The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-18
THE FAMILYS MARKET
Full OF Good Things to Eat ut Very
Moderate Prices.
I'LL THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE,
And Also tho Luxurics, arc Obtained
IN Wheeling us we'll as Anywhere
I.isc.-.Tallss on Poultry, Fish, oys.
tcrS, Fruits and Vegetables.

nv conspicuous pIuCc iOTIHcTiy tukcn
by peaches, pears and other fruit be-
fore the fancy fruit stores, is now occu-
piod by Florida oranges. This fruit has
Lad well deserved celebrity for its de-
l!cions flavor and sweetness, but is now
gradually gaining the reputation Tor
sonrncss enjoyed by tho Italian orange.
II used TO DO that The Florida orange
grower would not pick his fruit until it
had ripencd on tho tree. This custom
has become almost obsolete, and the
grower, instead OF waiting until the
iruit is ripe and sweet, plucks and ships
1t north. i'll some cases two months be-
fore the fruit would have ripcned on
the tree. He is in n hurry for his
money, and tho practice is ruinous i'll
the long run.
The ORANGE said well known fruit
dealer yesterday, sis unlike tho peach,
the apple and the pear, it never ripcns
after having been picked. The skin
may get yellow, and tho fruit look, to
all appearances, ripe, but it is just as
sour two months afterwards AS it was
when taken from the tree. Sending the
fruit to the North in this condition
bears down the market, prices are low
and when the few ripe oranges ut last
arrive the market is dcmoralized and
they sell frequently for not enough TO
pay the freight charges. OF course the
consumer gets his fruit cheap, but he
Innut,it rot snlI-
Ing oranges at 20 to - cents Il dozen.
You can get whole box, containing
over POO, for 50 80. Grape fruit sells
for so cents dozen, ahaddoc!ls at from
3 to % certs apiece. Lemons are cheap,
10 cents being all We can get per dozen
for them this cold weather. PomeGran-
ates, another OF the citrus fruits, are
worth 50 cents dozen.
GRAPES ARE STILL cHEAP,
comparatively speaking, Catawbas
bringing twenty cents for 4 five pound,
and thirty cents for u ten pound basket.
Malaga, Tokay and Black Cornichcn
grapes sell for sixty-tive cents ior en-
eight pound box. New Persian dates
are worth ten cents pound, and
SMYRNA figs twenty cents pound, an
eight pound box OF the latter fctchcs
81 % New cocoanuts bring from eight
to fifteen cents, according TO size, pine
apples fifteen cents apiece or 81 so per
dozen. Fresh nuts have come in, Brazil
being worth fifteen cents Il pound, Eng.
lish walnuts twenty and almonds twen-
ty-tivc."
Vegetables OF good quality are still to
be had at the green Sroccrs' Tomatoes
said one OF them to the reporter
yesterday, "arc about played out, and
nrc sold NJ 20 cents for quarter peck,
or 50 cents Il peek. A few people ask
:or green tomatoes and | am letting
ihem have them at ) cents quarter
peck. | believe they Try them, some
thing like egg plant Small pumpkins are
g and 10 cents, great big ones 20 cents
caeh. Onions sell ut from 10 to % cents
q quarter peck, 30 cents 4 full peck.
i've cents is all We get for 4 big, solid
,o,.,l Of cabbage. Now. here's some
t3in= that people betray pitiable
:rGorance about; it is the satisfy, or
oyster plant. 1t is one OF the most de-
..t;ous vegetables known, when proper
u prepared, ana ii the average house
keeper knew how it tasted, don't be-
ievc ;! could keep Il big enough supply
or hand. It sells for cents Il bunch.
Parsnips are worth 10 cents quarter
peck, :urnips 10 cents 4 half peck, ruta-
baccs s 10 10 cents apiece. The best
apples bring from 20 to % cents peck,
c:anberrics 10 cents Il quart"
chow about butter ard eggs?"
"Thc best butter sell Tor thirtv-iivc
cents pound, and the quality is good,
can assure you. Eggs are worth TWEEN
ty-tiyc cents dozen, and we have nice
ones. ! see that one commission mcr-
chant, in the circulars he sends to farm
ersand country storckeepers, refuses
TO HANDLE STORAGE EGGS
yet awhile. Ii they would all do that
the prices would keep up and the con-
sumner, though he may have to paya lit
Ito more would get eggs OF so much bet.
ter quality, that lie would gladly pay
the Increased price. After awhile, OF
course, We will have 10 handle them
when fresh stock gets scarce.
Dressed turkey is chccrfully being
paid ior III the rate OF fifteen cents per
pound; chickens and ducks sell for thir.
ty to fifty cents each. The poultry
brought into the city is lat. in \ No. /
condition, and l have never yet seen it
better"
Wouldn't it pay some one to start a
fancy grocery store in this city?" the
1NrELLlGESCEE man asked tho repre-
sentative OF Il prominent grocery firm
on Market street.
"a fancy grocery? Why, man, what
do You call this? We have = fancy
store right here. And yet people don't
know it, i: seems"
"Thcn why don't you advertiser" in.
terruptcd the reporter.
I've endeavor to keep on hand n
stock OF the very finest articles. Look
Mt these mushrooms ut SO cents glass,
or % to 50 cents 4 can, according to
quality. French peas ut SO ccatsa glass,
or % to 80 cents can, according TO
quality. Get onto those elegant shrimps
ct 80 cents 4 bottle and IS cents Il can,
and lobster at 30 cents. And look at
The imported fruits stacked up on the
shelves, and then don't ask why some
one doesn't start 4 fancy grocery
STORE. DOCs IaTlucslli. cheese III %
cents Tor little bottle strike You MS
not being fancy articlcr Or Rogue.
tort cheese at 60 cents apound? Yet
we have these, and more too: Eidam
cheese 1T 81 % apiece, Fromage dc Brio
ut 90 cents 4 pound, Ncufchatel that
sell ut 10 cents each or three for aquar-
Ter, pineapple 1t 65 cents Tor little
ore or$l:l5 for 4 big one, imported
iswcitzcr at IS cents n pound, sap sage.
two Tor T. Quarter, and last, but by