New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-08
HOME INTERESTS.
THE MARKETS.

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| TER STILL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or PEACHES
| The weather has not within the past week been
favorable for fishing, and tho fnny daintios have
| been comparatively few and expensive The de-
mand from summer hotels IL apt to absorb the sup
ply. Small fresh mackerel are cents largo ones
Is cents pound. Spanish mackorel from the Chesa-
peake 10 cents pound few from Long Is
land and New jersey sell at 40 cents small blue
fsh are CENTS large ones 10 cents. HaIibut is 16
cents a pound frozen sSimon. As king-iish. %
sheepshead % pompano, IS Long Island trout,
81 % and green turtle 12l2 cents. Crawiish are
S3 hundred hard crabs S3 q hun dred large
soft crabs are 81 %. aud small crabs 10 cents
dozen. Lobsters are 10 cents pound. and frogs
legs 80 cents.
There is plenty of poultry in market and a little
moro game in the shape Of wOodcock. pioyer, aud
blackbirds Woodcock are 81 % a pair aud are
quickly snapped up BY purchasers Ployer are
81 30 81 dozen and the little blackb;rts nom
Pennsylvania are 30 cents a dOzen-not 800 ohedp
when one considers their exceeding smaIIheSs
There are plenty OF squads at ~ % a dozen, ana
stalled pigeons at 81 10 and ~. They do not look
particularly inviting sIng inr,c
20 cents. Turkeys are Is cents, geese 49, ana
ducks 10 ana ~.
The market Is full of beef the sale of which is
somewhat dull IN consequence OF the absence from
town of so many hOusoh0lder8. Prices are ui-
changed. FOrrQuar,ers OF veal are u y cents u
ninduuITttrs,
Forequarters of lamb are 10 to II cents hind
Quarters IA to 10 Pork tenderloin ls IL and -
cents pound. COrned beef Is To IL cents, ana
ham is ittlo hIGher-15 cents. Sausages are IL
cents ; bacon. II cents trIpe. and q cents
smoked tongues. II and Is cents; and corned
Fine bitter is sin scarce. the best State Cream
cry selling at 80 t. 30 cents, and Dairy at % to 80
CENTS Oloomargaruc Is sold 10 uususpectlng Gus
toners as good dairy buttcr 1T - to ~ CENTS the
wholesale price being ) and 0 cents he manufac-
tuIers are credited with masking the geetll state
ment that. they have "yerlaoie DO
bare as Mother IIuObarGs cupboard for the export
inc from day TO day I'rices are higher, the best
factory cheese selling at rs cents Eggs arr more
plentiful and lower than at last quotation. The Jer
scy and Long Island eggs are 70 ana ~ cents S1ate
| ! cents ANA Western q cents.
WhIle the market Is .ied with line irish pota-
toes the supplies taken by the Havana Shippers
and the recent raiGs winch prevented digging nave
KEEP, II from being oyesst0Cked' as II was ast "tc".
Gai!-prck sci 5 at 90 to % Sweet potatoes
sre uoH selling more readily than at first al 10 ana
30 r.uts h1ifpeck There Is an abundanceOi green
corn 10 seem the quality being rs usual very an
even The price 20 cents a dozen ears. flne
tomatoes are 10 cents quartz Lima beans 80 cents
hai.-peck IN p'us; grceH peas 20 cents h!H-
peck and string Dedts 80 cents. DaTro" SqHa2"
are 10 TO > cents each, and eg--piants 10 cents.
Lettuce is and cents blHth, ana mushrooms
are 80 cents quart.
These are the days wherein the peach begins 10
attain perfection and to arrive III SIcu force mat
the careful housckeeper feels Justified IN proydinga
One hundred and two ca:ioads-Jl 900 baskets
came IN yesterday from Maryilnj and Delaware
while Jersey Sent between 1000 and 1000 baskets.
There was really a gut III the market. Shi-
Dcrs bought but few and ut least
$1,000 baskets had to be sold for uy
use. TIE varieties of red were clie1il Old hixonS
Yorks, Fairly Crawiords and RaeYe55 FaVoute.
What are called plan basket frniP were sold 9t
30 cents TO 81 basket; prnne and extra
hrlugh; IS - 10 - Il basket, and fancy s. p
10 - 30. those were The Sa!uTIay morning prices:
deiers were wiling - ia!.e "a lover c:ias as the
came last Friday from The orchard OF y. j. Puce a.
Brenford. Del. They were "Reeves's EAyOutes,"
and the 100 baskets quchly sold al - 90 each al
wholesale. They great balls OF melting swcei-
ness, rich In color, and IN exquisite order
b.tfr m oJatv C1oIrc Baiiic.t. are sold 1T IS 20
ii bushci. and other yarI tie, 10 - 10 -. Cook
,ng pear are - to 81 30 barrel California Bart
lett, cost from 50 % - cents a dozen. 1t should
be mentioned mere tuat the igures printed IN TINS
column last sunday IN regard ~ the cost or Sh'p-
Ping fruit from California by special frdit-car wcIe
through a blundsr 81 the P.n,er given III units
Instca OF hundreds. "a they should nave been.
Excellent apples are arriving, but get cOmpaFa-
lively cold shoulder ~ the presence II PEACHES.
Red Asirachans are sold at 80 cents hali-bu,hei
cage ana egg pllm5 are being sold at ~ - to
- - a basket; Lonoard- and blue Gaao are 81 to
S'', dSlca. craps Grape are GccomiSs Tcuiiiu
Deiawa IS cost - cent, ioT a t"o-ponnd
There are "a few poor hnccrnE ras porrles ard
biack5ercs, but Trey are OF htla account. Water
meioas are 20 90 - cents each, aau .aUsAueions >
10 20 cents, according 90 SIZE.
MlNU.
Potacc II 10 RENE
lOb.t ,T Ciuqucitrs.
RJas: Lee OF Lamo. Fr'd L-a-'laut. Potatoes "a
GIern Corn
Woo1cock with Piu.n Jelly.
Cheese. Cream crackers,
Ffoz Peaches, Baked Custard.