The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-28
MARKET ROW HAS
AN ACTIVE DAY
Picnic For Market Gardeners
Does Not Affect Trade.
STRIPED BASS ARE SCARCE
SWEET POTATOES GROWING
MORE PLENTIFUL.
STRIPED BASS ARE SCARCE

Notwithstanding the fact that the mar
ket gardeners went 10 Lagoon yesterday
for an outing and fruit was served free,
gr0ceTs and commission men did a good
business, especially in the morning hours
Fish dealers report a brisk trade. The
market is well stocked with all varieties
except striped bass, which is growing
scarce Shell oysters are expected in q
short time. At present oysters are sold
IN bulk, selects by the quart and counts
by the hundred. There is scarcely any
trade in canned oysters
The best grade Of lamb chops has adj
Taneed TO 90 cents a pound Other meat
prices remain the same.
Sweet prota toes are growing more Dlen-
tiful and cheaper every day 50 that they
viii soon cease to be a luxury
Timothy hay has. fallen d dollar a ton
within the last week.
Yesterday 5 retail quotations.
Meat.
Beef, 1ec to 25c per pound. veal, prime.
12lzc TO Sc. Mutton. Sc to l5c. Pork, 12c
70 &c Spring lambs. front quarter, 81;
| hind quarter. S1.5o. Dressed lamb, 1870
to 29cs lamb chops. 15c TO 3oc.
Fish.
Sturgeon, 15c per pound. Sea bass, 15c
| per pound Cod fish. Sc Barracuda I5c
ldaho trout 4ec per pound. Black bass,
S5c per pound. Salmon. Tic per pound
Haiibut, l5e. Striped bass 2oc. whitefish,
1
founders, 12lzc. Catfish, l5c. Shad, i5c
Perch. 15c- Mackerel, fresh, 2oc; salt, lie
| to PC. Smells. 15c per pound Fresh cod
fish. 19c- Grabs. 25c 10 Soc eaeh. shrimps,
I pound. Oysters. extra select, 60c per
quart can; New York counts. &c
Poultry.
Hens, live, 141ks; dressed. 1Sc per pound
Spring chickens, dressed, 22lzc pound
b oilers, frozen 1s5zc per pound. Spring
ducks. Ac per pound
Dairy Products.
Butter. creamery, 20c to sc per pound.
Ranch, l5c TO 20 per pound Eggs. 90c to
&c per dozen. Cheese. Utah cram, 1z1zc
to 2Oc per pound: eastern iZlsc: lirnber-
ger, $cs imported Swiss. 40c; brick, 25c.
Honey, comb. 15c box; strained, sc per
Vegetables.
Parsnips, two punches for &C. Potatoes,
new Utah. Doc per peck Sweet potatoes.
g per pound Cucumbers, two dozen for
sc. Picking cucumbors, 4oc per 100
flower. Utah. &c per pound. Tomatoes.
&C per peck Wax beans Sc per
pound Turnips &c a bunch. Young
beets. PIC per bunch Parsley SC per
bunch. Carrots. > punches for sc. Let
tuce. Utah. 3 punches for Sc: California,
f5zc per bunch. Onions, California dry,
pounds for sc; green, 1zzc TO z1zc per
bunch; picking onions SOC per peck.
Celery. &c bunch. Peppers. green.
l5c per pound yellow squash. Sc. Sum
uleT squash &C eSCu. HUDDarQ squash. l9C
to 0c each. Green corn 2oc per dozen.
Egg plant. 10C per pound. Cabbage.
white, &C per pound; red 6izc per pound
Vegetable marrows, 1Gc each dis, SC
bunch
Fruits.
Grapes, black prince I0c per pound and
Soc per basket; muscat I0c per pound
tOkay. 15c per pound 15c per bas-
ket. Catalogues. Utah, Sc TO loo
each. piums. green cages sc per
pound; blue, Sc per pound; Pottowata-
mic plums. CSC peck Utah black Currants.
Si-59 case, Prunes. fVc and 15C pound.
Lemons 20c to Sue per dozen. FIGS, i5c
per jackage Oranges. Valencia, 25c TO soc.
Bananas. 15c to Soc per Dozen. CocOanuJs,
10 10 15c each. Utah watermelOns, Is to 4oc.
Utah peaches 4 pounds for sc ApTjcots.
Utah. > pounds for Zoe Utah apples, soc
to sc per peck. Pears. Utah. 5isc per
pound; Bartlett. SC per pound: Flemish
Beauty. 5i2c per pound
Grain.
Bran and shorts. 81 10 per hundred.
Corn. sls5 per hundred. Oats. 1.75 per
hundred. Wheat 81 10 per bushel. Barley
feed. 81. %: rolled. Sl-59
Hay and Straw.
Alfalfa 81 per ton. Timothy, SIS PEI
ton. Straw, 45c per bale
Flour.
High patent. 8 50. Straight grade, g. 49,
Bakers No. I, $50.