New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-16
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.

PkICES IN HE DlAhhElp.
FIsH-pRrCFs OF MEATS STILL mGH-BUTTER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FROM CALIFORNIA.
Owing to the cold weather there has been n
m rked decrease in the catch of shad in the Hudson
River. and ms far south as North Carolina. A largo
CONSIGNMENT OF California salmon arrived from the
Sacramento River and sold at 80 cents pound. A
few salmon which came from Nova Scota sold mt ~
a pound The second load of mackerel, which ar
rived last week. contained only fish OF MEDIUM szo'
There il cOnsiderab BILE quantity of so-called "hte-
bait offered in market. These are not the True
whitebat, which is the small fry of the herring,
bat The spearIng, species of anchovy. The white
bait is covered with small slvery scales while tho
spearng has q bright silver band along its lateral
line and the rest of the fish is semi-transparent.
Market cod is cents pound, live cod 10 cents,
haddock Is cents halIbut 20 cents, striped bass .
TO 20 certs cells cents, fresh mackerc 20 cents,
SpaniSh mackercl 90 cents. and pOmpan0 70 cents
Founders are 10 cents tom-cods cents, kinghsh,
the first of the season - cents white perch 10 TO
- cents small smelts 10 cents and largo green
smelts - cents. llerrlngs are q cents. ana req
snappcrs : cents. southern shad are 10 cents Tor
male fish and - cents fol roe iish North hivet
sbad are L. l. cents for male fish anu ~ cents lot
roe fish Lamprey eelS are ID cents. IheY arc
chiefly in demand by Portuguese and Italians ana
have fallen from the high esteem in which they
,vere held when they caused the death of King of
Fnpland Lamprcys were n favOritc dish III Old
England King Jc IN Of murderous memory was
another
he issued several DEGREES concerning them among
others a mandate ordering that not more than two
shillngs each should be charged for lampreys when
thcv first anpcarcd i'm market Brook trout are ~
down TO 30 cents The most expensive are Long
Island cultivated fish, the cheaper ones are
Canada frozen" Southern black bass are -
cents yellow perch 10 cents. small green pIckerGl
! : cents. wall-eycd pike > cents anu buiao ilSh
from the muddy waters of the Mississippi I'D cents;
Green turtle are 20 cents round. large hard
clans are ! - hundred opened. little Neck
cIanq - cents: prawns are 81 30 gallon, ScauOps
10 oysters of medium size are ~ 30 q hundred
hard crabs ~: shad roe - cents PAIR ana cou-
fish tongues , cents pound.
All butchers meats are still high, and poultry has
advanced in price. Philadelphia brolling chickens
are - n pair roasting chickens 30 cents poGhl'
fowls Is cents, capOns 30 cents turkeys - cents,
ducks - cents geese 20 cents. Canvas PACK ducks
from Havre lie Grace are T:I 30 par broad bilis
- - and black ducks ~ -. Pigeons are - %
n dozen SQUADS = English snipc ~ %. plover
- 30. corn snIpe ~ 20, ana Cahada Duh'ihgs
Bnttcr is considerably cheaper and there is an
abundance of ne = sweet butter for silc. Light salt
Philadelphia butter IS - cents. creamery bnticr Is
10 cents state dairy - to 10 cents, Western dairy
30 10 . cents. and fancy Western DAIRY 80 cents
Eggs are 20 to % cents dozen .,
4 LARGE cDnsig ment of California vegetables
arrived IN market during the past week. talliOr-
ME- asnorlo1ls large and fine, is ! bunch, ana
Charleston asparagus - cents. an asparagus ONE
lctc Is excellent dish Tor breakfast ana serves 10
use M any cold asparagus which may be left IRON
The dinner table. Heat the cooked asparagus tops
in a saucepan with little melted butter, and STIR
into IL "A Ycll-bcatcu OmGtttf COOK anu SCI No.
CoulitIower is shown from California, England and
the south. The California coulirowers are he
finest and rruest heads and are - cents each; the
English l. 30 cents. and the scraggy southern Nege-
table - cents Charleston green pcaS are 10 cents
a neck string beans 10 cents small measure
tomatoes are 30 cents quart. Egg plants - To 10
cents each and cabbage is 10 to 80 cents neal
Lettuce Is - 10 10 cents n head, endINe 10 cents,
corn salad Il cents quart, green dandellon ID
cents bcachcd dandeOn 20 cents. cresS 10 cents.
sorrrl 40 cents a half pect mint 10 cents bunch,
parsley cents ard radishcs two punches Tor -
cents Rhubarb Is 10 cents a bunch, young onions
are 10 cents new bccts > cents large new beets
cents each Bermuda onions % cents quart
Southern lecks = cents a bunch. new French artl-
chokes - TO 10 cents each Jerusalem aruch0kes -
cents quart, sweet potatoes 30 cents nail peek,
and Early Rose potatoes - cents. Mushrooms are
so CENTS n round. Plantains from Jamaica. ripe
and green are 10 TO 60 cents dozen. The plan
taln resembles the banana but Is much larger and 1t
is 70; ripe till the outer skin turns BLACK IL ranks
rs a vegetable, being al ways cooked and served IN
meat course For frying this vegetable should be
% rfectly ripe. Peel the pantain, cut it into round
Slices and fry brown in hot butter or sweet olive
OIL Drain to remove any grease, strew with
powdered sugar and serve.