The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
Egg Market I'm Nearby Co
for the week. sss. 200 pounds.


PETALUAIA, Aug. 16.-The week opened with
a considerable advance in the prices paid for
eggs After receipt of quotations from the San
Francisco dairy exchange the best offerings were
50 and 341a cents. The supply does not reach
the demand
SANTA CRUZ. Aug. 1e.-Egg market opens
with quotations at 3215 cents. The local supply
Is needed for home consumption and shipments
are very small.
the season is being paid here for eggs The quo
tations posted today on receipt OF adviees from
per dozen for 'the choice and and soisc for seconds.
Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables
The narrow gauge train with fresh supplies
Of vegetables from across the bay did not get
in until near closing time yesterday, and there
was a scarcity of fancy offerings OF some de-
scriptions in the morning a result Prices
showed little Improvement. however, as most
receivers loaded up with held over stock
for which they were content to accept the
prices asked Saturday Tomatoes remained
quality green did little better. Other
wise the market stood about the same as on
Saturday. Sweet potatoes were plentiful and
inclined to easiness Onions and Burbank pO-
tatoeS were unchanged.
Potatoes-75c@$1- per box and 75cd$1 per etl
In sacks; sweet potatoes, $2.5o92.Io per etl
in crates.
Onions yellow. 65@75e per ctl
Vegetables-Green corn, 50eG$1 per sack; to-
per sack string and beans. 1dSe per lb;
lima beans. 415c per ID: summer squash. 3OG
50c per box; garlic, 4G5c per ID; cabbage. 65e
per ctI; cucumbers 4066Oc per box; pickle
cumbers. 75cG$1 per box; caulinower, 40060c
per dozen; turnips. $1d1-25 per sack; eggplant,
6o@75c per box, green peppers, S50JOc per box;
green okra, 65G75c per box.
Deciduous and Citrus Fruits
The activity which generally characterizes the
market for fresh fruits was lacking yesterday.
but the general tone was one of stesdiness nev-
ertheless, as the arrivals of the principal de
scriptions were much lighter than at the close
or last week. There peaches TO speak
OF received from Sonoma, and as the arrivals
from other sections were smaller than usual
prices were frmer. Two cars Of the Newhall
variety from Santa Clara were offered al $50
ton. Pears were strong. with the Gamers
purchasing freely of bulk stock. while wrapped
fruit did better light arrivals and an I'm
proved demand. Fancy Cfrayenstein and red ap-
hands at firm rates almost fast received,
there being good inquiry for shipment in adj
dition to the regular local trade. Plums and
figures. while bulk stock continued to drag
badly at uneven rates. Figs were easy, receipts
were less plentiful than on Saturday. but prices
stood about the same. with sales of the seed
less variety rather slow. The weather
stimulated the demand for melons and sent
prices for watermelons up little. while nut
megs and cantaloupes stood about as before
quoted. In the berry market everything except
common blackberries firm on light arrivals.
Strawberries Longworths, per chest;
Raspberries- $s@12 per chest for choice
Blackberries-$2G4 per chest.
HuckIeberries-126I4c per ID.
Apples-Fancy Grayensteins, s1.40G1- so per
box; fancy reds, s1@1.2 %; common to cnoice.
eo@ @s5c; crabapples, So@4oc for small and T5cG
Pears-Bartietts. 81 15d1 40 per box for No.
! and T5Qs5c for No. 2; canning price. $2O@
PeacRes--sman boxes. s5@eocs lug boxes. s5e
Plums and Prunes@crates. s5asoe; boxes. so
a5oe for small and 40@f5e for large.
Apricots-1 y a &c per 10.
Figs-60cd "a 81 25 per box.
Melons Nutmeg melons 3Od5Oe per box: can
taloupes, slg1 80 per crate; watermelons 81 %
Grapes (sman boxes and cratesl-Seedless. so
I5c; museat, s5c@s1; Tokay, s1ql %; other
varieties, 50@I5c; lug boxes. 75c6l1 .25.
81. .75@s; grsPefruit, 81 .5oqs Is for seedisss;
and s161.50 for standard; lines. 5.5O@6
Tropical Fruits. .Bsnnas; 75e@sI.75 per bunch
can; pinespples, s1.25Gs per dozen.
Dried Fruit, Raisins, Nuts and Honey
Numerous changes in old and fruits and
raisins appear but none Of them are very vide
FHits. old crop-Peaches. &c for standards,
IA q 4 1ac for choice and 596c for fancy; prTnes
size basis, 2G2l5e, with l5c premium for the
Sew Fruits-EvapOrated apples. 7haslse;
aprieots, SQ9%c; moorpark, 11d12c: peaches
4l5@615c; prunes, pa G2s4e with Ae premium
for 40s and &c premium for sos to 40s; fgs,
Raisins (1a0S cropJ-London Iayers-2 crown.
soc; crown, 81; seeded, 4941ae; Thompson's
seeuiess- sac Tor unDleached; seedlesS suItanaS,
"a Csc; loose muscatels &c for crown. Sc for
crowns and 2Ste for > crowns.
New raisins-Layers, elusters-6 crown 50 80;
crown, 81; crown $1.35; ordinary layers ;
crown. 95c@$1; crown, 9OG95e; seeded. :56R
5Iae; seedless sultanas. Sc; Thompson's seedless.
31ac; loose mucatel, crown. 41ac; crown,
3%c; crown, 31t c per h.
Nuts-New. almonds, nonpareils. 141s 15c;
IXL. 14G14lac; ne plus ultra 1sG1315e: Drake.
11@1l12c; languedocs. 10@10isc; hardshells 61a
@1c old walnuts, lie per 10 for No. 1 soft
cans 15@17c.
Honey-Comb. l4@15c for water white and
1O9l2c per 10 for amber: extracted 713c for
candied and dark amber. 4641ac per ID.
Beeswax-274 a @29e per 10 for light and 25Q
26c for dark.
Poultry and Game
A car of western chickens reached the market
yesterday and the stock met with a fair to aver
age inquiry Another falls due today