The San Francisco call., 1908-12-22
Deciduous and citrus Fruits


business in fresh fruits yesterday and buyers as
rule deferred purchasing for holiday needs,
taking barely enough Of anything 70 carry
them over the day. Arrivals over sunday were
large, including cars Of oranges, . OF lemons
and Il of apples, of which were for cold stor-
age Fancy apples in 1 tier boxes were held at
for California stock, while fine Oregon Spitzen-
bergs were held at 81 Oranges and all other
absence of important business prices were nom
inally unchanged Grapes did better, verdels
bringing S1;5o crate and cornicnons were held
from Indio and sold at $1.50 for single layer
and So for double layer packages.
Cranberries-Cape Cod, $14W15 per Dbl.
Apples (per box)-Fancy. 1 tier, $l.25d1.50
for Spitzenbergs. S1.10Q1.15 for Newtown pippins
and 75gsSe for bellfSwer; j. common S05l to choice
Pears-winter Nellis. 5o9$1-25 per box; cook
ing varieties, 50G75c.
Persimmons-50cGS1 per box.
Grapes-$1. 25@1.50 per crate
Citrus Fruits (per boxl-Navel oranges. S1.50
@2.50, with some specials higher; tangerines, 81
@i.25 for small and S1-75Q2 for large boxes.
grapefruit s303.5O for seedess lemons SSG
3.25 for fancy. S242.50 for. choice and $l.25
@I.5o for standards; lines, s4@5-
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, $1U1.JO per bunch
for Hawaiian and $2Q3 for Central Amertcani
pineapples, S2@4 per dozen
Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey
Late mail advices from New York say:
Despite the efforts making by growers With.
'ostensbly, the assistance OF packers, 10 put the
for all concerned in the distribution Of these
goods, the market remains dull and depressed.
Offerings for prompt shipment from the coast are
made on the basis of 5%c (. o. b. for new crop
fancy seeded California prunes the spot
seem to be wanted only in small way, and there
Is little interest shown in offerings for shipment
from the coast, where the market has easy
tone Oregon Italians in fair demand on
the spot, but buyers hesitate to place further
orders for forward shipment. The market is
particularly strong ON 40s, owing TO the increas-
ing scarcity of that size. and up to &c is now
asked by some holders Apricots are in a strong
position. Spot offerings are very light and hold
ers of the little remaining on the coast are ask
ing prices above parity with the present New
York market. Peaches coming in for more
attention as a result of the scarcity Of apricofs.
but the demand is still moderate However, a
frmer feeling prevails among holders both here
and the coast.
~ "a Zoe; peaches. 4Gt41sc for standards, 5Q6c
for choice and 6tsc for fancy; pears, 43f 0Sc;
pitted plums, IA HSc; nectarines. 5W6c; ngs,
PA @4c; prunes, size basis, ga gaze, with a
premium for the larger sizes
Raisins-Clusters-N left. London layers
2 crown. SI.l0; 3 crown. $1.20- Seeded, Ji4 a
5$4c; seedless, 2$4c, Thompson'S seedlesS. &C for
unbleached; loose muscatels, 432e for crown,
394c for crown and Sac for 2 crown
Nuts-Almonds. nonpareils. 111a912c; IXL.
10h @11c; ne plus ultra, Zoe: Drake, 9Hc;
Ianguedocs S1sM9c; hardshells &c Walnuts-
1915 al 13c per ID for No softshell and SQ 1Oc
for No. do; lie for No. hardshell and sl4c
for No. . do chestnuts. SQ10c per ID for Italian;
flberts, 1915 al lac; peaches. 15417c-
Honey--White comb, 15c. light amber. 120
f3c amber, 101a ollie; dark amber, 9010c;
water white extracted, nominal; white. 7USc;
4ia@5lac per Id; Nevada comb, 12@13c for
white and 9d1Oc for light amber
Beeswax-27 a 2Sc per ID for light and 23G24c
for dark