New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05
HOME INTERESTS.
THE MARKETS.

THE MARKETS.
| ,,cur APPLY OF YIsH-MEArs UNCHANGED IN
PEICK-POUiTRY AND GAME-fiSh bOIih"
sCARCr-vPGtTABLy AND FRUIT.
-" And sails within the bar were furled. For II
was windy weather" The catch Of fish during the
past week WAS but light windy weather sadly IN
red with the fishermen. The prices OF most va
rieties were higher than usual yesterday. Buensh
were I2l2 cents pound. haibut IS. striped bass,
20. Spanish mackercl, from Long Island. 80 cents
and from the Chesapeake 30 cents. Frozen salmon
was 40 cents, pompsno 30 cents backtsh l22 CENTS
sturgeon and founders were 10 cents; kinghsh ana
sheepshead rs cents. and HOLSTERS 10 cents. Craw-
fish were 81 a hundred soft crabs 81 dozen. ana
hard crabs 80 90 a hundred Frogs legs were 30
cents a pound aud green turtle Is ccnts-a very
high price.
Tie prices of meats remain unchanged. Poultry
sold rapidly during the past week, the Hebrew M use
keepers especially buying large quantities Tor ther
holidays. There is still comparatively little game
in market. Philadelphia chickens % and %
cents pound those from Long Island and New
Jersey are Is 10 20 cents. Turkeys and ducks are
10 10 20 cents and Boston geese are % to 70 cents
woodcock are 81 50 to 81 rs pair, cartridges are
the same and grouse are FL % pair. SQUAD are
So so TO 81 rs dozen yellow-legged snDe are S3,
blackbirds 20 cents and reed 80 and 60 cents
Fine butter is again scarce the local demand has
increased and prices are higher. That may be in
ferrcd when il is known that the best creamery but
ter Il -od for % cents at wholesale At retail the
price Is 32 cents. while that OF the Dairy bHttrr vs.
80 cents. Some particularly good Delaware County
butter also sold at 81 cents. state factory cheese
is sold at - and rs cents pound Jersey eggs are
% cents "a dozen Pennsylyanla and state ~ cents
Western and Canada % cents
Green corn is plentiful and is sold at from 10 10
90 cents doz.n ears. Green corn on the COP Is
only perfect when IT is brought IN fresh and Jule
from the garden, just before it is boiled. City
housekeepers will, therefore. be glad to remember
that 1t cut from the cob and made INTO succo
fash with or without beans) or into fnttcfs ana
patcs. Fine tomatoes, which were thcr scarce ~
the markets YESTERDAY are to cents quart !;
lima beans are 10 cents quart. sheled and string
beans are 10 10 20 cents hall peck. IurDlps ana
beets are cents n bunch and watercresses s CENTS
summer squash are . cents each. pumpkins III 10
TO 3 cents Peas are % cents 4 half peck. lrish
potatoes 30 cents and sweet ones 20 10 ~ cents
Excellent celery is beginning 10 come from
suburban farms and Is sold al 10 to 70 cents
bunch.
The peach season is rapidly drawing to close
The New-Jersey crop Is nearly marketed, ana Mary
land and Delaware will send in their last supplies
of y-checks tins week Even the u!-river orchards
will look bare fortnight henc'. Yesterday there
arrived seventeen carloads from Maryland
and Delaware ABOUT 1oo 'nh same from m nS
river. This was not a very large supply, but
the quality OF the fruit was poor and the Gay
Heaths and Smocks for picking and preserving
were sold at 10 cents to : a basket few espec-
iny good ones brought II 30. CBNfors and
other extra up-nver peaches were sold ut ~ ana
some handsome and toothsome little RererIpeS at
81 and ! 30.
Choice Bartlett pears are - to 20 cents a quart.
Other varietics-Flemish Beauties, DGchessc,
Louise Bonnie, swans Orange, Sour Bell. Secke
etc-are Is cents 10 81 % basket. Red apples arc
in demand. and are sold az 20 to 80 cents a basket
Green fiult is not generally wanted. The plunS IN
market yesterday were poor, and sold slowly at II
to II 30 a fall-bushel crate.
There are great quantities OF grapes to be hal
now, and they are very cheap. Good ConcOrds are
3 and cents a pound, and extra ones are . 10
cents. Fine Delawnres are : to II cents pound.
WhOrtleberres art 10 10 II cents a quart. few
pale cranbcrrIes coming from jersey, but are
not viewed with favor by hOusekecpers. The vni-
liant pie-baker /. buying them ut II to Sl25
crate. WacrmelOus are becoming less plentiful
and are q little higher they are sold at 20 10 30
cents. according ~ size. MuskIaeOns are . 70 -
cents each and the few oranges when are now III
ma rkrt are 20 cents 10 IL a duz.u.
Here Is "A menu for one of tu.,o warm days:
Amber soup
Deylied craDs.
Roast lnmN, potatOce, sau;e' AL beurro.
Egc-poni fried. SuccOtash.
Cnckcu praised, with mn hrDOms.
Tomato salad French dressing.
Cheese, crackers
CuIds AID cream. Pouches quaricred.
Icars, Il. pes agd plnms.
Coffee