The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-20
CHRISTMAS TURKEY
At MODERATE COST
Mild Weather Has Made Market
Prices Low, and Plenty Of Fine
Birds Can Be Found.
VEGETABLE PRICES MODERATE
HOthOuse Cucumbers and Many
Relishes Are to Be Found,
While Holiday Greens and
MistletOe Enliven Scene.

diiions 70 the market. N;st!etoe. holly.
ground pine ana red paper bells and red
everlasting flowers heve transformed the
gfimv old market into a festive bower.
There large spruce trees and small
spruce trees. trees bright and greer. o:
every SIZE and at every price can be
seen on the brick pavement and the cob
be stones Of tie street.
The :a!id weather has made q possible
for everybody to have turkey Christmas
dar. The market In poultry Is slow anc
fu.!. ard masketmen say tha, the adva nee
will he slight II any. Turkeys can &c
bought at nresent for Il cents . pound.
and indications are that they will remain
at ,;.at price until after January l.
The In!!d weather has also caused 3 de-
cline in the price Of some OF the green
goods. The trade has been good and will
improve until after the Christmas ho:i-
days. but the prices viii depend upon the
weather conditions. especially as the mar
ket % veil stocked
Tho poultry receipts have been heavy.
Turkeys are Il cents q pound: chick
ers broalers arc Is cents q pound:
hens. Y cents . pound: geese. II and L
cents . mound: ducks. II cents = pound
rabbits. $50 . dozen: SQUADS e and s. 3
dozen: 'possums. : cents 70 Sl.ll each:
corns. s cents to q. 10 each.
Mushrooms. home grown. are G. cents a
pound: green peppers. Homegrown. u
cents . dozen: tomatoes. California. four
for 8 cents: French artichokee. 3 cents
each: Florida ekEplant. Is to = cents each
Cabbage - plentiful. Long Island cau!:-
flower reils 1t L cents per head: white
cabbage. !or slaw. ~ cents a head: North
esn red cabbage. Is cents a head: saw y
cabbage. for boiling. 6 cents a head: E.us-
eeis sprouts. = cents . quart: kalc. L cents
. peck: ;urnip.. 10 cents . peck
Greens suitable for sa.ads are plentiful,
and reasonable southern head lettuce II
quoted ~ =. cents q hea:: chirkory 5
"e.;s q bead: wa;ercress three punches
FOR 10 cents: n-ld lettuce. ! cents quart
The reIishes In the marka: ase: Mlcn.-
gan dwarf celery. Il cents 4 bu.ch: large
STALKS. three for - cents. black -adisies.
5 cents . bunch: white TadLshes. three
punches for 70 cents: red radish.s. three
btirctes for 10 cents: green onions. three
bunckes Tor 10 cents.
: vE1;ETABIE PRICES MODERATE.
E"eton greenhouse cIcGmte.s sell a. n
cents each. green peas Is cents a quart.
butter beans 10 cents a p:n., string and
wax beans 10 csn:s a peck. heets 5 cents
bunch. cooking onions -. cent? a
quart. Spanish onions 10 cents each, saee
thym" and garlic ; cents a bunch, sweet
potatoes - cents q peck and potatoes %
cents a peck
Carrots at ) CENTS a bunch; bsets. 5 cents
punch: rarsTips. - cents a Peck: kofsc
raiish. 10 cents a root. celery roots. 10
cents each: oyster plant. Two lunches. u
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Su'-P-caHs. l. cents pound: al
Monds. - c"nts a VounI. English waInu;s.
~ cents pound: h!ts-'s. :. cents a
cents poui'a. oiac" "a.ai1is. cents d
quart snehoask a'sA"f! H-is. 10 cents
quart. ch'Sho's' 10 cents pound: Pop
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