 boxes of apples as of September 27 in local warehouses.

Los Angeles

Heavy Potato Receipts Dominate San Francisco Market

Heavy receipts in the San Francisco market this week include over 37,000 sacks of potatoes from the Delta, with prices steady around 2.10 to 2.40 per cwt and select brands higher. Hawaiian pineapples total 102,000 cases, signaling the largest shipment of the year, while apples, grapes, and citrus show mixed movement and prices.

San Francisco Salinas Bayos Watsonville California Malagas Bartlett Lake ‘County Hood River Barry United States Shipping Board Santa Rosa Peninsula

Petaluma Egg Market Recovers From Last Week Loss

In Petaluma California on September 27 the egg market firmed, prices nearly return to normal after a week of heavy Eastern arrivals. Weekly quotes show 62 to 64 in peak days and 54 to 57 cents on others, with poultry rates listed for Leghorn hens, cocks, broilers and turkeys. Rain damaged hay and prune crops last week, ranchers faced losses, green grass now appears, and prices continue to trend upward.

Petaluma Calif

Butter and Eggs Highers in San Francisco

Butter receipts and prices rose in the San Francisco market. Storage butter moves to consumption as stock tightens. the Dairy Produce Exchange adopts a sliding discount scale from 8 to 4 percent. Eggs strengths limited. cheese arrivals up about 100000 pounds with California fancy in demand. Quotations: butter 60-61.5c, eggs 63-68c, cheese 30-30.5c. receipts: butter 315,400 lb, eggs 238,050 dz, cheese 227,200 lb. New officers listed for the Dairy Exchange fiscal term.

San Francisco Navy Dairy Produce Exchange Eges California San Francisco Wholesale Dairy Exchange Dairy Exchange J. T. Freitas F. B. Norton J. R. Lynder J. R. Kinsman H. D. Leidlaw

Stockton Potato Market Shows Price Rise Across State

Stockton California September 27 The potato market has risen sharply in the last two to three days with top sacks listed at 2.60 per sack on the river bank for the best stock Onions are cheaper around 1 15 The week sees about 50 cars of potatoes and onions shipped Daily early California shipments show steady totals by date to several western and southwestern destinations including Fresno Los Angeles Oakland San Diego and Phoenix with four thousand seventy two total earlot cars to date The distribution list covers many cities across the region including El Paso Grand Junction and Tucson among others

Stockton Calif California Bakerafield Chazo Collinga Contig Despaso el Paso Fresno Glasgow Gallup Galveston Globe Hanford Hopfen Imperial Jerome Kennet Lemore Los Angeles Madera Mercedes Odes To Marysville Nevada City Needles Oakland Pecos Phoenix Roseville Red Bluff Reading Selma San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara San Jose Sanford Tulare Taft Tucson Turlock Ventura Yuma

Fruit and Vegetables Market in Los Angeles

Arrivals of fall apple varieties rise on the Los Angeles market with Oak Glen stock showing good quality and stronger demand. Prices hold on good lines but ease on cheaper stock from Watsonville. Homegrown grapes remain adequate with steady prices. rains have not hurt quality. Onion prices up due to Stockton damage. Australian Browns in demand. Pears from storage move with moderate demand. Peach stock cleaned up with prior price bumps easing. Potatoes remain in strong demand though lower grades hard to move. Idaho potatoes expected soon. Stockton area Burbank prices high and steady. Homegrown tomatoes have risen sharply as supplies tighten. Local dealers face same carlot shippers supply issues.

Los Angeles Oak Glen Watsonville Stockton Salvage Philips Idaho Burbanke

Florida citrus crop praised in early market note

The Best All-around Paper. Tampa Florida September 16 1918. To The Packer. We are in receipt of The Packer which we feel is the best all round fruit paper we can get and enclose you our check in payment of same The Florida citrus crop is very good the quality above the average The early varieties will probably be ready to move early in October and we look for a good market J T Mont Bomery and Co

Tampa Fla Packer Florida J. T. Mont Bomery & Co

Japan's Bean Crop Outlook from Kobe Firm

Hind Marsh & Co of Kobe forecasts Japan's bean crop for the current year showing a notable rise in white beans while other varieties decline. Linseed and potato starch production are up, whereas rape seeds and green peas fall.

Japan San Francisco Hindmarsh & Co Kobe

Fresno District Grapes See Strong Demand and High Prices

Fresno district wine grapes are bought or under contract as demand climbs with wartime stockpiling by Italian and foreign buyers. Malagas command around 1.75 per crate fob with some at 2, Emperors and Muscats fetch varied prices while shipments for September 17-23 total 1,721 cars. Weather recovered after rain and winds. labor costs rise with packing pay around 30c per crate and box makers earning up to 8 dollars a day.

Fresno Calif East Northwest Malagas Atlantic California Janes Albany Calva Columbus Clinton Cleveland Centervill Chicago Cincinnati Dubuque Diamondville Dallas Detroit Des Moines Denver Davidsville Duaro Duluth Dayton East Portland Espinas Escalon East Brady Hureka el Paso Elk Grove Reces Erie Everett Fort, Worth Florin Fruitvale Grand Island Garfield Grandville Hillboro Hoboken Hevana Hibbing Houston Hagerstown Healdsburg Irwin Kinderland Kenton Kansas City Kin Card LaSalle Los Angeles Lorraine Lawrence Lowell Ladd Lacrace Morgantown Milwaukee Memphis Mulberry Madera Minneapolis McCloud Montreal Wis Millsport New Orleans New York New Castle Newark New Haven New Salem Ogden Omaha Oakland Punxsuwtawaney Passac Pittsburgh Philadelphia Portland Patterson Pleasanton Pueblo Reading Roundup Racine Roslyn Austin Rock Springs Richmond Rutherford Stanton Sharon Sacramento Scranton Salt, Lake San Francisco Seattle San Antonio St. Louis Spokane South Akron Sherman Spring Valley Smithson South Fork St. Joseph Sioux City Salem St. Paul Springfield

Regional City Counts in 26 Areas Listed

A compiled tally shows multiple cities with varied numbers next to each name such as St Joseph nine and San Leandro two. Other entries include Tulsa one Toledo one Trinidad six Tampa three and Youngstown four, indicating a patterned listing of locations with associated values.

St. Joseph San Leandro Sunnyside Strongville Sierra Vista Summerville Tulare Tacoma Tulsa Toledo Trinidad Tampa Taylor Springs Valley Junction Weed Willowville Waterbury Weston Winehaven Youngstown Unknown

Pacific Coast Bean Prices Show Little Change in Unsettled Market

Los Angeles reports slow demand and few shipments as dried beans remain unsettled. Prices for newly stocked beans on a re-cleaned basis range from 6 to 11.75 dollars per cwt with Limas at 11.50 to 11.75, Teparies 7 to 7.00, and Henderson Bush at 11. Shipments from California between Sept. 13 and 19 totaled 43 cars. Seattle notes 60 tons of Japanese beans arrived Sept. 17 and 26 tons on Sept. 19. Storage stocks in San Francisco on Sept. 27 show 1,098,184 pounds of butter, 95,024 cases of eggs, and 711,190 pounds of cheese.

Los Angeles Lady Washington Henderson Bush California Seattle San Francisco

Eggs and Butter Market Report from Los Angeles

Los Angeles Calif Sept 27 egg prices firming with a 1 cent rise expected. Extras 6c, case counts 4c, pullets 60 cents. Butter firm at 68 cents creamery extras. Produce Exchange closing prices. Week receipts: 671 egg cases, 254,900 pounds butter, 213,600 pounds cheese, 10,116 sacks potatoes, 6,115 sacks onions, 15,231 boxes apples.

Los Angeles Calif Produce Exchange

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