Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-29
HOUSEWIVES HOPE FRUIT CROP
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
SUGAR CAN &c HAD.
MANY VARIETIES OF
VEGETABLES ~ MARKET
With Strike Of Railroad shopmsr
Threstsned Outlook For Home
Canning Season 70 pismaI--Soms Of
ths Prevailing Fruit and Vegetable
II Prices in City.

Fresh fruits and vegetables seem 10
be more plentiful in the market at
present than any time this summer
and the housekeeper who is alert for
every opportunity to have variety. Will
be glad to~know that the articles are
of extra fine quality. The new fruits
such as peaches, pears, grapes and APP
pies look so tempting but are not any
more delicious than the canteloupe
and watermelon, which have been in
the market for some time. just now the
canteloupes are especially sweet anG
so plentiful that they are selling from
10 to 80 cents, according to size. The
,watermelons which sell at 3 cents a
pound, are just as nice.
Canning Time; No Sugar.
While the housewife is glad to have
fresh fruits appear in the market this
Year. she is hoping that the crop will
be late 50 that they won't be all gone
by the time there is sugar enough TO
be able to can. 1t surely Is most
trying situation to have a sugar fam
Inc just at the time when the canning
season is at its height, and there seems
to be no assurance Of a supply arriv-
ing in the very near future.
One grocer said that he had just fif.
ty pounds on hand, which would no,
last long even when selling one pound
to the customer. Just where he VI
to get more was a problem TO him a.
large Chicago and eastern wholesal
firms, as well as local firms. hat
none on hand to sell him. The threa
ened strike of railway .shopmen makes
the outlook even more dismal as then
there may be no possible way Of ship
ping the sugar in. 1t looks as tho the
housewives attempt to cut down the
high cost Of living by canning as much
as possible was going to be hit in the
head very hard.
Peaches at $50 q Box.
California peaches that are exceed-
ingly nice are priced at $3.50 and s1.7S
box, according to the size of the
fruit. The boxes contain sixty-five'
large sized pcachess and ninety small
ones. Some would rather can the large
Colorado variety but it Is too early yet
for them. They begin coming after
Sept 1: but the very best are not usu-
ally here until the middle of the
month. Bartlett pears are on the mar
klk. priced .At ayk a sbox.swhfchi Is the
usual price for this time Of year.
Grapes are not usually very good
until after the first frost. but there are
some real nice ones in market at 10
cents pound The crop is going to
be quite plentiful this year. as also
will be the apple crop. In spite Of the
fact that It is very hard for the gro-
Ger to get apples. The only ones on,
the market now are .Wealthies, cook.
ing apples which selffrom to s cents
q pound. 1t is too early to get ripe
eating apples and the same applies to
plums.
!. Vegetables At Bsst Stage.
Sweet corn is to be with us until
frost, as there Is q large crop this
year. The housewife should be pleased
to know this as after one gets tired OF
serving2i 1T on the ear it is very nice
cut off the cob and cooked with milk.
seasoned with green peppers or pi-
mentoes. Because Of the popularity Of
sweet green peppers they are scarce
and quite high for this time Of the
year. Five cents apiece Is the retail
price. In addition to the common var
ieties Of vegetables, there are home
grown cucumbers. extra nice tomatoes
and sweet pota Toes from Alabama. The
latter sell at two pounds for quar-
ter.
Tomatoes are now at the best stage
for canning. The extra large nice ones
retail at sSI.35 box but some very
good ones can be had for 81 per box.