The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
NEW TOMATOES CO
LIKE HOT CAKES
Another Carload Will Be on
Sale in Salt Lake This
Morning.
THREE SMALL BASKETS
OF NEW HUCKLEBERRIES
Some Other New Things and
Same Old Ones ON
the Market.

NsWas said on Market row late Tues
aay afternoon that a new carload OF to-
nIiafoes niaI, was expected to arrive during the
,bfh, ,bffs - ana the same would be for sale
toes which arrived in the city Monday
evening was readily sold at 90 cents
pound long before the day was half over.
VIII sell at about the same figure
InIee little baskets OF huckleberries.
tne nrst OF the season. appeared on the
mand for the berries, however, as the
price. ~ cents o pound, and their ap-
pearance. made the economical housewife
think twice before buying, Better ber-
ries and more Of them are expected with
IN few days, To make UP for the
nuckleperry there were gooseberries,
Ing strawberry. currants and cherries.
But one merchant exhibited any black
currantS These sold readily at 10 cents
a quart Gooseherres are stlll in the
TOT 20 cents. slight decrease In the
price OF red currants and raspberries was
Noted noted Tues TUESDAY " They are now selling at
were selling at 10 cents straight, Good
raspberries and red currants will con-
tinue on the market throughout the week
reduction in price is expected. however,
as the goods now on sale are the best
Of the season. Strawberries have been
going for the last four days. according
their way. Only a few crates were TO be
found on the row, and the berries looked
dry and .overripe. The price. 10 cents a
box is by no means one of their best
features. Some of the merchants reduced
the price of black and red cherries scents
n pound the prices for each now being
20 and Is cents q pound. Others how
ever. whose fruit looked n little larger and
better. still cling TO the old figures, 26
and 20 cents.
Dewberries are to be found along the
entire row. hut their price varies In al
most every booth. Twenty cents a box
was the highest asked and 10 cents APP
peared 10 be the lowest figure
Some rather large, but overripe wild
Utah plums were for sale in one OF the
stores, Fifteen cents pound was
asked for these, but most buyers seemed
something better. California peaches are
still on the market. but no fresh supply
seems to he on hand. IL Is said that the
peach crop Is pretty much OF failure.
the late frosts, along with the big floods
having played havoc with the crop In
some sections,
the row now, but in their place the Va
Iencla variety is offered at the uninvit-
Ing price OF 60 cents dozen for the
large sizes and 80 cents for the sizes
not much larger than walnut. Bananas
as also found In large quantities along
the row. bringing anywhere from 10 to
80 cents n dozen.
Plenty OF new Utah potatoes arc now
for sale on the row. but the prevailing
figure asked is the same as that of Mon
day. namely, . cents pound.
Peppers returned 10 the market again
on Tuesday after an absence OF about
four days. The price now asked is 30
cents pound. few egg plants at 20
cents a pound were also exhibited In
some of the stores.
New consigpmeuts Of watermelons and
cantalopues were received Tuesday, but
they had no effect on the price only
serving to satisfy the Increased demand,
The cantaloupcs vary In price from Is
cents TO three for % cents and the mel
onB sell at 81 cents q pound.