Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-10
POTATOES ADVANCE IN
Los ANGELES MARKET
Northern Prices Affect Product
Here-Last of the Walnut
Crop Moves East

Potato selling prices to the trade were
advanced 8 to 10 cents hundred on th'
produce exchange to s1.35 to $150 hun
dred yesterday.
The advance is in sympathy with higher
prices in the north, and steady advance
in car lot prices which have taken place
here within the last week or more. bu
which up to the present time has not ar
fected the official selling quotation to the
trade, owing TO the fact that a large mum
Der of jobbers were carrying potatoes a
slump prices Of few weeks ago and were
rdding themselves of these potatoes at
profit to themselves, but at lower prices
than they could sell for IL they were
handling fresh stock. Potato receipts have
been liberal this week, but the market is il
condition to absorb what has arrived read
lily and is steady to firm at yesterdays quo
tatiOns.
Despite liberal receipts of onions for {
month or more past jobbers saw fit to raise
the price on all kinds of onions to $l.1'
flat. The first quotation on oregon onions
of the season was established yesterday OF
the exchange. Onions weak at the
prices quoted.
No change was made in eggs, butter oil
cheese On the exchange 100 daisy cheese
sold, but there were no transactions in thS
other two commodities. The market is firm
on eggs and cheese and steady on butter
Sweet potatoes were in average receipts
for the last week. The market Is steady tc
firm at prevailing prices.
Large handlers of nuts and dried fruits
report the market is trifle soft on dried
fruits of all kinds at the present time. or
ders have been pretty well filled and ac-
tivity has relaxed somewhat usual at this
time of the year after the first rush Is over
just following the opening of the season
The California walnut crop has practically
all been moved.
This week will witness the shipment east
of the last car of the season. The ship
ment east this season will be eighty ten-ton
cars short of last season, or $50 cars, as
against 930 cars last
This accounts for the higher prices pre-
vailing this year. 1t is said some Man
churian walnuts will be imported this sea-
son to help make up the shortage in the
California nuts. They will sell at lower
figure than the local product. The market
is soft on almonds. 1t is said large quan-
tity is still In the hands of packers
Cabbage was plentiful. Beans were plen-
tlful and dropped to 2@4 cents pound
Peas were weak on account of the very poor
quality. Fancy lettuce was scarce
Receipts of produce were: Eggs, ~
cases. butter, 1895 pounds; cheese, 225S
pounds; potatoes, 1917 sacks; sweet pota-
toes, 37s sacks; apples. 1910 boxes.
PRODUCE PRICES
Following are the official prices of pro-
duce to retailers as compiled by the Market
Reporter:
BUTTER-sellIng price to trade. 2hc
higher; California creamery. extras. S5c;
do frsts 321kc: cooking. csc; ladle, 25c
EGGS-Local ranch candled, ACC; do case
count. buying price 45c; eastern fresh 35c;
eastern storage, packed extra SIC; DO slut
age seconds 27c.
CHEEsE-Northern fresh. 1801Shc; To-
cal, 1Sc; Oregon Daisy, 1Shc; eastern sin
giles, 17h "a 1sc; do Twins, 171s 91Sc; eastern
Daisies 1871 Q19c; Long Horns, Is 1a q zoe
eastern cheddars. 2Oc Imported SWISS 32c
Jack, 19c; domestic SWISS 220 24c; cream
brick Ice; li1nburger, 19c; Roquefort, 3Sc
Edam. sS0s.5O; Canadian cream. box 81
BEANS-No. / pink, $500 5.75; No.
limas, s595.25; No. 1 Lady washington
s450 No. / small whites. $3.50: No.
blackeyes. So; No. Garvanzas. $3.50; No
oTATOEs-Highland, cwt, sL35 q 1:5o
Salinas, s1.75; yellow sweets, $150@1.75.
ONIONS-Local yellow Danvers. $1.75
northern, s1.75i do Australian browns, S1.75
local. s1.75; local silver skins, lug box, ST.
garlic, 7h a Sc lb.
FRESH FRUITs-Apples. Bellefleurs, s1.lo;
~ tier s5c; Pearmains. white winter. 4
tier, $1.25 do red. 41s tier Sf.10; fall pip
pins Alter. 81; Jonathans, California, $1.e5
Az tier s1.35; Baldwin, after $1.bO; Az
tier s1.25; Greetings, Alter, 81; Spitzenber-
gers. Alter S1.40.
BERRIEs-strawberr per basket, 1Oc;
raspberries, per basket, 12c blackberries
per basket s@Sc; cranberries. bbl.. $75o@ @
CITRUS FRUITs-Grapefruit, seedless
s375 seedlings s2.75i lemons $5; Valen-
cia oranges, 81.
TRoPICAL-Bananas. h., 4hc; Fard
dates, lb., 1O913c; golden dates, h., 7ci
alligator pears, doz., So; pineapples, h., &c.
MIsCELLANEOUS-C crate, $40
$50; figs, box, $125; Muscat grapes, lug box,
S125@1.65: peaches. per box, 75cQs1; Bart-
$3.50; prunes. $1.75; ounces. lug box, 81;
watermelons 1 " q &c lb.; Christmas melons
crate. SCORE; guavas. basket. Sc
VEGETABLES S-Northern artichokes. doz,
81; green asparagus, 15c lb.; bell peppers, lb.,
3d5c beets doz. punches, S0c; cabbage, sack.
506 75c red cabbage, &c h.; carrots, dozen
punches, 25c; caulihower. crate. $1.2501.5O; cell
cry, cwt., $150Q2; cucumbers lug box, 4Oc;
green corn, box. Csc; corn husks, 1Oc; egg
plant lb., 2q4c; horseradish, lb., 25c; okra, &c
lb lettuce. crt., 50Q75c; peas, 5Q7c lb; parsley,
doz, 25c northern strawberry rhubarb. box,
s.. u.s. spinach. doz., zoe; sprouts, &c; summer
squash lug box, 4oq50c; young onions. doz.,
26c; turnips, doz. punches, zoe; tomatoes, AUG
soc; yellow, 81; beans. 44c lb.
PRUNES-S0-4Os. s9loc: 40-50s, 9910c; 5O-eOs,
5000; 60-7Os. 7c; sO-9os, 61sc; 90-100s &c.
RAIsINS-2 crown. loose, 50-lb boxes
sho ib: crown. do. 4c: crown, do 4hc;
London layers. 2 crown. 20-lb. box. 81. 10;
do. crown, 81 25; do crown. 81 SO: Sui
tanas. bleached. 697c Ib: unbleached. 40
&c Ii; seeded ralsins, 1e OF. pkgs, 7c; do. 12
or &c.
NUTs-Fancy IXL almonds. 17kc lb; bra
zils 14@15c lb; cocoanuts. 90c; filberts, lac
lb; pecans, Xxx, 15c; do xxx, 16c lb; east
ern peanuts, 7@71sc lb; do Japan 6Mc;
pinenuts. 1Sc: No. l assorted walnuts. Ice;
do budded. 1sc; eastern popcorn, cwt $500;
W RTcE-Tancy Honduras tcarolina) ss.7S
cwt; choice Honduras (Carollna) $6@6.5o;
Japan grades. ss.75@4; Island. $3.50;
broken, S3.oO.
HONEY-White water extracted. SC ID,
do white sac; do light amber. SC: comb,
water white lib frames 1sc: do white. lie;
do light amber, 14c beeswax, SOC lb
LIVE sToCK-Packers pay & O. b. Los
Angeles for beef steers. 505hc; beef helf-
ers, 41s@5c; beef calves. u 96c; mutton
wethers. s5.50@6; mutton ewes. 80;
mutton lambs, s3.5o03.75: hogs. lie.
PoULTRY-Turkeys live, 25Q26o lb;
large hens lbs up, 19c Id; do small ga q
az lbs 17c lb; broiiers 1 to 1s lbs. tic Id;
friers. III to 3 lbs. lie lb: roast chicken,
lSc lb; ducks. Ice III: geese, lie lb; squads,
$3.50 dog; old ROSTERS SC lb.
CHILI-Evaporated strings. SOC ID; green.
&c lb: chilli tepins T5c lbi Japan. Ice:
ground. Sc.
HAY (bale6)-The following quotations
furnished by the Los Angeles Hay Storage
Co.-Bariey. s12.5O@14. so; tame oat. ton,
sl401s.5o; alfalfa, ton. $1s.5oQl4.5o
wheat hay, s14@15
MILL FDED-Bran. $1.65; whole corn.
81 rs; cracked corn. $3.50; feed meal. $1.Sb
rolled barley $l.15; oil cake meal, S2.5O;
shorts, 81 so; Kaffir corn. ST.. rs; white oats
S1SB; eastern red oats. $2.25; wheat ORR
EinaI sacks. cwt. $1.so; wheat 1Oo-iS