Little Malice wrote:

>> I loved the picture of that Neumann Grocery, but was quite surprised by
>> the variety of fruits and veg available in Detroit way back then! Did
>> you notice all the pineapples, artichokes, star fruit, bananas? It seems
>> transport of produce from far distances was well established and the
>> fruit all looked in fabulous condition.
>
> And asparagus! Not only the fresh stuff, but lots of canned (ugh). The
> prices seemed a bit high for 1910 though or am I off base on that..?
>
<looking around wondering who she's asking?>
Like *I* would know? It was wayyyyyyyyyyy before MY time! Hrrrumph!!
LOL LOL LOL
But yeah, Asparagus seemed to be very big. The fresh stalks were fat,
weren't they??