The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-31
THINGS TO EAT.
There Is Plenty of Fruit, Green
Apples and Fresh Figs.
Why Eggs Are Not What They Should Be,
Why Shrimps Have Been Scarce This
Week-Strawbsrry Baskets.

'Wen, no." said the vegetable man, 81 can't
say that we ever lose anything by closing the
market at 10 o'clock on a holiday"
This was early on Decoration day, and the
speaker paused in his work of tying up bundle
of green peas as he turned to answer a query
OF the writer for THE CALL.
You see we fill our regular orders either ON
the day before or on the holiday before we close
and so II we do lose sale it is only what little
retail trade we might pick up throughout The
day. But you must excuse the looks OF the
stalls. When we close so early 1t is all that we
can do to get out the goods Two wagon loads
have already gone and we are getting out the
third and last. Generally 1t is matter OF pride
TO make the very best display possible. In fact,
on holiday there is but very little marketing
done by the parties themselves. They send in
an order.
If you VIII notice, you'll see that there is
very good showing of fruit. Strawberries are
very cheap, from so cents down to so cents
box, and that OF the very best, the difference
being in The variety. Raspberries are 20 cents a
pound box, or basket as we prefer TO call these
little affairs of splints. By the way, there never
was invented anything nicer than these
LITTLE BASKET TRAYS.
- L can remember In what a state the berries
used to reach the market before these were de-
vised. Generally they were crushed and bruised
by their own weight, and the difficulty expert
enced in safely transporting such perishable
iruIt as the smaller berries made 1t Improbable
10 draw upon localities at any distance from the
selling point. AS you may imagine this was one
of the causes that combined 10 keep up the price
OF berries. Now, II you notice. rasp-
berries are never sold in any other
shape. The first OF this style Of basket was not
SO good as this one. Ii was square on top and
the sides tapered down to smaller square on
the bottom. The upper edge was bound with
tln, ana some unptlnclpled dealers had trick
OF pinchng in the sides of the baskets so as TO
give fewer berries, for il you have observed the
baskets are lot sold by weight; they are pre-
sumed 10 be pound. The small children Of
those days used 10 reap quite harvest by SAVING
these boxes and selling them to the dealers again
for the sum OF a cent apiece. As you can readily
under stand. IN the course Of season this would
amount to quite a neat little sum for an enter
prisiag youngsier. Bat when these splinIs came
IN the sale In boxes was broken up, because the
baskets went out OF vogue and it did not pay TO
buy these. They are so cheap to begin with, and
then they never look nice and fresh after they
have been used. They are so thin that they stain
through quickly.
"Currants have gone down to GO cents a box,
and they are improving every day. 1t Will soon
be time for the thrifty housewife to begin 10
make Aher famous
HOMEMADE cUREASr JELLY,
For as she doubtless has learned by experience,
The early IrulL always makes the best preserves
and II is more apt 10 jell without any trouble
Aud II there be anything that yeXes the soul OF
housewife II is when her jelly wont jell.
" The INST apticOts IN, and sell II ON | , 10
20 cents pound. No, they not very good; to
my idea they never have much flavor, solt Of
sweet watery taste IS all, but there is always i
great demand tor them"
What are those colicky suggestions over
theieI asked tAe reporter. pointing with his
pencil 10 box containing some little things NOT
as large as the egg any selt-respectng hen would
Produce.
have you gone so far away from the days of
your chdhOod?" asked the greengrocer. with
well-felgned asIonishment, ''as not to know that
| those are the 1rSt green apples in market, and
they are only SIS cents pounds. too. you
N Nf q d
- 80 see,' returned the reporter, "but TO my
mind an apple The tiny size of those could only
be tempting when IL was accompanied by the de-
lights OF 'nipping' the first green fruit from a
neighboring farmers orchard ana running The
risk OF his big dog, or his blacksnake whip. But
tell me, who does eat fruit ike that? | did not
suppose that there would be any sale for it.'
"Of course they don't go OFF with a rush, but
more than you would Imagine buy them for tie
sake OF having
SOME FRESH APPLE SAUCE.
But il you are in search OF a delIcacy look at
these fresh figs. They have been IN the market
for two days already This is early for them,
aud want you to see that they are in extra fine
condition"
Where did they come from?"
They've travelled long distance" was the
reply; they've come all the way from Pond's
Valley, San Diego County You see. that means
more than thiIty-siX hours on the way, and vet
they reached here 10 perfect condition, without
spot OF a 9ruise They are perfectly ripe, fine
Favored and 40 cents pOund.'
And l suppose that there are three or four
| figs In pound, ell ?" asked the writer.
- More Than that. You'll have to guess again
or, as Pm In little OF hurry this morning, Pli
tell you. so as to save lhe time. There are Seven
or eight. Cherries are only 10 cents a box for
the finest backhearts. Gooseberres are three
pounds Tor Il quarter. Cucumbers have taken
big drop and the very incest only cents
each. String beans are cents a pound, wax
beans cents and peas cents pound. Sum
mer SQUASH is larger and OF more substance than
II has been so far this season. and IL has gone
down 10 10 cents pound. Asparagus is still in
me market IN quantities, although the choicest
variety has begun TO grow scarce. In price 1t
ranges from cents to 1914 cents a pound.
Rhubarb Is cents a pound. Green peppers
have lost third OF their last weeks price and
are now 90 cents pound Artichokes are 80
cents dozen.
quite UNEXPECTEDLY shipment of choIceRiyer-
SIDE oranges were received this week, and so we
have lot TO offer at prices ranging from 80 cents
TO 10 cents dozen.
lyon might mention that some fine Early Rose
potatoes have come TO market; that they are
selling at 81 80 box. 9E sly pounds fora quar-
Ter. There IS no~Sid celery In et>stails Some
new has just been received, but 1t is too soon for
II IL have much succuence. But we have at last
got out OF lne woods on the cabbage question
Fine sugarOafs are selling two for 10 cents
and smaller ones for cents each"
" WHAT ARE THOSE BIG, COARSE BFANS?"
Asked the reporter, pointing to box with long,
fat pods.
Those are called horse beans. The Germans
are very tond of them. Some OF my customers
have dish OF them every day. They are cents
a pound, aud that's not so very cheap either, be-
cause there are only about three beans to a pod.
Small eeks are very choice at present"
Meat Is me-" saN the Keeper OF the meat
stall; never was in better condition at this
time 81 the year There is not any change from
last weeks prices" The poultfyman said the
same thing Prices the same"
" This has been very bad week for the catch
OF hsh," said the fshman. " Why for several
days there was no shrimp in the market at all
The reason was the winds and the tides Tnis
has been what Is called nigh water large and
That means that the high tides have been SO much
higher than usual, the shrimus always 90 to The
bottom and stay there. Rock cod flesh cod,
sinelt, salmon are 10 cents pound. Barracuda
shad, perch, sturgeon are bit pound. Salmon
tlOut are IRON 20 cents to 81 each. Crabs ara
10 cents each, Holsters Is cents a pound clans
20 cents quart and mussels cents a pound"
Eggs have gone up cents Dozen" SAID the
produce man, ''and now they bring 80 cents,
Inc reason Is that this hot Their Is bringing a
great many poor eggs 10 marker. The hens lay
ihelr eggs on The hot n Ound sometimes where the
sun can iall on them, and II has bad effect upon
the eggs. The best butter is 30 cents rollD
Political. IIMEM