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Show banana and met potato Florida tomatoes, California vegetables, smoked whlteflsh and Finnan haddie. ' Hancock Broe.--Two cars of Bear tllver applet, one of oranges and local Shipment. - ..,..! . i The following price ar qaoted by retail dealers: - . Apples, SO to 60c a peck; firs, 10c per package; lemons, 8Eo' a dosen; oranges, 15c to -0o a- dosen; grape fruit, too a dosen; bananas, 25c to 40c a dosen; limes, 20c a dozen. y . . i The following; prists are quoted on vegetables: Celery.AOo s stalk; oyster plants, -6c a bunch; parsnips, Jo a bunch, 20c a peck; sweet potatoes, eight pounds for 25c; turnips. 36o u peck; green onions, three bunches for 10c carrots and beet, Jo a bunch; California, Cali-fornia, two for 15c; chile peppers, 25o a pound; parsley, three bunches for 10c; potatoes, 20c a peck; new spinach, three pounds for 25c; cauliflower, tOo a poundt cabbage, t to a .pound; artichokes, arti-chokes, 10c each; Brussels sprouts, UHc a pound; asparagus, 25c a pound; tomatoes, toma-toes, 25o a pound; new potatoes, 15c a pound; Utah rhubarb, 10c a pound. Pish prices are as follows: Wall eyed pike, 20c; sturgeon, 15c; sea bass, , 15c; codfish, 15c; Idaho trout, 40c; black 15c; perch, 15c; codfish, 15c; Idaho trout, 40c; black bass, S5c; halibut, 15c; striped bass, 20c; salmon, lTfccj Mack-fnaw Mack-fnaw trout. 20c; soles and floun-15S5c; floun-15S5c; sturgeon, 15c; fresh codfish, 15c; lobsters, 20c; brook trout, 40c; blueflsh, 20c; ponpano, 40c; red snappers, 20c; lobsters, 17 He; pike, 20c; crabs, 25030c each; finnan haddie, 12Hc; whlteflsh, 20c. Oysters are quoted at lie a can for New York counts; extra Selects are 50c a can, and New York counts are selling sell-ing at 30c a doien. The following prices are quoted on poultry: Hens, alive, 10c per pound; dressed, 17Hc a pound; spring chickens, dressed. 20c a pound. Dairy products are quoted as follows: Butter, creamery, cream-ery, 30c a pound; ranch, 20o a pound; fresh Utah eggs, 25c a dosen. There has been no change in the price of meats during the week. Boiling beef Is quoted from 8 to 10c; prime ribs. 15c; porterhouse, 20c; stewing mutton, T9e; mutton chops, 12H17c; legs, 15c; lamb chops, 20c; lamb roast, 17Hc; spring lamb, per quarter. ILOOl.25; veal, 12H20c; veal loaf, 20o a pound; pork, lOjWHo a pound. SACKCLOTH AND FISH Fish will form a considerable portion of the diet of a large number of Salt . Lakers during the forty days of Lent It Is interesting to know that no Inland city In the country it . better supplied with the different varieties of the finny tribe than is this city, all parts of the country being called upon to furnish the wants of the local market. From Sacramento, Seattle Vid Portland Port-land come salmon, halibut, sturgeon, catfish, striped bass and several other varieties, as well as lobsters and crabs. The Atlantic furnishes fresh cod, oysters, lobsters and several other kinds. ' From the Great Lakes come whlteflsh and Mackinaw trout. The red snapper and two or three other varieties come from Galveston, Tea.- . . : Idaho furnishes fresh trout, while Utah lake supplies the market with a large amount of mullet and carp. Smoked and salt fish are received from different parts of the country and from Europe, all of which Is ehtppped direct to this city. About 80,000 pounds of fresh, fish are sold on the local market a week, the amount being divided among the varieties varie-ties as follows: Salmon, 7000 pounds; halibut, 3000 pounds; striped bass, 2100 pounds; smelt, S25 pounds; soles and flounders, 675 pounds; catflsh. 625 pounds: herring, 625 pounds; Mackinaw trout, 500 pounds; crabs and lobsters, 200 pounds; sturgeon, 300 pounds; whlteflsh. 400 pounds; and 100 pounds each of barracuda, mackerel, perch and fresh cod, with 200 pounds of shad, 200 pounds of Idaho trout and nearly 8000 quarts of oysters. To these figures must be added mountain trout from private ponds and from 1500 to 1000 pounds of Utah lake fish. In speaking of the matter Friday Harry Heagren, manager of the fish department of the W. M. Rash company, com-pany, said: "No one who is not connected with the fish business has any Idea of the amount that Is consumed each week. Salt Lake Is the best market for fish In the tntermountain country; it Is also fast becoming a great distributing center." cen-ter." The observer of Lent may be assured that unless something unexpected happens,, hap-pens,, his wants In the fish line will be well supplied during the next forty days.' The local market shows little change In prices from last week. On account of the continued warm weather fresh Utah eggs are coming In freely, and a drop of 6 cents a dozen is noted. Among the new arrivals for the week were fresh asparagus. Mexico and Florida Flor-ida tomatoes, egg plants from Mexico, new potatoes from Cuba, and new Bermuda Ber-muda onions. The wholesale receipts for the week are as follows: The W. M. Rash CompanyThree rftrs of oranges, two cars of bananas, California vegetables. Including asparagus, aspara-gus, together with dally shipments of the following fish and poultry Steel-head Steel-head salmon, Chinook salmon, striped bass, halibut, sturgeon, soles, flounders, Idaho trout, fresh herring, catflsh, smelt, crabs, Toke Point and Sealshlpt oysters. Chickens and turkeys. ' The C. J. Crabtree Company Three cars of oranges, one of bananas, one of Mission lemons, a half car of seedless grape fruit, new potatoes from Cuba, onions trdm Bermuda Islands, tomatoes from Mexico and Florida, with dally express shipments of California vegetable. vege-table. Martin & Co. Three cars of oranges, two of apples, one ar each of lemons, j |