Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-13
'RUIT COMING IN.
hyrvuL SUPPLY o. CHOICE VlRnfE
IN Town.
NH Il Costs and whES Il Cones From.
Big Supply Of Peaches and
CAntalOups&

bort this time Of year everybody has
rkerinS for fruit. When the appe-
FOR various other dishes seems to
away in hot weather, luscious
seems to round out the meal.
il fills in the time between meals,
quite well.
4 the commission merchants are re-
ing large cOnslgnments of fruit
There is far better supply in
citv now than there was last year.
prominent dealer said yesterday
there was five times the amount.
les are coming In literally from
h the river, and barrels OF fine look
specimens can be seen in front
hearty all the large produce stores.
4 les OF excellent variety are selling
4 80 barrel. Peaches are also get
very frequent just now. There
4 big lot came In town yesterday
"a Baltimore and Delaware. Some
siouS looking peaches in half-bushel
cts were seen about town Yester-
4 and they were being disposed OF at
|rate OF S1.OO per basket.
I've car loads Of Georgia watermel-
arrived in the city yesterday, and
J are having a good call at the rate
> to SIS a hundred. The first lot
Ohio river watermelons also shot into
n yesterday, but In limited quanti
There is one kind of melon that
4 been having quite a call lately, and
\ is the muSkmelon, or cantalOupe.
.ble who frequent restaurants order
Ia a good deal. It's an inviting dish,
somehow these melons have not
fhed this city in prime condition.
ty are plucked of the vines too early
n allowed 10 ripen on the road, in
Nj OF on the vine. They are selling
be rate Of $3.50 to S1.75 a barrel.
ears are quite plentiful, that Is, the
) variety; but the Bartlette pears, in
H. all delight, have not shown up
! literally. 1t is a little early for
M. The Bsrtlettes go at SIS a barrel,
Ne the Bell variety sells at S2.75 q
lei.
j is a little early for grapes, yet
re are quite a number Of baskets al
1y in town, coming from Baltimore.
s cantaloupes are now sent in largely
a Newport and Marietta, and one
\ on Main street will soon be receiv-
about 100 barrels a day.
next week the DamSon plum season
b open, this fruit coming largely
NJ Letart. The current and goose
IN season is practically closed, while
.kleberrles are still hanging on and
eting with a ready sale. They come
xely from Romney, and are on the
rket at SO. so to $500 bushel.
~ diverge \ little from fruit 1t might
uell TO speak OF potatoes. Potatoes
absurdly low, twenty-five to thirty
IS cents per buShel being all that is
"a for the finest the farmers can dig.
1ouldn't think the farmers would dig
"a for that, quarter bushel," said
! REGISTER reporter to one dealer.
'Ith the present enormous yield OF
"a and produce of every kind" re-
ned the dealer. farmers will be glad
ore snow flies to do a great deal more
quarter than dig bushel OF pota-
romatoes are going of at IS cents a
he'll, which is very low. They are
silly obtained between here and Wells
rg.
3nt when ycu come down to cheap
vi, let US contemplate cabbages.
5ple seem to have sworn off eating
lse plants lately. They have got
Rn as low as 25 cents a barrel, and an
sr Of one dollar for six barrels was
best offer made yesterday to one Of
big produce dealers. The peach
b is estimated at over five million
|kets, more than double that OF last
Ir. The general prophecy Of plenty
lruit made earlier in the season is be-
verified.