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Show ' PIliCE OF EGGS XURIBLING Offcrirjs ln the Local Markets Show an Abundance of Fresh Fish and Vegetables. Crabs are 23 and 30 cents apiece, according accord-ing to the size; lobsters are 174 cents a pound and shrimps are 20 cents a quart. . The supply of oysters has also Increased In-creased as a result of thegood weather. Rockaways are 60 cents a dozen, counts J2 a hundred and selects are 50 cents a can or 60. cents a quart.. - , . Spring Lamb a Luxury. : . ; There-are a few more spring lambs on the market today than-there, -were, last week but the price remains the same. $1.25 to J1.75 a quart. ' Mutton stew Is 6 cents a pound, -shoulder 10 cents, fresh pork from 12 toM2"4 cents with the exception of chops, Which are from 15 to 17 cents. Pot roast of beef is from 10 to 12Vi cents, round 15 cents, ribs 17Vi cents, porterhouse 20 cents, and veal cutlets from 15 to 20 cents a pound. Butter is '8111,30 cents a pound but .will be cheaper. Before long. The price of fresh eggs Is lower today than it has been for nearly a year. "The fine weather of the past two weeks has had a stimulating effect on the hens and eggs are now quite plentiful. ., Less .than a month ago they were selling on the local market at 40 cents a dozen. As the supply increased the price dropped until today it is .15 cents a dozen at many of the markets. ; . ' Vegetables Are Cheaper. The opening of the season has also caused a marked decline in the. price of several vegetables. . . ' , - i ' Potatoes, which a few weeks ago advanced ad-vanced from 60 cents a bushel to Jl. are gradually becoming cheaper and can be had today. for S5 cents. -Asparagus has dropped from 35 cents a pound to 15 cents during the past -week. : Celery, which was 74 cents a bunch last .week, is 5 cents and several other vegetables are cheaper than they .were String beans are 35 cents a pound, artichokes are 10 cents apiece, cucumbers are 20 cents apiece, tomatoes are 15 cents a pound and green peas are 20 cents a pound. Twenty-flve cents buys ; four pounds of spinach, green onions are two bunches for 6 cents, radishes 6 cents & bunch, lettuce 6 cents a head;' cabbage Is 6, cents and cauliflower . 15 cents a pound. Rhubarb Is 124 cents. Carrots,: turnips, parsnips and beets remain IS cents a peck. Fresh' Fruit Is Scarce. . No new fruits have yet arrived. Apples Ap-ples are from $1 to $1.75 a box, oranges at from 15 to 60 cerrta a dozen, bananas' at 25 cents a dozen, grape fruit at 10 cents apiece and lemons at 25 cent a dozen conrrtltkte the market. Poultry is more plentiful than It has been for some time, and while the prices are still very high, a decline is looked for by the dealers. Hens ajse IS cents a pound, spring chickens from 20 to 22 cents, geese and ducks from 18 to 22 cent and turkeys from 25 to 27V& cents a pound. . . Pish Are Sought Por. The fine condition of the fish market Induced many to buy during the week and the dealers report unusually heavy sales. Fully 50 per cent of the fish sold was salmon. ' It is very fine Just at present pres-ent and is 174 cents a pound. Carp and mullet are six pounds for 25 cents. Parch, sole, flounders and herring are 124 cents; smelts, shad, catfish and halibut are 15 cents a pound. . Lake Michigan pike, white fish, the Texas red snapper and Mackinaw trout are 20 cents a pound. Salmon trout Is 25 cents a pound and the Idaho trout from private pri-vate ponds is 40 cents a pound. Good weather is now prevailing on the Pacific coast and crabs and lobsters are. more plentiful than they were. |