Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-21
LIGHTER DEMAND
FOR ALL PRODUCE
TASTES TURN TO FRUITS FROM
HEAVY EDIBLES
BUTTER RULES MOST ACTIVE
Eggs Steady In Face Of Large Eastern
ReeeIpts-Aprleots Are a Drag.
Cheese In Good
supply
BUTTER RULES MOST ACTIVE

about due. It is subject of remark
among the produce dealers that going
| to beaches and deserting city homes
has had an appreciabe effect upon the
dispensing trade. Yesterday the mar
ket In general was less active, and ex-
cept for the movement In special lines,
it is said, the trade logbook would
have recorded absolute dullness. AM
other factor is that warm weather pre-
vents laying in large supplies, and as
less quantities are purchased. as
goods Will not keep for long, the re-
| taller ourtails his orders, Shipping in
most lines, however, keeps up at q
year, increased by the opening OF
many mining camps and the invasion of
new territory, by local houses.
| BUTTER is FIRM.-Coast butter has
gone rapidly into consumption, because
It is cheaper and because just now the
quality, Is regarded as satisfactory.
Valley is 60c, and the fifty-seven cases
arriving from Selma yesterday soon
found an outlet Arizona is reported
taking literally of fancy butter, and
| towns along the Salt Lake line are
| placing orders Local creameries are
not overburdened with supplies, as the
output seems to go into consumption
EGGS ARE STEADY.-In the face Of
a steady demand for eggs the intention
to lower the prices has not material
lied 1t is admitted however, that
eastern fresh, OF which a large number
| Is being received, come into active COM
petition with local ranch. The egg
quotation committee again fixed local
ranch at 2Sc, eastern at 2l@ 22c, and
PoTAToES AND oNIoNs.-Receipts
of onions are not helping the market,
as silverskins are more plentiful and
down to 75c a hundred. Reds from
the north are s1.4O@15O. and only
steady, with Bermudas from Texas at
lower level of $1.5O@1.6O a crate of
The market for old potatoes is firmly
| held. as the goods are scarce and are
preferred by the larger hotels and res a,
taurants. Supplies are short, and ten
days should see them exhausted. New
| crop locals are in fair supply at SIPS
Q1.50, and northern are just well
ripening. so these can be expected in
larger quantity next week. The mar
ket is destined to go lower after
July /.
of eastern and northern cheese have
been greatly increased in the past ten
days, and the demand, dealers report,
has also increased. The advance of 1o
a pound in the east has not been felt
locally. Anchor makes are reported
improved in quality, and demand better.
MORE BANANAS COME.-Four car
loads of bananas were received yester-
day, making a large stock. The mar
ket is steady at 3% @4hc for choice,
and sc is obtained for fancy shipping
stock.
Currants are scarcer, and rule at 70
| @S0c a box for cherry and reds ESQ
roc. Peaches are firm at $1@125 a
| box.
In plums the market is quiet and
unchanged, with supplies large. ST.
monis are 90c@s110, Tragedy $1@1.10
and Burbanks, $1.10@1.25 a box.
One carload of watermelons was un-
loaded yesterday, of the Chilean kind,
from Coachella, which. sold at &c a
pound flat, with demand slow.
Trade is quiet in cantaloupes and
receipts are light. with special crate
jobbng at 55@75c, ponies at $2@2.25
and standard at $225@2.50.
OF the 1000 trays of Strawberries
received from Tropco the price ruled
at 4@5c a box, and the 700 crates from
Moneta. Gardena, ETC., were nominally
active at 4c.
Blackberries and loganberries were
each $1@1.10 a crate, with supplies
light. while dewberries were 81 crate
and slow
Four carloads of apricots crowded
the floors of, dealers yesterday early,
and the demand was slow at 400 soc a
box. Many were overripe and the car
ry-over stock was large.
POULTRY AND FISH.-No change
was noted in poultry, as the receipts
were about enough to meet legitimate
wants. Old hens are arriving more
freely, but prime young stock Is not
overabun ndant Turkeys are wanted, as
the local offerings are light.
Fish catches. were larger, and re-
ceipts were slightly increased De-
weather seems to take the edge off the
article.
Receipts of Produce