Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-18
MORE FRESH
FRUIT COMES
CURRANTS AND PLUMS ARE
NOW ON THE LIST
EGGS RULE MORE FIRM
Coast Butter Cleaned Up-oId Pota-
toes Go Higher-Fish Too Plenti-
fuI-onions From Texas-To-
matoes Glut the Market
EGGS RULE MORE FIRM

From appearances the fresh fruit pc
riod for the new season is in earnest
evidence. Yesterday the first new crop
of red currants came in from san Lor-
enzo This was only one chest, Dut
the shipment brought $1.5O.
The first receipts of blue plums also
came, being forty boxes of ten pounds
each from Penryn, and jobbed at $l'zo
a box.
The first apricots in picking boxes
also came in from the mountain sec
tions around Bakersfield, and in 20
pound boxes jobbed at $1.75.
Oranges also are scarce, the common
navels that a few weeks ago jobbed at
SO cents a box now bringing $1.OO. New
Valencias are $1.25. Lemons are steady
at 81 650D1.S5 for fancy.
From Tropico 700 trays of straWber-
ries were received and ruled at cents
flat From Moneta 300 trays came ana
iobbed 607 cents. All cleaned up un-
der active demand.
Cherries We're scarcer and no whites
came in. OF reds and blacks $50 boxes
were received. These jobbed in 10
pound boxes at $1.0001.25 and in bulk
10012 cents. None were carried over.
Bananas are still plentiful and many
ripe punches come. More cars are eX-
pected this week. Price BOA cents
pound.
EGGS RULE FIRM-Fresh ranch
eggs are firm at Il cents for locals and
10 cents for northern. This is the
price fixed by the egg quotation COM
mittee Yesterday on the produce eX
change and the committee also saw
fit to return northern eggs to the list,
as receipts are larger than expected,
owing to the Rocky Mountain section
getting eggs from the east. Warm
weather is reported affecting condl-
tions and the country is ready to meet
trade conditions as the output is de-
creasing.
CHICAGO EGG NEWS-In Chicago
the. egg situation shows little change.
Receipts have shown falling off as
compared with the first of the week,
but the number of cases received are
| slightly in advance of the receipts OF
last week and are considerably heavier
| than a corresponding period year
ago. The first five days last week
showed 92,432 cases as against N14O
| for q corresponding period last year.
| The market has held around the same
prices quoted last week except there
| has been a decline for prime firsts all
the way down, including grades below
Extras are quoted at 18 cents and stor-
age packed are holding their own at
prices paid last week. Prime firsts are
steady at 1872 cents.
1t is now conceded that the hold
ings of cooler stock in Chicago are far
in excess of what was reported short
time ago and those who are in a posi-
tion to express an opinion say that
| 500, 900 cases is a moderate figure to
name. Some estimate that the hold
ings are heavier.
KANSAS CITY EGGS-The week
finds the Kansas City egg market de-
cidedly weaker, but there has been
no lowering of prices, with the excep-
tion of easing off a half cent on cur
rent receipts case count Eggs were
purchased cheaper last week than at
any time lately, though there were no
board sales, offerings, however, being
for lower prices than in some days.
| Receipts have been fairly liberal and
lwhile the city demand has been fair 1t
would not have been sufficient to have
held the market steady had 1t not been
for fair demand for eggs for storage.
Quite a lot have been candled during
! the week.
MORE POTATO NEWS-Opinion is
general that old crop potatoes will be
higher than now quoted. 1t is said
that the Wisconsin potatoes now in
the market go fast at $1.75@1.S5 and
that the ordinary Colorado is firm at
81. .6O6D1.75. Receipts are light. While
the new crop is maturing, the big bulk
will not come until the middle of June
and up to that time the old crop will
be wanted. Where to get the goods
now seems the problem, as Nevada is
out of the market and Utah affords
little relief. Northern California is shy
on stock as San Francisco takes most
of the goods.
More Bermuda Texas onions will
come today and these will job at $3.50
GD4 90 full crate of 100 pounds. The
market is gradually weakening, as sill
verskins are touching 21a@3 cents a
pound. The crop of reds and DanVers
locally promises to be large, but the
season is said to be late at least ten
days.
the supply of tomatoes that MeXicans
in siX-basket crates have touched $500
flat and are slow at that. FlOridas are
fair at 1925 and choice $3.50, with con-
| cessions reported to move the goods.
Locals from Hollywood are poor in
quality, with the trade taking spar
ingly and jobbing 75c@S1.00 a box.
Peas are slightly scarcer at S@4
cents and beans, all kinds weaker at
2@3 cents a pound; cabbage is abso-
lutely a drug at 25@35 cents a sack;
asparagus is plentiful at Sm1O cents;
rhubarb is plentiful and fairly steady
at SCOTS cents box.
BUTTER is STEADY-At noon yes
terday the steamer from the north with
dairy and creamery coast butter
landed at San Pedro. This quality is
cleaned up and the demand is active
at 400421a cents. Valley is well held
at 45 cents, the creamery board price
and receipts are sufficient, allowing
some surplus to go into storage. Re-
ports from Elgin say that the output
will not be so heavy as was expected
during the June packing season.
FISH PLENTIFUL-All fish, except
halibut, glut the market, Striped bass
are some scarcer Small locals are
wanted. Demand, while active, can
not take the offerings and yellowtail
and bonita have gone to the waste
heaps in large lots.
Crabs and salmon from the north are
in and are only steady.
Receipts of Produce