The San Francisco call., 1907-06-19
Butter. Cheese and Egg,

The market for butter and eggs is feeling tho
eHects OF the hot weather, both here and In the
country. portion of the luttter is coming 10
hand soft, which prevents its being marketed I'M
mediately and some Of the receipts Of eggs IRE
also showing evidences Of deterioration, and this
OF course makes buyers extremely cautious and
critical. AS far trade condi itions are con-
cerned, the butter market is running along in the
same old monotonous groove. and in view of the
liberal arrivals and continued dullness of trade
many receivers are of the opinion that the mar
ket Is too high. There is enough of a speculative
bull element in the market. however, to prevent
an-, vadfcal decline in values. aud the quotations
selGOm vary. Eggs are holding firm and cheese
remains steady, although business in both arti-
cles is quiet at the moment. There were 10
transactions on the exchange yesterday, business
being confined to bids and asks;
Receipts were 33, 600 lbs butter IL, 800 lbs
cheese and 1899 eases eggs.
The following are the official quotations as
established by sales. bids and offers the floor
of the dairy exchange:
steady; do trsts. 24c, steady; seconds, 2315c,
steady; thirds. 221sc steady: packing stock.
firm at 22lAc fer No. and 22c for No. o
lb STEADY rsts ia%e steady new wy Young pes
steady eastern storage. fancy 1sc Arm
firm; frsts zoe, firm; seconds, 1sc. firm; thirds.
lie, hrm.
Deciduous and Citrus Fruits
The bulk of the arrivals OF strawberries, pe-
sides being more or less sun scorched, came 10
hand very late yesterday the shippers having
them by express as heretofore. The late arrivals
of the berries together with their generally po1r
condition, caused sharp break in prices, and
all the other berries were likewise weak. The
usual quantity of small tree fruits came to hand
and the market remained easy TO weak for every
thing except apricots and peaches. which were
suddenly in sharp request and cleaned up readily
at firm rates. Cherries were still selling at a
wide range to quality, most of the arrivals be-
ing more or less sun cooked and hard to sell in
regular trade. Oranges, lemons and esptaloupes
continued to sell off well under the stimulus of
the warm weather and watermelonS too were
wanted and would have brought high prices had
there been any obtainable-
Longworths and $56S for the large varieties:
raspberries, $4@S per chest and $1.15G .25
per crate: blackberres. s2G3 per chest for
primus and S5@7 for genuine; loganberries, $3.50
berries, 7@7t4c per lb for common and - for
English.
Currants-sT@1o per chest.
Apricots-9Oc@S1 for boxes and S1@1.o5 for
crates; in bulk. ~ @5c per lb.
Apples-Oid crop. $1.2592 per box; new, 75c
Figs-$350 per crate.
Cherres-Packed. 5oc6$1. 25 per drawer; loose,
3@6c per lb for poor and SG121ac for choice.
Melons-Cantaloupes. $2@3 for large and 50@
Coo for small crates: watermelons. :. per ID.
Peaches-75c@s1 per box; baskets -.
plums-Crates. I5c0$1; boxes. J0@ I5c: bas-
kets, 50@75c; tragedy prunes s125G1.50 per
crate.
@3.T5 for small and S1.50012.50 for large sizes;
seedlings. S1.50@2.50; valencias, 81. 5o@4: Med
iterranean sweets. S2M2.75; lemons So. 750l 4 90
for fancy, 81. 50G3 30 for choice and S125@2 for
standard; grapefruit, S3@325 for seedless; lines.
$465.
Tropical Fruits--Bananas. $1@1.50 per bunch
for Hawaiian and $3G3.50 for Central American;
pineapples, $2@5 per dozen.