Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-06-03
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
THE SUNDAY DINNER.
Anything ar.d Everything to BE Dc.
sired in Augusta Market.

ANVN tu'it tHt tlllZtnS bl AUGUSTA
have promise of something Il little bet
ter than winter weath,r. their thoughts.
IL many cases turn to the Sunday din
ncr. Many, too. at this ti'nc of the year
discard meats and turn to Il vegetarian
dict during the summer months. and 10
these especially. the local market fur
nishcs a variety and quality of eat =
abicS unCuualCd for some time. A talk
with many of the leading marketmen
or Augusta. yesterday. by Journal re-
porter. elected the information that at
this time Of the year the nc dcrn house
wife IS Il good investor in the many
dellcacics of the market. Strawberries,
1T the present tim" are in great de-
nand. ard can be bought at any price
ranging from 10 cents 4 Eox to is. and
are for the most part of extra good
quality.
one dealer was asked Don't YOU
think that as a rule people prefer to
wait and secure the native product. in
hcrlics and the like--.'crming to feel
that the native product is purcr and
better, don't YOU know
No. | can't say that they do. for
you know that the modern method of
I'''i 's't'''ii VI Su' IL lIlliSS, lIoll
Southern clmcs. makes it possible.
ior them to be carried Il considerable
distance without injury. and really the
Strawberries for instance. that we are
selling today, are just as good as the
natives that We will have a month
from now. Then the distance of the
transportation of the berries is not 50
great when you come to look at it, for
these berries are mostly grown in Mary
and. and coming in through car, the
trip can he made inside uf II hours"
Among the green goods now in the
market are noted rhubarb, selling or
the average AT four cents pound: cab
taGc. most of II being from the hot
houses, is worth four t. five cents. ana
lastly there are the MANY varieties of
greens. native greens arr worth about
- cents a peck.
Most of the 'cukcs'' that are being
hdnllcd are raised in Maine, while
there are few that are brought here
from the MaSSaChuSr IT'S market, ana
are retailing for from four to eight cents
';:' h. according to The size. Peas, are
Dot as yet. 4 drug on tn" market. al
though there are a few in the local
pr"hibtivc, as they brin., 80 to 10 cents
Il pick.
The meat market Cfi,rs the same
variety. both in prc" ara quality as
during tn" past WinIcr, and those who
insist II this diet can secure most anv-
thing that they desire. f;r the Augusta
market can be exceed, iy none
til" fish market too is we'll supplied.
but those desiring thi; lii" ~ food are
generally somewhat Sppitiy inclined
''nd secure their supply from the neigh
boring ponds. while those not 50 par
ticular are satisfied with the ordi,lar,
brands of fish. which can be secured in
almost any quantity, and at the ruling
pII' IS, as for sometime rast, at any of
thu local markets.
liz the matter of butter and egg.
something always r"cessary to tn,
housewife the market is fairly firm
good supplies being received and the
prices are fam. Fpr-gpod dairy butter,
p cents is the ruling rr GO. while the
poorer grades can be ha for Is cents
Creamery rctailG for &c cents. Eggs are
worth about - cents at retail.
The fruit market remains the SAM
practically. b1 tn as - trc supply and
TN" prices. Their. is little out rf the
ordinary i'm tn variety to tempt tn
buyer, unless their natural tendency is
toward fruit delicacy. Taken all togcth-
cr no on" SHOULD la+ira and not ur1-
cure most anything in ti.c local mar
kct to tempt the average buyer.