The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-24
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FRUIT PLENTIFUL
Local Market Men Claim
Supply Is Exceeding
the Demand Now.
MANY ITEMS CHEAPER
Appearance of Home Grown
Products Is Lowering
Price of Vegetables

The rains and cold weather this
summer have helped to produce
more fruits and vegetables than In
years Market men .of Tulsa say
the supply far exceeds the demand,
and at the week-ends they are
forced to sell perishable fruits and
vegetables below cost. Tulsa house,
wives can get almost anything they
want for their tables now In the line
of vegetables and summer fruits.
Among the new vegetables on the
market are homegrown egg plants.
which sell for 35 cents a pounu IN
some places. and 80 cents each In
others Fresh black-eyed peas, which
are always popular in the summer.
are Ahore plentiful this week. and
sell for 10 cents a pound. They are
Nome grown. Celery has come on
Z he market very early this year. 1t
is from California and sells for l5
cents a bunch.
Carrots are more plentiful this
week than they have been before
this summer. Large punches. con-
tanning from to 10 large-sized car
rots, sell for cents a bunch. The
average housewife does not realize
how useful this vegetable Is. Not
only is 1t good as a cooked vegeta-
BILE, but when eaten raw, has very
good medicinal properties. 1t Is
splendid for marmalade- Carrot
nsarmalade Is one OF the most deli
cious and practical of the marma-
ladies'. 1t not only has a good fla
for, but has much foundation. ~ IN
made by mixing the cooked carrots
with oranges. The carrots are
peeled and cut In thin, round slices,
and cooked until soft. The water is
drained off and the carrots stand
over night in sugar. Mash the car
rots, kfte- they have stood over
night, and to each quart Of carrot
meat, add three oranges that have
been sliced in thin slices. Do not
|. ,wt the rind away, as this gives a
~ bod flavor to the marmalade. Add
ialf as much sugar as the orange
and carrot pulp, cover with water.
and cook until the fell test can be
made. This makes delicious sand
wiches in the winter.
The fruits that are on the market
this week are blue grapes from Calf
fornia, which sell for 20 and 25
cents a pound; white California
grapes, for 80 and 35 cents a pound;
blackberries from Missouri. for 25
cents a quart; apricots, from Cali
fornia. for 10 and Is cents q dozen;
red plIims from California for so
cents a'dozen: blue plums from Cal
ifornia for 40 cents a dozen; June
apples from Arkansas, for IL 1-z
& cents n pound, and cooking apples
for cents a pound.
Watermelons are stiIl coming
from Texas. They sell for 3 and
cents a pound. Cantaloupes from
4 Arkansas sell for 10, 20 and 80 cents
each. A few homegrown canta-
loupes are on the market.
Other vegetables this week are
cucumbers, so cents a dozen toma-
toes, 10 and IL 1-2 cents a pound; !;
sweet corn, 1895 cents a dozen;
red onions. cents each; Bermuda
onions, cents a pound; kentucky
wonder beans, 1920 cents a pound I;
Mexican green chill peppers, so
cents a pound: okra, 20 cents a
pound; summer squash, 6 cents n
pound; and potatoes, 3 pounds for
rs cents.
Potatoes are cheaper this week
than they have been since Christ
mas. Cauliflower, from Texas, is on
"a, a market this week for the first
NINA II sells for 35 cents a pound.
= Altuit beets. that are homegrown,
y VEproJ& The Tulsa markets now They
FJT ags for 35 cents a dozen. Sweet
trpers sell for 20 cents pound.
rhips sell for cents bunch.
One market man said that lemons
were the only cheap thing on the
market. They sell for So cents a
dozen.