The morning call., 1890-05-10
WELL-STOCKED MARKET
Vegetables in Plenty-Strawber-
ries Riper-Cherries Cheaper.
" No Deep-Water Fish o-Day"-victoria Hall
but-salmon Gone Up-Chickens Cheaper
How TO Boil Beets.

To one who enjoys the good things OF this life
1t Is positive pleasure TO walk through the mar
kets- 1t would not be an easy task to say which
display is lhe most tempting, for taking the stalls
in turn, each has its own attractions. Most
hOusekeepers confne their attention as a regu-
lar thing 10 the butcher, the vegetable man and
the fish-deaIer, making The rounds with unfalling
regularity each day. Such always welcome the
temperance OF each article In season, and
watch anxously for fayorte fruit or vegetable
after lis retirement for the winter. Perhaps the
greatest change from week TO week is TO be
noticed in tie greengrocers' stalls. But it is safe
to assert that the markets in San Francisco are
never so entirely without greens as those OF the
Eastern States must be in The depths OF winter.
Sill the change of SESSIONS is very marked, es-
pecialy after such a2JfplOnged and disastrous
wet winter as we have $ust passed through. Aud
now how full are the banks N the back of stalls,
which are always devoted TO
ROOT VEGETABLES.
And such plump round turnips, standing out
with an Inflated sense of their own solidity, and
the young beets. they too are In prime condition
and blush dull red with the pride eDgendered
by the consciousness that all the ordinary va
rieties of table beets thrive here to perfection,
being much sweeter and without that tendency
TO stIingiress so common In this vegetable in the
East land let Inc tell you something about
beets," said the greeugrocer, whose well-stocked
stalls had caught the ever obseryant eye OF
CALL reporter. "The beauty OF this vegetable
depends upon its flavor and its color. People
who don't know how to cook vegetables will
make this mistake: In their desire to prepare 1t
for cooking they will either peel it or trim of the
long tail OF a root To cut the root Is absolutely
fatal 10 its continued success as a table vege-
liable, Tor that seems 20 let all the color and the
taste run out Never cut a beet before IL Is
cooked, nor prod II while 1t is cooking, for with
each jab OF the fork puneture is made which
lets The beet bleed away its strength.
Asparagus reached the lowest price last
week. and has not gone up at all. 1t is still from
10 10 cents pound. Do we ever assert the
asparagus after 1t comes TO us? Why, certainly
although some produce houses supply II already
assorted But we have at least Two dozen Gus.
toners who are willing TO pay bit for the Sc
lecteo asparagus when il is selling lndlscrim-
inalely al cents pound.
NEW POTATOES
Are cents a pound. That is less than they
were last week. But can assure you that in
all probability potatoes Will not be as cheap as
they were last year. Why, they sold at prices
that were simply ruinous TO the producer. You
see. there was tremendous crop. aud they sold
as low as 20 and 30 GEMS sack. There can be
no profit in Them at thal rate FOR any one con
cerned in handling them. Even the purchaser
suffers In the long run, because the farmers,
warned by past experience, viii not go so deeply
into potato ralsing-that Will bring the price up.
The best potatoes are those from the coast coun-
ties ana along the river bottoms, where the soil
is rich and damp. There's this about cheap po-
Iatoes They are often sold cheap because they
are grown by irrigation. and as every Que with
any potato sense knows, irrigation make puffy
Summer squash Is little moreiplentifu and
sells at 10 cents pound There are no tomatoes
IN the market this week. Cucumbers are larger
and Win more TO choose from; their price is
about the same-25 cents for choice one ana
bit for The smaller size. Choice green peas the
meaiiest Of marrowiats are ouly or o cents a
pound.
"Rhubarb. never better than now, is bringing
from 10 cents. The greatest reduction IN the
string beans. They took a decided tumble, and
came down 10 a bit pound. II you want to
swell out little with
LOCAL PRIDE,
Or rather with delight, with tile productions of
your STATE" continued The vegetable man, Just
turn your attention TO tile string bean. 1 hink of
II, nearly 100000 pounds are shipped East
annually. California is now the largest bean
growing Stale III the Union, and Is the only one
which produces The lima bean upon large scale.
"Artlchokes are more plentiful, as well as
larger and better favored They viii continue
TO improve until the height Of The season is
reached, which VIII be about the LIST of June,
then they will sell for 10 or 20 cents Dozen at
present they bring from 80 TO 40 cents dozen.
Spinach is also very fine at present, and is sold
three pounds for quarter.
New onions never came into this market in
so hue condition." said The greengrocer, IN a |
tone of conviction. Just look at them. they are
twice as large as they usually You see that,
although the winter held tbem back lItle 1t did
not lnjure them. What they need Is good ground |
aud plenty OF moisture. These are selling at 6 |
cents pound. Last week told you of man who |
made fortune out OF Honolulu onions; let me |
offset that by remarkng that the large full crop
commission merchants. The old onions were |
scarce, In great demand and those who could |
get hold OF them, at g cents pound, laid out a
lot OF money on them and were selling them al 10 |
cents pound, when 10 and behold, 1900 sacks |
OF these new onions came into maj ket and
THE OLD ONION MEN SUFFERED
A collapse. No one wanted old onions when |
They could gel such as these for cents pound
- A good sized cabbage still costs 10 cents.
Some OF the lille sngar-loaf cabbages have come
In, but only few, and they don't count for |
much, you kuow-therc's not much IN them
What is sugar-loaf? why, IT'S a young cab |
bage. Haven't you noticed now their leaves are
pointed upward, just like sugar-loaf?"
" ii hose who care for navel oranges must eat
them this week." SAID the dealer, 'for they are |
shipped Bananas are 40 cents a dozen Pine
apples bring 10 cents and 81 each. Smyrna figs |
are 20 cents pound dates bring 10 cents, Cali |
lornia German prunes are BIZ pound, almonds |
20 cents pound and mixed nuts 20 cents. |
Italian chestnuts are 20 cents pound. Do you |
know" continued the dealer, 1 have one Gus
toner who buys at least pound Of Italian chest
nuts day. which are consumed by her family, |
numbering seven? 1 don't know just how she |
with a sauce of some kind. Now that's a very |
heavy sort OF food and II takes the place OF meat.
the chestnut having considerable vegetable oil of !
its own / am sorry to say that our California |
chestnuts don't compare with these imported |
from Italy. They are inferior in all respects. |
They are pale white inside, poor in flavor Inc |
meat is not firm and they cannot be kept at all, |
for they grow moldy or wormy.
1.-The best Strawberries, the summer Queen, |
them all, Is selling at price ranging from 60 to
70 cents drawer.
THE LoNGwoRTHs
Are cheaper but have not so rich strawberry |
flavor or the luscious look. Cherries are % cents
a pound
This has been a bad week for fish," said the |
hsh dealer, gazing rueinlly over his scantiiy |
spTead marble slabs. "lhe stormy weather has |
kept all deep-wa fish out OF market. When It |
Iains or blows very hard the fish all leave for |
deeper water aud the fishermen cannot follow |
them because II is SO dangerous. Salmon has |
Jumped up little The fishermen and the can |
neries have come to some kind OF settlement |
oil their difficulties, and now the canneres are |
taxing hsh from them again, and that makes our |
prices go III, because we can't get the fish for |
what we did last week. 1t Is now 10 cents a |
pound. so are founders and soles, smeits and |
klng-nsh. Sturgeon, German carp and shad are |
a bit. NO, there's not a cod OF any sort In The |
market. But The hallbut us prime. It's the |
genuine article from Victoria. Yes, IFS brought |
here on ice. CLANS are rs cents quart and a |
Ike himself 10 fill UP The measure.
Young geese" said the courteous poultry |
man, 'are very nice, and sell for 10 cents 10 81
40 and 40 cents, and roast chickens, which are |
very hard to get, are selling for ST. to 81 25. |
Turkeys are from 20 TO % cents a pound. No, |
there are no more Eastern turkeys in the mar |
ket; they make their appearance only during the |
holidays or on some special OCCASION"
Meat Is just the same" said the butcher, |
'only The veal will keep OIL growing up, ana soon
IL Will be beef instead OF veal"