Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-23
EGGS AGAIN
ARE ADVANCED
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RECEIPTS OF RANCH HARDLY
MEET DEMANDS
BUTTER RULES VERY ACTIVE
All Vegetables Are slow--Frults Find
No Open Market--Fish Goes to
the Dump-PouItry ls
Steady
BUTTER RULES VERY ACTIVE

On legitimate market conditions the egg
quotation committee of the Produce ex-
change on Saturday morning advanced
ranch eggs to % cents a dozen, put east
ern up to 22G2S and fixed seconds at 19c.
This is the true reflex of the market"
said a member Saturday. "and If the
small fry generally would quit substitute
ing eastern fresh for local ranch the price
would be firm, 25 cents, and as 1t Is
think the price for local will go up"
Demand on shipping account is reported
excellent. Some eastern are being taken
from storage and only a small lot of
fresh eastern are expected to come here.
down here under 23c dozen and adding
charges makes a high-priced egg.
POTATOES AND ON1ONSABy noon
Monday 1t is said,a several carloads Of
potatoes will be unloaded. These will pc
fancy. but the trade admits they VIII
hardly go above $1250D1.35 a hundred, and
the last figure hard to get.
The local Burbank is a little weaker
and the price is generally I.1O Offer
ings are large but the demand is no
greater. Every rancher brings in lot,
and this serves to disturb values
In onions positive weakness Is noted,
as Danvers are down. to 75cM$1.00 hun
ired and silverskins fell Saturday to 500
75c a sack Both just now are plentiful:
VEGETABLES DuLL-During all of
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vegetable market. and If the hot weather
holds on the same result is in the air for
this week.
Even fresh crop celery on Saturday hit
S3.506D400 a full crate in dozen lots, and
cabbage was only nominally steady at
100000 a sack.
Local tomatoes were only in fair sup
ply at the close of the. week. and IN crates sa
Of four baskets jobbed slowly at 75c@S1.O0.
Summer squash was 25@30c. box;
fresh peas, 4c. and string beans ranged
10l1%c a pound. .
: In bunch goods and coarse, vegetables
the market is only steady and demand
is greatest on shipping account.
y BANANAS iPLENTIFUL--On Saturday
two carloads of bananas carne In and
proved desirable quality. This made
seven carloads received during the week
Prices for fancy shipping are 4Q4Nc a
pound. No carloads will arrive today
Cantaloupes are scarcer and some came
by express. These job $3.50 in standard
crates and $1.75G2.O0 In pony sizes.
Two carloads of melons came In Sat
urday-one from Fresno and one from
Lodi. These jobbed %@1c pound and
In STRAWBERRIES 800 trays came Satur-
day from Tropico and jobbed generally
40D41hc while the 50 crates from Moneta
were steady. H;10@1.2O. Demand was good
and the canneries got only few.
About rs crates of loganberries were
offered and jobbed firmer at $l.50@lSO a
crate.
Tne DU crates OIL DldCRDerrleS JODucu
1.20 and seemed frmer.
Apricots that were fancy jobbed 500
75c the box. but poor stuff was slow at
any price.
Peaches were firmer, for fancy reached
s5c box. but the general average was
not above 55c box.
Plums were scarcer with tragedies up
at 81. .0061. 10 box Sirnoni H25; local
Satsumas. $1.0O; Kelseys SOC, and cages,
50@7Oc box Demand for all was slow.
FISH AND 5POULTRY--On Saturday
the fish market was crowded and many
loads went to the waste pile. Bonita.
yellowtail, barracuda and halibut all were
in big supply, but rock cod was scarce.
Trade was quiet. ..,,
Plenty OF young stock in the poultry
line came in Saturday and the market
was well cleaned UP. Fancy stock Is
taken, but understood goes begging.