Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-10
IN THE LOCAL MARKET.
Plenty of Everything, at Prices Within
Reach of All.

There beautiful days of June. bring
ing with them the good old summer
time. are hailed with delight by all
mankind. Many things to which he
has looked forward in pleasant antici-
patton for the past six months, become
his in June-the balmy days, the out
door life and its varied pleasures, and
last but by no means the least, the first
tender offerings in the way of ediblcs
that nature put forth after her long
rest beneath the snow and ice.
To those who have abstained from
eating them during that time, or per-
haps have obtained them through the
medium of tin can bearing a fancy
la bel they taste doubly sweet To be
sure some of them may have been
raised in a hot house, or in the South,
but they are the same things we Shall
raise in our own gardens, later on, and
they are welcomed just as warmly.
That there is everything in the way
of green stuff in the local market
need hardly be saba glance at any of
the Water street stores will show that
Nothing that is in season is missing,
and the prices that are charged are
very reasonable. Yesterday afternoon
spinach was selling for rs cents, head
lettuce for 10 cents, and No. cucum-
bers for cents. Asparagus was 20
cents Il bunch, and Bermuda onions s
cents per pound. On bunch beets,
there were several prices, the best sell
| ing for Is cents, and the others for u
| ami 10 cents, according to quality.
Strawberries have n sliding scale
and show quite variation from day
| to day. Last week they sold at two
boxes for 25 cents. but Monday they
| went up to IS cents. Yesterday they
were Is cents. The berries in the mar
| ket now come from New Jersey, but 1t
| is thought that Massachusetts berries
will be along this week, or next
Navel oranges are high, As cents be-
| ing charged for the best counts. They
are about through their season, and
there are not many in the market.
| There is a good supply of bananas at
| the usual price, % cents, although some
extra large ones bring 80 cents.
New potatoes are selling for so cents
per peck. Old potatoes have taken a
jump, ana are selling for 81 a bushel,
| They have, until the last week or
| 10 days, been selling for 90 cents. Ripe
tomatoes are plenty and of good quail
ity. and retail for Is cents per pound.
Southern raised string beans are worth
II cents per quart.
| The price of cheese is up a trlile, the
best dairy and all others selling for IS
cents. Factory cheese is scarce and
high The usual price is Is cents.
! Eggs are % cents, which is perhaps a
| little high. but eggs have had an up
ward tendency for three or four years
| past. Those in the market now are ma
| tives. Dairy butter sells for % cents
and the best creamery for rs and Il
cents.
| In tie way of meats there is about
everything that one could wish for
| Spring lamb is plenty and of excellent
| quality. The forequarters sell for u
cents, hind, % cents, and the chop
| 50 cents. Veal is plenty, also. The
steak costs 25 cents, chop Is cents, and
| the roast from IL to IS cents.
| IN beef, the best cuts cost 80 cents,
| either in steak or roast. This is the
| kind that the best stores cut up. The
best rib roast sells for 20 cents. Best
| cuts of corned beef bring T. 10 and
| cents.
| Pork is plenty. and 1G cents is
charged for either a roast or chop
| That in the market is from the West
| Sliced ham sells for 20 cents, whole
| 16 cents.
The supply of native poultry is good
and so also is the quality. The prices
| range from IS to % cents per pound.