Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-07

31S
THE ALAMO LUMBER COMPANY

for a nickel!' And the stall man slips
into your open basket three great. big
heads of lettuce-fresh, clean. green and
crisp, just from the truck patch. In that
same condition will you find all tho
green's. Green onions-dO not sneer-vOu
like to see them on the dinner table and
you know it; and for 10 cents Mex YOU
get two punches of nice young onions
Picked beets are good now and then, and
they are ) cents a bunch-in the raw.
you know. A pound of hot peppers is a
little heavy on the hot stuff, neverthe
less a pound is yours for % cents.
Radishes-if they are round, serve
them as rOsebuds, if long, cut EN- up any
cid way; anyhow, they are two punches
for a nickel. Big, old ugly turnips-Tthey
are 5 cents a bunch, but, believe me. they
are worth the price. Squash, 10 cents a
dozen! NOugh sed. The egg plants look
! as if one were big enough to do a family
for a day. but they may be had at thrcd
for a dime. Carrots and parsnips-thcy
look alike, they price alike. but taste diff
fcrent, ) cents a bunch. TomatOcs-all
important. fine. ripe and fresh-10 cent
n pound. Mustard green's and spinach
"rccnS-take a microscope and find the
individralitv+gO ut three lunches fo~
Tho lowlv dime. String beans NAV hn
had IT 10 cents a pound and green peas
IT - cents.
The average citizens OF Brownsville of
American extraction probably will find
it difficult to find the proper pot for Mex
lean wild tomatoes, but by the duly mi
dated they are made palatable and they
are here at 10 cents a pound. Local cdict
has it that cabbage is nothing more nor
less than wood and watcr-in what parts
The writer has not been able to aSccr
tain-but if You like that sort Of 4 com
hinatiOn Of wood and water it may ~
purchased at the Brownsville city mar
tet in its prime at ? cents Il pound.
Though not worn on your coat lapel
it's good TO look at and better han that
it's good to eat; the answer to the puz
zle is cauliflOwcr. and it's weighed to
you-and by parcel post, if YOU desire
at 10 cents a pound. Sweet pcppers-you
DO the filling-1J cents a dozen. if yOuI
digestion will stand 50 many. \ meal
without potatoes is like 4 Kitchen with
out 4 cook: swects-nOt chocolates, but
gOlu. Old fashioned sweet potatoes and
new Irish potatoes are purchasablc here
nj = canty N nnunI Of 1k nuncaS col
AIRY kills the appetite, but celery whet:'
ito cents a bunch-the celery, not the
salary.
Roasting ears. or properly speaking
~'rOSSnears,' in January at IL cents a
dozen. Munich, boy, MUNICH.
The last word in vegetables: The end
has been reached-the end of the meal. o.
course, to explain. Punpkins. Why pay
i've a slice for pumpkin pie when you can
get enough pumpkin for a nickel to make
forty slices? That's good, old fashioned
"figgerin'," but pumpkins are good and old
fashioned, so it ali fits in.
Going through the list it will be found
that all these vegetables are sent in to
our market every day from the surround
ing truck farms. And ak of these arc
grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley a
4 time of the year when not more thar
two other small sections in the cntir'
United States are growing them. They
are at the gate of Brownsville, and in this
season are TO be had fresh every morning.
The greater space in the market is oc'
cupicd by eight or ten butchers, and they
have on sale daily all desirable beef cuts.
pork, sausage in country style, lamb,
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