Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-08
MELONS AGAIN
FILL THE MARKET
MANY CARLOADS COME FROM
C0ACHELLA SECTION
FRESH EASTERN EGGS ARRIVE
Carload Of Northern Fancy Butter Un-
loaded--Northern Potatoes More
PIentlfuI-onIons Slow.
Poultry Scarce
FRESH EASTERN EGGS ARRIVE


With three carloads OF Chilean water
melons and one carload, of eantaloupes
unloaded yesterday the market was
demand. as this kind Of weather creates
an appetite for the luscious product
Prices for melons ranged from 1d1Ac u
pound and one dealer reported &c a
pound for the smaller sizes.
Cantaloupes were steady and ranged
from 81; 25a150 a crate according to
sizes This fruit is at its best now and
meets with much favor.
Four carloads of fruit, divided between
peaches, plums and apples. also arrived
yesterday and were in fair shape. al:
though much sorting was required.
Peaches were. in good demand at bO@65c
a box, the choice being for st. Johns,
Early Crawfords and Hales. Plums were
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Burbanks were In and Satsumas ranged
between 5OQ75c a box on, quality.
Apples were also plentiful and the
and white jobbed at $i.65@1.1 % a standard
box and s1.35Q15O in pear BOX sizes.
About 1000 crates of Tropico, strawber-
l.5O a crate. and were slow, as many
From. Moneta 200 trays arrived and
jobbed 90c6$l.10 a crate
The 80 crates of blackberries sold at
90c a crate and the $50 crates of logan
berries 90cM$1.00 a crate.
Local apricots are In better supply and
as the. quality has improved the price
was only steady at 35650c a box
EASTERN, EGGS CoME-Another car,
0ad 9f fresh eastern eggs was reported
eral dealers Receipts of local ranch
were about normal, causing the egg quo
tation committee to fix, the selling price
19@2Qc and northern 19c, that are of goo1
quality. Demand is said to be steady.
the market affected by the warm weather;
coast butter into trade channels butter
handlers are looking for more coast
creamery and dairy that will not arrive
before Monday by steamer. Even then
large supplies are not looked for, as a
sharp decline in the output is noted.
Valley is moving freely, with one carload
San Francisco reports a firmer market
would not. be surprising, Whether this
improved feeling will be felt locally in SO
prices today Is a point that dealers were
not able to settle. However. the market
as g G WHOLE l6 Is n @ excellent e on.4 81 shape.
the tone of the potato market is. weak
because northern are in large supply and
in active competition with locals. The
carload. of Burbanks from Stockton and
locals slow. A decided downward ten
dency is in evidence
Onions rule only steady at, 75@S5c a
hundred for silverskins and few reds are
coming from the north because the locals
crowd prices down. A surplus. for the
present, is noted in all onions, and Ber-
mudas are nominally active at $1.10@1.2O
a small crate g~
In vegetables wax and string beans
have hit the seasons low mark of %@1c d
pound and, the stocks not moved.
The fresh peas offered are not above
the choice, with northern scarcer and
steady at &c pound 1ooEnn Gncnm6ers 40 er are are
both in good supply.
Local tomatoes have taken a jump to
$1.50 for a 2O-lb., box and 500 for SO-ib
box Hot weather has Increased the de-
mand and reduced the output. No Mex
leans are in the market
In fish the demand was slow and the
stocks light, with small scarce and bar
racuda and halibut enough for current
Poultry is well cleaned up this, week,
as the offerings. have been limited. Old
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the fol
lowing articles received on the date
named:
July g.
EGGS, cases z9o z99
Butter, pounds ................ ............1 Ii, 18
Cheese, pounds -........... 4,bUO
Potatoes, Irish sacks .................. ID
Potatoes sweets, sacks ............... none
Onions, sacks ...n................... none
Produce Quotations
The following prices rule in a jobbing
way in the Los Angeles market:
BUTTER-Produce exchange quotations
Fancy valley creamery, soc; fancy coast
creamery, 45c fiat; fancy dairy. 421a@4hc
EGGS-Southern California ranch, can
died, 22c fiat; northern, 19c; eastern. l9@
CHEESE Gall per lb.)-Northern. 12@
l3c; Anchor Qarge), local, lac; Young
America, 15c; handmade, 16c; eastern
singles, 14@15c; eastern twins, lig15c;
eastern cheddars, lac; eastern Stilton
14c; eastern longhorns 14415c; eastern
daisies, 14Q15c; Swiss domestic, l9c; Swiss
imported, 29c.
BEANS lall per 100 lbs. Pink No. J.,
s.. .250D4. .35; No. 2, S4,0O@4. 25; lima, No, j
81. .O06D5 so; Lady Washington No. l, $3.50
S.35; small white No. l. 1915; Garvanzas
S. 100; lentils, S.50q8.00.
POTATOES (all per 100 lbs. Fancy
Early Rose s1.SO@1,40; fancy White
Rose, $1.25@1.35 pink eyes, $l@l.lO.
SWEET POTAT0ES-Re $3.50; yell
low 81 .25; whites, 81 80
ONIONS (all per 100 lbs. local silver
Northern North Reds, 81 POOL, So; choice, si.26.
POULTRY Per dozen)-Deal,ers pay live
ers 16917c; old hens. 121sc; old roosters
Sc; young roosters, l7qlSc; ducks llQl2c;
turkeys, 20Q22c.
CEREAL GooDs-As follows:
10 lbs 25 lbs so lbs
Al flour ..................$2.90 80 ....
Pastry flour -............. 2.dS '"' 80"