The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16
CANNED AND DRIED FRUITS AND
SALMON.
Dried Fruits Stiff and Active and
Canned Fruits Dull.

Dried Fruits Stiff and Active and
Canned Fruits Dull.
The circular Of the Cutting Packing Company
says:
CANNED FRUITS: APRICoTs-No movement
whatever during the past month either oomes'ic
or export, except shipments OF early export coz
tracts. Domestic trade for season prooaplS
ltghtest for many years. No inquiries, and quota
tions nominal.
PEAcHEs-Lfttle new business except in stan
dard cliugs. seconds of frees and chngS, water
frees and pie fruit. good many inquiries, put
little result. Packing finished but no determl ma
tion of volume of pack or unsod stock. Donotless
the pack as a whole is fully 40 per cent below an
average, but as sales of futures were mostly oi
varieties that short, the carry-over is OF un :
desirable varieties and the market therefore may
weaken.
PpIps-No new business Of account. Some IN
ouiries for seconds without result. AS whole the
market Is firm, the carry-over is NANNY OF
standard quality that is bound TO ADVANCE III @ N1luo
because they are good keepers ana the low quota-
tions make them - desirable purchase. NO loooer
can AFFORD be without them at present values,
Pack finished about goth ult. and is douDtless the
heaviest of sny coast variety.
PLUMs-About a 80 per cent mack. Little IN
ouiry and no business worth considering.
SMALL FRUITs-An excellent demand. Prices
hardening and ocks are being rapluly cleaneo up
at an advance No surplus of any variety
ToMAToEs-Excelent weather; large crop ana
of good quality. Too early 10 figure on volume or
pack. Considerable new selling at old prices All
lar for new dollars worth of factory cost loma-
Toes with no allowance for running expenses, In
terest. swell claims, etc.
DRIED FRUITS: APRICoTS-There is very
little buying for the reason that the crop Is prac
tIcaly ont of first hands Fair stock is worth Z
cents; choice out of The market and nomlnailY
worth cents.
PEAcHEs-An active demand-speculative on
the part of a few shippers and consumpslve on the
part of Eastern buyers-has sent the market up TO
5 for choice and TO for extra choice stock, ana
made apparent the fact that considerable short
age exis S. We doubG that there are over 10 cars
left first hands this coast most of which are
being held for higher prices
RAIsINS-Weat has been very favorable tor
curing Tor the past ten days and most OF the crop
has been picked: growers selling conrac S, though
based on a short crop, have in most cases oeen
Overestimated. The anomalous condition exists al
present of a weaker selling market in the East and
u much stronger AMI higher buying market IN the
raisin districts, where prices have advanced fully
IL to 10 cent per pound under an active demand
PRUNES- - Prices have advanced 70 cent per
pound in the past thirty days, owing 10 consld-
erabe demand; to-day's market here for 6O-SO Is
strong at 315
SALMON-Trade in spot transactions is of q
limited character and in domestic distribution
must necessarily continue until after the Presr
Dental election.
The stock of Columbia River fish has been re-
duced fair proportions for spring packed goods.
Receipts from Alaska have been OF large volume,
but are being delivered in orders taken early in
the season and but small quantity going into
local warehouses The Red King varieties are
in demand and prices on same are hTm, while
Pink and lower grades are in good supply and
prices n these favor the buyer and are Influenced
by the large quantity of falI-packed Puget sound
and Coast River fish. The Alaska Packers AsSo-
citation has during the past month met with Its
first disaster of any magnitude in the loss OF one
the vessels of its fleet and 80 U0J cases of sa mon
which, however, has had no apparent lnhue nee on
the market.