| Show EGGS I EiO GGS iO DROP TO COAST RHUBARB HERE IERE j Flour stationary at for 48 pounds Sugar 93 98 c cents for 10 pounds Butter 60 cents a pound Eggs have dropped from 75 cents to 60 cents Coast importations the reason Chickens ens high going at 37 cents I dressed Oranges are selling sellina from 35 cents to 7 70 0 cents a d dozen zen Iowa cucumbers 30 cents each Sweet potatoes from Lower California Califor Califor- nia ni 3 pounds for 25 cents Potatoes 25 cents a peck Idaho and Ut Utah lh California rhubarb just arrived 15 c cents a pound Apples steady at 3 pounds pound for 25 cents Dates 40 cents Figs have dropped 5 cents now selling sell I i ing ng at 35 5 cents a pound Arizona grapefruit 10 cents each I Old cabbage 6 cents a pound new 7 cents Lettuce from 5 cents a head to two heads for 15 cents I Brussels sprouts 20 cents a pound California turnips 5 cents a pound Tangerines 35 cents a dozen Salmon still scarce at 35 cents s a I pound Halibut 35 cents By Whit Burnett Coast egg importations have been I begun The first arl arrivals als fi from om the co cost coast st were received in the tho middle of or orthe the week augmenting the suddenly insufficient supply of breakfast food on the local market As a result of the tho importations the tho I price has been cut A cent 16 slash went oft off the price bringing the product down to the cent GO-cent level I While shipments of ot fresh products from California have arrived with commendable com corn I speed and the schedules be between between between be- be tween the coast and the intermountain territory arc are being kept In lii good shape few new arrivals have been received l Fresh resh spring rhubarb has made its appearance It is selling in Salt Lake at 15 cents a pound and they do say it makes most excellent pie Iowa cucumbers are selling at 30 cents a pound Sweet potatoes are still appearing on the local market the supply course itis Itis it itis is understood stood having shifted in Iii the tile last laft few weeks from northern California and Florida to Southern coast territory 1 A A. fresh shipment of Florida grapefruit grapefruit grape grape- fruit arrived in tho the city yesterday and I shippers say sav the quality is exceptionally exception exception- ally goo good There is I said aid to be no evidence evi evI- I deuce dence ence of frost in ill the product and thus thusis I is materially distinct from some that tha t I Ihas has been seen in th the city in the last month When grapefruit is frosted the I juice becomes and the fruit i I. I itself woody Idaho potatoes are aro coming comin in in good shape and no inconvenience has been I suffered by shippers in obtaining a- a sufficient supply Figs dropped off 5 S cents in tho the last few days but dates are aie are still selling I at the same price I Fish prices have seen no change salmon and halibut both scarce are being sold at 35 cents a pound Kippered salmon has entirely disappeared disappeared disappeared from the market to return not until June or July say The Ine shortage of salmon is the reason and it is said not enough of ot the fish can be bo obtained to supply the demand forit for forit I it in its fresh form Thus the kipper kipper- mg ing process has been sidetracked kiPper kiPper-I |
