Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-08
BUTTER STILL
RULES FIRM
COAST RECEIPTS CLEANED UP
AT ONCE
EGGS ARE WELL SUPPORTED
Old Potatoes Fast Passlng--onions
Remain Very searce--cherries
Weaker--Bananas steady-Flsh
searoe--PouItry Plentiful
EGGS ARE WELL SUPPORTED

ter board made no change on Saturday
in the price. The coast steamer
Saturday brought in about $4,000
pounds of coast dairy and creamery
that iobbed at 37b040c. Demand was
excellent for the coast product and soon
cleaned up. Storing also is active, as
the belief is general that it is better to
store now than to risk the future as
only a few more weeks remain for the
active producing season.
EGGS LOOK FIRMER-From indi-
cations firmer tone will rule in the
egg market. Receipts of fresh ranch
are not large and the trade is informed
that holdings in the country also are
less. Current demand has kept the
stocks on an even basis and some ship
ping is noted to the mining sections
tributary to Los Angeles.
Today the market opens at 21c for
Southern California ranch candled and
1Sc for northern, being the price fixed
by the egg quotation committee on the
Produce exchange Saturday. All this
may indicate that eastern eggs will
soon come into the market.
OLD SPUDS SCARE-Receipts of old
potatoes are small, as the northern sup
ply is practically exhausted and the
Colorado shipments and those from
Wisconsin are held back by washouts
in Arizona. Any spud that will touch
the grade of choice is held at about
SIZE and the fair and common are
above $1.35 per 100. Demand is most
active and the supply is limited.
New crop Is coming in fair guam
titles, and while not supplying the
market the receipts serve to bridge
over the conditions, as the crop is i'm
proving both in quality and quantity.
These job at 2GD3c a pound, but many
dealers expect lower prices to prevail
this week.
ONIONS HOLD FIRM-The Texas
Bermuda onions that came in Thursday
have gone into trade channels and gave
general satisfaction. Demand was
active as the market was bare These
still job 506c and are popular.
New crop silverskins are in in large
quantities and rule about steady at Az
6D5c a pound. These are still soft, but
are maturing more rapidly. They tide
over the situation until northern reds
arrive and the local crop of yellow
Denvers, that are good keepers, arrive.
Australian browns are gone for the
year and the few that remain are firm
at 6A@615c a pound.
CHERRIES ARE PLENTIFUL-on
Saturday the largest receipts of the
cherry period were reported, reaching
900 boxes, of which 200 were picking
boxes of thirty-five pounds each. Blacks
went to 10@12c in bulk and $1@125 in
boxes. Whites were also plentiful and
in bulk 6M7c a pound and in 10-pound
boxes 60070c. Demand was active.
This week should see larger receipts as
the season is coming into full swing.
Bananas are scarce, as the six car
loads received in last week about met
the trade. Fancy in small lots are &c,
but the general price is 4c a pound by
punches.
Raspberries from Tropico rule at 25c
and those from Orange county 30c
box. Blackberries are plentiful at Sc
fiat.
Receipts of strawberries Saturday
were less, being 500 trays from Tropico
and Moneta combined. For shipping
Tropico fancy beauties We're $1.35
crate of fifteen boxes; for choice locals
S012c and Monetas 7DSc box. Stock
cleaned up.
One box of gooseberries arrived Sat-
urday and reached the top price of IA
@15c a pound.
Seedless grapefruit is reported
apathetic Tangerines practically out
OF market, oranges steady on shipping
trade and lemons slow even for fancy.
VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL - The
market is full up on seasonable varie-
ties of vegetables. Fresh peas still 21a
@3c and string and wax beans 7@9c.
Asparagus receipts are less and prices
are 9@11c by the pound.
Florida tomatoes are in four to six
baskets to crate. The former Job at
$3.50 crate. Mexican tomatoes also
are plentiful and in siX-basket crates
are $3.50, cheaper and in fair demand.
Rhubarb is scarce and slow because
no longer pupular at $4,000 a box of
forty-five pounds.
Cabbage is slow and plentiful at 40
@50c a sack.
Sweet potatoes are slow and the end
OF the season is here. No northern
came in. Fullerton reports no stocks.
FISH AND POULTRY-No fish from
local waters, the ocean being rough,
came in Saturday. Northern striped
bass, salmon, shad and rock cod with
crabs came in and sold at once.
Poultry demand has been good all
week. One firm sold thirty-siX dozen
broilers on Saturday. Dealers pay Isl
Q19c for live weight broilers, 20Q21c for
fryers, l4c for old hens and Sc for
roosters.
Receipts of Produce
The Produce exchange reports the
following articles received with date
named:
Eggs, cases ..................... 3S6
Butter' POUNDS ''.'................. al, 3S5
Gheese, pounds 49,; ;................ None
Potatoes (sweets), sacks ............. Isl
onions SACKS '''''.. ..-.........'...,.. None
Beans sacks .............,....... 10
Local Produce fTlces
The following prices rule in u jobbinS waS
In the Los Angeles market:
BUTTER-Produce exchange quotations.
Fancy valley creamery, 45c; fancy coast
creamtry, 40c fiat; fancy dairy. S5937hc.
EGGS-Southern California ranch, candled
2lc fiat; northern, lSc; no eastern.
CHEESE Gall per lb,)-Northern, 15@
10 5hcc; Anchor (arge), local. 17o; Young
America, 1Sc; handmade, 19c; eastern sim
giles, 4Ql5c; eastern twins. 14Q15c: east
ern cheddars, 14c eastern Stilton, lac; east