Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-21
GREATER SHOWING OF vEGETA.
sLEs OF PRESENT SEASON
LOCAL MARKETS.
LATE VEGETABLES ARE, g,
NOW MAKING APPEARANCE
Fruit Also Shown in Great Variety and
Quality for Most Part Excellent
Sweet Potatoes and Summer Squash
Arrive-Melons Are Plentiful, But
Prices Still High.

Local markets are offerings great
er variet:y OF vegetables and fruits now
than at any time during the present
season. The housewife mas little diff
Guilty IN selecting her vegetables for
the Gay. as the produce OF the earlier
and later varieties OF vegetables are
just making their appearance. AT the
present time the local markets afford
green corn. cucumhers. tomatoes. rad
isles. lettuce sweet potatoes turnipS.
carrots, celery, summer squash, egg
plant, green peppers, oeets, and cab
bage.
Almost as great a variety may be
had in fruits. and just now the quality
IS for the most part the best Of the
season. Offerings include Missouri and
ana home grown pIunls, the seveca!
and the home grown varieties. ba-
naras. and ali the citrus fruits.
Melons are now at their best the
shipped-in melons still being in evil
dence and the home grown varieties
coming 70 MARKET IL sEea. 22a:cs-.
Time 70 Make Pickles.
Cucunbers for picking are coming
on. and ,he indications are that the
season will be short. Picking should
be done at once. Vegetable dealers 10
not expect The crop 10 last long. and
the price is now as low as !; viii De.
Small cucumhers are now selling al
80 cents q hundred Up.
Corn has, returned 10 the rnarke: IN
abundance. For several days corn
was e scarce article but since NE re-
cent rains there mas been more than &
sufficient supply. The quality is now
excellent and the price ranges from
~. - - cents dozen.
Large cucunbe-s, all home grown.
are retailing at two and three Tor )
cents.
Tomatoes Becoming Scarce.
Tomatoes, which have been plentiful!
81 summer, are growing scarce. The
crop Will no. las, long. it IS believed.
The price now is cents pound.
Ra6ishes are still. on the marie, at
TWO punches for cents.
Turnips are Just coming in. but there
VII. not BE- large supply this season.
Three cents a pound IS the p-esen:
price.
There is some home grown celery 10
De had, but mos Of the celery now on
me market Is shipped in. The price
| is not nigh for the time Of year. 1872
cents z pound being the retail value.
Green Peppers are selling q, cents
for two and upward Nice beets may
De had either by the bunch or IN bulk.
Bunch beecs are selling al ; cents. and
in the bulk the price is 8 cents a
pound.
New Vegetables Arrive.
Late vegetables are becoming COM
| mon commodities. Hone grown sweet
| potatoes have been on sale for a week
or more. The present price is 80 cents
a peck Cheaper potatoes Will be Of
| fered in another week
| Nice summer squash. Of the crook
neck variety, can be mad at and 10
cents each.
| Egg plants are scarce, and are rip
ening slowly. They are now quoted at
l1212 to Is cents each.
There will be a scarcity of home
grown onions this year. Those on the
market now are not large. The price
ranges from 3 to cents a pound, the
white onions commanding g higher
| price than the red variety.
Home grown cabbages are small and
the crop short Some are being shipped
in. The price is high, cents pound.
California Peaches Coming.
Peaches will not be plentiful this
year. The Missouri peaches are almost
gone and the CALIFORNIA; are just COM
ing on. The shipments from the west
| are for the most part in twenty-tWo-
pound boxes The Colorado crop is said
to be short and Michigan will ship
less peaches this year than usual. The
quality, however, has been excellent
thus far. The box peaches are as good
as any ever brought into the Local
market.
California plums are here and are
large and fine looking. They are not
plentiful, however. The price is 60 tc
Is cents for six-pound baskets. Inc
/ home crop is expected to be large.
California grapes have been on the
market for some time, and the home
grown grapes have just made theil
appearance. Home grown Concords are
now worth 10 cents pound.
Melons Seem Plentiful.
While there seems to be no scarcit!
of melons. the prices keep high. Home
grown watermelons are still command
ing 25 to 40 cents. according to size
The quality is excellent and the mel
ons are large. Some melons are be1nt
shipped in and are bringing the SAM
iprice as tn. home grown. Muscatine
melons are expected this week.
Rocky Ford canteloupes are still
discriminating over home crowns, al
tho the latter are now coming more
freely. The price is 10 cents, with ex-
ira large ones commanding Is cents
each. Usage melons VIII be here b!
another week.