Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-22
.CRANBERRIES
HAVE ARRIVED
LUSCIOUS RED BERRY, WHICH
GOES WITH TURKEY, 10 SELL
ING At 10 CENTS A QUART.
F RUIT is GOING
Sweet Potatoes Arc on the Market
and tho Price 10 Lower Than
Previous Years Because OF
Large Crop.

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preaching is evidenced by the arrival
Of the little red cranberry in the local
markets. The little fruit is selling at
10 cents a quart, When the pilgrim
fathers inaugurated the custom a
century or so ago OF celebrating the
bountiful harvests and prosperous
times OF the year, proceeding with
day set apart for thanksgiving and
feasting, thereby increasing the CASTRO
nomical opportunities Of young
America for all time to come, the pre-
cedent was established whereby the
festive turkey and the succulent can
berry sauce we're awarded the place
of honor on the family table. Culinary
delights of which the forefathers never
knew in the way Of oyster dressings.
celery and sherbert ices have been
added to the menu.
Without the little red berries from
the boys Of New England and the
strutting bird Of the poultry yard. the
great fall festival would be barren
indeed. VI
The cranberry crop this year is very
plentiful and the toothsome fruit Is
avallable for the table of everyone.
The berry has grown in popular favor
the past few years and the demand
has kept apace with the supply. Gran
berries will [ , on the market till the
first of March, SO the housewife Will
have ample sauce material till the
arrival of the strawberry In early
spring. The cranberry is the only
berry this year which can be said to
be complete success from the stand
point OF the grower. (.
Sweet Potato Here.
The sweet potato has appeared upon
the market. The first ones OF the
season come from Florida and Texas,
and soon the best quality will be here
from the fields Of Virginia. The price
is lower this year than for several
seasons past. This is largely due to
the abundance Of the southern crop.
From present indications the common
Irish potato will soar as high In price
as the sweet potato, due to the low
supply in the early crop, although the
late potato crop may mean q saving
for the pocketbood of the housewife.
In spite Of the local cop OF apples.
which has proved to be an almost total
failure on account of the killing frosts
of the late spring Of 1910, the orchards
of New York, Kansas and Missouri
have been unusually productive and
the popular fruit is within easy reach
OF all. The prices are very reasonable
and the quality exceptionally good.
Apples will retail in the local markets
for So to so cents a bushel;
Fruits are Going. I
Western grown fruits, such as
peaches, pears and plums have practi-
cally reached the end of the season. J;
The scarcity of local fruits and the
abundance Of the supply that has been
shipped in this season has witnessed
considerable canning by the house,
wives. The failure Of the Concord
grape crop in the eastern vineyards
has given rise to demand for the
California grape, especially OF the
Tokay variety, and this delicious fruit
will be available to buyers for some
time yet
The 1lore common farms OF vege-,
tables and fruits, such as cantaloupes. |
watermelons, onions, cabbages and I
turnips, have been plentiful through
out the season and comparatively low
prices have prevailed. These prices
likely will continue as long as the in-s
dividual foodstuffs remain in season.