The San Francisco call., 1908-05-30
Deciduous and Citrus Fruit.

Business in all lines of fresh fruits was OF
comparatively small volume yesterday. buying for
regular local use being light. many retail
tradesmen were busy with fish. Receivers were
figuring the market being active for few
hours today, as local buyers will be stocking
up for Sunday wants and the steamers leaving
for Puget sound and Alaskan ports are expected
TO take out liberal shipments Yesterdays
arrivals OF berries and cherries were heavy and
showed effects OF the scorching weather in the
growing districts, large portion Of the receipts
OF strawberries being sun burned and wilted.
Cherries in bulk were lower and there were no
established prices in the afternoon, when sellers
were trying hard to dispose Of surplus lors
without turning them over to the Gamers. whose
prices were unsatisfactory. There very
little sale for apples plums or peaches
the fruit being too green to invite custom. aud
practically all of the small consignments re-
ceived had be held The receipts OF
Rlums included the first consignment Of the
and currants were dull and weak. while what
few raspberries. blackberries and loganberries
were received met with fair sale at good prices
Small crates of nutmeg melons sold at S2-50eI.s
crate and black figs from Arizona brought
s3@350 box. There was nothing new to report
in citrus fruits.
strawberries- s7G1O per crate;
large varieties. $: s5@I 3 per G chest % ;. -
a 80 for small crates
Raspberries-S1. .50ez2 per crate
Loganberries-S1Q Q150 per crate and $S9 10
tiooseberries- per ID for English and 5oa
zoe per drawer for other varieties.
Currants-5O@ zoe per drawer.
Cherries-BIaek 65@s5c per drawer; white.
50M60c per drawer Royal Anne. toH3'c per
drawer; bulk 315M6c per IN for black. 39Jc for
white and 66l &c for Royal Anne
Apples per box-Old, S1-759220; new, green.
Aprieots-Crates. s1.259175; boxes, soc&
Piums--5o@75c per box and s19L25 per
Peaches-s1@1.25 per box
as. so: valencias $3.50; Mediterranean sweets.
50 5O63: lemons S2.25N2l5 for fancy.
81 5O0I75 for choice and S141.2j for
Standard grapefruit s3-50@4 for seedess;
tropical Fruits-Bananas, s101.75 per bunch
for Hawaiian and 81. 50a3.50 for Central Amer
lean; pineappIes. s2@4 per dozen.
Dried Fruits. Raisins, Nuts and Honey
Fruits-Apricots. 1O9I2c spot and T6QSJsc for
new crop; evaporated apples. 546c; pears 5Qse:
peaches 61s 0Se spot and 6Q71 1ac for new CROP
dgs. Pa Q3c; prunes. size basis. "a dg31ac for
1907 and 4c for 1905 per h.
Raisins e. o. b. Fresnol-2 crown. &c: 3
crown. Az crown. 4lac; seeded 54t G161tc:
seedless suItanas, 3Q313e; S101-10 for London
LAYERS and - for clusters
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 13L Q141Sc. Xxi.
13914c;. ne plus ultra, 121a 91se; brakes, liza
115ae; Languedocs, Zoe; hardsheIls 7e771Sc
walnuts-13c per ID for No. L softshen and i0c
for No do; i21se for No l hardshell aud
per ID.
15e: water white. extracted. SG1Slac: light am
Der. IgI 1Se; dark amber and candied. SAG
Provisions
Cured Meats-Bacon. to 10 lbs 16iac: 10
to IL lbs. 151ae; light medium and medium
to lbs. 191sc. to 10 lbs. iSEc: 10 to T.
lbs. lSe; fancy sugar cured 22c per ID: eastern
sugar cured hams. 1Jc for heavy and lJlac for
light: Caiifornis hams, I3ls @i4c; mess beef