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Show VERY LITTLE CHANGE DM IHE LOCAL MARKET Artichokes Arc Offered at a; Certain Price; Other Novelties. 1 Tuesday was a quiet day on 'the local markets; nothing new mado an appear- 1 ance, and the prices of the various cdi- I hies, without a single exception, re- I malned unchanged. There wan a larger i demand for fruits and vegetables than fornny other Uric of goods. Artichokes wore offered Tuesday at 10c and life ench. beets at 25c a peck, onions at 5c a pound, celery at 10c a bunch, and potatoes at 20c a pock. Strawbor-rlcs Strawbor-rlcs were selling at. tho rate of 15c to 25c and 30c a box, grapefruit at 10c and 15c each. lemons at the rate of 15c to 25c a dozen, and figs at the rate of 10c per package. 1 Evaporated Traits. NEW YORK, March 10. The market for evaporated apples continues unsettled, unset-tled, with very little demand and buyers buy-ers unwilling to meet any Improvement. Fancy are quoted at 10o; choice at 82) 9Jc; prime at 737Jc; Canadian prime at 7(J771e, and common to fair. G7c. Prunes are irregular, with quotations 1 ranging from 4Jc to 14c for California, and from 6c to 10c for Oregon fruit. Apricots arc alow, but prices are maintained, main-tained, with choice quoted at 18121c. extra choice at 2223c; and fnncy, 24 26c. 1 Peaches are quiet, but fairly steady, with choice quoted at lOSlOjc; extra eholce at llilljc; fancy. Ili$?l2c; extra fancy. I314c. Raisins are easy, with loose muscatols quoted at 5fi)6c; seeded raisins at 5?5i 75c, and London layers nt $1.65(51. 75. Boston Wool. BOSTON. March 10. The slight improvement im-provement In the local wool market noted last week Is still' maintained, and dealers deal-ers are looking hopefully toward the future. fu-ture. The feature Is the call for cloth- 1 Jug, Territory wool, and a number of size- ! able sales are reported. 1 Quotations: California Northern. SO'SGlc; middle county. 55ZT:7c, southern, n3fv55c. I Oregon Eastern. No. 2 staple. 67(&'6So; , eastern. No. 1 clothing, 5S;g60c; valley, No. 1, 55tf7)57c- 1 Territory (scoured basis) Fine staple. Gfi'JMSe; line medium staples 6365c, line medium clothing, 53(i?55c: fine clothing. 55i60c; half-blood. 5760c; three-eighths blood, oS'fpfiSc; quarter-blood, 47Q)-18c Pulled Extra, OZGBc; fine, 5557c. New York Flour and Grain. " NEW YORK, March 10. Flour Re- ' celpts, 29,400 packages; exports. 5300 packages. Quiet and barely steadv. Wheat Receipts, 13,000 bushels. Spot, easy. No. 2 red, 9SSc elevator: No. 2 red, $1.00i fo.b. afloat: No. I Northern Duluth, $1133 f.o.b. nfloat; No. 2 hard winter. $1,103 fo.b. afloat. Under heavy stop-loss selling, prompted by bearish Southwest crop accounts, and "weakness in outside markets, wheat broke nearly 2c a bushel today. May was especially weak In the late afternoon, nnd closed 19c net lower. May, $1,011(5)1.033, closed $1.011.0G; July, 963S9Slc, closed 96 Jc. |