Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-31
CITY MARKET NOTES.
The Supply of Vegetables and Fruits
The Prevailing Prices.

The Supply of Vegetables and Fruits
The Prevailing Prices.
The truck farmers living in the vicinity
of this city give very encouraging reports
as to the condition Of the vegetable crops,
the recent rains having had good effect
upon the plants and caused an abundant
growth of nearly every vegetable on the
truckers lists. AS consequence, the
price of number Of vegetables has de-
clined during the past week, in many in
stances about one-half. AS an illustra-
ton, snap beans may be cited.
One week ago they were offered
at 10 cents quart, or
at the rate of 40 cents peck. Yesterday
they were comparatively abundant In the
market, being offered for % cents a peck
or 8 cents per quart. At wholesale this
vegetable was offered at 25 cents per
bushel, and in some quarters it was init
mated that it would be freely offered in
day or two at the rate of three quarts for
cents.
New Irish potatoes were plentiful, and
retaHed at from 5 TO 10 cents per quart,
according to size. By the peck they were
held at 40 cents, and by the bushel at
81 30. Some of the best were wholesaled
during the day, however, at from 81 to So
per barrel in large lots.
Northern onions are scarce. They
wholesale by the crate at 81 IS, and retail
at 70 cents by the peck.
Northern apples are very scarce and
Wholesale at s. 30 per barrel and retail at
70 cents per peck. Russets were in the
market and were selling at from 10
cents for a single quart to % cents for
two quarts.
There was but limited quantity of
asparagus in the market, the season for
the growth of this vegetable in this part
of the country being about over. The
price yesterday for punches of medium
growth was 20 cents.
Green peas are very scarce and were
sold at 10 cents per quart.
Green corn was offered at the rate OF
80 cents per dozen ears.
There was limited supply of tomatoes
| at 10 cents per quart.
Good strawberries were scarce, and
wholesaled at from 10 TO l21& cents per
box, and retailed at Is cents. An infe-
! rIor lot of berries was, however, offered
on the hucksters' stalls at 10 cents pei
box.
Lettuce was plentiful at . cents pei
head, or at the rate of a dozen head for Al
cents.
Good beets were 10 cents a bunch. Car.
rots cents per bunch. Radishes cents
a bunch. squash TWO for cents, OF a
dozen for % cents.
Cucumbers were offered at the rate o.
% cents per dozen and We're abundant.
Btack.berries were comparatively scarce
at 10 cents.
| Quite a good display of cabbages was
made, the price being to 10 cents pei
head, according to size, and from 90 cents
to 81 per dozen.
Plums were offered at the rate of 1,
cents per quart or two quarts for p cents
Huckleberries were scarce at % cents
per quart.
A limited supply of the delicatel!
favored Pien-tO peach was on sale at 81
cents per quart.
Live poultry was plentiful, the retail
price for hens being 81, Chickens were
held at from 40 to 70 cents. The whole
sale price for hens was 20 and 50 cents
while chickens wholesaled at from 80 I,
80 cents.
The supply OF Northern meats was lin
tied, the price for good steaks being from
20 To p cents. A good run Of Florida anC
Georgia raised grass stock has been com
ing in during the past week or SO. Tit
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