The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-02
FoRTuNrs SPENT N FRUIT.
Astoniahirl Figures Showing What
tire Dcss e Of the Wealthy Cost

AstonH1hiff Figures Showing What
tire Dcss e Of the Wealthy Cost
In some 6, the very expensive Lon.
don restaur ats you can order a special
dessert that viii cost you anythiag
rrom e5 to $50. These desserts Will
consls, OF dainties In the way Of fruit,
for which it S not too much to say hat
the greater part Of the world has been
ransacked t. provide Peculiar apples
from Zanzibar. looking rather like tur.
nips, pears In appearance strongly re-
sembling oranges from northern AZ.
rica; grapes from England hothouses,
and Austria a will most likely be rep
resented by the Einel Tower pine.
apple.
OF all fruits. Zanzibar apples are.
perhaps, the rarest Dozens OF trees
together will only bear few Of these
apples. and the time for picking them
has TO be carefully selected; they must
be gathered just month before they
wou.j ripen otherwise they will verv
quickly go bad These apples have
been sold in thi. country at $50 apiece.
and OF course. have to be specially
ordered for no frulter would ever
dream of carrying them in stock
Custa apples are another expensive
luxury. They can be purchased at
prices ranging from shillings to So
each, according 20 Quality.and. accord.
ing to those whose judgment In such
matters Is considered to be absolutely
correct. mus: be eaten win pepper and
salt.
Two OF he most fashionable fruits
in the winter months are The muscat
grapes and strs wberries. and until the
end OF January the latter are beyond
the reach OF men OF moderate means.
A gentleman not long since went into
a well known fruitcrs in Regent
street, and offered ESQ 10 the manager
If he would provide enough strawber-
ries for five people that evening. The
manager undertook to deliver the fruit
within seven hours. and then promptly
proceeded TO wire forty different fruit
gardens within thirty miles OF London
for strawberries.
Seventeen gardens provided the re.
qured amount OF strawberries tths re.
naming twenty-three not being able to
produce single one). and by 6 80 that
evening the fruit was delivered at
cost Of nearly los d for each straw.
berry. There are several persons in
London whose weekly bill for grapes
at this season runs 70 never less than
GS0. They pay 2Os per pound for the
best muscat grapes. and receive az
least three pounds per day. At din.
ner party given some time ago at Mart.
borough house, the bill for grapes
amounted TO e45, while the cos, OF
each apple at the royal tab,e was ex.
actly 5s. It is however. by no means
the most distinguished or wealthy peo-
pie who spend fortunes in fruit. There
IS. for instance a retired bootmaker
living near Bruxton, who was informed
by friend that pears from Algiers
nave a di,tiactly pleasant flavor.
Relieved from worries OF mlsfts and
other cares incidental 10 his calling. The
retired bootmaker bad time to pay az.
tention to such delicate matters. aud
promptly proceeded to order from his
fruiter some OF these pears. which he
found would cost him Qe each. His
weekly bill for these dellcacies now
amounts to e5. while muscat grapes
and piaelpples at & apiece bring his
fruit bin in the week up TO at least
91O-iust 600 a year in fruit alone.
Curiously enough. except in The mat.
ter Of fruit. he lives in a very moderate
though comfortable style.
The manager OF well known fruit.
erer's establishment Ia the West Fad
Informs the writer that lots OF people
who see high priced fruit in the win.
dow will buy IT just to see what II
tastes like" and in this way these
samplers, as they are called by the
trade, are a considerable source OF pro.
ft 10 many of the high class fruiterers.
These samplers will cheernilly spend
IS on an apple or a pear to enjoy the
experience of eating such a luxury
Pearson Weekly.