Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-23
BANANAS ARE IN
ACTIVE DEMAND
SHIPMENTS TAKE LARGELY OF
SUPPLIES
APRlCOTS NOT so PLENTIFUL
Butter stesdy-~More Apples Come.
Cabbage cheap-strawberrles
Freely oHsred--Turkeys
wsntsd-FIsh SLOW
APRIcoTs NOT so PLENTIFUL

Since last Saturday nine carloads of
bananas have come to this market, of
which two carloads arrived yesterday
Of the Honduras variety, and another
carload of Port Limons will arrive to-
day, IN face Of free offerings Of all
kinds OF fruit dealers report a splendid
demand for bananas and particularly
fruit is held at SN p4 cents pound,
and the fancy Limon, for shipping
fancy graded lunches cents. Arizona
Is big consumer
Apricots were not so freely offered
from the north is reported past. The
next to come are local apficots, and
some of them are offered. Yesterday
the scarcity caused an advance to SO
75e a picking box, as receipts from the
valley. were scarce. Fahcy Royals
were 5@1Qc higher,
Fancy Mckeyitt peaches appeared
box. Supplies were plentiful for com
mon peaches and these jobbed from
75e a box upward.
deciduous fruits. Sindonia we're 65 a s5c
on quality, a box; Tragedy were the
fay9rites at 75@65c, and satsumas
gone for, the year Cherry plums are
not popular and remain drug.
Apples are in large supply, Of, the
dard boxes s1.40@1.50.
In cherries. the demand took the 49
boxes that &c, came s3 40 they were Royal
10 lbs, or s@12Mc in bulk The sea-
soh for blacks Is closed.
Figs are plentiful in layer boxes and
blacks. In 10 lb boxes, So a 75e.
| STRAWBERRIES were again plentiful
with 200 crates from Moneta and 2300
75c a s1.Qo and the. latter 81. O@1.5Q a
crate. The canneries took the surplus
making a steady market.
| One carload of watermelons and one
or cantaloupes arrived yesterday after
noon late and sold fast. The market
e a pound hat and special 'i' crate can r
and Standard $sSS6 "a $50. The gStI; season. on
for these fruits is now full on and
shipments hither will be regular
Blackberries are steady at Az @5c a
box, loganberries are scarcer and In
good demand at 4h a Sc; dewberries
loe on Pm, an4ality ls4s =, ,,rv ,,r, v,.,
coast butter all cleaned UP the demand
for. that article in general was ex-
cellent at Soc for valley and 421ac for
coast dairy and 45c for coast cream
cry. In fact the market is short on
coast and the steamer that is due now
is awaited. Valley receipts are light
Gny of fpom pomnds sq% from
the east came yesterday and went into
storage. In fack the period for active
aEssea iFSs9 q 81 6tofsS soI stSa
| ton rules practically unchanged. The
egg quotation. committee again fixed
the selling price at zoe for northern
EASTERN demand is reported active
from various sections. Eastern fresh
are on the market.
meet local demand and withdrawing
from storage is not active. Prices are
steady & al, ara 81 shRments I 3 inereasIng acre WA,
the full season ON little change in
vegetables was noted yesterday, the
exception being the firmness in north
ern peas, that are a@5c pound and
Cabbage is still s5D4oc a sack and
plentiful; cucumbers $1.0O a box, and
string beans ans. 3Sgic Po%pei 10 hox
commons less and Mexicans limited at
$1.50 a crate of four baskets.
Old potatoes are steady at $1,000
1925 @1.35 and fancy $3.50.
Onions are weaker at 75c for silver
skins. Bermudaas st59eS@ l6o and and north, north,
supply promises to be large.
Northern onions are fast ripening
and the crop will come on the market
FISH AND PouLTRY-Enough fish
needs, as the slow demand has not en-
cOuraged ffSh1ng. striped pass ana
shad alone were scarce. Crabs were
in fair supply.
The poultry market is steady, with
receipts free and prices unchanged.
AS before stated prime turkeys would
find an open market.
Receipts Of Produce
The produce exchange, reports the
following articles received In this mar
ket on the date named:
June 22-
Butter, pounds ..................56 .56,5l5
Potatoes, sweet, sacks ..... ..'.......... none