Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-21
CROW SCARCE
AND HIGHER IN VALUE
Shipments of CantaIoupeS About
to CIoSe-Bean Situation
Remains Unchanged

Lighter receipts OF potatoes caused strong
er tone in this commodity and trading was
active. Demand is strong.
No change in butter, eggs or cheese, as there
was no call session of the produce exchange
/ Saturday
The first red sweet potatoes of the season
were noticed on the street. and sold at 2l5c.
Cabbage was firm at S1.25 to 81. so. Corn was
scarce and brought from Soc to 60c per box
Esq plant was a glut at &c to 4c. Peas were
firm at &c to 7c.
The very last Of the cantaloupes are coming
into the market now, and jobbers have raised
their prices These melons brought from So TO
$3.50, as against S2.75 Friday Casabas are
more plentiful and declined to S1.50 to Si.75
1t was very firm market on peaches, pears
and plums The latter are about gone, and
but few nectarines from storage offered
grapes right at time when the market should
be most abundantly supplied Is that the rail-
way company handling the bulk Of this fruit
discontinued their daily service.
The market is well provided with fish.
Receipts Of produce were: Eggs, 1852 cases.
butter, 1854 pounds; cheese, 4o76 pounds; po-
tatoes. 956 sacks; beans, 81 sacks; onions, 80
sacks; sweet potatoes, S6 sacks; apples, 200
boxes.
PRODUCE PRICES
Following are the wholesale prices of pro-
duce to retailers as compiled by the Market
EGGS-(Per dozen) Local ranch candled
s7c; do, case count, buying price, 8Sc; east
ern fresh, 30c; eastern storage extras. 27ci
BUTTER-(Per lb.) California creamery
extras. 81 1sci do hrsts. BIC; cooking z01s
ladle, 2313c.
CHEESE-(Per lb) Northern fresh. 1914
@17c; large Anchor, 1Se; Oregon Daisy
1S1zc; singles, 19c; eastern Twins, 1Sl9c;
eastern Daisies. 19c; eastern Long
Horns, 10 a 20c; eastern cheddars, 10 "a zoe;
imported swiss. soc; jack. 1Sc; domestic
swiss, 226 24c; cream brick, 19c; limburger
19c; Roquefort, 3Sc; Edam, $3.50; Canadian
BEANs-No. pink s725; No / limas.
IS; No. / Lady Washington, $3.50; No.
small whites, $3.50; No. 1 blackeyes. $500;
No. Garvanzas $3.50; No. California len
tils, 81; lentils German. 81.
OTATOES-Hi ghlands, cwt., $1.35 Q1.6Oi
local Burbanks. $L5o; yellow sweets, Shc.
oNIONS-Local yellow 'Danvers. crates
SOC; local silver skins. lug, 90c; do cwt
SO; local yellow Danvers, $1.75; garlic lb.'
FRESH FRUITs-Apples Alexanders; q
Gravensteins, alter. $3.50; do, ~ tier.
s1.25; crab apples. $1.75 box; Belleheur'
After box. $3.50.
4@6 raspberries, SC; blackberries. &c.
CITRUS FRUITs-Grapefruit, seedless 50
$3.50; do seedlings, 50; lemons, SS'6oQ0;
Valencia oranges $3.0094.00.
TROPICAL FRUITs-tPer lb.) Bananas,
4@4Kc; do red, &c; Fard dates. 12Q14c;
do Golden. 7@71hc pineappies, 6@7c.
ANEOUS-Cantaloupes cabbage
crates. local. $3.50; grapes, lug box, Seq
s175; nectarines, crate $1.35; peaches, box,
9OcQs1.00; Bartlett pears, box, 500; pluIns,
lug box. .75c @ s1.25; ounces box 81; hgs'
ETABLEs-Northern artichokes. doz
S5c; bell peppe4 =, lb.. S95c; beets, doz. bunch
es. 25c; string beans, lb;. a. &C; do lima &C; &C.
carrots, doz. lunches csc: caulifower, doz'
$3.50; celery, crate, $500; cucumbers' box,
S5%4oc green r,sGf corn IL O4x SoTseradisb 9fa
lb., 25c; okra, lb., 3@4c; lettuce, crate 81;
peas. lb., 7c; parsley, dozen, 2op 21ci rhu-
barb, crimson winter 75cG 81; do no nortnern iann.
summer SQUASH, lug, 35c; young onions, do2
2O@25c: turnips, doz. bunches' 2oc; toma-
DRIED FRUITs-Evaporated apples, ib.
snc; apricots. lb.. 12c; loose white figs, box,
ST so; do black. sl.s5; peaches, lb, &c; pears,
ID; S@I2c nectarines ib; sgloc soo.
6O-70s 71ac 70-sOs &c; SO-90s, SIC; 90-1O0s. &c.
RAIsINs Nduscatels)-2-crown. loose. So
lb. box, Ib. &c; 8-crown, do, 4c; 4-crown. do,
do, 3-crown, s1.25; do, 4-crown, $3.50; sui
tanas, bleached. h. Tc; do unbleached, Sho;
seeded raisins 1s-oz pkg ~ @7c; do a.
~ NUTsVfPer G5Ss Ib.) Fancy almonds, Xxi,
17s: brazils, 14c; cocoanuts 90c; flbertJ,
lac; pecans. Xxx. 1sc; do XXX' 17c; do
SIC; pinenuts, zoe; No. 1 walnuts, assn. 15o;
do, budded 17c; eastern popcorn. cwt $3.50;
do local. $3.50
Carolina, s6.75; choice Honduras. Carolina,
s6Ge5O; Japan grades. ss.75@4; island rice.
$3.50; broken. $3.50.
HoNEY-(Per lb.) Extracted, water white
96.9lhc; do white. &c: do light amber, TIC;
comb water white, 1sc; do light amber 15c;
beeswax h., 30c.
IIVESTOCK-Packers pay I. o. b. Los An
eeies for beef steers. 595hc; beef heifers
Az sc; beef calves. X q &c; mutton
wethers s5.5O@6; mutton, ewes S5Q65Q
mutton, lambs, sS.50@3 3.75; hogs. lie.
POULTRY-(Per lb.) Live turkeys % q
.ec; large hens, 4 lbs up, 19c; small hens
2H to az lbs 16c; broilers, l to Y lbs
1sc; friers, 11s to lbs 1Sc: roast chicken
18c: ducks, lac; geese lie; old ROSTERS
&c: SQUADS dozen, $1.50
CHIII-Evaporated, strings, h., 26c; do,
loose zee; Mexican black. csc; green. &c;
chilli tepins, 9Oc, ground. &c:
HAY-(Baled.) The following quotations
are furnished by the Los Angeles Hay Stor-
ago Co. Barley. s12.5o@1450; tame oat,
hay per ton, s14@165o: alfalfa, ton. 1890
a @i46O; wheat hay, s14@15.
MILL, FEED-Bran. s155; whole corn,
81 so; cracked corn. $1.s5; feed meal 81 80
ToIIed harley, $t.25; oil cake meal. $3.50;
shorts $50; Kaffir corn, s1.75; white oats
81 90: red oats eastern. sass; wheat orl-
einaI sacks cwt. s1.so; wheat 1o0-lo. sacks,
s1,95.
FLOUR AND FEED