The record-union., 1898-07-06
COMMERCIAL.
NOT MUCH LIFE TO THE FRUIT
TRADE.
Dairy Produce Market Favors the
Buyer-Prices in All Lines
Lower.

San Francisco, July 5th.
The Produce Exchange and Call Boards
still stand adjourned and quotations for
Wheat and other Grains, Beans, Hay and
Millstuffs are omitted. Business will be
resumed Wednesday morning.
Not much life to the fruit trade to-day
Receipts were very small and nearly ev-
erything offering is carried-over stock
Good Peaches for shipping are scarce and
would bring higher prices The same may
be said of Apricots. Pears are making
their appearance very slowly; those re-
ceived thus far have been unattractive
and have found slow sale. The bulk of the
fruit this season has been poor and scrub
by, being for the most part windfalls and
culls from Eastern shipments. Good Figs
were wanted, but there are none here.
Only few. Black Grapes have been re-
ceived thus far. The Lemon market has
weakened and dealers predict break.
The feature Of the Dried Fruit market
M has been the arrival Of new Apricots.
yet. The prospects of high prices for APP
ricots this year are excellent. In fact
Gamers are paying, growers preferring to
dispose of them green rather than go to
the trouble and expense of drying.
Peaches, although a light crop, will not
do as well as cots in proportion, the crop
being larger; there are still some old-crop
Peaches on the market. The dry, hot
week worked considerable additional dam
age to that inflicted earlier in the sea-
son, the greatest sufferers being Pears.
The holidays and the suspension of busi-
ness for two full days have caused an ac-
emulation of Butter and the market is
very much in favor of the buyer; in fact,
it has been so for some days. During the
week considerable soft Butter has been
received and this had to go at lower
prices. Cheese has been in liberal sup
ply. and in the absence of improved
demand prices have weakened: there is
still a little old Cheese here, and is held
higher than thai new new ,a Eggs , have moyed
dropping.
Produce Quotations.
FLOUR.Family Extras, s5a51o per Dbl:
Bakers Extras. 81 75q4.s5.
OTATOES-Burbanks, old, nominal;
New Potatoes. 4oaS5c per ctl in boxes and
40G60c in sacks.
ONIONS -35a5Oc, per ctl for new Red
VEGETABLES-Green Peas, 11hQ21ac
per fb; Green Peppers, 65cG$1 per box; AS
paragus, $150@2 per box for fancy; 75c0
Garlic, 2G3c per 10; Cucumbers, 25d5Oc per
box for Marysvilie and 75c@$12 25 per box
for, Bay; Tomatoes !5c@si per small box,
Squash, 35645c per small box and 6579oc
for Bay; String Beans, 11aQ3c per fb: Egg
Plant. 6a1oc per D.; Green Corn, 75c@sl so
per sack and $2Q2.25 per crate for Ala
media.
FRESH FRUITs-Apples-N s5@5oc
per small DOX ana t0cu$l.Zo per large box.
Apricots-Royal, 40415c per box and
crate and $30050 per ton in bulk
Berries-Strawb berries, $5@6 per chest for
L1ongworth in baskets and $303 so per
chest for large berries; Blackberries, S2. so
@3.50 per chest; Raspberries, $506 per
chest.
Cherries-Black, 3o74Oc per box; ROYAL
Anne, 25GI35c per box; Loose Black, 2I3lac
per fb: do, Royal Anne 11a@21yc per ID.
Currants-S1. .50012. so per chest
Figs-Black. 25q65c per Box, including
single and double layer
Grapes-Seedless from Yuma, $101 Is per
crate; Black, $3.50 per crate.
Peaches-25@60c per box and 25@40c in
Piums- -s5a5oc per box and 5o@75c per
crate.
CITRUS FRUIT-Oranges. 81. 5O@3 per
box for Navels and 50QSoc for Seedlings:
Mexican lines, re-pack, % per box:
California Lemons, $1,50G2 for common
to good. $2Q3 for choice and 1904 for fan
TROPICAL FRUTT-Bananas. s10a per
bunch: Pineapples. s2d3 per dozen;
Dates, 514Qsc per 70 for new crop.
Q7c per 10 for Royal, 7lkGsc for Moorpark;
Q41tc; Co 7os, 3M04c; 7o-s0s. 340S15c: S0-sOs.
81 d3c; 9o-1oos 2AG3Ac; Black Figs, in
| e067Oc; Peaches, 4Q5c; Fancy, 5H6Ghc:
Peeled, 1001211c: Plums, 4h05c for pitfed