Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
FLUCTUATIONS IN EGGS
KEEPS DEALERS GUESSING
Sweet Potatoes Firmer at $2.25
FIat-ArrivaI of First Car
load of CheStnuts

The nuctuation In local egg prices results
in much discussion in the local produce
dozen In three days. Two or three days
later there was an upward turn at the
rate of 1 to 4 cents day; Yesterday
of dealers that eggs are arm at AZ cents
for case counts and 46 cents for fresh
ranch candled. The selling price to the
consumer Is around 80 cents q dozen
No changes In butter, cheese or beans.
The potato market Is very strong. Sweets
wholesale at S2.25 fiat per cwt
better tone prevails In the onion mar
ket.
It was reported on the street that the
first car of imported chestnuts Of the sea-
a car of dates The market is very hrm
on cranberries at s12.5O@1S.o0 and the
dates and chestnuts are moving out rapidly.
shipment OF fancy bulk olives for the
holiday trade arrived and several barrels
of fancy eastern horseradish was received
The market is very Arm on olives and oliVe
oil here, owing to the large quantity de-
stroyed In the big factory fire several
Rivers Bros. Co. received shipment of
fancy alligator pears. which are selling AT
S4.5046.00 Der dozen.
Fish dealers reported sufficient supply OF
sea food to meet the demand.
Receipts of local produce We're: Eggs, aS
cases; butter, 2S,412 pounds; cheese. Aloa
hounds: potatoes 1890 sacks beans 400
sacks; sweet potatoes ~ SACKS; apPieS' N1''
boxes. .,.xv,,s
PRODUCE tlNACbS
Following are the official prices OF pro.
duce to retailers as compiled by the Market
Reporter; o,,
higher California creamery S5,a extras os S07s''
EGGS-Local ranch, candled, 4bc; 90 case
count, buying price, 42ci eastern tresN' 'O0'
eastern storage packed extra SogSio. .,o-,,
MISREPRESENTATION, per lb., 1Sc; northern
per lb, 1SQ1Shc; northern storage per lo.'
i7c; eastern, singles, per lb.. lSc; eastern,
twins. per lb. 1Sc; eastern Gheddars' lars str per
ern, daisies, per H., 19c; Oregon. twins per
lb. 21c; Oregon. daisy, per lb:. HgI.So'
Swiss imported, per b S2o SWISS ooiEST' HvnssI'
block per lb., 22924c; Swiss domestic Wneel'
per lb., 21Q24c; cream brick. per lb., lsg2Vc;
iimburger, per lb., 1992Oc; RoGuefort' per lO''
S6Q4Oc; Edam. per case, sSgs.
cwt.. s1.75; Nevada, $500: Yellow Dan
vers, s175; Oregon. sls5; garlic. per lbi, ro Sc,
BBANs-No. / pink, $500; NO: l -o hmSs' Ms
small whites, $500; No. ! Garvanza' "'0O'
No / California lentils, s6.0097.0o.
PoTAToEs-Highland, cwt, $LS5; NeTaaas. ,.
81 rs; Lompocs, $500; Salinas, 500; Early "a t'
Rose. northern, 500; local Early Rose Sl.so;
new potatoes. box sl'OOi yellow S"ee'S'
t22E. - ,,..o.,+.a III
1oa1i1c; apricots. h., 12h91sc; currants'
ib'' 1oc: do pkg, 9Q1oc; dates, Fard, COS,
ib, lie; do 12s. 12e; do Golden, oos ID &C.
do pkg sc lgs black s6z anI 1krs wh's EOS p $500 500
o. do i2-oz,. lbs, pkg. .,9O9s5c; do 1e-oz., los.
pkg, 81; do 1907. cartons, 12s. soci nee
tarines. lb,. 1oc; peaches ID, 6hg.ssi pe"aSs
lie; do 4o-5Os 103c; do 6o-6Os; SIC; 40 40
60-7os. &c; do 7O-Sos, Sc: 90 So-SOs'
7Ao do e61Oos &c; do sacks 159iSo; aaisins'
ib., 6Q5hc; seeded raisins, 16-oz pkgs., &c;
do 12-oz. pkgs., &c; London layers, 2 crown
2O-lb. box, sl.15; do $,crown xl0 :, t0 ,Ooss
muscatels, 2-crown, &C., do S-crown' S1sci
do 4-crown. &c; citron, 16c; orange ana lem
on FsTsH Pgs;i FRUITS Ts-citrus-oranges. tSnEer-
ines. s1.7b; do navels. S2.25Q2.75; lemons, t3g
$50; grapefruit, seedless, $3.50; DO seeoinsS'
'iilf iAilPPLEs-Baldwin, Alter. @175; belIeheErs,
a-tier, si.15a1.25; do 414-tier. s0qs5c; Ben
Caps, 4-tier. $3.50; do 41a-tier 81; Ben DAVIS .,a
l-tier. .s1.5o; do 41s-tler. SIZE; Gang af. eL, do
4H-tier, s1.IO Hoovers, 4-tier, si.6o; do 45-
tier. s115; Jonathans 4-tier. 2.25926o;
Langfords. 4-tier, s1.2591.s5: Missouri PIP
pins. s1.25; do 4A-tier. H1o; PearmsinS. Pear ., 1S.
White Winter, 4-ter. s1.25; do 4h-tier, a'i0;
Pearmains red, 4-tier, $1.10; do 41s-uer, M;iO'
Rome Beauties. 4-tier. g. 225@2:5o; Smilns
burg. 4-tier s2Q3.25 Yellow Newton Pippins'
l-tier, s1s5; do 41a-tier, S1.15.
Observation-Disclosures pears. doz.,
s4a5; bananas, per ib.. 4lac; backberries' per per
I3.Oo; strawberries, per basket lac; casabas'
crate s2.25; Christmas melons, $2;oo''2'So,
peaches, per box. 5O@s5c; pears. Winter
Nails per box, 1925; persimmons, per
crate, $15O91.75; pomegranates. per crate
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES artichokes doz.,
st %: green asparagus 15c lb.; bell peppers,
lb, 5GI6c; beets doz lunches. Soc; CABBAGE
rots, doz. punches. ESQ 35c; caulitlower' crt'
81 so; celery, CRIT, $3.50; cucumpers' poA'
slOO; green corn box, sSG; corn a,.h huTks' IS
oiyr 6C h. lettuce, CRIT, bO4lbcs pedSI
6G7c: parsley, dozen, 25c; northern strawberry
rbubarbs, box, $1T5; spinach, dozen, zUc;
sprouts &c; summer squash, lug box avg
Soc; young onions. floz. Csc: turnips, doz;.
bunches zoe; tomatoes 75gsOo; Selo"' SA'
OeSITi SIfrs~Fapcy XXI, almonds. 17kc lb.; bra
| ziIs 14015c Ib.; cocoauuts, 90c; flberts' 14c
| III: pecans. Xxx, 15c; do xxx, lec io.;
| eastern peanuts. 7Q7hc lb.; do Japan, e5zci
| nInenuts 18c; No. / assorted walnuts, l6glIc;
do budded ls@19c; eastern popcorn, cwt.' "a;
~ RIcE+Fancy Honduras tcarolina>. se75
cwt. choice Honduras 5CaIoilna2: $o1I,oO' Uoirs,,
| Japan grades, S3.7594; Island. $3.50; broken
'0iIyi 0HioNEY-whlte water extracted, 90 lb.;
white so DO light amber isn So DC; %hito SGMe
| i7c: do light amber, 14c; beeswax, soo ID.
LIVE sToCK-Packers pay +. o. b. Los
Angeles for beef steers. 6q5he; peer ,ittn, ntil,
| ,rs 41k15c; beef calves, 5kq6c; mutton
| wethers, s5a5.5O: mutton ewes. S5Q5.6O; NUT
ton lambs, SS.5o9S.75; hogs. lie
PoULrRY-Turkeys' i've, &c eyoeiI ip: 9nSSsiS
| lbs, tic lb; broilers, l to III lbs.' 26c lb.;
friers, ~ to 8 lbs. 21c lb.; roast chickens
25c lb ducks. 25c lb.; geese, 2Sc lo'; SQUADS
| sl5O doz; old roosters, Ice ID.
| CHIII-Evaporated, strings. Soc ib; green,
4c lb.; chill tepins. 75c lb.; Japan Ice;
| ground, &c. -
| nished by the Los Angeles Hay Storage Co.
barley, sl2.5Oa146O; tame oat. ton, SAG
1s so; alfalfa. ton. $13.5O@14.5o; wheat hay,
MILL FEED-Bran. s155; whole corn, s.75;
cracked corn, $3.50; feed meal H.35; rolled
barley. s1.15; oil cake meal, $3.50; shorts.
| $3.50; Kaffr corn, $l.75; white oats SI.eo'
! eastern red oats, s2.25: wheat. original sacks,
cwt., S19O; wheat. l0O-lb. sacks, s1s6.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. e-Beans-Pinls.