Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-23
CANTALOUPES ARE
NOW IN MARKET
FIRST OFFERINGS COMMAND
$40 A CRATE
BUTTER RULES MOST FIRM
Tomatoes Plentiful and cheap-Pota-
toes Scarce and Flrm-onlons
Weaker-Cherries Come in
Large Lots
BUTTER RULES MOST FIRM

with the receipt of one crate of
cantaloupes yesterday morning, the
season for that fruit is opened. This
advance shipment was received by
Martin e. Marston and sold at a
premium of $1,000 being taken by the
Lamb Fruit company. The crate con-
tained twenty-five cantaloupes. The
shipment came from Thermal from the
Thermal Cantaloupe Growers associ-
alton and is a week earlier than in
last year, and would have arrived last
week only the weather has been against
earlier ripening. In the Coachella
valley HOO acres are reported planted
with cantaloupes and that arrange
ments are completed to send this crop
eastward to St. Louis, Chicago. New
York and Boston by fast mail express
The crop is reported in excellent shape
and the fruit promises to be above the
average. After this week the ship
ments will be larger and more regular.
Eastern buyers also are in the field
and great competition is reported
among dealers to get the crop. ..
| About 200 boxes of apricots arrived
yesterday and found an open market at
$125 for a box of twenty pounds and
in picking boxes cents a pound, or
$150 a box. ....
Another shipment Of pineapples from
Cuba is in, and the market is well sup
piled, jobbing $3S5945O, according to
| size of crate.
From San Leande1 red currants came
and are held at $1.009125 a ten-pound
| box.
Since Saturday, up to Monday after
noon, 1910 boxes of cherries arrived
Demand was fair and many went to
the cannery. Red and black jobbed
at $115@1.35 a box on quality and 100
Il cents in bulk Royal Arms were in
fair supply at 11@12 cents a pound.
Whites were 75@S5 cents box and TO
cents in bulk.
In Strawberries steady market was
noted, with 450 crates from Moneta and
800 trays from Tropco. Monetas were
4@6 cents and Tropioos GOT cents.
Fancy Montebellos were in light sup
ply, but firm at cents.
Five carloads of bananas are in
already to open the week and the mar
ket is weak at 3@4 cents a pound. De-
| mand is only steady, as oyerripe
punches are prominent.
BUTTER RULES FIRM-On Satur-
day the butter board took no action
and left the market at 45 cents for val
ley creamery. All coast butter is
cleaned UP and more Is expected bv> the
steamer today. This is firm at 421s@45
cents a two-pound roll. Dealers are
complying with the new butter law
and packages are marked one and two
pounds in plain figures
EGGS UNCHANGED-Rec of
eggs yesterday were small, compared
with the opening of last week. The
egg quotation committee again fixed
the selling price of local ranch at 81
cents and northern at 10 cents. In the
country, production is only fair. The
quality, dealers say, would place the
southern egg at 1S14 cents. Demand
is steady and considerable shipping is
noted.
POTATOES AND ONIONS-In the
potato market the firm condition is
noted and the great scarcity of old
crop spuds continues. Demand takes
every bag as it is received and the cry
is for more, with hustle to get goods.
| Onions are weaker as silVerskins are
down to 1R@2 cents a pound. Texas
Bermudas are favorites and firm at 4
cents in large or small crate lots
TOMATOES WEAKER-In the vege-
table list tomatoes overrun the market,
as many locals have arrived These
job from $1.00@1.25 a four basket crate.
MeXicans are lowered to $1.500D1.75 and
| FloridaS are about steady at $2.00D2 25
a four basket crate.
In general vegetables they are also
plentiful and cabbage rules only steady
at 30@40 cents sack, with some at
25 cents.
Fresh peas are scarcer at Is cents a
pound; string and wax beans, steady at
S@4 cents; cucumbers, 5000 cents Il
dozen and rhubarb slow at 60@75 cents
box. The latter is rapidly going out
of market.
FISH AND POULTRY-Offe of
fish were limited yesterday and all
kinds of locals, as we'll as the northern
kinds, We're scarce. Crabs alone were
plentiful and these sold well.
| Poultry was scarce as is usual on
Monday. Old hens are well held. Fry
ers and broilers rule firm and are
| scarcer. Too much young stock is Of
fered that is below the standard.
Turkeys are wanted and would COM
mand full price, as live birds are scarce.
Chilled turkeys from storage are the
dependence.
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the fol-
lowing articles received in this market
on the date named.
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the fol-
lowing articles received on the date
named:
May 20 and 21-
EGGS cases $50
Butter. pounds 933