New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-12
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKET.

CHICKENS AND DUcKs-PLESrY oP sTRAwBER-
RIEs.
The rainy weather OF tho past week has given the
markets a drcary look. which is only partly relieved
by the huge baskets of fragrant locust blossoms
wild flowers and mountain ferns which itinerant
dealers are vending in profusion These vendors are
selling graceful plants Of maiden-hair fern in Wash
ington Market as low as cents apiece. The same
sized plants sold in uptown greenhouses at from
. 10 30 cents.
The storms have necessarily delayed tho supply
OF fish and all sea food is scarcs and high-priced.
There Is, however O plentiful supply Of salmon
from the Restigouche River. which is selling at %
cents pound by the fish and 40 cents for middle
cuts. The first fine fat msckerel Of the season were
sent from Newport during the week. They weighed
two and half pounds and sold at % cents apiece.
sheepshead are arriving from Barneeat. and sell at
% cents n pound. Those from the Chesapeake are
20 cents. Shad are nearly gone; few are still
coming from the Connecticut River. The novelty
in the fish market is the small green turtle. Thoy
weigh from six TO ten pounds and sell at Is cents
pound.
Cod IL 10 cents pound. hadlock cents, and hall
but : cents. Large bass is 20 cents pound me-
dunn - cents Eels are II cents live Holsters l2l9
cents founders 10 cents fukcs - cents and black
fsh H. cents Spanish m8ekerel is % cents butter
fish cents, kinCfsh % cents, and porgy Zig
cents. Scabass Is - cents a pound. shad IA 10
cent. for male fish and Is cents for roe fish. Da-
mond back tcuapns are SIS a Dozen clans are
from ~ 30 10 30 cents, crayish from Milwaukee,
Wis. are g 30 a hundr,d, prawns are 81 80 gal
lon. Hard crabs are - per hundred. Soft crabs
are very scarce and large ones readily bring 50
dozen while small ones are - n Dozen
During me wcc, tho iishstand5 in Fulton Market
viii be removed 10 temporary stalls on SOuth-st.,
anil the demolition Of the market previous to re-
hulding the whole structure viii begun
Beef is sill hi,h and there is change in the re-
tail prices. Veal is rs cent, pound for the leg.
and l3 To- 8 cents for the loin. Shoulders are 10
cents a pound. breast of veal is 10 cents rack of
veal i. , cents and stew veal Is cents. Calves
heads are - ccuta. lvors % cents. and Tongues
- 80 dozcu. Sweetbrclls are from - t. - 90.
Uind,a !d!,s Of mutton are - y cents pound fore
quarters are cents shoulder is 8 cents, and breast
{. . cents. Lamb is from : to 22 cents pound for
hndauar,cr. aud forequartrrs racks are 40 cents,
and pieces are I2i2 cents. Lambs Tongues are 30
cents a dolrn. Small piys arc 81 apiece.
Spring chickens arr from - cents 10 81 pair.
pLillrluAia spring chickens are - 20 ~ 50
Sprin. ducks are fine at 30 cents pound There
arc NO spring gccs, in the market yet. State fowls
are from - 10 , cent, pound. Philadelphia fowls
from ~ 10 I Is cents fresh Killed turkeys are from
rs 10 Is c.nt- and frozen turkeys are % cents
pound cd duoks are from - to Il cents. Tame
pigeons are from - 30 To- - "A dozen. and tame
.aiiabs - to -. Wild pigeons from Missouri are
- 80 toS2 - a Jozrn. and Wild squads ~ - u
- 90 They orr fat lttl" creatures, in excellent
condition aud are highly esteemed for squab PIE as
well as for boiling English supe nre - 30
dozen. plovcr - 80. saulsripc - to - cents and
r,edlirl. aye - -.
Tn-h Philadelphia ltcr j, sold at trst-class gro
ccri,s AT - cents pound The best Orange County
is p cents. Eiriu butter j. - cents AMI western
from 20 to - cents Fresh STATE eggs are % cents
q dozen Long island ccg. arr 30 to p cents.
Vegetable, aye auiyiu. in larger quantities. but
price, ar, about the same spinach IN % cents
neck surr. 10 cents quart. asparagus from Oyster
Eav i, 20 cents q bunch lcc'S Ar" : cents bunch,
md carrot, are cents. These the short French
carrots and ar, delicious stewci and served with
drawn butter. They mr. delicate IN flavor and en-
rcl, de-, old 81 the coars" taste Of tho long carrot
which is thr coluon variety brought % market late
in il. season. Caulilowcr is from - 81 - cents
head Kohl rah'. rod and hite. is 10 cents
head. Mushroom, ar' - pound okra from the
south are % cents hundred. lhi, yentah'c *
h'tl, known in thr Nor'h. The Young pods ,hoe'd
b. 1uT.l till tender in ,1lt.l water au1 s"iyd Ike
a-.li...ii-. 900 toast with drawn buit'r.
~.r4ab,iii,.- ap' arriving 10 plenty from New
.Ir..y and other near ports They are from H. 20
o., ,.r,. . basket tion,h the great American ,a-
r.,ft which vas brought duUug fhc Wc'k iui" mar
l.t from .ti,ru NV j. f..N for ihr first time
i.is .ra 20, ,'li fr.m go Co. - r"'l' ha~S.i
I,,rl. ai. fr.fn 80 r'I'- 10 - % dozen. tIrrti"S
nr. tine 20, from 20 t0 go cents pound. Iiurl-
from tr'r-ia tir first 'i tli' ~.i~"u. ar" ID cents
quart ho.. Gu.-.h,r ur- are lo c'u'' quart. amt
lf.h-ru-h lu,. l'.cuI.. lo c'ht-. few Ta-l-
h,rrir, h..r arrived DO market aa' ar. -'Ii 80 -
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