The San Francisco call., 1908-03-24
Potatoes, Onions and vegetables


Early deliveries of asparagus were well above
1000 boxes and the market was weaker for gen.
eral offerings, which showed the effects OF the
hot weather, some of the stock having been al
lowed to lie exposed to the sun all day Sunday.
Marks which had previously graded extras
comparatively small portion of the receipts
brought top prices. Rhubarb was slightly lower
but hrm at the revised quotations, the supply
being barely sufficient TO satisfy the demand.
Peas were Offering freely. but cleaned up well at
the old quotations. Aside from peas the re-
Few rev packages of egg plant and green peppers.
The former sold at zoe pound. while chile pep
pers brought 15@171ac and small lot Of bell
went at 25c. Two cars of onions the first re-
ceived for some time in from Oregon and
were held at sharply advanced prices. Potatoes
were unchanged the market being quite firm for
Oregon and Lompoc Burbanks, while river goods
were inclined to drag.
Potatoes-Lompoc Burbanks, $1.1o@1s5 per
cti; Oregon Burbanks, S5c@S1 per ctl; river
whites 40Gs5e per bag; early rose, $1.35G so
per ctl; seed kinds, 75Q90c per ctl; sweet pota-
per lb 'S'
onions-yeIow. s3T5a4 per ctl; new green,
60@65c per box.
acknowledgements 1oQ11c per lb for
extra, 7@sc for No. and 4@sc for No. p:
green peas, sQ1oc per ID for bay and 4@7c for
do Los Angeles, $1.o5G1.7a; dollhouse cucum,
1a7se per ID; rhubare si5oaiS5 per box garlic.
l21a a l5csper lb; celery, 35@5oc per dozen: cab
bage, 40Q5oc per ctl; caulifower soc per dozen;
carrots. Toe per sack; turnips 75c per sack /;
hidiioEldt duu 1uDDdru squash, $lOUIl 10
Poultry and Game
Two cases of western chickens, consisting
chiefly of large hens, were marketed and met
were well supplied with previous receipts of
that description. Native Hens were weak In
sympathy and old ROSTERS were hard to sell.
while young spring chickens. particularly large
broilers and fryers were disposed of at high
prices as fast as offered There were no ducks.
geese or pigeons OF any consequence received
and the quotations for them were largely nom
mai Receipts of game were only "a sacks and
hare and rabbits were little hrmer. while
wild geese continued to drag at low rates.
Poultry (per dozeu)-Hens $4.50@5.5O for
small S6@1 for large and s7.50Q9 for extras
old ROSTERS: s4@45 young ROSTERS, s7G7.5o;
do extras, $SQ9; fryers $I@S; large broilers
S5.50@7; small broilers, SO. 504 so; ducks sea
7 for young and s4d5 for old: pigeons. $l.25@
soslings. s3@3. so; dressed turkeys. nominal.
Game (per dozen)-Gray geese, $1.75Q2; white
I50; cottontail rabbits 81. 50@1.I5.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs
The butter market opened the week with
stocks somewhat in excess of routine local re-
quirements, and there was no shipping out
let for surplus lots and no prospect OF any
movement in that direction before Friday NEXT
prices sagged. extras and frsts declining lac
Il pound on the exchange. There were no trans
actions under the CALL but extras were freely
cordingly made the official quotation while the
next grade went down in sympathy
III was the same old story in eggs, the mark ct
being firm at rising prices, owing to continued
heavy purchasing by storage spectators at ship
ping points, which creates shortage here Ey-
tras and irsts were 1sc higher at 1sc and lie a
dozen. respectively, and the new quotation for
the top grade was bid for more at the close
but there were no supplies forthcoming. The
reason for this was that small receivers had
none to spare, while the storage speculato tors
who controlled the bulk of the receipts could NOT
afford to sell at the price offered, as to do Sc
would entail a loss.
In the cheese department fancy and first new
fats were 1ac higher.
The following sales were made on the ex-
change:
Eggs-10 cases of extras at 1sc and 10 cases
of thirds at 141ac dozen.
Cheese-25 fancy new California fats at IL 1hc
and 20 frsts at IL lac pound
Receipts were 6S. 900 lbs butter, 10000 lbs
cheese and l,42S cases eggs.
The following are official quotations as estab-
lished by sales, bids and offers on the floor OF
the dairy exchange. Prices on the street, while
governed by the exchange quotations generally
range from 11ac to &c higher, owing to the yari-
Gus charges to be added:
Butter-Fresh creamery extras, 23c per H.
weak; do frsts, 22c, weak; do seconds 2OIsc
steady; packing stock, steady at Isle for
No. and 1Sc for No. 3
Cheese-Fancy California new fat. 12c per
h. weak do frsts. Ike weak do seconds. 1oc,
weak; fancy. new Young Americas. 14c hrm
171ac. firm; Oregon do. 13c, flrm-
Eggs (per dozen, cases Included d)-California Ia
fresh extras, 1Sc per dozen, Arm: do frsts 17c
firm; do seconds 151 &c, firm: do thirds, l41bc
nrm; No. l soiled. 1415c, hrm; No. do. lac,
firm.