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Show 7 v FIRST POTATOES OF THE v : SEASON 'NOW IN MARKET Ten Cents a Pcimd Is Asked ftr ttc Tubers; Other j Vegetables Arc Growlcg Cheaper. ' v the usual quotations: Counts. $2 per hundred; selects. 59 cents a can or 0 cents a quart, and Rockaways, 66 cents a dozen. . There were few lobsters In the fish market during the past week, and where they could be found 1714 cents a pound was the price aked. Some fine striped bass are to be seen at 20 cents a pound. Salmon has fallen from 17ft to IS cents a pound. The prices of other fish remain exactly the same: Perch, sole, flounders and herring,. 12 cents; smelts, shad, catfish and halibut. IS cents; Lake Michigan pike, white fish, Mackinaw trout and the Texas red snapper, 20 cents;almon trout, 25 cents and a few Idaho mountain trout at 40 cents a pound. Crabs are from 25 to 30 cents apiece. Hen Are Negligent. "Eggs are very scarce for this time of the year and the price continues 20 cents a doaen. Dealers say the price will not get any lower and some predict pre-dict that a further advance will be made. Butter can be had for 25 cents but the best quality remains at SO cents a pound. The first new potatoes of the season are now on the market. The "spuds" are email but nevertheless command a good price, selling at 10 cents a pound or three pounds for 25 cents. The first Utah Vegetables also made their appearance during the past week. Nice Utah asparagus can be bought at 10 cents a pound, while the California variety, which Is not any better, is quoted at 124 cents a pound. Utah radishes rad-ishes are 5 cents a bunch and turnips are selling at a like figure. Old potatoes pota-toes art stm to cents a bushel; cucumbers cucum-bers pell at 20 cents apiece, artichokes 10 cents each or three for 25 cents, cauliflower cauli-flower has gone up to 17H cents a pound. Tomatoes remain 25 oents a X pound, spinach two pounds for 15 cents, 1 green peas have dropped from 29 cents . a pound to two pounds for, 25 cents, I green onions are two bunches for S cents, lettuce 6 cents a head, cabbage S cents a pound, carrots 15 cents a peck and beets and parsnips 20 cents a peck. Red Bananas From Honduras. Red bananas are new in the fruit line. They certainly look appetizing, notwithstanding notwith-standing that tbey are shipped here all the way from Honduras. The price asked Is S cents each or SO cents a dozen. doz-en. California strawberries are quoted at 40 cents a box. no decrease over last week's prices having been made. Pineapples Pine-apples can be had in some stores for 86 cents, while at others the price remains 60 cents each, the same as last Friday. Fri-day. Apples are from 11 to $2 a box; oranges, 20 to 75 cents a dozen; bananas from 20 to SO cents, and lemons from 15 to 25 cents a dozen. Rhubarb remains 10 cents a pound and grape fruit 10 cents each or three for 25 cents. Poultry Is Still High. The prlc of poultry and meats remain re-main unchanged. Turkeys bring 25 cents a pound, tame ducks 20 cents a pound, spring chickens 20 cents and hens 18 cents a pound. Spring lamb still sells at from $1.25 to 11.50 a quarter. Other meat prices are as follows: Porterhouse, 20 cents; round, 15 cents; ribs, 17H cents: pot roast, from 8 to 10 cents; mutton stew, 6 cents; shoulder, 10 cents; fresh pork, from 12 to 17H cents; bacon, 25 cents; ham, 20 cents, and veal cutlets from 15 to 20 cents a pound. Oysters Hot la Favor. Oysters are becoming scarcer every day as the end of the season draws nearer, and the demand Is falling off at |