Evening star., 1912-11-15
GOING UP;
MEATS ARE UNCHANGED
Market Shows Variety Of
Products, Indicating the Ap-
proach of Winter.

Winters advent Is noticeable at the
markets today, in the disappearance from
the stands of many summer vegetables,
the putting into effect Of pound prices on
tomatoes and a few other vegetables,
and the appearance Of wild game in guam
titles and wide variety. This is the sea-
son of the year when the vegetarian pays
pretty high for the satisfaction Of fol-
lowing the dictates OF his appetite, be-
cause pretty much everythin gin the vege-
table line is advancing in price. while no
change is noted in meat quotations since
last week, with the exception of fresh
pork, which is about cents lower.
Pork loins are Is and 20 cents this
week, as against 20 and % cents last
week. Everything else in the meat line
remains unchanged in price since last
Friday.
In the Vegetable Line.
AS for vegetables. white potatoes are
30 cents peck, and sweets are so cents.
Cabbage is s to 10 cents head, with
quality fine. Cauliflower of the best
ranges from Is to 25 cents, according to
size; celery is to cents a stalk Beets
bring cents bunch. string beans %
cents a quarter peck, spinach 80 cents
peck and kale about the same, dry on
ions retail for 10 cents quarter peck,
and green onions are two punches for a
nickel.
Turnips bring Is cents a quarter peck.
and fine rutabagas sell at from 10 cents
up according to size. Cucumbers sell
at retail at two for 25 cents. lettuce
is cents a head, or two for 10 cents;
brussels sprouts are 1S cents box.
okra is is cents pint, eggplants Is
to 25 cents each; sweet peppers, 20
cents a dozen, or two for cents.
Tomatoes are back on the winter
schedule, and retail at is cents
pound; radishes are two punches for
cents. hubbard squash bring 10 to 20
cents each new carrots are cents
bunch, while the old ones are 10 cents
a quarter peck with fine parsnips sell.
ing at the same price. Satisfy is
cents a bunch, or two for 15 cents.
Fancy Fruits Plentiful.
Fancy fruits are coming in more and
more plentifully each week and the mar
ket is rapidly assuming its holiday as
pect in this line. Persons who never be-
fore heard the name yakima" have
learned within the past few weeks to call
for .some of those fine Yakima apples.
Many of the dealers are handling no other
varieties of apples now but the fancy
box goods shipped from Washington and
Oregon.
a peck or % cents a basket holding about
quarter-peck; Grimes Golden are 90
cents a peck; Jonathans are 40 cents;
York Imperials, 80 cents; Stayman's
wnesaps, so cents; greetings, 40 cents.
These are all box goods, grown away
out in the far northwest. Ordinary sorts
from nearby orchards retail at 30 to
40 cents a peck, depending on variety
and grade.
Oranges range from 80 to so cents a.
dozen, lemons, 20 to 30 cents; grapefruit
from ) cents each to four for a quarter
or $1.25 dozen; bananas are 10 to -
cents. Concord grapes are almost out of
the market, good ones bringing 20 cents,
while inferior ones are 10 cents a basket.
Tokays range from 10 to 10 cents a
pound. Pineapples are plentiful at % to
| 30 cents each. Fine Cape Cod cram
| berries are 10 cents a quart.
Eggs at Record Prices.
| Dealers were doing a lot of gossiping to-
! day over the record-breaking prices for
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