Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-23
.CANTALOUPES ARE
NOW IN MARKET
FIRST OFFERINGS COMMAND
$40 A CRATE
BUTTER RULES MOST FIRM
Tomatoes Plentiful and cheap-Pota-
toes Scarce and Flrm--onlons
Weaker-cherries Come In
Large Lots
BUTTER RULES MOST FIRM

with the receipt of one crate of
cantaloupes yesterday morning, the
season for that fruit is opened. This
advance shipment was received by
Martin & Marston and sold at
premium of $1,000, being taken by the
Lamb Fruit company. The crate con-
tained twenty-five cantaloupes The
shipment came from Thermal from the
Thermal Cantaloupe Growers associ-
alton and is a week earlier than in
last year, and would have arrived last
week only the weather has been against
earlier rlpening. In the Coachella
valley 100 acres are reported planted
with cantaloupes and that arrange
ments are completed to send this crop
eastward to st. Louis, Chicago, New
York and Boston by fast mail express.
The crop is reported in excellent shape
and the fruit promises to be above the
average. After this week the ship
ments will be larger and more regular.
Eastern buyers also are in the field
and great competition is reported
among dealers to get the crop.
About 200 boxes of apricots arrived
yesterday and found an open market at
$1.25 for a box of twenty pounds and
in picking boxes cents a pound, or
$1.50 a box. ..... .
Cuba is in, and the market is well sup
piled, jobbing s3.S504.50 according to
size of crate. ...
From San Leander red currants came
and are held at $1.00@L25 a ten-pound
box.
Since Saturday, up to Monday after
noon, 1910 boxes of cherries arrived.
Demand was fair and many went to
the cannery. Red and black jobbed
at $1.15@1.35 box on quality and 100
IL cents in bulk. Royal Arms were in
fair supply at 11@12 cents pound.
Whites were 75@S5 cents box and 10
8 cents in bulk.
In strawberries steady market was
noted with 45O crates from Moneta and
800 trays from Tropico. Monetas were
4@6 cents and Tropioos GOT cents.
Fancy Montebellos were in light sup
ply, but firm at cents.
Five carloads of bananas are in
already to open the week and the mar
ket is weak at 3@4 cents a pound. De-
mand is only steady, as oyerripe
punches are prominent.
| BUTTER RULES FIRM-On Satur-
day the butter board took no action
and left the market at As cents for val
ley creamery. All coast butter is
cleaned UP and more is expected by, the
steamer today. This is firm at 421s@45
cents a two-pound roll Dealers are
complying with the new butter law
and packages are marked one and two
pounds in plain figures.
EGGS UNCHANGED-Rec of
eggs yesterday were small, compared
with the opening of last week. The
egg quotation committee again fixed
the selling price of local ranch at 21
cents and northern at 10 cents. In the
country, production is only fair. The
quality, dealers say, would place the
Sn1lt horn a 1914
is steady and considerable shipping is
noted.
POTATOES AND ONIoNs-In the
potato market the firm condition is
noted and the great scarcity of old
crop spuds continues. Demand takes
every bag as it is received and the cry
is for more, with hustle to get goods.
Onions are weaker, as slverskins are
down to 1k@2 cents pound. Texas
Bermudas are favorites and firm at
cents in large or small crate lots
TOMATOES WEAKER-In the vege-
table list tomatoes overrun the market,
as many locals have arrived These
job from $1.00@1.25 a four basket crate.
MeXicans are lowered to $1.50D175 and
Floridas are about steady at $2.000D2.25
| a four-basket crate.
In general vegetables they are also
plentiful and cabbage rules only steady
at 30@40 cents a sack, with some at
25 cents.
Fresh peas are scarcer at Is cents a
pound; string and wax beans, steady at
3m4 cents; cucumbers, 5000 cents a
dozen and rhubarb slow at 6O675 cents
box. The latter is rapidly going out
of market
FISH AND POULTRY-Offe of
fish were limited yesterday and all
kinds of locals, as we'll as the northern
kinds, were scarce. Crabs alone were
plentiful and these sold we'll
Poultry was scarce as is usual on
Monday. Old hens are well held Fry
ers and brolers rule firm and are
scarcer. Too much young stock is Of
fered that Is below the standard
Turkeys are wanted and would COM
mand full price, as live birds are scarce.
Chilled turkeys from storage are the
dependence.
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the fol-
lowing articles received in this market
on the date named.
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the fol-
lowing articles received on the date
named:
May 20 and 21.--
Eggs cases '...'.''''..',.,.....,,...,,.. 80
Cheese, pounds S5T
Potatoes, Irish, sacks ..........".,....... 2s95
Potatoes, sweet, sacks ...............,,.,. none
onions sacks none
Beans, sacks none
Local Produce Prices
The following prices rule in jobbing wA1
In the Los Angeles market;
BUTTER-Produce exchange quotations,
crsa@srS tsso dst; fancy dairy loc. '
EGGS-Southern California ranch, candled. |
21c HAT; northern, 19c; no eastern