Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-20
FIRST EASTERN
BUTTER COMES
CARLOAD FROM KANSAS GOES
INTO STORAGE
EASTERN CHEESE MARKED UP
Eggs, While Steady, Are Battered by
Eastern Fresh Arriving-Onions
Weaker and SloW--Fruits
Only Steady

The entire receipts of butter, since
Saturday, up to last night in this market
Is 1916 pounds. OF this 10000 pounds
came by steamer from coast points, and
2I75O pounds from Kansas, being the first
to arrive of the butter for this season s
output. The eastern butter has gone into
storage and does not come in the market.
The entire coast supply, arriving last
week. has gone into consumption and
yesterday the demand was active at 42bc
for dairy and 45c for creamery. All val
ley creamery is firmly held at 45c and
an increased shipping demand is repor led
from Arizona and other points that OBJ
tained supplies from the east. AS d
whole, the butter market is in good
shape.
EGGS ARE UNCHANGED-The egg
market is said not to be so active for the
moment as fresh eastern are reported
competing with local ranch. On the prod
uce exchange yesterday the egg quota
ton committee fixed the selling price at
23c for local ranch 2Oc for northern and
21122c for eastern. If the market will
stay at this figure is a question. De-
mand is reported good, and were not the
eastern fresh offered, prices would rule
| higher.
| ONIONS AND POTAToEs-Mor north
ern new crop potatoes are rolling this
way and there will be the Burbank and
Rose. Old Wisconsin are $15001. go and
still popular. New crop locals job at
$1,25Q1.50 on grades,
Onions are weaker, as the crop Is ripen-
ing fast. More Bermudas from Texas
came yesterday jobbing $1.6O01.75 small
crates silverskins are 9Oc hundred and
northern reds $l.4O.
EASTERN CHEESE HIGHER-Ro-
ern Hn . cheese m at shipping 'T points had had been been
advanced cents pound. Local An
chor remains the same, and no advance
is reported taking place locally so far.
Northern is being quoted l212013c.
TOMATOES ARE WEAKER--In the
list of vegetables yesterday, the local
common tomato was quoted 75c@S.0O a
ping, We're $1.20m1. .25 Il box, and MeXicans
were limited. in four basket crates, $1.50.
Northern peas still ruled low, at 21acp
&c a pound, and locals were scarcer.
Wax beans and string beans ranged from
3614c a pound.
Rhubarb is weak and slow. at 5OdSOc
box, and the holdover is less.
Green corn is plentiful at 20c a dozen
and summer squash gluts the market at
25c for box Of 10 pounds
Cabbage is still weak with plenty Of
fered a. 35040c a sack. Shipping is good
STRAWBERRIES ARE PLENTIFUL
Gamers helped the strawberry situation
Yesterday by taking the surplus Of the
the 500 crates that came from Moneta.
The first jobbed $.2O@1.5O a crate and
the last at S1.00@1.1O a crate. Demand
of pounds they were 75c, and in two
layers s. % Demand was was improved dc n
quanity adferaeS at sc Se' for e crate " of t6rty
baskets; loganberries jobbed at $1.2j a
crate; raspberres were weaker at SQlCc,
with few y coming 16H from from Orange, gr,os
rived since Saturday. The Royal AIMS
were 121ac in bulk and blacks 10c fiat.
Some were poor.
simonis 9Oc@s125 box and Tragedy.
ClynuouS and Burbank each SIPS a box.
Receipts of apples were light and
boxes for red and white Astrachans.
Peaches were in good demand and Of
ferngs lighter. Hale's early choice were
One carload Of apricots added to the
gaiety of the situation yesterday which
iobbed 40@50c in picking box lots. Fancy
were W., also plentiful atn bnM and wrapped Tor
One carload of mixed cantaloupes and
watermelons came Yesterday. Melons
We're e pound nnd rat and eants6S9Pss q n6P g
for fancy and $225@2,50 for standard.
The cantaloupe season is now in full
swing, as shipments in carloads now so
Bananas are flrmer. Two carloads
came yesterday and two more are eX-
pected today. Common to choice are
FISH AND POULTRY--All fish was
scarce yesterday, but this does not alarm
shorten shipments. Demand is not of
the best as the weather is against ac-
tive consumption. Crabs were plentiful
In poultry, receipts are light and
prices unchanged, with the market well
cleaned up. Old hens and large young
stock has done well. Holdover from last
week was small,
Receipts Of Produce
The produce exchange reports the fol-
lowing articles received in this market
ON the dates named:
June II and lS- 600
Eggs, cases. ..'.,.s'ss.'.'''''' ''''ss''. -
Butter, pounds. dS.,..',.,...'..'.ss'' ~ lOO
Cheese, pOundS,,.,.,. ..,..............',, SbO
Pota toes Urish), sacks. ..,......,...... l6l
Potatoes (sweets), sacks. none
Onions, Sacks.".....,,...,,.'L. ..'''''.'''none
Beans, sacks. s..'..''..''''''''' ''''''hone
Local Produce Prices
The following prices rule In jobblng
way in the Los Angeles market:
BUTTER-Produce exchange quotations,
Fancy valley creamery, SOC; fancy coast
creamery, 45c fiat; fancy dairy, 421sGQi5c.
Southern California ranch. can
died, 2sc fiat; northern, zoe; eastern, "a
SCHEEsE (all per lb)-Northern. 1SQ
l4c; Anchor Qarge), local. Ice; Young
America, 17ci handmade, 1Sc; eastern
singles. 14qlbc; eastern twins l4gl0c;