The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08
THE LOCAL MARKET
HOLDING UP WELL
PRICES GENERALLY SATISFACTORY
Berry season About Over-Watern,cl-
Ons and CantalOupes Arrive-Fruit
and Vegetables Plentiful.

The berry season has given w@y
throughout the Yakima valley to he
melon and fruit season, and both are
fairly started. The first of the can.;,-
loupes have made their appearance, a
little small in size, but ripe and lus-
cious. The hotels and best restaurants
are serving them, and they are priced
so cheap that the frugal housewife no
longer hesitates to include them in the
bill of fare. They sold yesterday nj
retail for cents apiece. This is ov.
IDENTIFY cantaloupe year, and accord
ing to the ranchers who raise and mar
ket them, there will be any quantity
inside of ten days. The hot weather
of the last day or two is ripening them
rapidly. Watermelons are not so ru-
merous, but a few have been on sale
at reasonable prices. Another week
will see them plentiful. The proba-
bilities are that watermelons and can't
aloupes will hold up well in price
throughout the season.
We are in the midst of the fore pere
of the apple and peach season. In
deed. it may be said that apples and
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part of us. This season will witness
an immense peach crop, and from pres
ent indications the raisers will realize
good prices, whether the sale be early
or late but. of course. those who sell
first will receive the highest prices. 1t
is remarked frequently that the quail
ty and size of the fruit this season
were never surpa ssed No one who
looks over a box of pretty, pink
checked Early Alexanders would heI-
tate a minute to pay the 40 or so ccnts
asked. Reports from all sections of
the country confirm the statements
made earlier that this year would be
record breaker in the matter of pro-
duction of apples. peaches and peas
in the United States. Due to this Tact
a decline in prices is possible, although
it may not come. Dealers in the east
say that, while it is true that the crop
will be larger than ever before, the
consumption will be correspondence
greater and, therefore. the amount of
surplus fruit in the country will be
comparatively small. If there is
slump of any great magnitude it will
be in peaches. on account of their more
perishable disposition.
The vegetable market is strong and
steady There will be a large produce
ton of peas, which are commencing to
move marketward. and a fall in price
is anticipated. The demand is slow
as compared with last year. Potatoes
poor old Murphy! How he will be
missed when we gather round the
vegetable bin this fall and look upon
his empty chair. There is no consider
able portion of the county. so far as
the Herald is able to learn, where there
will be anything like a crop. But we
dry our tears at the thought of alb
sence of the onion-the green, odorifer-
Gus onion. In more matured form
there will he an abundance of this
vegetable this fall, and the price pro-
misses to be good, though 1t is hardly
probable that it will go soaring Mp
around the $40 mark. as 1t did last sea-
son. That's too much to expect
Cattle and hogs for butcher stock
have advanced within the past few
days. Mill stuffs are quoted slightly
lower, due to the arrival on the mar
ket of the new grain. Wheat seems
to be of excellent quality this year in
the country which furnishes the sup
ply for Yakima, and the crop is at
least as heavy as the average.
Following are the prices Of the lead
ing products, corrected up to last eve
ming. 1t should be borne in mind that
the quotations here given are whole
sale on livestock, grain and hay:
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs on foot per cwt s65nMe7