Canadian grocer July-December 1907 . ge quantity dida good stroke of business. The generalprice last week was three boxes for aquarter, but this week the supply seemsto be more limited and they are nowselling at ten cents a box, straight. Itis thought that this week will about seethe finish of the crop. The weather hasbeen ic^eal tor ripening the berries andthe season in this vicinity will be short-er than usual. Local grocers report that they havedifficulty in obtaining cherries. Of thesmall fruits, none are .more popular thancherries and none are more scarce inthis section. Practically all t
Canadian grocer July-December 1907 . ge quantity dida good stroke of business. The generalprice last week was three boxes for aquarter, but this week the supply seemsto be more limited and they are nowselling at ten cents a box, straight. Itis thought that this week will about seethe finish of the crop. The weather hasbeen ic^eal tor ripening the berries andthe season in this vicinity will be short-er than usual. Local grocers report that they havedifficulty in obtaining cherries. Of thesmall fruits, none are .more popular thancherries and none are more scarce inthis section. Practically all that are tobe had are brought in and the price isusually higher than the average personfeels that he can afford. Not manyyears ago a considerable quantity ofcherries was grown in this county, butthe black knot wrought havoc with thecherry trees, until at the present timethere is scarcely any of the home-grownfruit to be had. The merchants of the town should bebenefited to a great extent by reason ofthe arrangement which the Ingersoll. Montreal Grocery Clerks Food 8how—Dr. Lamberts Patent Medicines. The clerks in Gait arc endeavoring tohave the Main Street merchants closetheir stores from three to six oclockon Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 6, beingthe first day of the old Boys Reunion, INGERSOLL. Although the wholesale price of sugarhas dropped ten cents per hundred, thereis practically no difference in the retail 34 Telephone Company has made with HitBurgessville and Jlarrietsville Compan-ies. The local company has made con-nections with these two lines, whichwill give their subscribers the oppor- THE CANADIAN GROCER tiinity of talking to about four hundredfarmers m the two districts telephone is now indispensable inbusiness, and the advantage of being-able to reach such prosperous agricul-tural districts by phone will be readily apparent. » * * Butter, which has been somewhatBcarce since early spring, is now comingin more freely, and the prices havedropped. Creamer
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