Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1917 — The Pie Market [ARTICLE]

The Pie Market

- The influx of pieplant from the South has caused a strong demand In fashionaole quarters for rhubarb pie, “deep dish preferred” selling at a slight advance over “common.” The result has been the expected seasonal slump in the staple pumpkin, although there is still some reactionary trading in that commodity. Apple sold off on account of the public fancy for the newcomer, but Is expected to recover when money tightens later in the week. Lemon meringue was dull. Always an off season pie, it is expected soon to fall back to the level of custard and coconut, attractive only to a certain conservative class of Investors. Boston cream was slow and colorless, and it Is reported'that the governors expect to take it from the pie market list and let it go back to be cake curb, where it naturally belongs. No trading in mince, which is expected to pass its next dividend. —New York Sun.