Evening journal., 1895-10-09
IN THE CITY MARKETS.
Vegetables Becoming Scarcer
and Higher.
SEASON ToR PORK APPROACHES

Quotations for Fruit and Vegetables In
the oits's Busiest Section To-day THE
sphere OF the cabbaRe.hea6 II Any.
Now DwindIsd to Playing second
riddle TO tho sale Of Beer.
Market people began to shiver to day
as thew stood behind their stands stlil
well filled with produce and farm kitchen
preparations The patrons too, were
less In numbers, many housekeepers
contenting thopselves TO day with the
supplies Of the corner grocery, rather
than move slowly through a crowded
market In the chilly atmosphere.
market expert from West Chester
puts it thus: Vegetables are showing
signs OF having been with ms for long
while. They are just as good as We are
are deserving Of but you know that there
Is something associated with the declin.
ing period Of any form Of life that isn't
up to par Cabbage In the imsRlne Of
the full moon Is before us. The outlook
for IL Is big This suggests a good time at
the saloon lunch counter where 70 will
do It's OLE -time act IN helping along the
sale OF beer. What the original sphere
for cabbage was isn'c on record. but it is
safe to say that It wasn't fashioned to
till this bill
Prices are greatly changed since few
weeks ago. Here are the quotations
made by retail dealera on King street OF
all the articles In general use:
Foreign and domestic fruit Lemons
(uueh lower 10 to 20c per dczen
bananas, TO- II aud loo. per dozen
canned fruit, 25c. per quart; oranges. 2j
to 4Oc. per dozsn; peaches. 20 10 30s
quarter peck, 81 90 per basket
pums. 12 to 15c. gu ,rt apples
10 10 i5s. half peck; psags, 10
to 25s half peck, 35 TO Cos. basket.
watermelons. and loo canteloupes,
75s to 81 basket Niagara grapes. 30
los. for 4-pound basket, other grapes 10
TO 25s a basket
Vegetstl ,s-Cabbage to 40 per head
potatoes, l0c to l2c per half peck ~eet
potatoes, 10c aud 200 per half p. ck,
rsdl'hes. 90 per bunch; cucumbers. two
for 5r; carrots, 90 per bunch; beets 30
per bunch lettuce 90 per head onions
2Oc per half peck, peppers, Zoe per
dozen; Chester county tomatoes, loo hal
peck, 40o per basket. egg plants. Ia
| 10 cents apiece; Equashes, 20 3 cents
ndlece strlng beaus, 20 and 80 cents =
half peek; caulld djwer, 10 cents TO Q,
cents per head parsley, two bunches fol
8 cents; okre. 10 cents per quart; llml
beans 20 cents per quart sweet corn, !.
70 10 cents per zsn; celery, to s cent
| per bunch soup herbs. cents bunch
peas. 30 cents per half peck; pumpkins
o TO 10 cents apiece; soup biaus. cent,
| per quart
Butter. 30 to 38o. per pound egg, @
TO eje. per dczsn; duck eggs, 25s pc
dozen cottage cheese. 10c per quart
Poultry Chickens. 10 to 18o pc
pound; spring chickens, 10 to i6l De
pound iquabs. 25 TO 35s per pair
Meats Mutton, 8 TO lOc lamb, 10 Z
25s veal, 10 10 2Oc beefsteak, 10 I
zoe. per pound; rib roast, 20 Co lSo.
chuck. 10 to 15s. stewing pieces, 3 {
II c. corned beef O to 1919
Pork-Ham (sRlD sliced. zoe whole
i4c fitch. 100 shoulder, 1Oc half
smoked and bologna, l5c lard, 10 c
12s per pound
1Fish-Hallibut. 2Js psr pouni; blue
fsh, l6c. per pound; hounder, 10e De
pound; haddock, 10c per 9ound perch
1)s. per pound cells. l6s per pound
Cape May goodies, 1913 per pound; 10
trout l2te per pound; French meckere
25c. per pound; sea bass. l3C
per pound aud two pounds 70
25c rockfsh, 16c psr pound
butterish, two lbs for 25c. catfish. 1sl
per 10 salmon, $50 per ID ciscos, lOi
per ID Holsters, 25c per 10 porgifl
i0e per 10 mackerol. % TO 35c apiece
white perch, i6c. per 10 sheephead 25l
per 10
MI. oellaneous- Il )Wers . TO 3.
per pot; cut flowers, carnations. q
apiece sweet peas. le. per bunch cd,
vinger, 20e. per gallon.