The San Francisco call., 1908-08-15
Deciduous and Citrus Fruit.


Business in fresh fruits was anything but
brisk yesterday and with supplies of everything
Wen up 10 requirements the tone OF the mar
ket was one OF easiness. Peaches. while not
much lower In price, were decidedly weak on
advtces from the country predicting heavy ar
rivals within few days. Anticipating a slump
in this fruit. large receivers were anxious to
effect clearances and cutting prices on
lug boxes in some instances. Grated lots of
plumS and prunes, fancy apples and the best
Bartlett pears remained steady as TO prices
but stocks were moving of slowly and there was
quite a large surplus of all four articles unsoId
at the close Receipts of figs continued 10 in
crease and prices took a wider range most of
Of small size and slow of sale. Apricots were
still in evidence, but there very little call
for them and the limited supplies proved too
mucn TOT the market 10 absorb Grapes con
tinued to arrive freely from various sections and
less variety, and even they were lower Lib
eral arrivals and a large carryover from the
preceding day caused an easier market for nut
meg melons and stock had to be strictly fine to
bring 81 box, prices for general offerings
ranging from 50@I5c. ear of Grated stock
came in from TurlOck and although it came
on the market early only a small NORTON Of II
disposed Of. The other kinds Of melons
shared the dullness of nutmegs and large crates
of cantaloupes were quoted lower. In the
berry market raspberries and the large varieties
of strawberries were firm light arrivals,
worth strawberries cut but little figure in the
market as there were only few chests re-
ceived.
strawberries -s5@7 per chest
BIackberrtes-S26l3 per chest
RaSpDerrteS-S0NIS
Huckleberries-1O@1215e per Ib.
Apples (per box)-Fancy in tier boxes. Sea
81; common to choice. 40@75c; crabapples. 259
Pears-Bartlett. $4,000 per box for No. and
35@50c for No 2; to Gamers, S15G20 per ton
for No. /.
Apricots-4o65Oc pei. small box.
Plums and Prunes-35@TOc per small box
crate; open boxes. 40675c.
4oc; open boxes. 40665c for small and 75c0S1
for large; carriers. 6O475c
Nectarines.S5@7 75c per box.
7ss for other vSrietes. ties 'ON ~ 'i'N anu 0Os
Melons Nutmeg melons. 5oc@s1 per box
for river and I5c6$1 per crate for Turlock:
cantaloupes. $1.75@2.25 per crate; watermelons,
SLAP per dozen.
Grapes (per crate)-seedless. 6o0s5c: muscat
and sweetwater, 5OG6Oc; large boxes. 75c@
Citrus Fruits (per boxl-vaIencia oranges
s3@3. so; grapefruit. s.. .2563.T5; lemons fancy
Santa Barbara. s4.5o@5.5o: choice do, $s.5oG4;
San San DiegO choice % S, and fa9ey S2o9sSo; stand
TTgpissI Tits 3 gS e s9S per bunch
can; pineapples, s1.509S per dozen
Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey
Everything in the line of raisins and fruits,
except apples, rs firm. with prunes and raisins
leading in frmness. There is no further change
in quotations VS.
apricots 61sd10c; peaches. 5@5Ac for stand
ards, 51a Csc for choice. 61sc for extra choice
prunes. size basis. 31z@4c for old and
4@415c per lb for new crop, with premium
for the large sizes.
Raisins Il. o. b. Fresno)-2 crown. 415c; 3
crown, 4Ac; 4 crown, SIC; seeded, &c; seedless
sultanas, &c; 81 -25@1.35 for London layers and
81 .25G2 for clusters.
Raisins new crop)-Clusters-4 crown, 81;
5 crown, 50 so; crown, So; London layers
81 .25@1 80; seeded, 71sc; seedless. 41ae;
Thompson's seedless, 4Ac; loose muscatels, 54t c
for crown. 5kc for crown and &c for .
crown
Nuts-Almonds new cropl, nonpareils, 11E@
12c; IXL, 1015 5G11c; plus ultra, 1Oc; brakes
915c; languedocs &c; hardshells - Wal
nuts-13c per lb for No. / softshen and 1Oc for
No. 2 do; 1215c for No. hardshen and 915c for
Honey-Water white comb. 16@17c: white
15c; water white, extracted. S6S1Ac; light am
Der. 7@7 12c; dark amber and candied. 81 G5%c
per lb.