Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-04

with egg problems more than it does
with the eggs.
CANTALOUPES RIPENING - From
indications the Coachela cantaloupes
will come on this market about May Is,
being fully ten days earlier than in
the season of 1904. The crop promises
to be large, as the rains of the spring
and winter placed the desert lands in
condition for rapid and excellent
growth. The fruit is also reported in
prime order and that the product will
be of the richest and sweetest flavor
known I'm years. Extensive prepar-
ations are being made to rush the
stock eastward by fast express in iced
carload lots. The growers associations
at Coachella have also arranged q sys-
TEN of refrigeration to cool the fruit
as it is picked so that it will take less
ice in shipment. The fruit is shipped
in crates holding from forty-eigAt to
fifty-six cantaloupes, the price varying
with the sizes. No jobbing price has
as yet been fixed.
BUTTER IS FIRM-The tone of the
butter market was excellent yesterday
and prices were firm under an active
local and shipping demand. The
steamer from the north arrived late
yesterday afternoon and the receipts of
at fully 10000 pounds This sold read
lily from 371a@40 cents a roll of two
pounds. Valley creamery is reported
As cents roll and firmly held at that.
Storing is in evidence, as the surplus
forms.
POTATOES AND oNIONS-So scarce
are old potatoes that It is reported that
two carloads of Kansas Burbanks are
on the way here from Wichita. One
carload of rural will arrive today from
Colorado. The old crop in California
is about cleaned up and the remainder
of the stock is only fair to common.
New crop potatoes are coming in
more freely and are larger. Demand is
steady and for Early Rose 203 cents
pound is obtained. Before June 1 the
old crop will be entirely gone.
Old crop onions are practically gone,
as the Australian browns that were in
are sold. Today 1t is expected two car
loads Of new crop Texas Bermudas will
come and job at about 5 cents a pound.
Local silverskins come in better con-
dition, but still are fresh and soft.
These command in small lots cents
a pound. Demand for all onions was
never so active, and in the history of
the trade the article was never better
the loss having been less.
One carload of yellow sweet pota-
toes from Coachella arrived yesterday. |
10 TIE ClOSe VI TIE SIllDplilS Sed-
son from that point These jobbed at |
$1.50 hundred, but the market is slow.
BANANAS ARE FIRM-Ripe ba-
nanas are scarce in this market, and
stocks are not overlarge. Several car
loads are expected in this week. Quo |
tations are firm at 4@41a cents pound
in bunch lots. Shipping is active.
Rhubarb is reported firmer and |
scarce, choice being held at 5000 cents |
for 45-pound boxes. Demand, however,
is not active
About 1856 boxes of cherries arrived |
Black, fancy, sold at S1.75 |
iu boxes; choice, $1.5O; in bulk, 12s@ |
l71s cents. Whites were scarce and in |
bulk jobbed at cents a pound and in
boxes at 75c@S100.
From Tropico 1900 trays of straw
berries came in yesterday and from
Gardena and Moneta $50 trays. Tropicos
jobbed at 6@7 cents and the others at
cents fiat. Demand was active and |
the market cleaned up early.
Trade was disappointed that no goose
berries came in. Blackberries are
and average on quality SOLO
cents box and raspberries from Or
lnge county are 30 cents a box.
Shipping demand for prime oranges
IS excellent. Lemons are slow. Tan
serines have advanced to $1.50@1.75 a
box for the best.
In vegetables fresh peas are 2M3 4
,ents a pound, string and wax beans
I@S cents and cabbage is reported a
irag at 25@40 cents a sack.
Some local tomatoes appeared yester-
lay and jobbed $3.50 four basket
rate. Mexican tomatoes are in fair
1rder only and rule $2.50@2.75 a crate
If four baskets.
FISH AND POULTRY-Halibut was
scarce yesterday, but other kinds were
more plentiful Demand was fair and
he market cleaned up.
No striped bass came from the north
md crabs We're freely offered, but de-
nand was limited.
Old hens are appearing more plenti-
ully and the demand is steady. Fryers
md broilers are also in fair supply.
These find a ready market.
Some rabbits came in and sold at
,ood prices, leaving the market bare.
Receipts of Produce
The produce exchange reports the fol-
owing articles received on the date
AIMED:
sGS 'hSfS 1913
utter, pounds $50
heese' POUNDS '''''''''''.....,.......,. 1910