The evening world., 1919-05-02
GREEN VEGETABLES
THE APFEATURE
OF FOOD MARKET
SeaSonable EdibleS Come In
Freely and Prices Take
Decided Drop.
By p. @. FOy.
Especial Food Expert Of The Evening
worId


A bountitul supply OF fresh and
reasonably cheap vegetables will as
sist the housewife TO fill her market
basket at a lower price. Nearly all
vegetables and salads, with a few
exceptions. are selling in the whole
sale market at about one-half the
price that obtained last week. Let
tuce can be sold at a profit at &c. TO
Sc. a head, while new cabbages from
the South can be retailed at a profit
at from SC. to 10c. a head according
10 size, and good sized fresh cucum-
bers should not cost over &c. TO &c.
each. Asparagus will be obtainable
at iOc. to 6oc. for a full pound
bunch. New Florida potatoes are
being rotailed at &c. to Sc. pound,
on account OF the drop in the whole
sale price. New Texas. onions are
also getting cheaper. and should not
cost the consumer more than Sc. TO
1Oc. a pound, but will be much less
next week.
The Evening Worlds campaign for
fair food prices Is bringing many ,of
the obstinate and prontecring retailers
in line to serve their customers in
stead OF exploiting them. Many OF
the retailers who cut down their vol
ume OF business during the war and
advanced their margins Of profit are
now forced by publicity TO get in line
/ with their competitors or lose thclI
customers. Complaints from Flat.
bush and Bensonhurst districts in
brooklyn say that retailers do not
give consumers in those sections the
benefit of the wholesale markets.
Fresh fish from the Atlantic are
coming in more freely and prices ar,
lower on the summer varieties except
shad which remains scarce: but fresh
mackcrcl, haddock and buttc-fish ar,
cheaper.
! n drop Of SC. a pound in the whole.
| sale market In butter should beneG,
/ the housewives on Saturday. az many
/ Of the chain stores are selling good
| table butter at 5s TO 59c. Another
/ drop is looked T. at the end OF the
week.
, Eggs are coming in in large volume
| The receipts in New York since last
/ Friday were 267 ,94l cases OF thirt,
! dozen each, the heaviest on record
yet in spite OF this avalanche tn,
wholesale market advanced about lc
a dozen this week, due to spectators
! putting these eggs in storage ngains
n chlmerical demand from England
and the Continent next year. Retailers
are selling eggs again this week quit,
! close TO the wholesale price.
The supply Of fun milk veal is lib.
/ eT7Ll and prices are low Legs of YEA
/ should not cost over 20 to csc, and
many shops are selling at a lower
| price. The manager OF one OF the
| largest markets on the upper west
/ side gave The Evening World the
/ credit for doubling up his sales on
veal last week. Hc said: I'VE cut
! up l25 calves last week and eypeCi
that We will need Still more this
! week"
The fair prices given below admit
! OF a good profit to the retailer. and
| consumers in many sections OF The
| greater city should purchase desira.
bic and wholesome foods at nuCl
! lower prices:
MEATS.
| Portcrhouse steak. fancy 10 .48 a So
! Porterhousc steak. medium, 10 46 so
| Delmonico steak, 10. As 500
! Sirloin steak. lb. b..............4O 40 45S
| Slrloin, nat bone, .43 45
SIrloin' second cut, lb......... SO az
Slrloin, first cut, lO.........~.al a3
] Round steak. lb................36 SO AZ
80 \. - n