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Show GRAPES GOME IN FROM CALIFORNIA i i Utah Blackberries Replace the Foreign For-eign Fruit Wax Beans Fall in Price. ON tho Fourth of July grapes wcro to bo seen In the restaurants In Salt Lake. They came as somewhat of a surprise, as It had not been expected ex-pected they would como for a couple of dnys. Yesterday they Wero on sale at almost al-most every store In lown. Retail they aro worth 25 cents a pound; the dealeru aro having to pay 52 a case for them. They are very small, but the flavor 1b quit good. Whlto ones aro tho only kind for sale hero at present. Strawberries aro getting scarco all tho time. Some Alplno berries from tho Mill Crock district, keep coming In; thoy aro still being 'retailed at 25 cents for two cups. The wholesale prlco has gono up to 51.10 and 51.25 a cac6. Utnh blackberries wero on tho market yesterday, tho first of the season. Very few of them were to bo had, and they wero quickly Bnappcd up, but after Thur-day Thur-day they will bo a constant featuro and there will be no moro Imported from California. Cali-fornia. At present they are sold at 20 centB a cup and 52.40 a case, wholesale. In tho vegetable line now peppers aro the only novelty. Twenty-five cents a pound aro being asked for these, and tho dealers pay 20 cents nt wholesale rates. Soveral things became cheaper. Utah summer sum-mer squash, which has replaced tho California Cali-fornia variety on tho Salt Luko market, wont down to 12 cents a pound and 8 cents nt wholesale. Old potatoes aro all out, and wnx beans took a big drop to 5 cents a pound, 4 cents being the wholosalo prlco. |