Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-15
BIG RECEIPTS
OF CHEESE
EASTERN MAKES COME INTO
MARKET FREELY
RANCH EGGS FIRMLY HELD
Butter Rules Active and May Go
Hlgher-Plums Glut the Mar
ket-Flsh Go to the
Waste Heaps
RANCH EGGS FIRMLY HELD

With the receipt of 1O6,10O pounds Of
well supplied. OF this amount 1 mt $4,000
pounds came yesterday from Wisconsin,
being standard, full-cream quality and is
this years make Demand is better, as
the spring trade has opened well. Cheese
from the north is also in good supply.
The recent decline in local Anchor was to
meet these large importations. All of this
cheese has gone into storage and many
dealers have large stock on the shelves.
Shipping demand for fancy cheese is ex
cellent, as the new Nevada and Arizona
Beach trade has also opened early and
the trade reports a larger demand than
usual from those resorts. A general
weakness is reported, with some dealers
Jobbing northern at 12@121sc and 13c the
outside.
EGGS RULE FIRM-Again did the egg
quotation committee in the Produce ex-
change yesterday fix the selling price of
ranch eggs at 23c northern at zoe and
eastern at 21@22c, The market is steady
and demand on shipping Of the best Re-
report slackening in the output Higher
prices are rumored, but the date for the
advance Is only. conlectural
BUTTER is ACTIVE-All coast butter
In is sold up and the steamer that came
last night brought down fair lots. All
rules steady at 45c. Valley creamery is
IN good demand and no surplus remains
past six weeks owing to the general de-
creased output. Drying up of feed on
the coast is said to be general and this
all markets.
ONIONS AND PoTAToEs-one car
load of Early Rose northern new crop
demand at s1.50 More cars are billed to
arrive this week. New locals are weaker
and rule at $1.25@1.5O for choice to fancy
Demand is Of a high order. The point for
surplus and low prices has not as yet
CANNED APPLES 1N-The first car
one-gallon cans, arrived yesterday and
jobbed at $3.25 a dozen. These are excel
lent in. flavor and the trade reports an
active demand, as they are the well known
shape for trade and family use
MANY PLUMS COME-In fruit yester-
simoni Tragedys, Burbanks. Nikados
and Clymons were in large supply, and
on quality and grade jobbed at 85c@$1 q
box and package. Demand was not ex-
Of the 175 boxes of cherries black sold
at 121s@14c in bulk and $1.25@1. 40 in boxes
Royal AIMS scarce and firm at $l.40 a
box Dealers seem to be Indifferent In the
trade and many boxes went to the can
merry.
Cherry currants put In an appearance
pound box. Red currants were scarce at
75c a 1O-pound box.
OF the four carloads of apricotS that
filled the trade the fancy reached 40q50c
a picking box, the demand only fair and
many carried over.
Astrachan red apples in slight supply
at 90cQ1 a 20-pound box.
Strawberries were so plentiful that
many went to the cannery to relieve the
market. The 1900 trays from Tropico
jobbed at $1.2O@l.25 crate, the 500 crates
from Gardena s1Q1.10 and the 500 crates
from Montebello $1.2O a crate.
The market Is full up on figs, the blacks
jobbing at 75c box; Symrna whites,
N25.
Peaches were, scarce and jobbed at 81
In picking box lots.
The trade reports a good shipping de-
mand for bananas, with two carloads in
yesterday. The fancy Port Limons are
&c a pound and the choice ripe 4@411c a
pound. The shipments are said to be in
VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL - Never
was the vegetable market so fully sup
piled as yesterday, with a weaker ten
dency all around, as wax and string
beans dropped to s@4c so pound ,ooo,.
about the same and plentiful.
Cabbage is still cheap at 25cQD40c sack.
and local tomatoes are plentiful at $1.25
a box fiat and the trade only taking the
FISH AND PoULTRY-AII kinds of
fish are too numerous for the trade, with
the demand Indifferent as the weather is
warm. Barracuda and halibut were free
ly offered, with croakers and bonita go
ing to the dump.
Poultry is unchanged, with receipts
is notifying shippers that birds. must be
larger, for young stock to be of any use
to the consumer.