The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Though there has been plenty OF
turkeys on the market, the finest seem to
have been saved for Christmas. There
are many nice dry-picked, well-fattened
plump ones offered for sale at this last
hour, and there is vast difference be-
tween these, and the poor. shrunken,
skinny lots that have filed barrels and
boxes for weeks past. They would have
brought an extra price, but for the
sudden change in the weather, and the
big supply on hand, so that all now asked
for them is 15c.(020c. per pound. Chickens
are 15c. per pound. Good marketers
know well that the breast bone is a sure
test that the fowl is tender, for if it bends
readily under pressure, it is young. Some
dealers know this and break the bone,
but only the very careless are deceived by
it, as it is at once detected.
Opossum, the colored man S delight,
is in the market hanging side by side
with the holly and other Christmas
Quail are from 81. 2562. so per dozen.
Mallard duck 25c. each. Jack rabbit
15c. apiece. Eastern rabbit large size,
25c. apiece.
There are no mountain trout in the
market; all other varieties are selling at
last quotations. Mackanaw trout is 25c.
per pound. A sturgeon, the largest fish
ever brought to this market, attracted a
great deal OF attention in Market Row. 1t
weighed 400 pounds without the head and
tail, and 800 with them. Baltimore
oysters sell at SOC. per can; oysters in the
shell are at last quotations, 60c. per
dozen; lobster, 25c. per pound; crabs, 80
(040c. apiece.
LARD, BUTTER AND EGGS.
Armour7s leaf lard is at 4Oc. for three
pound can, five pounds for 70c.; Utah
lard three pounds for &c., and five
pound cans 75c.
Butter has not changed, being at from
25M35c.
Eggs are also unchanged at 3Oc. per
dozen.
All kinds of hog product has gone up.
Bacon is at 16c. per pound; salt pork.
12'sc., per pound; young pig, Zoe. per
pound.
VEGETABLES.
Red cabbage, 1Oc. per pound; potatoes.
zoe. per peck; sweet potatoes, DC. per
pound, six pounds for 25c. radishes, Zoe.
per bunch, three punches for 25c.; Brus-
sells sprouts. zoe. per pound; chickery,
1Oc. bunch, three punches for 25c.
Caulihower is in abundance, white firm
heads at 15c. to Zoe. per pound.
FRUIT.
Grapes, Zoe. per pound; Utah apples
from 25c. to Zoe. per peck. according to
condition and size; oranges, from Soc. to
Zoe. per dozen The small Japanese varie-
ties are selling better-30c. and 40c. per
dozen. Japanese persimmons are &C..
each, five for 25c.
HERBS,
which are usually so difficult to get, arc
now in market. Thyme is selling at 10c.
per bunch; sweet marjoram, 10c. per
bunch; bay leaf, 1Oc. per bunch.
The markets are filled with everything
that could tempt the appetite, and make
a fine appearance of meat, fish, game, veg
etables and fruits. The holly branches
are radiant with their red berries; circles,
stars and crosses being ready for sale and
reasonably, too, from 25c. to 81. Imported
mistletoe is also plentiful, laurel box, and
loads of fir trees are everywhere, giving a
holiday appearance that is inviting in the
extreme, so that Salt Lake market can
compare favorably with any in the world.
Wagon loads of nuts of all kinds are at
every corner selling at moderate prices.