New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-26
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE THANKSGIVING MARKETS.
FINE DISPLAY OF POULTRY-GAME sCARCE-LITrLE

FINE DISPLAY OF PoULrRY-GASIE sCARCE-LIrrLE
CHANGE IN MEATs-GOoD SUPPLIES or vEGE-
TABLES. FRUITS AND NUTs-FIsH ABUNDANT.
The clear. cold weather promises to make the
Thanksgiving display at the markets of meats,
poultry and produce unusually fine. There is no
change in the retail price of poultry, and the antici
patiOns OF dealers that the market will be firm
til after Thursday. Fine dry-picked roasting
chickens are % cents pound, brOIlng chickens %
cents, and scalded birds 20 cents. Philadelphia
fowls are 20 cents, State fowls Is cents and capons
the first of the season in market-30 cents. The
best Philadelphia turkeys are % cents, and State
turkeys 20 cents state geese are IL 10 20 cents,
Boston geese 22 to "a cents ducks % cents, tame
pigeons - 90 dozen. tame squads 81
Game is unusually scarce this season. few wild
turkeys have been sent TO market for Thanksgiv-
ing and are sold at from 20 to % cents a pound.
Wild geese are ~ 20 each, partridge 81 70 a PAIR,
grouse 81 80, wOodcock = 10 81 25 AMI English
pheasants 81. Selected canvasblck ducks from
Havre de Grace selling as high as FL 80 par.
though the average price Of canyasbdck duck IL
from 10 80 % -. Re heads 81 - 10 5 30 a
pair, malard ducks 80 to 50 cents, and teal 90 20
50 cents. Quail ar arriving rather more freely.
GOOD ord, tIe - % GOL'u. EngIlsh snlpe from
the refrigerated stock, packed last summer. are
70 30 a dozen, and plOyoTIs tne same price. Frozen
reed birds are 81 sc dozen and irOLeu bIaCkDlTds
70 cents. Rabbits are 80 o. - cents "a PAR, and
squirrels 10 81 cents. tuA7ou l. - 10 ftuLs
pound, b ars meat = cents Inc Ia ier meat
IS not largely sold III tais city, butts chiefly brought
here to be sent to France wh re smoked saddles OF
bears meat are al eplcuIean delIcacy.
There IL 10 change ~ the price Of beef, veal OF
mutton. Winter lamb Is little higher Fore
quarters Of lamb are Il y cents poun, hind quar-
ters II cents, racks IS cents, lamb chops 70
cents, breasts of lamb cents, shoulders cen Is,
aud legs II cents. Suai. pigs for roasting are Is
cents pound OF = - TO 70 each.
There has been 40 change yet made IN the retail
price OF bu ter, but large quantities OF butt hich
farmers have kept back ia aluCip atlOu OF turther
rise in prices are now coming to market anu even
old rates weakening and are only kept az their
present standard Oy the special demands OF Thanks
N~vIng. Light salt butter Is A. cents pound, tho
best creamery butter 40 cents fresh sdltless but
ter, which IS only sold by fancy uptown groceries
IL ID cents to state u9lry Is 80 Cens, and West
ern dairy 80 To 80 cents. Inc best cream
cry cheese Is i cents pound English dairy
cheese the best OF which Is general made on TINS
side OF the ocean, IS 70 cents Vermont sage cheese
IS 20 cents. kOquetOrt chcr,es from france, 10
cents each; Neulcuatei chee,os from New-Jersey
dalrlcs, 90 cents dozen; cream cheese ana Brie
cheese from Orange County ddrIes. 20 cents -dcn;
pineapple cheese OF domestic make, ~ 20
each, and Young Amen. cheese, 10 10
20 cent, Il pound for cheeses weighing from SIX 10
seven pounds. EdaA cBceo5o from holland are 9I
t4ch Swiss chee,os from across the ocean, y cents
4 pound. Domestic swiss Cheests are p cents.
Dehclou, little green sap-sazo cheese ara ID 10 20
cents each These are maze Oy the SWISS p-aaantry
gJats-ml!k Favored with Os. They are served
grated and al especially popular with schOochll-
dren Oh the continent.
Huge punches OF beached celery and stacks of
let u-e Nth uncovered barrels Of reu apples anu
choice vegetables are displayed Ola tue sidewalk III
anticipation OF one Of the great least days oi the
year taUlIn5Wers - % 30 cents a head,
Brussels sprouts 20 cents quaItepluacn 20 cents a
peck, k3lr 10 cents, "nlte onions ~ cen Il
quart. and white tuIulps 20 cents peck.
oyster plant Is II cents bunch, Ccl7TIac cents,
pir,uu5 IL 30 - GEMS LOZca carrots 10 10 cea 1,
. dozen, savoy cabbage 10 cents mead anu red
Dutch .dDbd.e l. GEMS. Celery Is me ana large.
" ell ble4cned punches are 10 to IS cents each.
Ordinary lettuce Is to cents h5td, eudVe is D
cents and Escaroe 90 luce Is 10 cents va eicreS5cs
are > cents quart and SOrre cents. Clan' I'll .
are 20 cents quart. snow apples are % cents 4
peck. maiden Olusu az pie, - cents tnd extra Glu-
flowers 80 cents. Northern sp'e., SptzennerLs and
lTDeuIug apples when chosen ON selected OK are
about 80 cents DECK ,
OI..L--s r9m III rda now CROWD the fruit stalls.
sweet FLORIDA oranges ars 30 I'D - cents cOlrn,
Jamaica oranges % TO 90 cents oOZau. ew russo
oranges have ueel sent u market from FLORIDA ne
fruits .eu rail- supposed turn brown rom having
hung on the alter has rlpeued and such irui
! tn0ugh trlne unsISuuy IN appearance VIII Always
be found rich and sweet IA flavor Mandarin oranges
from New Orleans oraage groves axe % 10 70 cents
! d01 Il, rel bananas are ~ couIs QOIeu
and yellow bananas 30 TO 10 cents. BACK
/ Lisbon grapes are 80 TO % cents Il pound
| wife Manga graPes ~ 10 % cents. hed
prickly pears. ne n>ip'd ruit VI tue cactus are
to cents 40zeu, and ale DISPLAYED principally 'oi
tueiI I4cI tCl.r. New golden dates from ~ pJ e
- ccut-I pound. Ead dates are 70 cen'S ue "
pru.lta> - cents. aud ng- OI this Sc sou cop -
cents. Iurli,u HlDe.te .lc % CENTS pound. hlH
nut IS ol tre same species 10 the native haZ'i nut.
10 isa l0lg rt.er than rOu "a uut and Is inferior
Ia sWce hes 10 tue amen an haze nut uiZtl Huts
sre - cents pOUuQ. Lu1 u7u WaIduJc or 1lLu La
nuts - cents. pecan nuts 20 cents, Brazl uus -
cents papcI-sueu Almonds 30 cents, and sOtt--htu
almonds - cents. Hickory mus are 10 cents d
quart. oiack valuuts GEMS. Dutternuts cents
ana cu-stuut7 % cents.
There Is no special change in the lsh market
Goldfish is cents. naduOca cents, med un stupet
ba - CENTS eeIs cents. frozen salmon - cents
founders LIP cents. lIackisu 10 cents, uackerci
Is cents frozen spanish mIcAciei 81 cents. IOLeu
sleeps leaI - ceut-. white peTcn cents red snap
pers l. cents and blue-Sh 10 ce-ts. rcOliJps are
Fl 5Oa gallon. ~.Eall EluepOn oysters are -
cents "a hundred, and large selected oysters II %
tu - hundred. Hard crabs arr 70. LouSt-rs are
10 cents Z. pound. Green turtle L. - cents pound
aud diamOuu-b backed terrapln from he Chesapeake
nrr go luLln.