The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-24

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The ladies were ont m FUN force at tho
big market yesterday afternoon buying for
unusually fine display of all sorts of sea
sonable vegetables exhibited, especially
such as cauliflower, durnips. beans. car
rots celery and cabbage.
Apples, oranges, lemons and bananas
were plentiful and sold READILY at reason
Fish, game and oysters were In good
supply and much sought after.
Following are the quotations:
VEGETABLEs.
Carrots. cents bunch.
Beets, cents a bunch
Cabbage. TO 10 cents a head.
Thyme. cents bunch
Radishes cents q bunch.
Celery. two stalks for Is cents
Marjcram cents a bunch.
Pumpkins 10 10 20 cents
Lettuce, two heads for cents.
Mustard green's cents bunch: chi
resc, cents a bunch.
swiss chart, scarce, none In market.
Parsley. cents bunch.
Green or dry sage, cents a bunch.
Sweet potatoes. cents measure.
Tomatoes. % to 30 cents a dozen.
1.ye' hom!ny, 8 cents quart.
soup nuNtn, u cents,
Turnps. ceats bunch.
Cauigtlower. 10 to 10 cents.
Shallcts. cents bunch.
Onions, 10 cents quart.
Horse radish, ground 10 cents pint.
irish potatoes. cents measure.
Green peas none IN market
Garlic, 20 cents dozsn.
Spinach cents quart.
Okra, dried. 8 cents pint
Curly lettuce. two heads for cents.
Black-eyed peas, cents q quart
Egg plants. three for % cents.
ASPARAGUS none in market.
Pa'srips, none In market,
Cucumbers. none in market.
Snap beans, Is cents a quart.
Squash. none in nerket.
Pie fruit. none in market.
Butter beans. none in market.
Sweet peppers. none in market.
FRUITS.
ps ARDles' 10 cents a bucket rs cents .
Cranberries 10 cents quart: two quarts
Tor IL cents.
Dates, 10 cents pound.
Malaga grapes, zone In market.
Northern grapes. none in market.
California grapes. none in market.
Mixed nuts, 10 cents pound.
Pecans, 10 cents a quart
Cocoanu,s. and 10 cents each.
Lemons. 10 TO IS cents a dozen.
Bananas, 20 10 cents dozen.
Dried figs, 10 cents a pc nd
WdternfeIOns none III market.
Peaches, none in market.
Pears Texas, none in market. Califor. |
MIA. three dozen for % cents
Figs. green, none In market.
PRODUCE.
Eggs. Is cents dozen; yard eggs. 2,
Butter, Western. Is TO 80 cents pounn |
Eutterino, Ii cents pound
Cheese. IL TO 20 cents "A pound.
Candy, u cents pound.
Peanuts, roasted. cents quart. |
Popcorn balls. cents each.
MEATS
Beef, roast. s 10 10 cents a pound.
Ieef round steak. s 10 10 cents a pound. |
beef, srlon steaks. ~ cents n pound. 4
Beef. porterhouse steaks, ~ cents
pound.
Pork. roast. 10 cents pound.
Pork chops, 10 cents a pound.
Veal roast, 10 cents n round.
Mutton, 10 cents "A pound
Bologna sausage 10 cents pound.
Wienerwursf sausage. 10 cents pound.
Tr!pc. 10 cents q pound.
Pork sausage. 12i3 cents n pound
Pork and beef sausage, 10 cents pouno.
Fresh leaf lard. 10 cents pound.
Beef tongue, Is 10 % cents each.
calf tongue, 10 cents each.
Head cheese. 10 cents a pound
Frankfurt sausage. ID cents pound.
LIVER sausage cents q pound
Blood sausage. cents a pound.
FISH.
Buffalo cents a pound
Reddish. 10 cents pound
Black bass. 20 cents pound
Perch Ii cents ~ pound.
Drumflsh. cents a pound.
Sea PIKE, none IN market.
Catfish, cents a pound
Red snapper. 10 cents n pound
Sheephcad. 10 cents pound
Pompano, 80 cents a pound.
Crabs 10 cents n dozen.
Turtles 10 cents pound.
OYSTERS Matagorda, 20 cents a hundred;
Berwick Bay 20 cents hundred.
POULTRY.
Chickens. % 10 81 cents each: spring.
none in market; dressed, 90 to 40 cents
each.
Turkeys, dressed 50 cents TO 81; alive.
60 to rs cents.
Duck Small black. 40 cents n pair: mall
lard, 80 10 90 cents a pair; canvas back, u
cents 10 SI.25 a pair.
Wild geese, 30 10 70 cents.
Squirrels. . for y cents.
Opossu,ns "a and 20 celts.
Venison. none in market
Cattle Shipments.
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