The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-09
HOW TO LIVE IN HELENA,
No Market in the West Is Better
Supplied With Fruit. Game
and Vegetables.
From the First Strawberries in
December to the Last Peach
In October.
The Goods Have Bson Excellent, tho Sup
ply Large and tho Price Reasonable
Poultry, Game, Vegetables.

The Goods Have Bson Excellent, tho Sup
ply Large and tho Price Reasonable
Poultry, Game, Vegetables.
The housekesper and those who love Roo'
living who now reside in Helena can con
graduate themselves on having advantage
which were unknown only a few years ago
And in addition they can also be assured
that in many things they can live as econ
omically. If not moro 80, than they di,
'baok home" They can. at least. furnisl
their tables just as well. Helena 10 par
ticularly we'll situated as a market for fish
game, fruit and vegetables. To get the ad
vantage Of q long haul, the railroads make
good rates on produce from the far south
to Helena, and when the season in the soutl
closes, that in California begins. The,
follows Oregon, next comes Warrington
then Utah and Idaho.
L. s. Lindsay & Co., the largest ship
pers in Montana of game, fish, fruit and
produce, toll a somewhat interesting story
of how the seasons run, and illustrate how
we'll a family can live here. mi at q rea-
sonable cost. The season just passed has
been an excellent one for fruit, in that
there has not only been an abundant
supply, but it has been of sxcellent quality
and very reasonable in price. Take peaches
for instance. They began to come in about
the middle of August, the first being OF
California growth. At retail they were 81
a box, containing from eighteen to
twenty-five pounds. Soon they became
more plentiful, the price dropped to 81 a
box for the very best. and in some cases
they were sold as low as Is cents. Peaches
will last during this present month, but
those to arrive will be higher in price and
not of so good a quality as are now in the
market.
Watermelons began to arrive in the Hell
ena market in June. The first lot came
from Texas and sold for six cents q pound.
These we're followed by c~onsignments from
California, Washington. Utah and Idaho,
the price dropping to two cents a pound.
At this price there are yet more on the mar
ket, and will be during this month. Of
plums there has been a plentiful supply,
starting in the beginning Of the season at
from one to two dollars q crate, and now
bringing SIPS and $3.50. This fruit will
last for some time. In apricots and neo-
tarines there has also been a good
quantity. of q most delicious flavor,
retailing for ten cents q pound.
The lover OF grapes has had no cause to
complain. The receipts have been largo,
the quality excellent, and of varieties to
please any palate. There are the small but
sweet Concords and Dslnwares, retailing for
80 cents q basket, containing seventeen or
eighteen pounds, coming from the east.
From the west we have the Musoat, Tokay,
Emperor, Rose de Psur and others, worth
An - E0 on~ko a hoolyot ~ ualoro opA lripr-
ing twice that in Now York.
But it is in berries that Montana is
fortunately favored. It seems that Helena
is situated just in the right longitude and
latitude to have the luscious strawberry at
all seasons, at reasonable prices, when other
e1orbitantly for them. This year the sea-
son lasted from December until in August,
and this ID how it was. The first came from
Florida: then came those from Southern
California, followed by a shipment from
the northern part Of that state. Next we
Hood hts the r fas ''i ss9iy ' fse@ 6 5ssR'as
then the Washington berry; next
from Western Montana; then from the
Bitter Root, next from the Prickly Pear
valley, and the wind up in August with the
Gallatin product. They ranged in price
Is cents, the average for the season being
cents. Raspberries also have been plen-
tiful, and as late as the middle of Septem-
Der they were on sale in Helena. raised in
East Helena, the delicious mountain vari-
ETY., retailing for 80 and 35 cents for a heap
ing full basket.
Canteloupes, az q rule, are not extra nice
when they arrive in Helena, and in this re-
spect differ from every other fruit or melon
sold. They varied in price from six to 121a
cents.
The season of western apples is about
over in Helena, the Missouri product now
having the call. From now on only the
eastern-grown varieties will be found in
and they range in price from
81 to S4.75 a barrel. These are the fall va
Next week the first big shipment Of
oranges for the season will arrive in the
shape of a carload of Mexicans. They will
retail at from $3.50 to $6.OOa box, the boxes
running from 1913 to 200 oranges each. They
will be followed later by the California
fruit. Helena has b cen without oranges
daring only one month in the past year,
and the outlook is that they will be plenti-
full and cheap during the next twelve
months. Bananas are nearly always in the
market, but the Price is rather high, rang
ing from 10 cents to 81 q dozen.
AS a rule there is always plenty of fish in
the Helena market, the average price being
20 cents a pound. Just now We have trout,
white fish, pike. piekerel, salmon, halibut
~ wa "hoO l SoLa1LAR IA !
quiet freely, those in bulk selling for 80
cents a quart, the canned article costing
5O@6o cents according to size. Poultry
has been rather scarce and high during
the summer and fall, but from
now on it is expected to come in more free
~ and be cheaper. Chickens are selling at
20 cents a pound and turkeys at %. Game
is in fairly good supply. and is getting bet
ter light along. You can buy n mhllard
for 81, or a teal for 50 cents. Wait until
the first of November and you can buy
grouse, prairie chicken or quail. Later on
you can have a bear steak or some v%enison,
In the way Of vegetables the s~trictest
vegetarian would have no cause to COM
plain. Tha best potato grown, that raised
in Montana. dry and mealy, is now retail
ing for 70 cents a hundred, while last year
they cost two cents q pound. Of the sweet
variety there is an abundance, the jersey
six cents a pound and the California
five. There are fine beefsteak tomatoes
six cents a. pound; delicious egg
from Utah, ten centsa pound; crisp,
tender celery. 60 cents a dozen; fine squash
and rutabaRas at five cents a pound, and
all the winter vegetables, looking as tempt
ing as can be.
Early in January green peas, string beans
and lettuce will be in the market.
Boys Jersey suite in heavy uooda. only 81 5n st