The San Francisco call., 1909-10-22

Dried Fruits. Raisins, Nuts and Honey
J. X. Armsby. head of the fruit and raisin
teryfew:
are coming 10 the front more prominently. There
IS considerable talk out on the coast of a mil
lion dollar supporting pool. We think that such
a pool would be mistake for the reason that
the trade tbuyers) are not in humor for
artifcially maintained or manipulated markets
We believe that If such pool is formed IL
will simply mean a big carryover into 1910
and the destruction Of 1910 prices. We sincerely
nope that wiser eonnsels will prevail and that
the present crop will clean up prior to January
] SO that the trade go into next year with
bare markets. In that case the 1910 crop will
bring the producer fair prices.
The unusually heavy shipments of August
and September. comprising about 10000 tons
cleaned out all of the old 1905 crop that has
been hanging over the market. The 1909 crop
is estimated at about 10000 tons of muscatels
ana ZO,OUO tons OF other varieties All OF our
reports show that the extremely low prices have
induced an unusual consumptive demand. Prices
are still considerably below the cost of produc-
tlon. and In our Judgment the situation Is going
to right itself.
Armsby drew attention to the unusually large
consumptiye demand for prunes both in this
country and in Europe This demand. still con-
There is no speculation of any kind on the
part of either the. operator jobber,' but with
the the apple crop about 80 per cent OF normal
speaking. short, and with prices California
prunes below the actual cost Of production, the
Dig ueuland now existing was f0regone con-
clusion. The market is stronger today than il
was short time ago, and conditions warrant
an advance
There has been no letup in the demand
for peaches since the season opened. Pack
ers are still running to capacity. Individual
purchases small, but everybody is buying
some, with the result that the demand is large.
The market is about 15c higher than it was
two weeks ago. The crop is not turning out in
volume quite what was expected. and this, with
the continued effort the part of the shorts
to cover, has pushed. prices up.
with apples and apricots up against the
sky. IL leaves peaches practically the only
thing in the fruit line. other than prunes. that
can be offered cheap. and naturally an increase
demand is centering peaches a result"
Fruits-Evaporated apples. 71a a@SSc apricots
912 d1112c; moorpark, 12G121hc; peaches, 51s a
&c; prunes, 2i2 @2Mc, with Sc premium for 40s
and no Sos at any price; pitted plums, nomi-
nal: figs, Sla@41ac; pears, 81 @l0c; nectarines,
New Raisins-Layers. clusters--6 crown, 81. 80;
3 crown, sl.15; crown, S1.a5; ordinary layers.
3 crown, 90c; 2 crown. soc; seeded, AZ @5c;
seedless sultanas, 21a @4hc; Thompsons seed
less. Sc: loose muscatel, crown, sac; crown,
size; 2 crown. 2sc.
Nuts-Almouds, nonpareils. 145a Gi5c; IXL,
4@14hc; plus ultra, i5G131ac; Drake, 101a
G111c; languedocs, 10@f0I5c; hardshells. 61a a
&c; new walnuts, 1lh@12lac per ID for No.
softsheIls, 71sc for No. do; ilberts, 12ia lac;
pecans, 15@l7c; California chestnuts, 10@I2lsc
per Ii.
Honey-Comb, 14Q15c for water white and
logic per ID for amber; extracted 7Isc for
wafer white and 61z @7c for light amber; DID,
candied and dark amber, 4G41ac per h.
Beeswax-271e y @3oc per lb for light and ESQ
26c for dark