Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-09

FREELY OFFERED
FIRST CARLOAD CAME TO THE
MARKET YESTERDAY
BUTTER FIRM AT NEW PRICE
Eggs Well Supported and Another Ad-
vance May Come This Week.
Cherries Fast Passing.
Fish Scarce

If further evidence were required to
show that the summer period has about
arrived the coming of one carload of
Chilean watermelons to this market
yesterday would serve to clinch the
argument. This shipment came from
today at 563i5c a pound. The quality is
reported excellent as the season has been
favorable, and the output will be large, as
Shipments eastward also are active and
the receipts will be regular from now on
Only a few crates of cantaloupes came
in, and these contain from fifteen to
twenty each, and jobbed about $500 a
crate.
The first Tragedy pums. six crates,
came in yesterday from Vacaville and
sold at $1.5O crate of four baskets.
Clyman plums are more plentiful, at
75c@$1.00 a crate, and the Mikados are
cheap, at $1.oO crate. Cherry plums are
OF cherries 375 boxes came in, with the
tail end of the market close at hand
No Royal AIMS came in and whites were
a pound and in boxes $10O@1.25.
Strawberries were slow and many sent
to the cannery, the 1000 trays from Trop-
leo ranging 4@5c, and the 700 crates from
Moneta slow at 4c box and weak;
Apricots were too many for comfort, as
about. three full carloads arrived and
jobbed 45D50c in picking boxes
Bananas rule firm at 4941kc a pound in
bunch lots. In this week eight carloads
came in from Port Limon and from Blue
Peaches are lower, at 75c@51.00 box
Blackberries and loganberries in crate
lots, range from $1;OO, a.1O, to $40 a on
BUTTER RULES FIRM At the ad-
vances the butter market is reported more
firm at SOC and both coast dairy and
creamery is 45c. Supplies are closely
picked UP and the shipping trade trades Is ex K,
steamer. Little Is being stored.
Several carloads of eastern cheese are
reported moving this way, and this may
plentiful and anchor reported in steady
EGGS LOOK FIRMER--with the de-
market seems to bear a firmer tone, as
the price fixed by the egg quotation COM
mittee still is 23c for local ranch and zoe
for northern. Demand Is active and ship
ping is steady to all northern points. 1t
is expected that further advance may
occur this week and that with a further
rise opportunity will be given for eastern
70 PoTAToEs eSTHe % 81 AND eoSN1oNs-old spuds
still look like good property, as stocks are
light and the goods wanted; The y soSSf Soi3- Eo
and Wisconsin $1.6O@165 Northern, new
crop are quoted I.25@1.35 by, brokers.
New crop locals $1.65@1.75 hundred:
In onions silverskins are steady at $l.5O
M2OO a hundred Northern reds $1.50. and
Texas Bermudas scarcer at $l75@2OO
small crate.
BIG APPLE CROP-Reports from San
ia Cruz and Watsonville give fiattering
promises for the biggest apple crop this
year that California has ever known. Last
season the trees seemed to take rest
and produced Indifferent fruit. Yester-
day some new June reds and Astrakan
reds came in and jobbed at $100 box of
20 pounds. The demand was lively, as
the fruit was good looking and for the
early samples the flavor was splendid
FISH AND POULTRY-All fish was in
light supply yesterday, mackerel, bonita
and barracuda alone filing the supply
Demand took freely of offerings. Northern
shad, salmon and striped bass was also
in and crabs plentiful.
Poultry is in free supply, except broil-
ers and fryers. Old stock slower. Tur-
keys are up to 26c pound, a record price
for the season.
If any changes were noted In vege-
tables the prices did not indicate. De-
mand was good and the offerings of all
seasonable varieties large. Shipping to
Arizona is of the highest order.
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the fol-
lowing articles received on the date
named:
June z
EggS, cases ..'..'.'''''''''''''''''' saS 9
Butter, POUNDS .....''..''.'''''''''' 'lo,ooo
Cheese, pounds ......................... none
Potatoes, Irish, sacks .................. l3l
Potatoes, sweets, sacks none
onions, SACKS ...................'sss.s 'HoHe