New-York tribune., 1880-09-26
HOME INTERESTS.
AT MIN1ER PRICES.

c,rsys OF THE RISE IN PRICE-ABUNDANI FISH
MARKET, nut LITTLE CHANGE II PRicEs-How
TO PREPARE soFT-sHTLL cgADs-sA1URDAfs
PRICES IN THE MARKET.
There were few features OF interest opser'-
ablo in the markets yesterday. Prices, with few
exceptions remain unchanged Dealers are holuihg
their butter back in the hope of getting the hdvan-
,aqe of higher prices little later in the season.
this reason, combined with the increased local de
mand from the fact that so many people are getting
hack 70 the city, has already brought the price OF
bntter ND to tho winter standard. Fine iresn
creamery is selling as high AZ cents per pound III
some of the uptown stores in the market IL ranges
from 80 to 81 cents. Creamery butter mas scarcely
any salt. and keeps but short time. Inc oes'
State dairy is 80 and 81 cents per pound; very
fair grade of butter--not exactly delicious, but
pure-is to be had at 80 cents.
Cheese remains about the same with best lots sell
ing at 16 cents per pound; English dairy at ~
cents Swiss cheese, % cents in the Market ooanu
80 cents uptown Edam cheeses at Sl 70 eacn' ana
pineapple cheeses 81 to 81 80 each. Eggs are 20
cents dozen for Long Island and New-Jersey 80
cents for fresh basket eggs. State Western ana
Canada eggs sell as low as 20 and ~ cents per
dozen.
There has been very large catch Of fish off Long
Island during the past week. Parties of gentlemen
have been gong out every day to enjoy the rare
snort and the bluefish brought back have been ex-
ira largo and fine. The market prices, however
remains pretty mucl the same. Bluehsh. haddocK'
smelts. sea bass and spanish mackerel have become
n little CHEAPER Smells arc selling at 20 cents
per pound bluefsh. cents; Spanish mackerel, 10
cents; paddock, cents sea bass 10 cents;
Holsters are 10 cents per pound in the markets ana
IL cents uptown sheepshead 20 cents kinghsn'
% cents; Goldfish, 8 cents blacktish, 12i9 cents
porgies and founders 10 cents eels. lo Genus;
balbut IS cents for white steaks and 10 cents for
gray terrapin, from $15 to $50 per dozen; green
turtle in great supply at Is cents per pound; COM
mon mackerel and white perch 10 cents: weak
fish. 10 cents bass, % cents; and refrigerated
salmon 80 cents per pound scallops are 81 90 per
gallon: soft clans, 40 to go cents per hundred. The
flesh water fish in market are: whiteiish, at 10
cents per pound; pickerel 12l2 cents; salmon trout
Is cents ciscoes. 10 cents pompans, 10 cents;
hard-sbell crabs are So so per hundred; soft crabs
in great supply, 81 so per dozen.
In selecting soft-shel crabs the heaviest will be
found the BEST the meat being sweeter and tirmer;
when they are perfectly fresh the joints of the legs
will be stiff, and the body will have a pleasant
smell. II the eyes dull 1T is certain they have
been too long caught. There are many methods of
preparing crabs for the table, but none Is so nice as
the regulation fry. Wash dozen live soft-shell
crabs dry them we'll beat three eggs; ponnd and
SIT one halfpound of butter crackers dip the crabs
Pnt one pound of butter into the frying pan; when
heated. fry the crabs light brown season with
pepper aud salt, drain them dry and serve hot Inc
frogs legs in market now are very nice; they are
selling at 80 cents per dozen.
The supply of poultry and game in market is fair
and prices are pretty firm. Capon pullcts. per pound
80 cents chickens, 20 to 25 cents; ducks 20 cents
turkeys, 20 cents mOngrel ducks. 20 cents; mon
prel geese 20 cents per pound fine large fowls, 10
cents per pound squads 25 cents piece grouse
81 80 per pair fine partridges, 10 cents; woodcock
81 80 per pair English snipe, 20 cents piece
dncks the same mallards, 81 % per par; pigeous
so 20 per dozen small birds, 10 cents, The season
for reedbirds is drawing to lis close. Ihose tonnd
IN market are very fine, selling for $1 20 per dozen
The reedbrd begins lite III early spring as the bobo-
link and it is owing to rotous living and wild diss-
pation in the seeds Of reeds and wild rice that the
fat little gourmand finally falls INTO the hands OF
the sportsman. Venison is found In market at 80
cents per pound.
The vegetable market is fair, with prices much
the same as last week. Fine green peas. the last
crop, are selling for 60 cents per peck; oyster plant
peck: nice sweet potatoes at 40 cents string beans,
fine, 25 cents per peck; Lima beans. 40 cents; to-
matoes, 20 cents per peck; onions, 40 to 90 centsj
green corn. 1S to 25 cents per dozen, cabbage TO
cents per head caulitiOwer, 20 to 40 cents; Deets
20 cents per peck; pumpSins. o 10 TO 10 ana ~
hundred; celery. 10 cents bunch; watermelons
% to 40 cents apiece. 49,
Peaches grow scarce and poorer; they are selling
for 25, 80 and 80 cents per quart; plulns are SZ
basket; Bartlett pears are "a baskets grapes are
20 cents for three-pound boxes; Delaware grapes
80 cents per box; Catawbas, IL cents per pound
oranges. 80 to 70 cents per dozen.
There has been material change in the whole
sale prices Of dry groceries, and the retail prices
consequently remain firm.