Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
RANCH EGGS ARE
REPORTED SCARCE
QUOTATIONS REMAIN NOW ON
A FIRMER BASIS
BUTTER IN ACTIVE DEMAND
All Kinds of Fruit Crowd Trade Cir,
cles-Potatoes Weaker-onions
PIentiful-Flsh Freely Of
fered-PouItry Slow
BUTTER IN ACTIVE DEMAND

On the produce exchange yesterday
the egg quotation committee fixed the
selling price of fresh ranch eggs at 32
cents dozen. While this price gen.
orally obtained some dealers stated
that it was high for so early in the
week. For fresh eastern the price
well averaged 2S cents. Two carloads
OF fresh eastern came from Minnesota,
the most of these going into storage.
Prime ranch eggs are reported scarce,
the general supply for the trade being
eastern.
BUTTER is STEADY-Based on
market conditions the butter board has
not seen fit to alter current quotations
on creamery butter, either local or val
ley. One carload of fresh creamery
from Kansas came in yesterday and
bulk went into storage. Owing to the
shipping demand being active, the
drawing of seasonable butter from
storage is of daily occurrence
A change in cheese is not expected
this week. The output of local is con-
sidered equal to current demands.
Eastern prime creams are In good re-
quest, the demand from Arizona being
PoTAToEs AND oNIoNs-Receipts
of potatoes was heavy. The influx
from the north approximated one dozen
carloads. Demand was steady, but the
big holdings caused a quieter tone in
quotations, The range in Salinas was
reported from S1.30@1.50.
Sweet potatoes were weak and plen-
tiful at $1.5O@2.Oo a hundred for all
three varieties.
Onions held their own or. free offer
ings at 81 a hundred. Each kind was
plentiful and prices ruled easy. Late
crop onions are reported wei M matured; idad
Tomatoes were in good supply, and
moved fairly at 20@35c box.
Egg plant held its own at 4@6c
Fish were plentiful for yesterday, the
demand being good owing to the I'm
proved weather.
large The usual Monday trading was
in evidence, and this was light, being
confined to hotel and restaurant busl-
APPLES MORE PLENTIFUL-With
the receipt of several more carloads
of apples, storing was active and
select goods went into the coolers.
Fancy four-tier Bellefleurs were active
Fancy Bartlett pears reached 5@7c
About 600 trays of strawberries
%onetd none fr0R SRfS 8n we're STEADY at
&c and logan berries &c box.
Grapes were over abundant. Mus
cats were n @2c a pound Figs were
plentiful and slow at 5@7c pound.
Produce Quotations
The following prices rule in a jobbing
way in the Los Angeles market:
+aS5 BITTERL0ea dsv crsa ss SIc oGo Gol
ing, 25c.
EGGS-southern California ranch, can
died, soc fiat; eastern fresh, 27@2Sc; east
ern storage, 25@26c; seconds, 21c.
CHEESE GALL per lb.)-Northern, 300
1Sc; Anchor Qarge). local, 14Ac; Young
America, 15Ac; handmade, 16hc; eastern
singles, 14@15c; eastern twins. 14415c;
eastern cheddars, lac; eastern Stilton,
lac; eastern longhorns l4Q15c; eastern
daisies, 14Q15c; Swiss domestic, 1sc; Swiss
imported, 29c.
s4. .25QI4 35; No. 2, $4.0O@425; lima, No. /,
$$5s9Oq5.5O; Lady Washiqgto9n s9 No; i. $3.50
S. 90; lentils, S.50@S00.
POTATOES-Fancy Salinas (all per 100
pounds), s1.25@1. As; fancy Woodward
islands $L10@1.15.
SWEET POTATOES-Yellow $500.
ONIONS (per 100 pounds)-Local silv.r r.
skins, 75@85c; Danvers. A.00@1.25.
POULTRY (per dozen(-Dealers pay live
weight as follows: Broilers, 14@15c;; fry
ers, 15@15c; old hens, 12@13c; old roos-
ters,. &c; young roosters, 14915c; ducks,
CEREAL GOODS-AS follows: