The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-11
MARKETS PROVIDING
VEGETABLES AND
FRUITS
Large Supply Of Many Kinds
Now on Hand-Prices Are
High This Season.

Little change has been noticeable
In the vegetable and fruit market dur
ing the past week. There have been
no new arrivals and the prices e
nearly all the stuff which has been
coming 1t has remained about the
same.
Among the fruits watermelons still
maintain about the same price of IS
to 40 cents apiece. Occasionally one
can be secured for 30 cents but this
is rare. The melons are now coming
in goodly quantity and the grocers do
not hold out any hope of their being
much cheaper later on than they are
now.
Muskmelons. too. are still riding the
high horse and are selling from 10 to
1919 cents apiece.
1t is again reported that there Is a
shortage in the California fruit crop
which keeps up the prices of western
fruit. particularly plums and peaches.
Plums are now ranging in price from
$l.S5 to 1925 for four basket crates
and from so to GO cents a basket. OF
pears there are but few to be had and
30 cents a dozen is the price asked
by the grocerymen for those on sale.
Good peaches can be purchased for
$1.30 crate. 30 to 35 cents basket
and 20 to 25 cents dozen.
Apples of the fine duchess variety
are in the market but as usual at this
time of the year they are high, their
price being 60 cents. Bananas, too,
are soaring, from 30 to IS cents a
dozen being asked by local retailers
for this fruit.
The season for berries. except those
of the black variety is rapidly near
ing its end. A few blueberries and
raspberries are still on the market
but the dealers say the supply is lin
tied and is likely to be cut short at
any time. Raspberries have been very
high all this season and Is cents is
being asked for two pint boxes at the
present time. Blueberries are selling
at Is cents quart
Some blackberries are being ship
ped in from Washington and they are
on sale at the grocery stores and fruit
stands at is cents quart.
Oranges, as is usual at this time of
the year, are very high because it Ii
out of season and the housewife who
prefers them to other fruits on the
market must be prepared to pay 60
cents dozen for the same kind which
she could purchase during the winter
months for 40 cents. There is some
comfort to be found in the fact that
they are not likely to go any higher
than they are at present.
rar III,
fruit market this season is the fact
that there have been practically no
currents or gooseberries obtainable.
Many inquiries have been made for
these two fruits but the retailers have
been unable to obtain them. The
wholesale fruit men have only re-
ceived minute quantities and when d.
vided up among the retailers these
did not make enough to go around.
There has apparently been almost
complete failure in the crop this year.
Just now it is rather between sea-
sons in the fresh vegetable market.
Many of the early vegetables have al
most gone out and the later vegetables
are not yet coming in in very large
quantities. Still there is no dearth
to complain of.
New corn is coming in but the sup
ply is rather limited as yet and the
price accordingly is high, 20 cents a
dozen being asked. Beets are also 20
cents a dozen although they have
been in the market for some time.
Onions. home grown and of the
large green variety, are selling on the
market for 40 cents peck and fresh
cauliflower is 10 cents. while cabbage
is somewhat cheaper than it has been
in the past and is selling for from
to 10 cents head.
New potatoes are on the market
but as yet the quantity is rather small.
They are home grown and the groc-
erymen are obliged to depend almost
entirely upon the market gardeners
for supply. The regular farmers are
too busy harvesting or getting ready
to harvest their big crops of wheat,
oats and barley to pay any attention
to potatoes just now and it will be nee
essary to wait until after the harvest
is practically completed before much
relief can be expected from that quar-
ter. Potatoes are better this year than
they were last year when many of
them rotted in the ground owing to
the extensive moisture but even the
quality of this years crop might be
improved upon.
Peas are being sold for 5 cents a
quart and wax beans at Z cents. The
supply of the latter Is somewhat lin
tied and they are rather late.
Some lettuce is till on the market
but 1t is probably the last which will
be seen this year. 1t is cheap enough,
two heads for cents and rs cents
dozen. Radishes have disappeared
from the market. Turnips are 20
cents a peck.
Home grown tomatoes are not yet
to be had and it is thought they will
not be on the market for two weeks
yet. The imported ones are being sold
at 80 cents a basket and are not par
ticularly tempting, Kalamazoo celery
has been coming in for the past ten
days and is being offered at 10 cents
a stock
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