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Show WATERMELONS TO . COME IN TODAY First Arrivals of Season Due From Texas Light Demand for Garden Gar-den Luxuries. THE first cnrlond of watermelons to reach Salt Lake this season is expected ex-pected to nrrivo today from San Antonio. Tex. The wholesale price of the melons will be J6 a dozen, or 2 Cents a pound. So far this season tho earliest arrivals In tho vegetable line have not been In so groat demand as they were last year, notwithstanding the fact that business In general is fully as good. The first cantaloupes, can-taloupes, for example, which also came from Texas, havo not been selling at all well, although they havo been offered at JC a crate when tho commission merchants claim that they should recolvo 57 for thorn. It Is tho name way with Mississippi Missis-sippi tomatoes, which are said to bo tho finest grown. Last year they wcro selling sell-ing readily at this time at 52 a crate, whllo this season they aro going Blowly at 51.60., Merchants are unable to account ac-count for this lack of demand for luxuries, luxu-ries, except that people aro always Inclined In-clined to hold on to tholr .money In a Presidential year. ' Occasional shipments of Eastorn poultry poul-try aro still received, although tho Utah product is quite plentiful. Natlvo broilers are coming in larger every aay, anu aro In good demand at 53.50 to 51.60 a dozen. All of the staple varieties "of fish wcro on tho market yesterday in abundance, and tho sales were large No Utah lako black baBs has coinu In since the opening of tho season on the 15th Inst , but dealers aro expecting lo receive them at any time. No cause for tho flBhermen'o delay In making tho first catches has been reported. |