Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-15
BUTTER STILL
FIRMLY HELD
COAST VARIETY IS ADVANCED
TO HIGHER LEVEL
CUBAN PINEAPPLES ARRIVE
Eggs Well supported-New onions
Fill the Market-old Potatoes
Steadily Advanee-Fresh Fruit
In Ample Supply

So favorable seems the outlook in
butter that the butter board did not
change quotations on Saturday on val
ley creamery but left the bare 45 cents
for a two-pound roll as ruling In the
past two weeks. Demand for valley is
reported excellent, but the surplus goes
into storage, as many dealers think that
now will be the only favorable time or
the season to store
Coast dairy and creamery Is cleaned
up. The steamer did not arrive Satur-
day and the market will not be relieved
until today. Coast creamery is now
practically 421ac a roll and dairy 40c.
None of this is going into storage as the
price Is popular and the quality Of the
best.
EGGS RULE STEADY-Based on the
quotation of the egg committee made
Saturday of 21c for Southern California
ranch eggs and 1Sc for northern the
market opens on that basis today Re-
ceipts are still large, but no great
excess is noted. Demand for local use
Is good and shipping of the best to
scores of outside points Rumors exist
that eastern eggs are on the market.
This Is practically correct, but COM
prises carload of eggs damaged in
transit that had to go into the market
situation that some dealers are mag
nifying. Standard eastern eggs will not
come on the market until local ranch
reach a price that justifies and the
scarcity of locals warrants.
ONIONS AND POTATOES-Al old
onions are gone for the year, as not
fifty sacks of that stock are in this
market. Dependence seems to be upon
Texas Bermudas, another carload being
al HI .te,tN l,sa
given general satisfaction, as they are
well matured and good keepers. Silver
skins are also in market in large sup
ply. Few reds are in this market from
the north.
Two carloads of Utah potatoes came
in Saturday and one from Colorado.
Colorado pearls job at $780, an advance
of 35c from the seasons opening Dur
ing this week it is said ten carloads of
the Wisconsin spuds will come. AS
these are good goods they will COM
mand $1.75 in a jobbng way. New
local potatoes are coming in more freely
and job at 203c Sizes are also more
favorable.
CUBAN PINES HERE-Pineapple
from Cuba, the Spanish reds, arrived
Saturday in good condition and jobbed
at $1.50 a dozen and from $3.S5@4.25 a
crate, with thirty in the crate.
day. These sold at 75@9Oc box for
blacks and in bulk at 7@Sc: whites, As
@50c in boxes and 4@5c in bulk. De-
mand took offerings. Todays receipts
will be lighter and the market may be
firmer.
The eleven crates of apricots that
came Saturday jobbed at $2@2.50 a
four r-basket crate.
On Saturday three boxes of English
frnn nCnh a.,.iA In, cold at1 n
15c a pound. Receipts will be larger
from now on.
From Tropico 500 crates of strawber-
ries were sold Saturday at 76Sc a box,
and 800 trays from Moneta jobbed at 6
@7c a box. Demand cleaned up the
market
VEGETABLES PLENTIFUL - All
vegetables are in free supply. Peas,
3@4c a pound, are up; string and wax
beans, 3@5c; cabbage, 35@40c a sack;
asparagus was in oversupply at 8D10c;
green onions drag at 15@25c a dozen
punches.
Another large shipment of Florida
tomatoes is jobbing at $2.50@3 a crate
from choice to fancy. Mexicans are
slower and not well matured at $40
$50 crate; locals, fair quality, $1@
1.20 a four-basket crate.
Cucumbers were in oversuppy at so
Loquats are plentiful and have weak
ened to 2R@3c a pound in box lots.
FISH AND POULTRY-On Saturday
bonita was in oversupply and other fish
also was abundant. Demand was good
and little carried over.
All poultry is cleaned up. Fryers are
firm and wanted and broilers move as
fast as received. Old hens are not in
oversupply.
Choice turkeys would find an open
market. as the demand for them is
active and the supply of fresh picked
small. Old toms from chilled rooms
are the source now for the trade. These
are firm and not overplentlful.
Receipts of Produce
The Produce exchange reports the
following articles received on the date
named:
May 70
6ggs cases 81
Butler, pOunCb SO