New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKET.
MEATS srnI HIGH IN Pmcx-pIEsTY OF VICE.


are not 10 be half as many OF these fish last sea-
son. Moonfsh is novelty In our market. 1t comes
from Chesapeake Bay, and sometimes few are
caught on the south side of Long Island. IL is sini-
lar in appearance and size 10 sheepshead, but
Is pronounced by epc1res to be more delicate In
flavor. 1t is cooked in the Same way, and is 10
cents pound. A few sheepshead are coming rom
as far north as Grayesend Bay. Spanish mackerel
is not yet in our own winters II is cents pound,
cod is 10 cents, haddock 8 cents white halibut )
cents. Bass is scarce large fish Is selling at 20
cents pOnnd and medium FISH at % cents. Dressed
cells are 10 cents live Holsters 10 cents. Salmon is
80 cents founders all 10 cents, Blacklist ~ cents,
large fine mackerel 10 cents pound and smaller
ones 10 cents, weakfsh are 10 cents, drum cents,
kingfsh % cents shecpshead 20 cents, porgy II
cents. Sea bass is from Is 20 is cents. few shad
are still coming from The Connecticut River. Roe
shad is 20 cents pound and other shad 10 cents.
Bluefsh Is 12l9 cents, herring cents sturgeon
10 cents and skate or rayish is cents.
Brook trout, cultivated, is 81 pound and large
lake pckerc is 10 cents. Green turtle IS 10 cents,
diamond-backed terapns, which are considered
thu best by cpicures. Sl8 a dozen. Large hard
shell claims are IS cents hundred opened. and
Little Neck clans are 80 cents. CTaytish Is 81 90,
and prawns are 3 80 gallon. few Blue Point
oysters in market are Is cents thousand Hard
crabs are SO hundred. Soft crabs are unusually
high. small not over the size Of silver dollar
are 81 80 a dozen, while large crabs readily bring
the enormous price Of - dozen Smoked salmon
Is 20 cents and smoked mackerel 20 cents
All meats are still high warm weather may bring
down the prices but some butchers claim that beef
will remain AT its present price all summer. Prime
rib roast % cents pound, portcrhousc roast Is 20
cents porerhon.e steak, 2s cents, srloin % to ~
- 4. ~ ND > asfH
Stow beef IS II 10 IL cents and soup meat costs
from - to II cents. Best tongue, are - cents
apiece and beef hearts % cents. These are highly
esteemed b. some people when roasted. Wash the
heart well and clean it carefully OF all the blood.
Parboil II ten or fifteen minutes, and stuff It with
bread crumbs highly seasoned with summer savory,
sweet narjoram il YOU wish, and salt and pepper.
Bake in the oven till well done. Beef liver Is
cents pound. Veal mntton and lamb are the same
price ~ when last quoted.
Poultry is about the same rs last week. Spring
chickens are beginning 20 be sold by the pound.
STATE chickens are from - ~ 30 cents pound
Philadelphia chckens35 to 40 cents, spring ducks
% 10 30 cents and spring geese the same price.
Philadelphia towels - Ia Is cents, state fowls
- 10 10 cents; fresh killed turkeys are II to 10
cents Tame pigeons are ~ dozen aud tame
squads aro So Wild pigeons are - and wild
frozen poultry turkeys are % cents English snipe
are - - dozen. plover is 80 80, and reed birds
are 81 %.
There is no further decline in the price Of butter
Light salt butter u 80 cents pound. This Is not
fresh butter but IL passes under the name OF Phil
adelphia' though 1t is very different from the
s,srct saltcss butter offered in Philadelphia mar
kcts. and sold sometimes in this city by few first
class grocer-. The best Creamery butter l. % cents
q pound. state dairy is p cents and Western p
cents STATE eggs are - cents a dozen and Long
Island eggs ar - cents.
The best creamery cheese is 10 cents pound.
Stlton chess j. 30 cents. Chrddcr cheese 81 cents,
Roqucfort is - cents. ParmeSan u IS cents.
Eiam chooses are 81 apiece, pineapple ~ 20 We
toria 81 - Nucfchatcl. domestic. cents, cream p
cents and Brc - cents.
Vegetables are now So plentiful that prices have
perceptivcly declined while the produce is i'll
Gnitey better than the stale stuff which offered
in market few weeks ago. Pea, from Long Island
are 81 cents p peck and asparagus is from 10 to 80
cent, a bunch. Ntug heaa, arc coming from Nor
folk They are picked young and agc fine and t'n-
der They ar 20 cents % hall peck butter hcaHs
are tho Same price. Cauliower il from 10 10
80 cents Egg plants from Georgia are
III. first Of the season. They arr not
lar.rr alan medium sized cucumber, aad are sold
az . cents apiece. Cucrm l,r- are 10 goat album
dance - - cents dozen. Tomatoes ~. down to
Is c,uts aquart carrots are 3 c.nis % bunch. aud
b.,f- AVID onion. a-, cents AIlehoAos from
Franco are 10 cents apiece. Their have brrn nore
brought to market from the South Okla H -
ccats hundred. Gucn peppers are 30 conts
dozen. Mushroom, arc rrtta- -'t.r". amt bring
81 - pound. ru'a'o., wcr" reduced d .rir - a
barrel during the wrck. Ncw POTATOES from i.oFA|,
savannah and Charleston are from 80 &" I'D cents
peck. Bermuda potatoes are 10 'ents Iianfain'
tom Cuba are 80 cents dozen. Vans anI }acas
nrr % cents pound.
Strawberries ia Fulton Market are from 10 20 20
crnts. Fresh. hryr hiudsorn, brui., Gro sod 40
cents A fow baskets Of the " Great America IA ARC
Offered in Broalvnv stores nt fancy prices rs high
a.. 60 cents basket but these are berries ~ cNcop
tonnl size Chcnio, are plentiful but not very
good. The drought AZ tho south has injured the
fruit Tartarau and ok heart chcrric. are offered
in market at from ~ to - cents pound. ana in
fen0r fruit - sold sometimes as low a. cents. /
tioosr ,rrics are 10 cents quart black hucklehrr
RE, are , cents and plums p cents. Southern
peaches are from 80 % - cents dozen. dollhouse
peaches are from 30 to 81 dozen. Watermclons
are 81 apiece. Oranges are from 20 20 90 cents a
dozen. Lemons are 20 for % cents Lines are 10 /
cents dozen Sugar-loaf pincappes are from 30 TO |
40 cents Strawberry pinoapples from Havana are |
Is cents. Mangoes are quite plentiful az rom % IN
Is cents a dozen. Dates are II cents pound. Figs
arc - cents and prunelles 20 cents.
MENU.
Asparagus soup.
soft Crabs-fTied.
Roast Capon, Caulino~er.
Tomato salad-SIayonnaiso
Cheese. Waters.
strawberries and Cream.