, 1881-07-17
FRUIT.
Tie Varieties In the Chicago Markets.
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| Tie Varieties In the Chicago Markets.
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The red raspberry is now the reign ing fruit on
! tho market aud upon the diuHer-tuG!e, but tts
| time Is not to last much longer. The current
week will see 1t ut its best. bnth tt quality Of
| fruit quantity In the market. and tho prices at
winch it can be secured. Housekeepers who
have not yet 'pur up their usual stuck Of :hls
excellent preserving berry had better not let
| the week go BY without uong So Last week
| rAspberres were selling at fFuM 81 to Sl.53 per
| twelve-quarr case. according to quality, the
| general condition Of the fruit. however, beng
| excellent
| Strawberries may be said to have reached the
| end of their season. They have ended their
transcontinental caraer from far-oT Florida to
| Central Wisconsin and ,flcaigaa-. Even north
Of here the sun IS now too hot to permit 1T
their com srg 10 perfection. They are turnu1g
soft and huyoress, and by the end OF the present
week. which may see Some few Struggling lots
arrive this delightful fruit will have taken its
final departure.
Back raspuersies. like their red cousins, are
getting ready TO depart Last week tney were
selling at 81 for the sixteen quart case. wh.oh
figure will be maintained during The present
week, after which they will vasltsn frotn SOUTH
Wurerstreet. Intend ug canners aud pre5ervers
vii! have to take advantage Of me next sis
days' sales II they wish to hAye sui5 fruit In
their cup upboarus tur.ug the c,tn uG W'uter
BLAckBEttHIEs
are beginning to Make their appearance in the
market. Tn,,5e coming from Tennessee aud
WHICH Is NOT Of .nucn account, but tue cultivated
vnrtety Of the Nor. heru gardens IS beginning rc
appear. some consignment. Of excellent berries
having come from Michigan during the latter
part of the week Prices during .ne week ran
- per s'1teet1-quart case for very good: * to
,ao1 ~ TOT ~ ans.: np frI fps tn rh ~ pue
arrived in anyta4ne bur hrst-c:ass order.
Watermelous are cnm ug ID from Missouri IN
ueions OF good size and full IT juice Prces
have come down. the rates during the latter
part OF the week bc.ng <l5 TO 81 hundred.
Nineteen cAr-h,t1, uf melons arrived frulu AtS-
souri, yesterday morntng,
PEACHES
have been coming in from Texas, Arkansas. and
other Southern pnnts. The CROP take 1t all
tursugb, Is nut satisfactory one. Some con-
sIxnnents contain excellent fruit; others ara
made up Of u very tnferlur article As u con5e-
quence prices have wide range, the third OF
bushei basket selling curing sne week ut from
sss @ sid afssf$aS st fro = per basket
points Ut an early variety. of not very good
auaiity, which have sold 1t from 81 to Si.5o per
bustel.
At the latter end of tho week the market be-
came slightly over5tocked with currAuts, which
Saturday sud at f2 bushel. This week, how
ever, the last III which they will be available in
any quantity. the price will rule about s. per
bushel, ut which price nOusexeepers nad better
purchase, as the week following will see de-
1uent elevation Of prices.
B.neberries. wnicn are now coming in from
Wisconsin, Michigan. and iudiuua, in very go,d
condition, have suld ut about s. Il bushet dur
ing the week. This berry will be Availabe for
q long season. IT'S habitat extending f.r north.
One popularity about the supply Ut thus berry is
tue Gacs that the earliest cunsisnuents cume
from p&.ints up north In Wisconsin, a week or
ten days after which the indiana berriez
begin tu appear, Notwithstanding the aGlrant-
age OF several hundred miles in latitude. ths
Indiana berries rtpeu late compared with tht,se
grown in The valleys up near Tunnel City and
Black River Fails.
Early apples ARE very scarce, and prices have
never ruled as high rs at present AT place
Is anything like All ordinary crup available A
member or the fruit-denl.ug firm Of T. Randall
Ct'.. after trip through the fruit districts of
Indiana. Southern Illtnuis, aud Missouri, report
ed that very few early apples could be sent to
market. but that there was an excellent prului5o
for the tail varieties or early apples goud
stock commanded during the week from s. to p
S4.50 hlrrrl, the hAltbusnet box selling at
frttm 10 To IS cents. The stock which Is arriving,
bnuKh sraull. is Ut good quality.
There is nothing special to report coucernfnK
vegetables. The lt'cul market gardens continue
u supply all varieties and the usual prices pre-
;ail- Tomatoes still continue to come frou the
south, and are selling at from = 1u 81 centsa
lmlf- buShel bU1. The home supply ~ ripenin8
ast% and by the end OF the week it will cut un
important figure in the market