Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-20
PRODUCE BUSINESS BRISK
: AFTER GR0CERS' OUTING
Retailers Stock Up for Week End.
Active Demand for All
Staples and Fruits

Business was active in the produce market
Friday on account Of the holiday for grocers
Thursday. Wholesale merchants made heavy
sales to retailers.
Eggs butter and cheese were firm, while
potatoes fiuctuated to some extent
Cantaloupes advanced to S2.75. There is a
special brand of cantaloupes in the market
which commands a premium, selling as high
Barrel Gem. The market was very firm on
grapes, peaches and plums.
1t was an active market on green vegetables
today, but prices did not change materially.
Receipts Of corn are decreasing rapidly Gel
cry is coming in more freely. Enough toma-
toes are arriving to meet requirements. me
quality of the tomatoes that have been shipped
during the last two weeks has been poor,
consequently there is big range in prices.
Fancy stock sells readily at 50 cents, while
the poor tomatoes are moving slowly at 20
cents.
All kinds Of FISH were in liberal supply. De-
mand was brisk for Friday.
Receipts Of produce were; Eggs, 10 cases;
butter, 5000 pounds; cheese, 1860 pounds; po-
tatoes, 1915 sacks; onions, 26 sacks; sweet po-
tatoes Il sacks; apples, 500 hoxes
PRODUCE PRICES
Following are the wholesale prices OF pro-
duce to retailers as compiled by the Market
Reporter;
EGGs-(Per dozenl Local ranch, candled,
7c; do, case count. buying price, 33c; east
ern fresh. soc; eastern storage extras. 27c;
eastern storage seconds. FAC.
-BUTTER-CPer lb) California creamery
extras, S4lae; do hrsts. sic; cooking 2S'se'
CHEEsE-CPer lb) Northern fresh. 10 IA
@l7c; large Anchor. lSc; oregon Daisy,
lSAe singles, 19ci eastern Twins lS5 a6;
Horns. 1902 zoe; eastern cheddars, 10000;
imported swiss, SOC; Jack, 1Sc; domestic
swiss, % 24c; cream brick 19c; limburger
19c; Roquefort. SSc; Edam, $3.50; Canadian
BEANs-No / pink. sz25: No. llmas,
IS; No. 1 Lady Washington, $3.50; NO.
small whites $3.50; No blackeyes, $500;
No. / Garvanzas. $3.50; No California lem
tils, 81; lentils. German. 81.
OTATOES-Hlghlands cwt., $1.35 Ul.5V
local Burbanks, s1.5o; yellow sweets, s12c.
ONIONS-Local yellow Danvers. crates,
soc; local silver skins. lug. soc; do. cwt
So; local yellow Danvers. sl.76 garlic lb'
FRESH FRu1rs-Apples. Alexanders. 4
tier. $40; White Astrakahns, s1.65;
Gravensteins. Alter $3.50; do, ~ tier
s1.25; crab apples, s1.7S box Belleheur'
BE ER Ri basket). Strawberries,
4q6; raspberries Sc; blackberries. &c.
CITRUS FRUITs-Grapefruit seedless -
935O; do seedlings, So; lemons. $S60QSi
Valencia oranges. $500 @4 80 II, Pananas
4@4hc; do red, &c; Fard dates, 12@l4c;
do Golden. 7@7hc; pineapples, 6@7e'
ANEOUS-Cantalnupes: eaooaEe
crates local S2.75; grapes, lug box S5c@
S1.75; nectarines, crate, 1885, peaches, box
sOcQs1. co.; Bartlett pears, box, 500; plums,
lug box, 75c@ S1.25; ounces box 81 hss'
VEGETABLEs-Nor artichol1es, doz.
s5c: bell peppe- h., 345c; beets, doz. bunch
es 25c; string beans, lb., 4@ sc; do lima be;
green cab sack H cap 5Hf p doz
81. SO; celery, crate, $500; cucumbers. box
25@ 4oc; green corn, box soc; corn
husks Toe; eg@ plant h. &C.; h0 nzefa
peas, h.. 7c; parsley, dozen, zoo 20c; rhu-
barb, crimson winter, Use a 81; do northern
strawberry, box, $3.50; spinach. doz zoe
summer SQUASH lug, 35e; young onions. doz
2o025c turnips. doz. punches. zoe; toma-
DRIED FRUITs-Evaporated apples, III
SIC; apricots, lb, 12c; loose white fgs, box
81. 30: do black 81. IS; peaches, h., &c; pears,
ID. S@12c; nectarines. h., S9lOc.
PRUNES-3O-4Os, 1Oc; 4o-50s, &c; 5o-6os, Sc
6O-7Os FAC; 7O-S0s &c; S0-90s, size; 90-l00s, &C.
RAIsiNs Iuscatels)-2-crown. loose 50
Ib. box, lb. Sc; s-crown, do. 4c 4-crown, dc
&c; London layers. 2-crown, 20-lb. box, ST.
do s-crown s1.25; do. 4-crown $i:9V; Su,
seeded raisins. 1901 pkg. GA orc; DO IL
NfT i;Ss Ib.) Fancy almonds. Xxi,
lie; pecans, Xxx. 1885, do xxx lie; dc
xxx, Ice; eastern peanuts. 7hc; do Japan
6hc; plnenuts, zoe; No. 1 walnuts' assn: looi
do. budded. tic; eastern popcorn owt- SS'oo'
RTCE-tPer 100 lbs) Fancy Honduras
Carolina, s6.75; choice Honduras. Carolina
s6065O; Japan grades $3.75 ga island rice
$3.50: broken. $3.50. -,
HONEY-(Per lb.) Extracted. water white
90. 9l5c; do white, &c; do light amber, TAG;
comb water white, 1Sc; do light amber. l5c;
beeswax, h., soc.
IVEsTOCK-Pac1ers pay +. o. b. Los An
reles for beef steers. 505Ao: beef heffers
M@5c; beef calves. ga @ec; mutton
wethers, s55o@6; mutton, ewes, $50 56O
mutton. lambs, s3.50@3.75; hogs. lie.
POULTRY-(Per lb.) Live turkeys 20 @
.sc; large hens. lbs up, 19ci small hens
2H to S1a lbs Ice; broilers. l to v IDS
1sc; friers, IL to 8 lbs. 1sc; roast chicken
1Sc: ducks, lac; geese, lie; old ROSTERS
8c: SQUADS dozen, $3.50
CHIII-Fvaporated strings, h. 26c; 40
loose. 2oc: Mexican black Csc; green DC
cnill tepins, soc. ground. SC.
HAY-(Baled.) The following quotations
aee Go. Barley, s12.50@14.50; tame oat
bsv per ton, s14@16.50; alfalfa. ton. $lS'o'
nj. 80; wheat hay. s14@15
MILL TEED-Bran. s1.55; whole corn
81 80: cracked corn, s1.s5; feed meal, sl'9o
rolled barley. SIPS; oil cake meal $3.50
shorts $50; Kaffir corn, s1.75; white oats
s1 90: red oats, eastern. s225; wheat, orr
sinal sacks cwt. s1.9o; wheat. 1oO-lb. sacks
$1.95.
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