Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-26
BANANAS COME IN CAR LOTS
Demand for Produce stesdy--Eastern
Euu Market Notes--Frults Crowd.
Prices Weak-Flsh Scarce.
Onions Lower

was not over DrlSk as IL taxes BOOu
red hot weather to move the melon.
One local firm bought straight car
load Of 1900 and piled them up for dis
play on Broadway.
Two carloads of cantaloupes also ar
rived and these jobbed fairly at
S2.00@2.25 for standard crates and
$1.50@1.75 for pony sizes.
If any developments arose at the
close of the week in eggs 1t was in the
reports that fresh eastern eggs were
coming in "to beat band" as one
dealer expressed the situation. The
market in general was normal and no
changes were made by the egg QUOTA
tion committee, which fixed 20 cents for
northern, 23c for local ranch and 21@
% for eastern. Some dealers were re-
ported selling under these figures but
1t Is said that quality cuts an impor-
tant figure.
With the receipts of cheese free the
market is not steady and northern Is
being cut by many holders. Anchor Is
down and the cut left many with high
priced goods. Eastern may also come
down. Demand active.
EGGS IN KANSAS CITY-From
Kansas City comes the report that the
midsummer approaches with the pro-
duction of eggs by no means curtailed,
and operators are prognosticating as
to outcome. Reports from eastern
cities and Chicago show that the cool
ers are running over with eggs, and
that operators are apprehensive as to
what will be done with surplus stock
during July and August, as indications
at present point to a continued heavy
production during these months.
In Kansas City, while there is still
room in the coolers for quite a lot of
eggs, those posted on the situation be-
lieve that there are fully 25 per cent
more eggs stored there now than there
were last last year at this time Aug
ust 1 last year, according to the best
information obtainable, there was
something like $4,000 cases of eggs in
the coolers there. A well posted egg
man said that he believed that there
would be fully 100000 cases by August
1 this year. Receipts are heavy, and
surplus stock over local consumption
is practically all going into the coolers,
the demand from the east being cut
off by the heavy shipments of con-
signed stuff to those points.
Therefore, in the face Of these con-
ditions, those who have been bullish on
the egg storing deal all along, are
| more confirmed than ever in their views
that storers are goin to face big losses
when they get to unloading next fall
and winter.
fruit seemed to be the cry all last week,
and prices ! suffered. On Saturday,
peaches were lowered to SIC box for
Crawfords and 65@75c for Hales and
st. Johns.
The 1000 trays of strawberries from
Tropico jobbed $120@1.50 and the 300
crates from Moneta hit 9Oc@$1.0O a tray.
About $50 boxes of loganberries came
in and jobbed at $1.00@13O a crate on
nly IArar ssAes
were stationary at S0c@$100 and rasp-
berries were S@10c a box.
Plums were plentiful, with Clymans
4Oc box, Tragedy and Burbanks each
50@6Oc and Satsumas Csc.
The first cherries from Redlands for
the year came Saturday and jobbed
$1.25 per box of ten pounds. Royal
AIMS were few at 12k@15c in bulk.
Grapes were more abundant and 75c
@$1.00 was quoted for four-basket
crates of Sultanas and Thompson seed
less.
Figs arrived freely and were weak
at 6@Sc pound, and apples, red and
white, were 90c@D$1.00.
Oranges were scarce, with navels
wanted at $2.00@2.25 a box for fancy,
and Valencias practically out at $3.50
on shipping account.
PLENTY OF BANANAS-With the
III &C Sei VI DdHdLdS Will ar
rive today, there will have arrived in
this market about fifteen carloads in
the past ten days. Demand has been
good and trade generally is preparing
for the Fourth of July demand. Prices
for Port Limons are 4h@5c a pound
In bunch lots, and for the Honduras
fruit $4,000 is asked. Fruit is in fine
shape and is in active demand, in the
face of free offerings of other kinds.
VEGETABLES AND PRODUCE
Pink beans are firmly held and fancy
are about gone. Market is active.
Dried peaches will be scarce this
year. Apricots will be numerous. Crop
large.
Onions are so plentiful dealers quote
R@1c for silVerskins Bermudas are
down to $1.10@1.20 in small crates.
Old potatoes are all gone. New To-
calls are in fair supply and we'll held.
Northern Burbanks, $135.
Cabbage is weak, 35@40c a sack.
Rhubarb is done for the year. Peas,
5q6c pound; beans, 3@4c; asparagus,
SQl0c; summer squash, 40c a box.
FISH AND POULTRY-All fish on
Saturday was cleaned up What the
market will do this week, in face OF
warm weather, Is problem. Crabs,
cleaned up. No northern came in.
Poultry was in good demand, under
free receipts, but prices remained
steady, as the Sunday demand took
the offerings. All turkeys will find
a good market.
Receipts Of Produce