Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
FRESH FRUIT
SEASON OPENS
FIRST RAsPBERRlES AND DEW
BERRIES ARRIVE
Strawberries In Thousands Of Cases,
Bananas Weak-Butter steady.
Eggs Unehanged-Fish elut
the Market

opened ana the lovers OF tne HrtlCle
from now on will have their appetites
grathed, as the crop promises to be
large.
On Saturday this market handled 5000
crates of strawberries, each containing
fifteen baskets, and these were shipped
to Arizona, Old Mexico and outlying
points in large lots. Yesterday Mon
day. the receipts were given at 1900
crates and the demand left only small
surplus. Gardena and Moneta with the
choice Tropicos jobbed 5m6c a basket.
Some fancy Tropicos were cents.
Tropco Beauties are to arrive and for
shipment these will command $1.35 for
a crate of fifteen boxes.
The first raspberres of the new sea-
son also are i'm and these come from
Tropico and are held at 80 cents
basket of z lb.
Another fresh fruit Is the Meserve
dewberry from Signal Hill that are as
black as a bullet and command 30
cents a basket.
To follow are gooseberries, early APP
rcots and cherries and with the last
two i'm the year will be declared open
by the housewife who will begin to
look for crates and sugar and mothers
recipes.
In this shuttle for fresh fruit, ban
anas have become weaker and take
less prominence. Prices for the best
are not above 3A cents a pound and
down to 3 cents in some cases of ped
dlar's overripe stock. Receipts of BAN
anas yesterday We're two carloads, thus
increasing the stock and the depres-
sion.
All citrus fruits also suffer and while
the demand for oranges is steady for
fancy navels, tangerines, lemons and
grapefruit are slow.
BUTTER NORMAL 49, Receipts of
coast creamery and dairy butter since
Saturday have been about $4,000
pounds, which with valley creamery
placed on the market yesterday over
$4,000. This caused an easy feeling,
but as a whole the movement was
better at the reduction that went into
effect Saturday, by which creamery
was made 45 cents roll. The talk"
on the street yesterday was that at
the price of 90 cents pound storing
could be accomplished, but as big
surplus is in sight generally, and the
northern markets are weak, the low
ering to 35 cents would not be surpris-
ing. Stocks in storage are small-al-
most practically nothing-and if stor-
ing be not active in the next sixty
days supplies will not be sufficient to
carry the market over the summer
period, when the output is so limited.
EGGS UNCHANGED-On apparent
market conditions the egg market re-
mains at % cents for California ranch
the price fixed yesterday by the egg
quotation committee of the produce
exchange. Receipts of fresh are not
above normal needs and the absorb
tive quality of the market is reported
good. Little stock has been carried
forward from last week. This month
should be the leader for the output
and then comes the inevitable advance
for the summer. Storing of local eggs
is limited and northern still come in.
Reports from the east say that while
the output is large a decline is not
in sight and that the lay down cost
will not be under the present figure of
22@23 cents for first-class storage eggs
that will keep and hold out during the
season, which will extend until next
January.
Cheese is unchanged for local and
eastern, but some dealers say that a
drop in local would not be surprising.
Stocks that come i'm 100O-pound lots
from the north and east indicate that
demand is active and that shelves are
not crowded. Increased milk, however,
may temporarily send prices down.
ONIONS AND POTATOES-Two
carloads of onions have increased the
small stocks in this market since Sat
urday. These We're practically sold
OH arrival. DellldIu Is dCllNe anu Tic
best are 56D512 cents and fancy sell at
6 cents. Small lots are sold only, as
none take any more than they can
handle at that figure. Shipping is
good, as every point seems short of
old crop onions.
Fancy Lompoc potatoes, of which
only small quantity is held, were
yesterday advanced to $500. Demand
is good for all kinds of potatoes and
tIn fn1 str Il1.1 1pti ipl VI
cleared up as the Utah and Colorado
potatoes are the bulk of receipts and
while not of the primest character
help tide over the situation.
Growers are generally bringing in
new potatoes that sell at 5@6 cents a
pound. SThese come principally from
Hollywood, but Whittier and other
points report stocks to come. These
affect the old crop and doubtless will
serve to keep the market steady. The
outlook for a big potato crop all over
Southern California was never better,
as the ground is soaked and the wealth.
er has been ideal
VEGETABLES PROFUSE-The week
opened in the vegetable market yester-
day with profusion of fresh Vege-
tables offered and prices generally low
cred. Asparagus from Coachella
touched S@10 cents a pound with
northern the same. All bunch goods
remained 35@40 cents a dozen.
Rhubarb is plentiful and weak, with
more unloaded yesterday afternoon.
Standard in boxes is 75@S0 cents and
choice S5@95 cents. Cabbage is still 40
@6O cents "a sack. Fresh peas 31aD5
cents a pound, wax beans S@9 cents
and string beans 7@S cents.
All kinds of fish are in, the stock of
halibut, barracuda, yellow tail, with
striped bass from the north being large.
The best are going into storage. De-
mand does not take offerings. All
small or surf fish are in light supply.
No rabbits came in and geese were
limited and slow also
In poultry the demand is still good
for old hens and these are 14M15 cents
live weight. Broilers and fryers are
scarce and wanted, at 2OQ22 cents live
weight.
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the
following articles received on the date
named.
April and q
Eggs cases ''''.'ss.s,,.s.... 0O3
Butter, pounds SO 1856