Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-19
FALL AND WINTER VARIETIES
BEGIN 70 APPEAR ON
LOCAL MARKET.
PRICES FOR ALL GRADES
CONTINUE TO STAY HIGH
Grapes Hard TO &c. and Quality 10
Only Fair-6raes juice Makers
Getting Bulk Of Crep-Lsst OF Pears
and Peaches New OF tho Market in
Quantities.

The market now has a fairly large
VARIETY of fruits on hand. II is near
ing the close of the season for sum-
mer fruits and the fall and winter
! varieties are just appearins so. with
some of both in the market, the house
wife should not have n hard time be-
ing suited. However the extremely
high prices NAV cause her to hesitate
a moment before buying II she de-
cides to wait until some varieties are
little more plentiful and the prices
lower she will find no consolation in
! the statement made by a local dealer
that he could see no decline IN the
prices OF the new crop in sight and he
believed that prices probably would be
higher even than they were last year.
The grapes that are in the market
are just fairly good and are selling
from 8 to S cents a pound. while
six and one quarter pound basket COM
mands 50 cents. Because 1t is hard to
get grapes the prices remain high
while the quality is not so good as
usual
Manufacturers of grape Juice. Of
which there are many, buy grapes in
such large quantities and pay the
grower just as high a price for them in
bulk as the small dealer does for them
sorted, consequently the grape juice
dealer gets most OF the crop. Calf
ornia and Tokay grapes are in the
market, priced at % cents a pound.
Apples Are Going Higher.
Jorathan's and Grimes Golden are the
only varieties Of apples in the market
at present. but other varieties are
promised TO come on soon. The prices
Of the two varieties now here are 10
and cents a pound respectively. but
prices quoted for early shipments OF
other grades are simply out OF sight
Five cents apiece for apples will no
doubt be common this winter and the
apples will not be OF the best quality
either. The home grown apple Is not
very large this year so there seems to
be no prospects Of a let up in prices.
Another new crop OF fruit which has
arrived is grape fruit. These come
from Cuba and are priced at Is cents
apiece. They are medium sized but
Of a nice variety. A little later the
Florida fruit will be in the market
Summer Fruits Almost Gone.
The season for summer fruits is al
most over and while they are still
some on the market they will be the
last and are not OF the best grades.
The canteloupes are extremely high.
selling at Is cents apiece for small
ones OF only a fair grade. Watermel-
ons. altho especially nice, are going
fast at cents a pound. When the
present supply Of pears in the city has
been sold there will be no more. The
last Of the Bartlett pears sold for So
a box and those in market now are
kiefers. the small. hard pear. They
are priced at 1926 a box. Washington
peaches are the only kind to be had
now.
Lemons. oranges and bananas are
the remaining fruits in the market.
The prices on all are high but they are
fine. Lemons are now so cents a doz-
en-, oranges 10 cents and bananas sell
at is cents pound. The latter are
very hard to get, due to storms which
have delayed the ships.