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Show CALIFORNIA LUXURIES ARE DUE HERE NEXT WEEK Early Vegetables From the Coast WilUComc mh, but the Rich-Must Have Them. - " The prices of provisions on the local market have remained about stationary station-ary during the past week with the exception ex-ception of an occasional rise of a cent or. two. . , , ' Apples are selling at 11 to $1.95 a bushel. Oranges are from 20 to 75 cents a dozen. Lemons are from 20 to ' 25 cents ' a ' dozen and ' bananas remain about 25 cents a dozen. ' The price of potatoes is still $1 - a bushel with no prospect of an immediate immedi-ate decline. Sweet potatoes are now about out of season. Vegetable dealers are expecting California Cali-fornia hothouse products such as asparagus, as-paragus, green peas and string beans to arrive next week. Rubarb is becoming more plentiful and can now be had for 15 cents a pound at some markets. - Prices of Vegetables. Cauliflower Is 17tt cents and California Califor-nia cabbage 4 cents a pound. Lettuce Is 7M cents a bunch, celery 7 cents, green onions and radishes are 5 cents a bunch. Carrots, turnips, parsnips and beets are, 15 cents a peck.- California tomatoes remain 25 cents a pound. Utah fish are the cheapest on the market, carp . and mullet selling . for 5 cents a pound or six pounds for 25 cents. Perch are 12 cents, sturgeon, smelts, sole, flounder, shad, halibut, codfish, catfish and white herring are 15 cents. Striped bass and white fish are 20 cents a pound.' Mackinaw trout are out of season and salmon trout are 25 cents a pound. Big JTackrabbit Supply. There is a large supply of jackrabblts on the market at 15 cents' a piece. A few ducks and geese are on sale today at from 20 to 23 cents a pound. Hens are 18 cents and spring chickens 22 and 25 cents a pound. The springs are unusually un-usually scarce and it is bard for dealers to get hold of them. While the prices of fresh meat do not substantiate the statement made by the gentleman from Utah county relative to a man supporting a family on 330 a month, the quality of the meat is flrst-chass. flrst-chass. Mutton stew Is 5 cents, shoulder 10 cents, fresh pork from -12 to 12 cents, pork chops from 15 to 17V4 cents, veal cuUets from 15 to 20 cents, porterhouse porter-house 20 cents, round 15 cents, ribs 17ft cents, and pot roast from 10 to 12 cents a pound. No Change in Oysters. The price of oysters seldom fluctuates and although there was a shortage In the supply for a few days the price remains re-mains the same. Roc ka way 50 cents a dozervOlymplas 40 cents a pint, blue points 25 cents a dozen, counts 32 a hundred hun-dred and selects 60 cents a can or 60 cents a quart. Shrimp are 20 cents a quart and crabs average about 25 cents a piece. . Eggs vary in price at different markets, mar-kets, but most of the markets are charging 35 cents a dozen. Butter is still 30 cents a pound. |