Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-10
BANANAS MAY co
MUCH LOWER
BIG SHIPMENTS ARE EXPECTED
THIS WEEK
OPEN SEASON IS PREDICTED
Fruit Is In Large Supply, But Apples
Firmly Held-Eggs Rule Steady.
Potatoes Steady and
Onions Weak
OPEN SEASON is PREDICTED

In this week of the midsummer pc
riod handlers of bananas say tnlnss
will be doing in the business" AT
least one house gives it out cold ana
fiat that not less than ten carloads VIII
be received in this market within the
next six days, and that four carloaos
will come today and tomorrow. Both
the Honduras and the Port Limon
bananas are included in this shipment,
and each are claimed to be fancy.
This does not mean banana str11e,
dealers say, but they admit that prices
will drop to cents pound and II the
fruit should happen to be overrlpe
peddlers may reap harvest at less
In past years the banana season in
Los Angeles usually closed about July
4. but from indications the open sea-
son will be in evidence this year. The
Central American crop is unending,
and with two steamers arriving In New
Orleans every week with full cargoes,
the outlook is that the banana trade
will witness a continued perform
ance.
PLENTY OF FRUIT-On Saturday
three carloads of watermelons, two
carloads of cantaloupes and two car
loads of mixed fruit came to this mar
ket. Much of this was carried over,
but watermelons, owing to the heated
period, proved good sellers at 1AQ1h
cents a pound and cantaloupes in pony
crates jobbed $1.25 a crate and stan
dard crates S1.50.
Apricots are in large supply and the
locals are down to 50@60 cents a box
for the fancy and 35@40 cents for the
common.
No Burbank plums are in the mar
ket. with fancy Tragedy $1.25 a pick
ing box and Satsumas 75 cents.
Alexander apples have arrived and
job $1.50@1.75 large box. Red astra-
khan apples are scarce and white are
65D75 cents a box.
OF the 2300 trays of Tropico straw
berries that arrived Saturday 500 went
to the cannery, but prices were uniform
at 81. .20M1.50 crate. The 300 crates
from Moneta jobbed S5 cents and $1.25,
and proved insdemand. Today receipts
will be lighter, but the demand will
clean up the market.
Blackberries range around 90c@$1.O0
and loganberries have advanced to
81 3501.50 a crate, with dewberries
steady at 90c@$1.OO with raspberries in
fair supply at SOLO cents a box.
NORTHERN SPUDS COME = On
Saturday the first carload of Monogram,
woodward Island, potatoes arrived and
jobbed $1.SO@1.S5 a hundred. These
are reported of good quality. Local
potatoes are arriving in large lots, with
the pink eyes 75QS5 cents. and some
down to 60 cents. But fancy potatoes
are firm at SLIGO hundred and choice
Burbanks $1.30@1.40. No apprehension
need be felt about potatoes, as brokers
are prepared to supply any quantity
of northern and the crop is reported
record breaker.
Yellow Danver onions are in stock,
the first large supply offered Satur-
1nh OF md
as the crop will be short, the price
may stay at that point. Silverskins
are 75@S5 cents a hundred and slow
at that price. the firmer kinds pre-
ferred.
EGGS ARE sTEADY-No change
was made in eggs on Saturday and the
market opens today at % cents for
ranch and 19@20 cents for fresh eastern
In case lots. Opinion prevails that eggs
will advance as the hot weather egg
will not be shipped from the east. The
local ranch will also be scarcer, as the
period is coming when hens will cease
active laying. Very few northern are
coming and show the effects of the
valley heat.
Cheese is enjoying an excellent trade
and prices are steady The anchor
makes are used as fast as matured,
Butter from Cayucos. the coast Sec
tion, will soon be reduced to the min
imum for shipment, owing to hot
weather.
TOMATOES ARE UP-Owing to the
hot days, the tomato vines have felt
the effects and the product is reduced,
sending the fancy to S1.75@200 a box
and the common to $1.25@1.50. Demand
is active and shipping in wrapped
packages active.
Cabbage has advanced TO 50@60 cents
a sack and both wax and string beans
are a drug at cent pound.
Peas are slow at cents, chilli drm at