The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-22
GREEN THINGS
SPELL ! COMING
OF EASTERTIDE
Appetizing rEdibles Make Bis
marck Markets Attractive
to faded Palates
NEXT WEEK THE BIG ONE

A wide array OF green things. hal
| bingers Of the spring that is to be
, and heralds Of the coming Easle
week, make attractive displays in Bis
marck market windows. There is
larger variety of southern grown vege
tables and dollhouse products thar
! the markets have offered for some
weeks past, and. everything consid
cred. the fresh things are about as
cheap as anything the careful house
keeper can place on her table.
CauliflOwer is no newcomer, bui
! this weeks offerings are Of excep
1ionally good quality, at ten cents the
pound Green onions are popular al
ten cents the bunch. and cucumber>
find ready sale al 20 and - cents
apiece. Young beets, young carrots
and young turnips. crisp and appetiZ
.''". are strong at ten cents the bunch.
Tomatoes at 80 cents the pound are
s>..!uus me real aIlStOrr;,.S OF tao
market-place. Rrubaro the same old.
fashioned "pie-plant" that mother used
to use, is worth fifteen cents tn"
pound and comes in iive-pound buach-
es. TO have a pie-plant pie it is no.
IL.
Egg plant is a recent arrival at -
cents the pound. Celery and lettuce,
which have been with us all winter,
are prime 1av1rites at 10 and Is
cents the bunch. respectively. Tne
quality is unusually good. and the sal
ad-makers are happy. Oranges. be.
cause of only a third of the normal
crop, remain out of reach They are
selling at 40, 30 and t. Genes the
dozen, and a really good-sized orange
is worth 20 cents. Fancy apples are
one OF the best buys in the ircs1
fruit line at gu cents the peek.
New potatoes will begin coming in
next month. The local product is nov
selling at 81 SO the bushel. bat po a
toes are coming in from Washington
which can be sold for as little as
SLID the bushel. New asparagus in
crisp. white stalks at 20 cents the
bunch or two for 81 will furnish the
piece des resistance for many Sat !
urday luncheon. and there are new
Georgia sweet potatoes to go with
Sundays leg o. lamb al two pounds
for p cents. i
In the raw fruit line there arc lust |
'Wo Things which remain unchanged !
Bananas, Of extra good quality, still!
sell at 20 cents the dozen, which has |
been a standard price for some years
past. ana grape fruit may be had at
10 cents, two for q cents and Il /
cents. Lemons are more reasonable |
than they have been for some time
at 40 cents the dozen for fine, large
fruit
Shelfsh Popular
Shellfish retain their popularity, as
late as it is But one more "R" |
month remains. but oysters are still in !
demand. The Bismarck market never
has been supplied with a better quail.
ity Of oysters than have come this !
season. One Bismarck store put in a
lot OF Holsters this week. and they
went like hot cakes at s. cents apiece. /
Fresh mackerel, direct from the At
lantic ocean, and Dolly Warden trout. T
from the icy streams of the Rockies. |
are leaders in the fresh fish line t
which Includes salmon. halibut and .
smells.
No Canned Vegetables.
Canned vegetables are fast going
off the market. Jobbers are cleaning /
up the stocks they had on hand |
when Uncle Sam took over the prod,
uct OF the canneries for his soldiers
and when this is gone, there will be
no more to be had. Canned salmon is
practically off the market. Imported .
sardines are a rarity. but large pack .
ing plants are being established at I
San Diego, and California sardines, /