New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-25
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THE MARKET.

PLENTY OF BLUEFISn-THh hND of INN oH""'"
CATCH-A RISE IN SPRING LAMB-GooD BUTTER
sCARCE-vEGETABLEs AND FRUIT.
Dnrinc the past week buefish-amoDg the best OF
salt water denizens-have been abundant. coming
from the Massachusetts, and Rhode Island coasts
One need not wish for anything better than we'll
broled and very hot bluefish. 1t is cents pound
thanks to the large supply There has been plenty
of salmon too in the market. 1t comes IRON the
Chesapeake, and as the season for the eaten Is
about over, it sells. fresh caught at Az
cents: the frozen salmon IS 30 cents
OF other fish there has beea small
supply which does not particularly matter
as the weather has brought about decrease III inc
demand of seaside resorts Striped bass If 20 Genus
a pound small fresh mackere are 10 cents large
ones. IS cents Spanish mackerel from Long Is
land are 40 cents; from the Chesapeake, 12l2 cents
Weakfsh are cents. sturgeon 10 goldfish 3, ana
halibut Is. HOLSTERS were yesterday selling al III
cents pound, and green turtle at 12l2 SOFT craps
large ones-were 81 so a dozen; small ones 20
cents. Hard crabs were So hundred.
A few Iowa woodcock were quietly sold last week
at ST. and 81 % a pair Philadelphia Spring
chickens are 20 10 % cents a pound; Long Island
and Jersey, % and "a cents. Spring ducks sell at
10 TO 1S cents. Stall fed pigeons are % uozehi
and SQUAD. 80 % to so 90
Excellent cuts of beef were to be had during the
past week the quality of the cattle arriving peln9
particularly good. Prices are unchanged. Feal
was lower early In the week, but prices are now
steady again. Hlindquarters cost IL to ~ cents
pound foreguattes to GenS en'i as fine sup
py has been light. FOrequarters are to- is cents
pound headquarters. 10 to IL cents. ne price
of mutton has not altered lhere are no chaheeSS
werth noting in the prices OF PROVISION smoked ana
salt.
There is in the market just now a comparatively
small supply Of good butter, as the farmers are mold
,poh ac thp ri
that prices will rise as high during the coming
Autumn and Winter as they did last year. Inc
same price as in the early Spring. The best state
dairy butter is % and 20 cents, cooking butter Is
10 TO Is cents All grades of American cheese
have risen, the supply IS below the demand.
Fourteen cents IS asked for the best full cream
cheese. well-cured. For the other cheeses the
prices range from that down to cents for what is
sugqestiyely called hard skins" a delicacy which
Is mounfully indigeshble.
Fresh eggs were for day or two lower IN price,
but have now become rather scarce, and c0nse-
0uently more expensive. The best jersey and Long
Island eggs % cents dozen, State 70 cents ana
Western Is cents.
There was not very large supply of new potatoes
in market yesterday, the recent heavy rains had
prevented digging. They were sold at 20 to 20
cents halfpeck. Green corn Is coming III slowly,
and the quality is still 1t sells at ~ 10 ~
cents a dozen ears. Tomatoes are 10 to ~ cents
quart, and string beans 40 cents half-peck. Gu
cumbers are abundant at and cents each. Mar
row squash are 10 to 20 cents each eggplant the
same Lettuce is and cents bunch. Baltimore
sends new sweet potatoes, which are selling at %
cents "A half-Deck -,
The supply of good peaches is still too small to en-
courage the careful housekeeper In buying. The
recent rains have sent most of them to market In
more or less "speck ed " condition. few par0cu-
larly nice Crawfords are selling at S3 to 20 90 Il
basket Good Troths cost 50 90 IlaIe's early
peaches sell at from 81 to " basket jersey rs
sending few poor lots, but most OF the supply
comes from Maryland and Delaware. Peaches are
sold on the pavements without much regard to quail
ity at 10 to 20 cents quart.
Anplaa hatf and
Summer and Nyack pippns and Red Astrachans sell
at so cents baskets sweet and sour bonghs at Az
cents; and a few bright little straw berry apples at
! . and 20 cents a small measure. These httie APP
pies are good cored and carefully cooked Whole In
sugar syrup
at % to 60 cents each. Nutmeg Melons are TO 10
cents each. Apricots are 10 to 80 cents a quart.
The first car load OF California pears ana pl9ms
arrived Yesterday morning, but were not unl0aqed
as dealers are usually unwilling to remove their
fruit from the refrigerator car on Saturday
chiefly Bartetts, Boodgoods. Jargonelles, Man
ning's Eiizaheths. Clapps tayorltes, GATHERINGS
and Bells. Bartietts cost 80 to W per bushe
crate and other varieties S3 to SO. Cooking pears
are SO 80 to "a barrel. There are few grapes
Ives Seedling-arrivlng from North Carolina.
These are sold at % to 80 cents box OF 3 pounds
Black berries-chiehy Lawtons from JerSey-are
scarce and selling from 10 to 10 cents quart
Raspberres are almost gone those arriving are
poor and selling at to 10 cents cup. Whortle-
berries not especially plenty and are sellng at
to 10 cents quart. The gathering OF these Der
ries gives romuneratve employment to hundreds of
families in the billy regions of adjacent States
Some of them make from SO to $40 day. accord
ing to the number of pckers in q family. The cur
rants now IN market of poor quality and are
sold at 3 to cents pound The cherry currants
are to cents. the black currants 4 to cents.
The prices of sugar, coffee, ETC.. are unchanged.
Hero Is a seasonable menu:
Soup-Bsque of Lobster.
Soft Crabs.
Roast Beef, Potatoes la Creme. Corn Fritters.
KrOmeskys OF Game.
Salad of BEES.
English DAIRY Cheese. Wafers.
Mocha Pudding. Peaches and Cream. Coffee.