The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
WITH MEAT HIGH.
Housekeepers Are Keeping a Close
Eye on Vegetable Market.

HOusekeepers Are Keeping q Close
Eye on Vegetable Market.
With beef high and getting higher,
fousekeepers are looking to spring veg
etabIes for comfort. With vegetables
at reasonable figures and beef selling
at an unheard Of price housekeepers
are figuring on more vegetables and
less meat.
While the Georgia garden product
has not yet put in an appearance
there 0s an abundance of the Florida
crop and at figures that are not I'M
reasonable. Cucumbers from one of
the truck farms in the neighborhood of
the city made their appearance for
the first time yesterday. j. w. Cell
displayed the first of the season and
had no difficulty in selling sixty of
them at Is cents each.
The market was glutted with toma-
toes, and the prices ranged from is
to IS cents a quart. The tomato crop
has been exceedingly large, and the
prices have been reasonable. Celery
from Florida is also a glut on the
market at 1-3 cents a bunch. The
celery is exceptionally fine, too. Squash
have put in an appearance and retail
at 40 cents a dozen, with the supply
about equal to the demand Lettuce
sold yesterday at cents a head, green
peas at 25 cents a quart, and snap
beans at 20 and 25 cents. The retail
price of asparagus ranges from Is to
30 cents a bunch.
Strawberries were rather plentiful
and sold at 20 cents basket, and in
quite a number of cases two baskets
for IS cents. The berries are from
Florida and are as good as usual, al
though they cannot in any way be
compared with the Georgia berry.
From the shipments made the Florida
crop has been as large as usual. With
warmer weather-that is warmer
nights-and more rain. the local ber-
ries, which have big reputation, will
be in the market by the middle of
April. The crop bids fair to be large
one, and it is expected that the supply
viii be great during the summer.
Local green peas and snap beans are
expected in the market by Saturday.
although cold nights may prevent their
appearance.
With beef so very high the fish stalls
have been literally patronized. Crabs
are in market, although they haven't
yet begun to appear in large numbers.
Crabs sold yesterday at 25 and 80 cents
a dozen and found many purchasers.
They appeared fat and the supply was
limited. Prawn is in season and sold
yesterday at ~ cents a quart. April is
the last month for oysters and the sup
Fly yesterday was light, although there
were not a great many purchasers.
oysters sold for 20 cents a quart and
were as fine as could be expected at
the close of the oyster season.
With trusts controlling the prices of
all commodities, from salt to beef,
housekeepers quaked when the passage
of the oleomargarine bills was an
nounced. The price of butter, how
ever, remained at 80 and S5 cents yes
terday, and the retailers gave no
notice of any expected advance. Oleo-
margarine retailed at 20 and 25 cents.
Butter at 80 cents at this time of the
year is at a top notch figure and a
drop rather than a rise is expected.
June butter sells at wholesale at 16
cents a pound. The passage of the
''oleo" bill came in the nature of glad
news to the consumers, provided that
there is no increase in the price of the
real article. Under the new act the
butterine can only be colored to resem-
BILE butter upon the payment by the
manufacturers of 10 cents for each
pound. Some of the consumers who
are confident that in some cases they
have been paying for butter and re-
ceiving colored oleonrargarine are glad
of the restriction if the price of the
genuine article is not affected.