The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-20
FORTUNES spEnT ~ raulr
Astoniahirg Figures Showing What
the Dess IS Of tke Wealthy Cost.


In some cf the very expensive Lon,
don restaur nts you can order a specisi
dessert that will cost you anything
rom e5 to $50 These desserts viii
consist OF dsintiea in the way Of fruit.
for which It not too much 70 say that
the greater part Of the world has been
ransacked t. provide. Peculiar apples
from zanzlbsr. looking rather Ike ;ur.
nips; pears. in appearance strongly re.
sembling oranges. from northern At.
rica; grapes from England hothouscs;
and Austria will most likely be rep.
resented by the EiFel Tower pine.
apple.
Of all fruits, Zanzibar apples are.
perhaps, the rarest Iozens Of trees
together will only bear a few OF these
apples. and the time for picking them
has t. be CO !i'ly selected; they must
be gathered rJ,,st a month before they
would ripen. otherwise they will verv
quickly go bad These apples have
been sold in this country at $50 apiece.
and. OF course. have to be specially
ordered. for no fruiter 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 TO quality,.and. accord
ing to those whose judgment in such
matters IS considered to be absolutely
correct, nust be eaten with pepper and
salt
Two 90 he most fashionable fruits
In the winter pzpnths are the muscat
grapes and strawberries 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 fruiters in Regent
street, and offered $50 to the manager
II 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.
quired amount Of strawberries 1.-THE re-
naming twenty-three not being able to
produce single one). and by 6.3O 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 to never less than
& 20. They pay 20s per pound for the
best musoat grapes. and receive az
least three pounds per day. At a din
ner party given some time ago at Mari.
borough house. the bill for grapes
AMOUNTED TO e45. while the cost OF
each apple at the royal table was ex.
actly 5s. II IS. however. by no means
the most distinguishes or wealthy peo-
pie who spend fortunes in fruit There
Is. for instance. a retired bootmakcr
living near Brnxton. who was informed
by friend that pears from Algicrs
nave a distinctly pleasant flavor.
Relieved from worries OF mlshts and
other cares Incidental 70 his calling, the
retired bootmaker had time to pay at
tention to such delicate matters. and
promptly proceeded to order from his
fruiter some Of these pears. which ne
found would cost him iOc each. His
weekly bill Tor these dellcacies now
amounts 10 e5. while muscat grapes
and piaelpples at 6 apiece bring bis
fruit bill in the week up 10 at Lease
GlO-just &dO year in fruit alone.
Curiously enough. except in the mat.
ter OF fruit. he lives in ver5 s.sde.ate
though comfortable style.
The manager OF well known fruit
erer's establishment In the West Fad
Informs the writer that lots Of people
who see high priced fruit in the ~is,
dow will buy it just. 10 see '%aat it
tastes like and in this way these
samplers" as they are called by the
trade. are considerable source OF pro-
1T 20 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
Pearsons Weekly.