Denver labor bulletin., 1917-06-23
BUY JARSN0W FOR
CANNING FRUIT
PRICES WILL BE HIGHER
LATER ON.
Flour Tumbled so Cents per Hundred
During the Week; Western Slope
Fruit Crop Promises to BE
Hummer This Year.

Flour took a nice little tumble of
SOC per hundred this week and is now
selling: $685. for the Longmont Spe-
cial and Legal Tender, and s6.05 for
the Pride of the Rockies and Hunga-
rian Patent.
Sugar remains 1925 and sS.65 per
hundred, 10 and IL lbs. for Sl.00.
New potatoes are lbs, 25c; 100
lbs. $3.50; old potatoes, the same
price.
Denver strawberries have the mar
ket to themselves now and as offer
ings are very limited they are selling
at from 20c to 25c per box II weather
will be n very good crop of strawber-
ries and of excellent quality. They
will be coming in very freely by the
middle of next week and the price will
decline to within reason. II appears
now that most any time after the mid
die Of next week will be n good time
for preserving Strawberries. II is not
advisable to wait until the last Of the
season, for il the weather should con-
tinue hot and dry the later berries
will be prematurely ripened and will
not be Of as good quality as the ear
lier ones.
The raspberry crop looks n little
doubtful at this time, tho growers e1-
pcct fair crop.
Gooseberries are 10c per box. S2.15
per crate. Table cherries, 40c per
carton, pie cherries 15c and zoe per
box. California apricots. small basket,
25c; large basket. 65c. Tragedy plums.
small basket, 35c; large basket, 75c.
Other California plums, small basket,
25c; large basket, 65c. Oranges, doz.,
r. 10, \ ,y,I
Grape fruit, each, 10c TO zoe.
Cantaloupe will be very plentiful
Saturday and of unusually good quail
ity, selling from 10c to 20c each. Wa
termelons, each, 75c to $1.25. Pine
apples are 15c to zoe each. per doz.,
s1.75 to s2.65. This is practically the
last week for pineapples as the Cuban
crop is marketed and the Florida crop
is reported as almost failure, the lit
tie fruit remaining being of very in
ferior quality.
Western Colorado peach, pear and
apple crop promises to be very large
and it stands every one in hand to be
prepared to put up their own fruit
this season; in fact it will pay to put
up your vegetables as well, for all
canned goods are sure to be high next
winter. Dealers suggest that those
contemplating canning fruits and veg
etables should buy their Jars now ana
not wait until they are ready to use
them. They say Jars will be higher
before the season closes.
Asparagus, per lb., 10c. Spinach.
3 lbs, 10c, and pie plant, 3 large
lunches, 10c are the vegetables that
should be canned now. For your table,
leaf lettuce is selling punches, DC;
long radishes, 2 punches, Be; round
radishes, 3 lunches, &c; table onions,
3 lunches, 10c. Bunch bects and car
rots,- DC; turnips, 3 punches. .1oc;
cauliflower, per h.. 20c; cucumbers.
each, from 15c to zoe; egg plant, each
25c. Bermuda onions, crystal wax on
ions and new cabbage, 4 lbs, 2bc.
Green beans, wax beans and green
peas, per lb., 15c. Ripe tomatoes, per
lb., 15c. Meat prices remain at about
the same. Loin steaks sell Mt from
271sc to 35c per lb. Fancy hams, per
h., zoe to 35c; stewing chickens, per
lb., 18c to zoe; hens. per lb., 2dc to
25c.