Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-04
LOCAL PRODUCE DEALERS
READY FOR THE CROWDS
Markets Well Supplied with Cali
fornia Fruits and Other
Fine Products

Produce dealers are enjoying brisk busi-
ness this week. with the large number Of
visitors in the city.
At the call session of the produce eX-
change dealers took another shot at egg
packed extras at 82 cents flat, and eastern
storage seconds at 81 cents. Locals are
steady at 43 and 80 cents.
No change In butter, cheese and potatoes;
Pink and blackeye beans were lowered
quarter and one-half cent per pound
respectively. Jobbers quoted a slightly
higher price on Garvanza beans.
The market is slightly easier on 4h tier
Bellefleur apples, while Greetings and FAN
PippinB are quoted 25 and 10 cents per box
higher than at the close of last week re-
spectively. Strawberries dropped to cents
per basket. Owing to the cool weather the
steady on lemons and firm on oranges COL
den dates are quoted one-half cent lower.
Alligator pears quoted at 81 as against
$3.5OQ4 Saturday Grapes sold at S5cq
$1.35 per box as compared with 75oq 81 last
week. Pears in packed boxes were quoted
25 cents lower. Ounces were quoted 10
cents higher at 81 per box
The price on lima beans was OFF "
cents per pound Cauiflower is steady to
firm at s1.5OQ1.75. Celery is firm at $3.50.
Corn husks and egg plant declined l cent.
Lettuce was steady at $1.25 per crate. Brus-
sells sprouts have been scarce for the last
few days and were quoted at 1910 cents
against former flat price of 10 cents.
The supply of all kinds of fish was suf-
ficient to meet the active demand.
Receipts of produce were: Eggs, 63 cases;
butter, 1853 pounds; cheese, $3.50 pounds;
potatoes, 400 sacks; onions. 900 sacks;
sweet potatoes, 1874 sacks; apples $3.50 boxes.
PRODUCE PRICES
Following are the official prices of pro"
duce to retailers as compiled by the Market
Reporter:
EGGs-Local ranch, candled. 4sc; do case
count. buying price, 39c; eastern fresh, 35c;
eastern storage, packed extra, 32c; do, stor-
age seconds, 27c.
BUTTER-selling price to trade 21sc high
er; California creameries, extras. S2hc; dc
irsts. ale; cooking, 25c; ladle 25c.
local 4se; oreson f5ssn pss1 is%
eastern singles 19c; do Twins, 1874 Q19hc;
eastern Daisies, 19@19kc; eastern Long
ported swiss, soc; Jack, 19c; domestic SWISS
22@ 24c; cream brick. 19c; limburger, 19ci
Roquefort, $50; Edam, ySQS5o; Canadian
REANs~No. i pink. sss5; No. Imas,
$500; No. l Lady Washington. $3.50: NO.
small whites, $3.50; No. l blackeyes, So;
No. Garvanzas. $3.50: No. / California
POTATOES Highland, cwt., s14O@15o; local
Burbanks. s1.26; Salinas, Sl7; yellow
sweets. s1.5OQ1.75
ONIONS-LocaI yellow Danvers, h.75
northern, $175; do Australian browns, s1.75
local, s175; local silver skins. ug box. 81;
FRESH FRUITS Apples - Belleneurs,
winter, 4-tier. $1.25; do red. 4A-tier, 81;
Fall Plppins, Alter, 81; Jonathans, Califor-
mia, s1.e5; 41s-tier, s1.S5; Baldwin, 4-tier'
$1.s5; 4b-tier, $1.25 Greenings, 4-tier, $1.65
Spitzenbergers, 4-tier, $1.75; tier, $1.S5.
BERRIES-Strawberri per basket. Sc
raspberries, per basket 10c blackberries
per basket, 9@1oc; cranberries, bbl,, $3.50.
CITRUS FRUITs-Grapefruit, seedless
ling
encias oranges, s4@4.50.
TRoPICAL-Bananas, lb. 4@4hc; Faro
| dates, lb. 10@13c; golden dates lb., &c
alligator pears, doc. $s.SO94.6O; pineapples
MIsCELLANEoUs - Local cantaloupes
cabbage, crate, $3.50; Casabas, crate, $3.50;
sLs5; peaches, per box, 75cQs1 Bartlett
pears. S2.26 box plums, crate, $3.50; prunes,
$3.50; ounces, lug box. $500; water
melons. 1k 921c lb.
ETABLES-Northern artichokes, doz.
81; green asparagus. 15c lb; bell peppers. lb,
4@5c; beets. doz. lunches. 25c; lima beans,
sack, 10000; red cabbage. &c lb.; carrots,
doz. punches. 25c; caulihower. crate. $3.50;
green corn. box. so "a csc: corn husks. 1Oc;
egg plant, lb., "a 4c; horseradish, lb., 25e;
okra, &C lb.; lettuce, crit, $3.50; peas. SO 7c
ID; parsley. doz. 25c; northern strawberry
rhubarb, box. 81. so; spinach. doz. 20@25c;
sprouts, 1910; summer squash, lug box, 25
40 SC; string beans h., 4hc; green cabbage.
y
punches, zoe; tomatoes % q soc; yellow, Use.
DRIED FRUITS-Evaporated apples, Sh C
lb apricots 1914 @14o lb; peaches. TN q SC
lib; pears, 1o@12c lb; plums, loc; necta-
PRuNEs-8O-4 4os. s91oc: 4o-5Os, s@1oc; 5o-6os.
5000; 6o-7Os, 7c; so-9os. SIC; 90-1o0s, &C.
RAIsINs--2 crown. loose. 50-lb boxes,
London layers, crown, 2O-lb. box. 81. 15;
do, crown, 81 %; do crown. 81 so; Sui
tanas, bleached, 607c lb; unbleached, 40
&c III; seeded raisins 16 OF. pkgs. &c; do, IL
&c.
NUTs-Fancy XXI almonds, 17kc lb; bra
zils 14@15c lb; cocoanuts, soc; filherts, lac
lb; pecans, Xxx, l5e; do XXX lec lbi t east
pinenuts. 1Sc: No. assorted walnuts. Ice;
do budded, 1sc; eastern popcorn, cwt $500;
do local. $3.50.
cwt; choice Honduras (Carolinal $6@6.50;
Japan grades. ss.76@4; Island. $3.50;
broken $3.50.
do white. sac; do light amber SC; comb,
water white lib frames 1sc; do white. tic;
do light amber. 14c; beeswax soc lb.
LIVE sTOCK-Packers pay I. o. b. Los
Angeles for beef steers J@5ho; beef heif-
ers, Az a SC; beef calves 5h 96c; mutton
wethers. s5.6oQ6; mutton ewes s5@5.5 SO;
mutton lambs, ss;5oSs'7S; hogs lie; y,
large hens lbs up lee lb; do small. IN q
Sh lbs. 17c lb; broilers, to l u lbs. Ito lb;
friers. ~ to lbs 17o lb: roast St. chicken S,s
$3.50 dog; old roosters, Sc lb.
cHILI-Evaporated. strings, 30c lb green,
4c lb; chill tepins, $50 lb; Japan, Ice;
ground, &c.
HAY (bale6)-The following quotations
furnished by the Los Angeles Hay Storage
Co.-Barley, s12.5O@14.5o; tame cat, ton,
t14@1s,5O alfalfa ton sls'So@14 $50;
wheat hay. s14@15.
MILL FEED-Bran. 81. whole corn.
s175; cracked corn, $3.50; feed meal, s1.S5
rolled barley, s115; oil cake meal, S2.50;
shorts ST so; Kaffr corn ST. white oats,
sIs5; eastern red oats. ss.25; wheat ori-
FINAL sacks cwt. $3.50; wheat 1oO-lb.
sacks. 81 96.
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