Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-15
EGGS REMAIN
At HIGH LEVEL
PRICES STEADY AND FRESH
SCARCE
BUTTER SUPPLY NOT LARGE
Eastern Creameries Meet the Big End
of the Local Demand-cheese Un-
changed-AppIes Rule Steady.
Lobster Season Opens
BUTTER SUPPLY NOT LARGE

Ranch eggs remain firm with "a cents
the top quotation that is generally main
tanned for ranch candled. Supplies yes
terday were extremely small of this class,
and dealers were in active quest for
needed quantities. Fresh eastern are in
fair supply and job at 29q3O cents, Stor-
candling will bring 26q28 cents dozen.
Ranchers report a continued decline in
the output of southern ranch eggs.
Watsonville fancy onions, of which a
carload has been unloaded, are reported
popular, with 81 Is sack as the top
price. Silverskins are plentiful and rule
vers and northern browns ara only
steady, but being better matured and well
cured are more popular with the consum-
ing trade. The late crop onion is now
being harvested as the warm days have
aided ripening and drying.
Butter Is firmly held under an active
market, as no class of butter is in tx-
cessive supply Eastern storage and the
best creamertes from Kansas and Ne
braska are popular and deservedly 50, be-
cause these more than fill the loss of the
which no little is now being received.
Northern creamery from the valley is in
fair supply only, and remains the princi-
pal source OF supply;
and the trade reports stocks ample. De-
mand for the best is steady and Salinas
enjoy active conditions. Highlands, of
rule all the way from $100 to s1.15 a sack.
The latter price is for the very best Any
Salinas that go at s1.50 sack must be
of the choicest, as this variety will aver
age s1.S5. With local second crop to
come the market will be fairly steady
only for some time.
In cheese dealers generally report a
steady market, and 13 cents a pound the
| current rate for northern. or local
cheeses the supply is fair. as the output
is following the decreased milk supply,
as reflected in the butter market.
Suddenly local fancy tomatoes showed
a firmer tendency and prices ranged in
box lots from 25435 cents.
Cabbage Is strong, bell peppers firm and
green chill 10c a pound.
Lovers of Holsters will be gratifed to-
| day as the season for this morsel opens
today after being closed for several
Fish are also seasonable and in good
demand, and with cooler weather the
market has improved. Demand for hall
but and barracuda is active Northern
bass and some cod are offered. The fish
market is reported unusually active.
Two carloads of bananas are in market
and job towards 8 cents a pound.
AS whole, fresh fruits are scarce and
Muscat grapes are 65@S5 cents a box.
Peaches are 759S5c a box, and egg
plums are 80 cents box, but slow.
Red Pearmain apples are in market
also several carloads of northern that
have gone into coolers. The former are
jobbing at $1:15 a box, and Bellefieurs
firm at S1.15Q1.25.
Produce quotations
The following prices rule in a jobbing
way in the Los Angeles market:
BUTTER-Local creamery, 571sc a roll;
fresh VALLEY creamery, 55Q571ac; cook
ing. 25c.
EGGS-Southern California ranch, can
| died. 33@35c; eastern fresh, 27@2Sc; east
ern storage, 25@26c; seconds, 21c.
CHEESE (all per lb.)--Northern, 12@-
13c; Anchor Qarge), local, ,14Ac; Young
America, 15Ac; hand made, 16Ac; eastern
singles, 14Q15c; eastern twins, 14@15c;
eastern cheddars,. 14c; eastern Stilton,
14c; eastern longhorns, l4@15c; eastern
daisies, 14Q15c; Swiss domestic. 1sc; Swiss
BEANS Call per 100 lbs)-Pink No /.
$4.25@4. 4.35; No. 2, $4O0Q4.25; lima, No. /,
$5.OO@5 50; Lady Washington No. 1, $3.25@-
3.35; small white No. 1, $S75; Garvanzas
IS. 90; lentils, $7.50@S00.
POTATOES-Fancy Salinas (all per 100
pounds), $1.25Q145 fancy Woodward
SWEET oTAToEs-Yellows, $500.
ONIONS (per 100 poundsl-Local silv r.
skins, 75@S5o; Danvers, S1.OOQ1.25.
POULTRY (per dozen)-Dealers pay live
weight as follows: Broilers, 14Q15c;; fry
ers, 16@15c; old hens, 12@13c; old roos-
ters, &c; young roosters, 14915c; ducks
nOnnC-Ao foJIonS.