Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-03
THE SUNDAY DINNER.
Green Stuff About Gone--0the
Dainties Are Plenty.
Quotations Average About Up to Those
of Last Week.

! AS YOU think over the Sunday din
| der, comparing this weeks prices with
| last weeks. you will find that Il good
many things are firmer, having risen a
| bit. but others have fallen off. so the
whole thing averages up to about the
same level as last week. Everything
| in keeping with the season is in good
| supply and the dealer is so anxious to
| sell it, that he may cut prices Il bit if
| you let him know that you want a big
| dinner. tomorrow.
Green corn is still keeping the fort,
good quality selling at 16 cents Il doz-
| en-. two cents off from last week. but it
| is alone in its line. Beans and peas are
out of the market for the year.
There is no need TO mourn about that,
though, for there is canned stuff of all
kinds. almost as good as the original.
Then the vegetable stock is full and
prices are noticeably lower on most of
il. Squash goes at , cents, pumpkins at
10 to IS; cabbage. bcets, onions, tur-
nips and carrots all stand at , cents Il
pound. Irish potatoes bring 60 cents Il
bushel is a peck. While the sweet va
liety are still holding at 10 pounds for a
quarter. Cauliflower costs from Is to
20 cents lettuce s to 10 and celery. 20:
the native sells for about Is. but is
hardly worth quoting. Peppers for
seasoning retail at cents. l
Butter is off Il little, creamery going
at 81 cents and prime dairy at 20 to 25.
Meat of all kinds runs just about the
same as last week. The best cuts of
beef for steak are 80 cents. top rounds
are 20 and bottom, 16. UCin roastS and
Porterhouse are the same as the best
cuts for steak, 80 cents. Veal steaks ar"
IS and roasts 10. Pork has risen a cent,
spareribs and chops now costing /"
cents a pound. Lamb is % cents for
CHOPS and short ribs. is for the long
cuts. 10 for the fore leg and 16 for the
hind leg. this last being cent off.
Chickens are 20 cents, as they were
last week but perhaps you can get Il
cent off on them. if you have Pull with
your dealer. for he is letting the fowl go
| for Il. this week. as against IS at last
quotatiOns.
Halibut still goes at T. TO is cents,
| but mackerel and blue fish have risen
two cents on a pound and are going at
| Is. Salmon costs % q pound and is not
| over plenty in the market at that price.
| SWOrdiish is 20 cents. ana cod. had
| dock and hake are retailing ut the same
prices as usual. l'innan haddies are in
| the market. Il sure sign of approaching
winter. and go at II cents. 1t is too
early for scallops. but CLAIMS and oys-
| tiers are in the former at % and the
latter at 40 and 50 cents Il quart,
shelled. HOLSTERS We're quoted, yester-
| day. at 20 cents Il pound. but they are
reported to be on the rise.
The fruit market has not changed
| from last weeks figures. except that
| you can get the best apples for IL cents
| a peck. Bananas go ut all prices from
16 for Il quarter to 80 cents n dozen.
! Peaches are 90. % and 80 cents 4 doz-
en-. pears. -. so and 40. !lums 10. Il
and 20 grapes - to 80 per box. Apples
are plenty and cheap Is 10 20 cents per
peck. according to the quality. Pine
apples run from Il to - cents apiece,
and cantaloupes from 10 cents to two
for Il quarter. Oranges are 20 to 30
cents; a dozen and lemons are 20
straight.