New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
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now CALIFORNIA FRUIT Is BROUGHT TO THE
| EAsT-BUTTFR STILL SCARCE AND HiGH-THE
wooDcoCK SEASON BEGINNfNG-A MENU.
Californ "A Bartlett pears and Dums begin
ming to come TO market in large quantities, 400
boxes arrivin on one day last week Inc
total arrival thus far has been 900 boxes. IL is n
little early for large supply, but enormous is the
mass of fruit upon the trees that is is necessary to
thin IT, Each pear is cut from the tree by hand,
and with the greatest care The packers are mostly
Chinese, and they wonderfully deft abOut their
work. One man can pack about ten boxes day.
Each box holds 175 pears, which are wrapped sepa-
rately in MANILA paper and neatly inserted INFO
their hooks and corners that If they turned ont
in heap at this end of their journey ~ able
to return them 10 their places. California irult nsed
10 be brought East IN refrigerator cars winch
had to be stopped four times the way in order To
replenish the ice. For this ice the railroad com
pany charged the fruiterer $50 ton, and good
deal Of it was apt TO melt on the platform while
waiting for the train. The charge for the refriger-
ntor car trip when attached to a freight train was
80: II was 81 for fast train. The refrigerator
car system has now been given up and the fruit IS
brought on in what are called Central Pacific
fruit ears" These are cars with double roof or
perforated Dir chamber. through which the rapid
motion of the train drives continuously the fresh air
that obyiates the suns heat upon tue root, keeps
the cool and preserves the fruit from decay. The
charge for such "A car brought through express is
I'll; The cost Of picking and getting the frult to
market is about 81 - box. aud IT IS sold at from
~ to ~ 90 The pears are rctalleu at 90 cents
dozen, the pnins at 10 cents.
With apples the market is even more than filed.
Several bOat-Oads have even been sent back to JeT
sey. Prices have, Of course, gone down amazingly;
II 80 VIII buy "a barrel of the best offered
FOrIy-hye carloads of peaches arrived from Mary
land and Delaware yesterday. with q thousGnd bas-
kets from lower Jersey. The quality of the fruit
was generally poor. few particulaTy nice Craw-
fords sold at - 30 20 $3 basket, Mountain Roses
and Early Gprks at ~, aud 1rotts ut ~ 25 TO
81 10. All varieties were from 10 to % cents
quart.
Nice grapes are coming in and sell at % to 80
cents per 3-pOund box for Concords Eartfords Pro-
hlics and Ives Seedlings. Deiawares cost from 70
TO 30 cents per 2pOunG box. There are few Dem
son plums from the South selling at - 10 - cents
a quart. Cooking pears are - 10 % 80 barrel.
and fine State Bartetts are S3 and - n bushel.
Good oranges are bard 30 get, ard sell at 10 TO 70
cents dozen. Plenty of excellent lemons are to be
had nj 20 20 % cents dozen. HE bOusekeeVer
must not forget that this the time OF year for the
cool lemon jelly.
Backberre. are few and poor mt 10 TO Il cents
quart. There Is hardly raspberry lett III market.
while whOrticberre are so plentiful that tine best
are sold at 10 cents quart Nutmeg melons are 10
~ 20 cents according 10 SIZE, and waterneous are
% To 30 cents
Butter j, still scarce far rs the best goes and is
steadiy mounting the ladder of prices. The fam
obstinate. aud dealers. fOTesecing large az"
cumulation of stock predict decided break in the
butter mar ket curing the autumn. The best State !
creamery butter is selling ~ 80 and 30 cents a !
pound the best state DAIRY at - and 30 cents !
he manufacture OF oeonargarne II Is SAID, Is rai-
idly growing and will have strong effect upon the |
market. Cheese has rsen little IN price; the best
State factory IS Ii and - cents. There Is "A larger
stock of eggs market than at last quotation, but
the price tor the best remains % cents.
New pGtai OeS are 20 TO % cents half peck. The |
new y-arTiycd swee; pota.O is not of specially good
quality. and y not much wanted a 30 cents 4 half
peck. The quality of the green corn now coming in |
Il greatly improved AMI sells readily at - IN 80
cents dozen eaIs. tomatoes are nowadays at |
their best and are cheap ~ I'D cents quart there
are plenty OF cucHmbeis at ! cent each OF 10 cents
a dozen. Lima beans have arrived IN pods at -
cents halt peck she'ieG they cost 30 cents. They
inspire delicious VISIONS OF succOfash. There
peas sill i'm market at - cents a half peck and
stTng beans at 30 cents. Summer squash are o.
cents each. marrJw squash 10 To - cents, and egg
plant I'D 10 10. Lettuce costs md cents bunch,
The supply OF poultry and game and the demand
for i are both good. Phradelpia SPRING chickens
are % and p cents pound; fowl-. Is cents. ne
Long Island aud Jersey chickens are 20 and %
cents; fowls 10. spring geese - To- - cents
and ,prHg ducks 1G 90 Is. WOoCc0ck are coming
IN freely the game law permits tl~ir sale the
open market AFTER to-day. 4 few were sold yestcr-
day at II - 10 81 30 pair. Stalled pigeons are
y dozen; squab, - %; pioyer ana yellow-iesstd
snIpe, each. 10
There Is no change Of cons 'quencc 10 record in the
prices OF meats Po-erhouse STEAK Is 23 % - cent,
pound; srlon. 16 to -; roasting beet, y 10 IS.
F"cquarters of veal are 10 cents: niuUqu lrtelS.
I" 10 toreg4artsr, Of lamb are I'D and II cents;
As The Sn2ply Of fish is not "a; present great and
be waferIbG-D,ace demand is Imperative, prices a.e
II course high; SiHg'e order from tht Grand Union
Hotel at Saratoga e>5~r,aF called for $4,000
'ouuds OF H+n. -tUpri Da-s, which l. scarce, Is
- GEMS u puma. SCI PASS - GEMS. Ifut I~a l~ !
GEMS taiibut is Spanish markrrei, is weak
ish and KING hsh. p AMI plmpauO -. There is
low no treSG-cdugnt salmon lb market; I. frozen
aimOn II selling al - cents. Ihrre are no shumps
ltheI, the wea, her being roo WARM Lobster, are
. Gee t. . pound; green tLrtie>, 1zl2. Small soft
faIS are - cents Gt su. large one ~ 30 Hard
rtns arr - a hundred and c,aN-ish grc the same.
\ few 81 tire recipes which follow are reprinted by
cQurs'. ere Is menu Tor a little dinner:
Char 5Oup with Iisiigu Paste.
BrSrd Hairut. CrrccStYlc.
Veal Outlets BialseG. Sfius Beans. Green Corn.
SuIpe. Saratoga .tat0cs. CurFtnt belly.
salad, Letsuc Aaycuuai-e. ,
Cheese Bread anO Butter Rolls
Lemon ~nlD Pudding. Tea. Icc Cream
PraC e. and Cream.
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