Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-17
EGGS ARE SENT
UP ONE CENT
NEW GRADE ESTABLISHED TO
GOVERN MARKET
BUTTER WAS NEVER FIRMER
Local Watermelons Sounds Close of
Desert Crop-Vegetables Weak.
Fish Supply Taken-PouI-
try Cleaned Up
BUTTER WAS NEVER FIRMER

On Saturday the advance that had long
been expected in the egg market devel-
oped as the egg quotation committee on
the produce exchange fixed the selling
price for ranch eggs at 2S cents, an adj
vance of l cent. This change became
effective at once. The committee went
further by eliminating northern eggs from
the market, as the product is scarce and
hardly desirable. Eastern fresh eggs the
committee raised to 20Q21 cents, also an
advance of l cent. The real innovation
made by the committee was the further
grading of eggs, in so far that the grade
of seconds was established and the price
fixed for these at 16 cents. These changes
place the egg market on better footing
and was a long desired feature.
Receipts of local eggs are limited and
country shippers report a decline of pro-
egg market is the demand from many in
terror points for. eggs and the increased
shipments to Arizona and points reached
by the Salt Lake road; One carload of
Some Of these went into storage and some
went into immediate use Opinion still
Is freely expressed by many dealers that
If fresh eastern were substituted for local
fresh ranch the latter would legitimately
be worth 25c dozen.
BUTTER RULES ACTIvE-As the
coast steamer did not arrive until late
Saturday afternoon the coast dairy and
creamery butter was not placed in trade
circles until this morning. The receipts
were light and dealers said SATURDAY
that the stock would not last but a few
hours. Valley creamery is not in suffis
cient supply to meet the market needs,
hence one firm drew a large lot from
storage Saturday, and this same per-
formance is expected to be repeated to-
day. The reports show that receipts
have been extremely light in the past
county creamery the market would have
been in a nervous state AS 1t is the
butter market, compared with past years,
was never in such splendid condition as
now
LOCAL MELONS COME--The first big
shipment of local watermeons came on
the market Saturday from Burbank and
jobbed at 11ac a pound. This sounds the
close of the desert melon season. Demand
was reported good and dealers had little
stock to carry over.
No cantaloupes came in Saturday, and
the market advanced, pony crates being
$165; standards, $19O and jumbos $2.25.
Demand for these also was good.
One carload of mixed fruit came in and
peaches, plumS and apples sold at un-
changed prices.
Apricots were also cheaper and were
plentiful and fell to 30Q60 cents a box.
with the very fancy only at the last
From Tropico 1900 trays of strawberries
came and jobbed 81. .20Q1,50 crate. None
trays from Moneta jobbed lower at $50
90c, a crate. Stock was well cleaned up.
Two carloads of Port Limon bananas
We're unloaded Saturday and jobbed 3s4G
carloads were unloaded last week.
Honolulu bananas are still desirable
goods and are firm and fresh at &c a
, VEGETABLEs A DRAGON Saturday
the vegetable market closed dull and list
less, with the range OF the low prices
still in evidence.
fresh peas were 4 cents, wax and string
beans 1c pound.
All bunch goods were plentiful and
cheap with new crop celery 75c a dozen
and cabbage 50@60c a sack.
Potatoes are plentiful and the common
hover around S0cQ$l.00 and the best
from $135Qp1. 40.
Yellow DanVer onions are down to $1.0O
hundred and In small boxes 80 cents.
Silverslkins are 60d75c sack, freely Of
fered and slow.
A decided movement Is reported in dried
beans, and this is based on the crop con-
ditions and the hot weather prevailing in
the bean raising sections.
FISH AND POULTRY-Plenty of hall
but and barracuda and bonita came IN
Saturday, but surf fish were scarce. De
mand also was good. No northern fisn
came and crabs were sufficient to meet
the demand.
Poultry was well cleaned up when the
market closed Saturday and prime
broilers and fryers are wanted. Old hens
must be good to command attention.