Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-24
LOCAL CHEESE
DOWN A CENT
NORTHERN MAKES ALSO FEEL
THE WEAKNESS
FANCY POTATOES ARE FIRMER
Eggs Are About steady-Few Cherries
Come--onIons Lower-Aprlcots
Hleher-Flsh scarce-Poul-
try Plentiful

Since the week opened the onion mar
ket has perceptibly weakened and yes
terday silverskins were quoted 60@75c a
das have dropped to $1.15Q1.25 a crate
of so pounds, while fancy northern are
$14O@15O and choice s1.75 Even conces-
sons are made on these rates.
That the Chinese growers cut hgure
in the market is shown by their lower
ing the rates on local grown to prevent
further importations from the north and
from Texas. The chinks know trade con-
ditions and in their own fashion meet
trade conditions.
Potatoes are f1rmer in tone and locals
have gone up notch on the temporary
scarcity for the in-between season. Old
stock is about gone and the Salinas will
not be in market until August Wood
ward Islands will come in the early part
of July. Demand for shipping Is good,
EGGS ONLY STEADY-A restless feel
ing is noted in, eggs. Prices are from
again fixed the selling price at 25c for
northern, 23c for local ranch and 21@22c
for eastern. fresh. Receipts of locals are
larger, and this, with eastern coming
may make a less stable market.
CHEESE IS DOWNFALL local cheese
of the Anchor makes is down l cent a
pound. This price is in effect now. North
ern has also dropped and rules 12ql3c.
This decline Is based on the large local
output and the enormous receipts In the
past go days.
ter. as the market is steady and the
$4,000 pounds of coast that came In is
about gone; at firm prices. Valley is In
fair supply and we'll held at full rates.
Little has gone into storage this week.
AS to prices, the trade thinks the same
rate will prevail for another week and
that the butter board will not make any
changes today
FRUITS ARE STEADY-Cherries are
oh eight
boxes of blacks came In yesterday that
jobbed 12@121sc pound. No Royal AIMS.
Three carloads of watermelons came
yesterday and the price dropped to 12@
&c a pound for Chileans.
One car of scantaloupes also arrived.
and in crate lots on sizes jobbed $1.5O@
2.25 crate. Demand was steady, but
the trade is not absorbing offerings lib
orally.
Plums were plentiful and ranged from
75c@$1.60 on the quality for Satsumas,
Burbanks and Tragedys.
The IA carload of peaches filled the
market that dropped to 75@90c a box.
The first Sultana grapes are In from
Coachella and job $100 in basket crates,
with Thompson Seedlings the same.
Apricots were scarce and advanced to
60075c a packing box and fancy grades
5 cents higher,
About 300 crates of Strawberries came
from Gardena and jobbed 9Oc@$11O a
crate. The 2000 trays from Tropico were
easy at $1.20d1.50 a crate.
Loganberries are up to $1.3O a crate,
blackberries are $1,10 and raspberries in
lighter supply at S@10c a box.
Red currants were plentiful at 75c a
10-lb. box, and figs were abundant and
dropped to S@10c a pound.
FISH AND POULTRY-No fish of any
consequence arrived yesterday and the
later shipments in the afternoon were
taken at once. Northern also were lin
tied and crabs were quickly sold
Poultry receipts were larger and the
demand did not take offerings Prices
are unchanged, but the market as a
whole is only nominally active.