The San Francisco call., 1908-09-23
Egg Market Am Nearby Countie.
Deciduou. and Citrus Fruit.

The late arrival Of the river boats made con
ditions in the fruit market even than
by the earliest boat did not reach the stores
until long after opening time and the deliveries
were still being made In the middle OF the aft
ernoon- Under such conditions prices naturally
lacked stability and receivers had to be con
tent to take what they could get for their
holdings in most lines. For instance. one river
boat alone brought about 2,4OO boxes nutmeg
melons, which were unloaded the market
after most buyers had gone home. and stock
the morning could be had at half of that price
or less. 1t difficult to obtain over 81
second crop lots from Lake county were Of
fering at 90 75c. Good figs, p1ums and prunes
sold We'll but the proportion of choice fruit
in the arrivals was small Peaches were
very weak feature, there were more small
packages on hand than the trade could ab-
sorb In two days. and the Gamers refused to
TO secure sufficient cans. One San Jose can
ming concern was trying to dispose OF a couple
of cars of fine peaches in this market In
the apple market fine Gravensteins in four tier
boxes closely cleaned up and firm at s 25
box. while Belle1owers in similar packages
were lower at 90c, following a decline at ship
ping points Berries were easier on a limited
demand, and all kinds of table grapes were
in oversupply and cheap Wine grapes were
active. but only special brand from Yolo
county sold at the top quotation.
strawberries-S6@s per chest for Longworths
and s4@7 for the large varieties.
Blackbcrrfes-$294 per chest
Raspberries- per chest
HuckleDerr1eS-lE12Il4c l4c per ID.
Apples tper box)-Fancy in tier boxes 9Ocn
81 20; common to choice, 40@75c; crabapples. 80
q 40c for small boxes
Pears-Bartletts. 75c@s1.25 per box; other
varieties. 40@75c.
Quinces-40@60c per box.
Plums and Prunes-6Oc@1 per box or crate.
Peaches-Sman boxes, including mountain
fruit 30@5oc; large boxes. 40@65c; carriers.
nominal.
Figs-40675c per box.
Pomegranates-50@7 zoe per box.
Melons-Nutmeg melons, 20d5Oc per box: can
taloupes.. I5c@s1 per crate; watermelons. s1@2
per Dozen
Grapes fcrates and small boxes)-Seedless. so
675c; muscat. 50@60c: black, 40660c; tokay
50@75c; Isabella. 40G6oc; large boxes. s1G1-75
for seedless and 50c@s1 for other varieties;
wine grapes, $i2d20 per ton
Citrus Fruits (per box)--valencia oranges, 81. so
9a.5o; grapefruit, s4g4.5o; lemons. s3g3,so for
fancy, $l55G25 30 for choice and S191-25 for
standards; lines, S465-
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. $1Q1-50 per bunch
for Hawaiian and $2-50@3 for Central American;
pineapples. s2@3 per dozen.
Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey
The markets are quiet all around. with
changes few and narrow. Prunes are some
what lower. with the east still holding on
weeks.
Fruits (new crop)-EvaDorated apples. 5x@
SIC; apricots. 81 @l0c; peaches. 51sc for stand
ards 6@615c for choice, 7e for extra choice and
IA @9c; hgs, 2s. 6l4c: prunes size basis. 31a a
3%fc for old and 314 64Ac per 10 for crop.
with premium for the large sizes.
Raisins (new crop)-Clusters-4 crown. 81:
crown. 81 so; 6 crown, 50; London layers
crown. $l-25: crown. $1-3J. Seeded. IG71ec:
seedless, 4Ac; Thompson's seedless. SIC; loose
and 4%c for 3 crown.
Nuts-Almonds thew CROP. nenpareils, 11H0
12c; HxL, 1012@11c; ne plus ultra. 1Oc: brakes,
slsc; iansuedocs' s1agec; hsrdshells, TIC; Wal