Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-12
RANCHERS PLANT
NEW CROP SPUDS
DEMAND ACTIVE FOR MANY
SEED VARIETIES
Eggs Decline Another Full cent--Fish
Receipts LIoht-csme List ts
Cleaned Up--AppIes Firm.
Oranges Weaker

Rain has caused potato planting for
the coming season to become active.
Ranchers are taking large lots of seed
potatoes, as the acreage reported now
being planted is said to be larger than
usual. EARLY Rose seed the favored
variety, has advanced to $2.00M2,25 q
hundred. Several carloads OF these are
reported in stock but the demand is
fast reducing holdings.
Stocks of all potatoes are large and
these were increased Tuesday by 5224
sacks or about Is carloads.
This is about as heavy a stock as
this market carries, when 1t Is under
stood how many hundreds of sacks
are stored in addition. This is serving
to keep down prices, and caused by
northern holders showing an anxiety
to market goods. Demand is active,
of course, as the entire country south
needs potatoes, causing shipping to
be good. Fancy are scarce and firm.
EGGS COME DOWN-Yesterday on
the Produce exchange the egg quota
ton committee fixed the selling price
of California ranch eggs at 80 cents
This is q decline of cents since Fri
day OF last week. Receipts show larger
and this is the season when a lower
level Is to be expected, as laying VIII
be at it's full tide.
Eastern storage canded still rule
steady at % cents.
Cheese is firmer all along the line
with northern quoted at 14m15c. Re-
ceipts of northern and eastern makes
are larger.
BUTTER RULES FIRM-Demand
for creamery butter is active and no
surplus worthy the name remaining
yesterday after the close of business,
as a number of orders were reported
declined, owing to the scarcity. Coast
receipts of dairy were small, and this
with the lack of creamery caused with
drawals from storage to be larger.
Shipping demand also is good and this
extends to all parts of the southland
Consumption since Thanksgiving Is re-
ported increased about 25 per cent.
Onions are plentiful and receipts
show no decrease. Common grades are
numerous and rule from $2.50@2.75, but
the choice and fancy extend to $500
M3.25 and some extra select reach $3.50.
BEANS AND BLBS--De-
mand for lima and pink beans is con.
fined to actual both by the retail
trade and the jobbng interests. An
easier tone is noted in lima beans. The
sales of pinlzs are only fair. Rain has
caused several large holders of lima
to feel less bullish, as the moisture
places the ground in excellent condi-
ton for the coming 1905 crop.
vegetables were SllBHlly DelleI fStip
piled yesterday. Fresh peas receded
to 66D7 cents a pound and string beans
to Sh@9 cents. Tomatoes still remained
at S1.35D1. go for fancy in box lots.
Cabbare is $1.25 a sack
FRUITS IN GENERAL-Jonatha than
apples are well reduced, all sizes be-
ing practically cleaned up. Belleheurs
remain at S1.35m1.50 a box on quality
/ .-Grapefruit rules from S100@1.50 a
box. except Podre seedless that is firm
at $500
Oranges are principally culled fruit
| the best is shipped east. Navels for
peddlng run from 10 cents up to $1.1O
a box and are slow.
Bananas are rot so plentiful. The
noor and overripe are about gone.
Several carloads that are held up by
merchants in Arizona will arrive after
today.
Cranberries are still $1,000 barrel
and rather scarce, the demand being
light.
Strawberries go from S@15c box.
as they are more plentiful.
FISH AND GAME-Rcceipts of fish
Yesterday We're light. the supply of
halibut and rock cod small. No smelts
came in Boxes are empty
No northern fish came in, leaving the
market bare of salmon.
Lobsters We're very scarce and CRABS
sold on arrival.
Rabbits only reached a few dozen
and were taken at once. Wild geese
We're absent from the list. and FEW
sacks of ducks found an open market.