Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-05
EGGS ARE ONE
CENT HIGHER.
LOCAL RANCH FEEL EFFECTS
OF LIGHT SUPPLIES
POTATOES HAVE ADVANCED
Butter Rules Firm and Little Going
Into storage-Fruit Drops Under
Heavy offerinss-Poultry
Weaker in Tone
POTATOES HAVE ADVANCED

On Saturday the two features in the
produce market were the advance tc
% cents for local ranch eggs ano
northern to 20 cents, the price fxeo
by the egg quotation committee on the
produce exchange. The demand is re-
norted active and the supplies in the
country short.
The other feature was the firmness In
the potato market with new crop COM
manding $175@2OO a hundred ano
scarce at that One carload from WIS
consin came in and this jobbed above
81 80. Other old potatoes are scarce
and higher prices in this week are pre- pre-
dicted. Shipping demand is good. New
northern will come on the market to-
wards the close of the month.
Onions also rule firm and silversklns
are reported close at $1.5OQ1.75 ano
Bermudas 81. 1.75@2OO a small crate.
BUTTER RULES ACTIVE-Of the
26 600 pounds of coast creamery ano
dairy butter that came Friday ano
Saturday, none went into storage as
the demand at 4212@45 cents took the
supply. Dealers reported strong and
firm market. and that the best day OF
the week on local and shipping ac-
count was Saturday. Orders from all
directions had to be filled. Higher
prices are expected
In cheese the market is firmly sus-
tanned and the stocks of northern and
eastern, while trife large, are mov-
ing rapidly into use. Local output is
maintained
CHERRIES PLENTIFUL-On Sat
urday 100 boxes of red and black cher
ries came in and glutted the market
IN
the local demand did not take supplies
These jobbed at 6d9 cents in bulk, in
boxes 60c0$1.00 and a few fancy
touched 10 cents a pound. No Royal
AIMS came i'm. The active season for
cherries is fast closing.
Raspberries are 10012 cents black
berries 4@5 cents. loganberries 4@5
cents. No currants came in.
Strawberries were freely offered and
the market was not oVeractiVe. OF the
500 crates from Moneta, they dragged
at 4lad5 cents and the 900 trays from
Tropico We're weak at cents a box.
Peaches in 25-pound boxes were ir-
regular at SOc@$100 a box; apricots
were in large supply and weak at 65@
S5 cents in 25-pound boxes.
IMikado plums were slow at $1.00 and
cherry plums absolutely sluggish at 60
@70 cents a box
DdldudS letl the duNduNe anu lHS
quarantine effects and are firm at 3h
@4A cents on grade, in bunch lots.
Shipping is steady.
VEGETABLES UNCHANGED-Th
vegetable market is without special
feature. as offerings are reasonably
large and buyers take small lots for
daily needs.
Northern peas, 51a@6 cents and firm;
string beans, &c; wax beans, 4c; aspara-
gus, S@l0 cents; cabbage, S5Q40 cents
q sack.
Rhubarb Is abount gone and such as
does arrive is barely steady at SO cents
u box.
Local tomatoes are $1.25@150 a box
and Mexican, in four-basket crates, are
81, 50@1.75.
FISH AND POULTRY-Pract
no fish arrived Saturday and the mar
ket is bare this morning. Fishermen
report small catches all of last week.
Crabs alone were plentiful.
Poultry receipts are large and this Is
expected at this season of the year
Dealers now pay live weights as fol-
lows For broilers, 17@lSc; hens, 13c;
old ROSTERS Sc; young roosters, 13@
lac; ducks, lie and turkeys. 171sc. De-
mand is good for all Of these, but the