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Show 1EI DAVIS APPLES ARE II FROM IDAHO Gem State Fruit Is Meeting With Ready Sale in Ziou. Tho only special feature of tho local produce market Tuesday was the ar-ri'al ar-ri'al of a consignment of Ben Davis ap- Eles from Idaho. They wero among the ost of their variety which has been seen on the local market in some months, and met with a ready sale at 40 cents a peck. Tho apples from the Gem state aro quite gonerally claimed to surpass the home fruit In "eating" qualltlos, but, according ac-cording lo tho dealers, housewives declare de-clare that they would sooner purchase tho Utah product for "putting up." Today it is expected that two carloads of fruit and vegetables will bo received from California. Grapes arc coming in extremely freely and dealers are offering the delicacy at the rate of 5 and 10 cents a pound. The seedless variety I3 not so plentiful as It was a week or two ago, but dealers are encountering no trouble In supplying the demand, as most people prefer the regular ordinary grape. |