The San Francisco call., 1908-07-22
Deciduous and citrus Fruits

With the exception OF figs which continued TO
orchard fruits were in r free supply and the mar
ket remained weak for general offerings, though
dealers reported no difficulty in disposing OF
strictly fine large fruit. Supplies. however, con-
sisted chiefly OF small and poor fruit and. to
make matters worse, all OF the river boats
rived late. Dealers were able to dispose OF large
Quantities OF old stock in the early trade. but
when the belated boats came to hand the mar
ket became congested again and remained 50 IN,
I'll the close. Small boxes OF peaches remained
firm as to prices. but sales were much slower
than on the preceding day while stocks OF plums,
prunes, aprlcots and eraoapples In small pack
ages were far in excess OF requirements and
weak except for few special packs. The can
ners did little TO relieve the market OF surplus
loose fruit. but were offering from $40 to $50
ror apr1cots, plums and pears. the outside price
Bartlett pears and favored varieties OF apples
in four tier boxes were IN fair request among
ttradesmen at previous prices. but the supply
was ample for all requirements. Grapes sold
fairly. when good. but most OF the offerings were
Of poor quality and dull selling below the in
market for melons and. although arrivals OF nut
megs from the river were increased to about 400
loupes sold at sl.s5G1.e5 crate and dealers
were quoting about the same range for Turlock
melons. car OF which was hourly expected.
There was nothing new IN citrus tropical
fruits.
Strawberries s4ds per chest;
's Biacsberriss% eaTits $50 Soas5o ePss Per chest
Raspberries-$496 per chest.
Loganberries- per chest for red and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. per ID.
Apples-Fancy Gravensteins. in 4 tier boxes. are
selling at $1G1.25 Similarly packed lots OF red
and white Astrachans bring 81. aud common to
choice stock sells at 40@S5c per box; crabapples,
Pears[Bartietts. s5cast per box for No 1
and S59T5c for No. 2; Dearborn seedlings, 1Ac
per lb
trade
Plums and Prunes-25@eOc per small box or
omen boxes 4O6f7bc.
Peaches-sman boxes. 4O@65c; baskets. s59
soc; open boxes 65cGSI.
Nectarines-$101.1O per box for red and Sc
Efgs-75e@s1.2 .25 per box
s1.5o@175 for standard and $ss&2.2 IS for jumbo
crates; river nutmegs. 65c@1.25 per box; water
melons, $1.5OG2.5O per dozen.
GrapesES1 1091.25 per crate for seedlsSs and
I5cM$l for Fontainbleau and Sweetwater.
Citrus Fruits tper boxl-yalencia oranges. $5@
choice and S1.25d2 for standard: grapefruit
$S.50G4 for seedless; lines. $4.5OG5.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. S1G1.T5 per bunch
for Hawaiian and a.5OG3. 80 for Central Ameri-
can; pineappies, $1-5OGS per Dozen
Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey
The feature Of the market at present is the
frmness in pTunes. They have lately been drop
ping badly in the different districts. until the
latest estimates give the state a total crop OF
only 40 600 600 mounds This contrasts severely
with the crops OF $50. 100000 TO 200 0OO. 900
pounds that we harvested some years ago or
output the market rules very firm and the ten
dency in prices is upward.
The other fruits steady. with a fair in
quiry. New crop rasin quotations have been es-
tablshed and appear below.
Liberal sales OF apricots for export IN the
Santa Clara valley are reported.
Fruits (new eropl-Evaporated apples. ga
612e; aprieots, &c for standards, 6I5e for choice
&c for extra choice and s@s15e for fancy;
peaches. &c for standards. sac for choice Sc
for extra choice and 615c for fancy: pears. 5lSc:
figs 2G3c: -prlnes. four size basis. 36i3Lc for
old and 3%s G4c per ID for. crop. with pre-
MUM for the large sizes.
Raisins II. o. b. Fresno)--2 crown. SG31tc: 3
crown, 31a@SAc; crown. 4G44c; seeded 5I5
acc; seedless sultana. ~ @4c: 9OcQ$l for Lon
don layers and S1.50G1.75 for clusters.
Raisins lnew p-Clusters-Imperial, 81 25
G2.4O; Dehesa. 81 1.756I. 90: fancy s.. 500 40:
London layers. 95c@$1.O5: seeded 6a6lsc;
seedless 4Gt415c; ThOmpson's seedless, 4@sc
loose muscatels. Az @4S4c for 4 crown. 4G4itc
for crown. SlsG3%c for crown and 4d
for seedless.
Nuts-Almonds new crop, nonpareils. 1I1se:
IXL, 101se; plus ultra, Zoe. brakes. 915c:
languedOcs &c; harlshells, - Walnuts-f3c
per ID for No. softshell and 1Oc for No DO:
II 1ac for No. 1 hardshell and 91sc for No DO
Honey-Water white comb. 1601Tc; white
15c; water white. extracted. SGSi1c; light am
Der, IgT12c; dark amber and candied, 514 65&4c c
per 10.