Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-14
ALL VEGETABLEs
ARE PLENTIFUL
PRICES WEAKENED AS DEMAND
WAS SLOW
BUTTER STILL VERY FIRM
Eggs Show a Tendency to stlffen.
Potatoes Freely offered and Conn
mon Stock Wesk-Fruits
clut the Market
BUTTER STILL VERY FIRM

Midsummer dullness seemed to per-
wade the vegetable list in the produce
trade yesterday. Offerings were heavy.
and prices touched bottom in most
lines. Not q firm spot was reported by
any dealer, either at the big market or
along Los Angeles street.
Tomatoes which formerly seemed the
object of much consideration, dropped
to " Tor box of thirty pounds. and
struck 75c for a twenty-pound box.
for less. Offerings were large, and de-
mand could not take the offerings.
Wax and string beans were turned
from by peddlers, who offered &c a
pound while lettuce was slow at 25 "a
30c packed box.
Cabbage lowered around 50@6Oc a,
sack while green corn jobbed at 60c a
Even fresh peas felt the dullness. and
never got above &c pound for the
Ali kinds of potatoes were weak.
Choice locals and northern were quoted
at $1:25 a hundred. Some fancy were
S1.S5 Q1.4O, and these grades are report
ed In excellent favor
The common grade of potatoes were
as low as 75c9 a ST. and were freely Of
fered., All northern, potatoes are re-
pared to meet any demand that may be
made.
Yellow Danver onions are more plen-
tiful as the crop is fast maturing, and
prices are reaching bottom around 81
sack Some northern reds were held
at SIPS, but were slow, while local sill
verskins moved in small lots at f5c q
sack
BUTTER Is FIRM. - with every
pound of the coast creamery and dairy
butter that arrived by steamer moved
into consumption, the commodity was
firmly held, and to fill orders consid-
erable was taken from storage. Re
ceipts from the, valley were not eex-
carload from Marin county the market
would have been short of creamery.
Taking from storage Is earlier than
usual this season, as the withdrawal
period usually comes about August l.
In the east the butter situation is also
very firm, and reports from there show
an advance of 1c a pound making the
base there 21@21Ac pound, and laid
down about 22hc here. Some dealers
say that this firmness foreshadows an
advance all along the line, as northern
butter Is out of the question.
The lower price of cheese has helped
trade some; at least, the greater part
of imports will now cease; StoragSd gSi
eastern makes have not sympathfzedl
with local conditions.
EGGS ARE STEADY,-Decrease re-
ceipts of local ranch had a, tendency
yesterday to create firmer feellng,
and fancy ranch were steady at 22c.
The egg quotation committee of the
price. leaving eastern fresh at 100 zoe.
Few northern eggs came; too hot.
So far in this week no fresh east
ern eggs have come to this market
and as an advance of &c {. dozen has
occurred in Chicago some large hand
| lers state that few, If any more car
loads will come until the weather is
PRuNEs ABUNDANT. = The active
prune season is now on, and yesterday
the following varieties We're in stock
Simoni Green Cages Tragedy, Satsu,
mas, Burbanks, Abundance and Red
Junes. Demand was nominally active
and prices ranged from 75@90c box;
Bartlett pears of fair grade dropped
to ST a box, apples were slow at $1.l0@
s125 in pear box sizes while necta-
rines jobbed moderately at 75c box,
and peaches were 5G@75c box.
Apricots, locals, are slow and plen,,
dropped to 75c a box for all varieties;
One carload of watermelons arrived
and sold well at 1@1hc a pound: one
carload Of cantaloupes also. sold Wei
at $175 for Jumbos in crates, $1;lOW
LIS for pony sizes, and $l;35 @ l.o0 Tor
standards. The crop OF both IS passing
and soon only locals will be offered
From Tropico about 1000 trays OF
strawberries came. These jobbed at
$1.20D1.50 a crate, but many went 70
the cannery. For the 200 crates from
Moneta the market ruled at 9Oc 20 Sl.ZU
crate on quality, and they were
FISH FISH AND PouLTRY.-All kinds of
fish both local and northern, were
scarce, and it is just as well, dealers
say, as the demand is not overact1ve.
Grabs alone were plentiful.
Poultry offerings are also less, with
old hens not so firm, but young stock
finds favor at unchanged prices.
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