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Show PROVISION MARKET QUIET WITH BUT FEW CHANGES Unusually quiet with but few changes Is the report of the local dealers for the week Just past. Fish have arrived more plentifully than for some time and the local market Is well stocked with them, Including lobsters, crabs and blue points. The first shipment of fresh California tomatoes arrived during the week in excellent condition. The sweet potatoes received by the wholesale dealers during dur-ing the week have been the finest re- j celved for a long time, being free from frost or mould. A slight advance has been made In the wholesale price of some meats but the retail price has not been affected. Wholesale dealers report the following follow-ing receipts for the week: The w. M. Rash company, two cart of oranges, one of bananas and one of sweet potatoes, together with heavy shipments of California vegetables, i crabs, lobsters, blue points, oysters, cat fish, salmon, smelt, shrimps and Idaho trout. Crabtree ACo., three cars of sunflower oranges, one car each of bananas, . sweet potatoes and lemons, heavy shipments of California vegetables vegeta-bles with shipments of Imported figs and dates and finnan haddle. Martin & Co., three cars of oranges and one car each of bananas, sweet potatoes and apples, together with a shipment of Imported Im-ported figs and dates. Hancock Bros one car each of oranges and apples. The following retail prices are quoted: Apples, SO to 60c a peck; figs, 0o per package; lemons, 15o a dosen; oranges, 40 to 60c a dosen: bananas. 26 to 40o a dosen; pears, 6c a pound; by the bushel, SI to S1.2S; limes, 30c a dosen: grapes, black, lie a pound; Tokay 10c; pomegranates, pome-granates, 12 Vic a pound. , Pineapples, 25 to 40c each; quinces, 6c a pound. The following prices are quoted on vegetables: Celery, 6c a stalk; oyster plants, 6c a bunch; Chinese radishes, 6c a bunch; parsnips, 6c a bunch, 20c a peck; peppers, three pounds for 25c; red cabbage, four pounds for 25c;, sweet potatoes, eight pounds for 2Sc; cauliflower, cauli-flower, 10c a pound; turnips, 25c a peck; green onions, three bunches for 10c; carrots and beets, - 2o a bunch; California, two for 'lie; dills, 6c a bunch; chile peppers. 25c a pound; parsley, three bunches for 10c: potatoes, pota-toes, 20c a peck; . new spinach, three pounds for 26c; Hubbard squash, 10c to 25c; curly kahol, 6c a bunch; cauliflower, cauliflow-er, 12c a pound; cabbage, to a pound; artichokes, 10c each; Brussels sprouts, 12V4c a pound. Fish prices are as follows: Walleyed Wall-eyed pike, 20c; sturgeon. 15c; sea bass, 15c; codfish, 15c; Idaho trout, 40c; black bass, 35c; halibut, 15c; striped bass, 20c; Mackinaw trout, 20c; soles and flounders, floun-ders, 12ttc: mackerel, fresh, 20c; salt, 1535c; fresh codfish. 15c; lobsters, 20c; brook trout. 40c; . blueflah. 20c; red snappers, 20c; pike, 20c; finnan haddle, 12 Vic Oysters are quoted at 75c a can for New York counts: extra selects are 60c a can, and New York counts are selling sell-ing at 30c a dozen. The following prices are quoted on poultry: Hens, alive. 10c per pound; dressed, lie a pound; spring chickens, dressed, 20c a pound. Dairy products are quoted as follows: Butter, creamery, cream-ery, 30c a pound; ranch, 20c a pound; eggs, 20c a dosen. There has been no change In the price of meats during the week. Boiling beef is quoted from 8V4 to 10c: prime ribs. 15c; porterhouse, 20c; stewing mutton, 9c; mutton chops, 10 15c; legs, 16c; spring lamb, per quarter, fl.0031.25; veal. 12V420c; veal loaf. 20o a pound; pork, 1017V4c a pound. |