Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-30
VEGETABLES IN LARGE LOTS
Practically Everything is Available Row
Except the Green Corn.
NOT AL IN THE MARKET, HOWEVER

Many of the staples Are from
Cold storage, but Are
Good Just the
Same.
Practically everything in the way OF
fresh vegetables excepting green corn is
available just now. Available however.
must not be interpreted to mean generally
In market although some OF the better
equipped shops and markets do carry every
thing available. keeping it in cold storage
until there Is call for IT, The forced, hot
house appearance that was characteristic
of this green stun few weeks ago is rap
idly passing and everything has hardy,
fresh look and Is Of a size that suggests
. the proximity OF a thrifty garden.
The dearth Of head lettuce OF last week
has been overcome by a recent generous
shipment which IS being disposed Of retail
at Is and 20 cents a head. There is also
homo lettuce at 10 cents and leaf lettuce at
5 cents a bunch, New cabbage is 8 and
cents pound. Celery is and 10 cents
bunch and, besides the Florida celery, new
a short time ago, Colorado is shipping cell
cry now that Is especially fno and looks
much like the Bellevue celery. New peas
nre much more notwithstanding than
they were a week or so ago. they are de-
cidedly something more than pods now,
though not up to the standard OF the fru-
, gal housewife, who estimates her mess
by the quart They sell at 20 cents a quart.
Wax and green beans are among the most
tempting offerings Of the market and also
sell for % cents a quart Radishes are so
large that the careful buyer thinks twice
before buying. fearing they may be petty
or rank, but they are not and they sell for
and 10 cents bunch New turnips. beets,
carrots and onions are cents a bunch.
'Parsnips are scarce and bring 10 cents
bunch.
Oyster Plant f. Here.
oyster plant is In again after a long alb
sence and brings and 10 cents o bunch.
Egg plant sells from Is to IS cents each and
green peppers are 10 cents each, or three
for % cents. Cucumbers cost a little bit
more than they did, selling for % and Is
cents each. Rhubarb is 10 cents a busch;
tomatoes are % cents a pound and are not
extra nice; mushrooms are 90 cents a
pound, asparagus Is cents bunch, spinach
from 90 TO 30 cent peck or 10 cents a soup
bunch caulinower was scarce Friday morn
ing and not extra nice, selling at 10 and
% cents little head; mint is to be had at
parsley is cents bunch. New potatoes
are 10 cents a pound, or three pounds for
Is cents; old potatoes are from 20 to 80
cents bushel. A few sweet potatoes are
90 be had at cents a pound. Cranberries
are from 10 to 12ik cents a quart.
Texas Strawberries were the most plenti-
fui fruit on the market Friday morning.
They were OF various quality and price too.
In the main. however. they are good ana
sell from 20 to 40 cents a quart 90 box.
but the market is pretty, heavily stocked
and as a result II will be well for house
wives to- see what they are buying Pine
apples are very nice and very reasonable
in price, selling from 20 to 20 cents each.
Navel oranges sell from 10 to 40 cents
dozen according to size. Grape fruit is Is
and 20 cents each and lemons 20 cents a
dozen.
EGg Question N Problem.
The egg question is the most bewildering
problem that confronts the housewife just
now. Eggs sold at 20 cents a dozen Friday
morning in spite Of the fact that they con-
tinue TO wholesale at 1874 and 16 cents a
dozen just as they have for more than a
week. Until Thursday most Of the mer-
chants retailed eggs at IS cents Every
body has a different explanation of this
average woman who inquiries into the rea-
son is soon hoplessly confused with the
reply she gets for It matters little to most
women what the quotations" is in Chicago
or where the eggs come from and In the
end she simply pays 20 cents dozen for
the eggs that her particular grocer happens
TO have to sell. The retailers are predicting
drop in the price the early part Of next
week.
Many of the grocers will make a satur-
day or an Easter price on eggs this week
and the chances are that some will sell
right down to the wholesale price
The best package creamery butter sold
for 80 cents a pound Saturday morning and
other grades of butter sold in proportion
Good dairy butter sold for rs and 20 cents
a pound.
Holy week brought demand for fish that
the local market supplied generously in
variety and quality.
Catfish is IS cents a pound; pike, IS cents;
trout. IS cents; halbut. 16>cents; salmon. Is
cents suckers, 10 cents; carp, 10 cents;
crappies, Iz1s cents; buffalo. - cents, and
smelts, is cents.
Chickens stiII Scarce, -
Chickens stlli eontinue to be scarce and
retail at Il cents and 16 cents a pound.
Broilers are more plentiful now and are
80 cents apiece Capons are out OF the
market this week. Domestic ducks ere 1s
cents pound geese. Is cents, and turkeys
20 to ~ cents a pound. The Homer squad
are selling at 50 cents apiece. Spring lamb
is n now and sells in quarters. The hind
Quafters are $50 and the forequarters 81 Is.
One more month with an "R" in 1t and
oysters win be out of season. At present.
however, there are enough to supply the
demand and the best quality are selling
from IS TO So cents quart shrimps are
out OF season and have been for the last
six weeks. HOLSTERS are nice and plentiful.
live ones selling at as cents a pound and
broiled Holsters at IS cents Frozen frog
less OF the large variety can now be had