The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-10
MARKETS HAVE
BANANA FAMINE
CaHtel0upes and tomatoes Are
Among New DeliCaCies.
The FIRST PEACHES ARRIVE
OLD POTATOES TAKE ANOTHER
JUMP IN PRICE.
HE FIRST PEACHES ARRIVE

For the first time i'm many moons
( there was a. banana famine i'm Salt
/ Lake yesterday N0t d bunch was to
.De seen al any Of the grocery stores.
+ only Two commission houses I'm town
handle the fruit one has been out of
it for some time. and the drain on the
1 other exhausted its supply. Another
carload is expected to arrive this morn
( ng.
Two crates of peaches arrived i'm
town yesterday and were placed on sale
at S. cents a basket The supply VIII
probably be exhausted today.
A few crates of cauteloupes, the first
/ Oe the season, arrived yesterday morn
( ing from California and are selling at
81 cents each The fruit is raised at
/ Cochelia, i'm the southern California
I desert, 500 feet below the sea level. Be
/ sides being the earliest, these melons
/ are considered among the best raised.
1 The first carload of WatermelOns IS eE-
I peCted i'm about ten days from Texas.
Washington navel oranges are scarce
this season. A car arrived from the
coast yesterday, which relieved the
market somewhat.
Old potatoes have almost entirely
disappeared from the market and are
J consequently very high They have
gone up . cents a Dushel in the last
/ tweuty-four hours. New Utah potatoes
have dropped a trifie.
a carload of Mississippi tomatoes
was unlOaded yesterday afternoon by
a local commission house. The first
car from Texas is expected today.
Hood river or Oregon Strawberries
are becoming cheaper. The price viii
be dollar lower today TO the grocers
Yesterdays retail quotations:
Meats.
Beef. Toe to zee per pound.
. Veal. prime l5c 10 zoe.
Mutton, Sc to 15c.
Pork. 12c to l5c.
spring lambs. front quarter 81; hind
Dressed lamb. l2lsc to soei lamb chops,
Belgian hares. live. $50 pair.
Fish.
Salmon. l7l=c pound.
] HaHbut l5c.
striped bass, -oc-
I Mhitefish. 2aC.
/ MackiuaW trout, zoe.
I Sturgeon. loo
Soles and founders. 12izc
Catfish, I5c.
Shad 15c
1lackereI fresh zoe; salt, 15e to csc,
smells, l5c pound
I Fresh Goldfish. 15c.
Crabs, 25c 20 Doe each.
Poultry.
Hens. live. l4c; dressed. 1Sc.
Spring chickens, dressed, 40c.
BrOilers, frozen, 22c.
Dairy Products.
Butter. creamery, zoe to 25c per pound;
ranch. I5c To zoe pound
Cheese, Utah cream 12lzc to zoe pound:
eastern. 12iac, limberger, zoe; imported
Swiss. 23c, brick 25c.
Honey, comb. l5c box; strained. &c pint
Vegetables.
Potatoes old. $40 bushel; new Caufor-
mia, BE- pound, new Utah. i-5c-
R adRia 21-5c Bunch.
Cauliflower. 15c pound
Tomatoes, California or Mississippi,
pounds soc.
wax beans, 15c pound
Green peas. 90 pound.
Asparagus Be bunch.
TUrnips. PFC bunch
Young bects 2lsc TO 1-8c bunch.
7 Mushrooms 3nc pound
/ Parsley Sc bunch
Beans. Zoe pound
/ carrots punches &C.
Lettuce. Utah. punches for Sc Cali
{ flrHia Sc bunch.
L Spinach. 3 1-3c pound.
+ CucumDers. Be each.
onions, California dry, lbs 5c- green.
punches 5c-
celery sc bunch
! Fruits.
Gooeaberries. S l-3c pound
Lemons. santa Clara. soc dozen.
Coc0auuts Toe each.
Figs, l5c pkg.
Dates zoe lb.
Raspberries. California. 15c box.
Grape fruit. & for -5p.
Cherries. California. zoe TO-. utah. 15c-
/ Oranges. NaveIs. soc to zoe dozen; Med
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