New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-12
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.

STILL RIsING-FREsH VEGETABLES-rHE LAST
or THE FLORIDA ORANGES.
Fish Of all kinds have been extremely scarce Owing
to the prevalence of storms. Goldfish is 10 cents
pound paddock 12 cents, striped bass 80 Genus
dressed cells s cents. Holsters 10 cents salmon oo
cents, founders II cents, tom cod cents, mac Nere
10 cents sheepshead 20 cents white perch IL cents
and small perch o cents Smells are Is centsS0uth
crn shad 30 cents to 81, buefsh Is cents, salmon
front Is cents, white fish u cents. and green
turtle % cents. Southern terrapin are SlS a
dozen and choico-diamond packed terrapin $36
Crayfsh are Sc hundred, scallOps 81 gallon, ana
hard crabs 80 hundred.
Beef is littl lower III price Prime rib roasts in
Washington Market, are 20 cents pound SIR
Ioin roasts are 20 cents chuck r0aSts to Is cents
portcrhOusc steak % to % cents slroin STEAK -
TO % cents and round n cents. Conel rump IL 10
cents, corned brlsiet II cents and plate 10 cents
Legs of eef are 50 cents, Sims OF beef % cents
suet il 10 cents and liver cents OX-talls Tor soup
are 81 30 q dozen. There is no especial change ia
the price of yeaTling NIB, veal or mutton. rev
spring lambs are exposed for sale III some OF me
meat stalls, but they lock poor and scrawny. me
brought 10 market about March II.
The bill prob biting the sale of poultry which has
not beer drawn has not yet been decided upon, by
the Board of Alderman. 4 sim lar TesDlu ION has
reen introduced in he Brooklyn Board, and is now
under cOnsidcra ion. There ~ arcelF any chalgo
since last week in the price of poultry. BrGiiIng
chickens are 81 % to 81 80 pair; roasting chick
ems dry picked, are 20 to % cents pound. Capons
in demand at p TO 30 cents. IurkeyS are 10
to X cents. wild turleys 20 CENTS ducks ~ 10 20
cents. AID geese 20 cents Eng sh snlpe are ~ u
dozen, grass ploycr So and other varieties OF ploVeT
-. Caav S 'ack ducks are rs % Palr iealS %,
II % to II 30, mallards 81, black ducks ~,
tame pigeons 49, squads 81 30 and sn0WDHdS 20
cents. .
buttcr continues to advance in price. and butter
merchant make the alarming sta, cment that we
are only Just hegnnnE to feel the Gec S.o o. te
a pound. The best light salt butter ~ cents
creamery bultcr A. cents, state DAIRY rs tehd.,
cents. Fresh Long Island eggs are to 10 Tor 20
cents.
III, latest arrivals in the vegetable market are
string beans. green peas and esg-pamts from
J. lOrida small crates of string beans holding half
q ok are Il 80 a crate at wholesale, but are sold
by the huckst r. 1T about the same price hall peck
apiece. hey are good sized and i'll excellent con-
ditiOn Tomatoes are 20 to 40 cents n quart,
eueumbcrs % % 40 cents each okGa+ 70 cents cents
cabbage % to 30 cents mead, peppers, req ana
green 30 cents dozen and celery 10 to 30 cents
bunch. Mushrooms are 80 cents pound for large
ones and 80 cents for " but Ous." Though burton
mushrooms are more highly es cemed for steWlng,
the large fiat considered better for BOILING
spread them on gri'ron and brQil Them caTelllly'
Take them up and strcW them with hi.s OF butter
squeeze a few drops of lemon juice over them
and serve hot. Watrrcrcss is 10 cents quart corn
salad 20 cents fine crisp looking lettuce ~ 10 to 10
cents Il hea 1t is from the South, and IS in every
way snncrior in flavor 10 the dollhouse lettuce,
which, like all veg tables grown I'm Ter glass, seems
10 lack favor. ChiyeS are 10 cents u Dunch,
Ihubarb 10 cents, and long tender red radlshes T.
cen 5.
Florida oranges are little higher. The shipments
are already fa ing of AID the season Is drawing to
a close, while tn Mediterranean tiuit Is growing
swcetcr with every cargo that arrives The Florida
rui is considered the best III the market, more on
account of its unsurpassed flavor than its sweet
ness he oranges raised in the more Ultiy cllnat;
o Jamaica are Sweeler than Florida fruit, and
resemble the o.d-tme Havana orange, which seems
TO have out whether from neglect or some othef
reason is unknown. The oranges that have during
the lat few years arrived from Havana are TASTE
less and poor Florida oranges are 30 to 70 cents
dozen Jao1ico 30 cents good Messina oranges So to
80 10 10 % cents dozen valencia OF iiec7
20 to 30 cents II Dozen The valencia irult Is
the best orange that comes from atLosS 'nd oG1n'
and is Distinguished from other MedltcI-
rancan fruit by is bright red rind,
Strawberries arr arriving in considerable quantities
from Florida They are picked before they are ripe
and are very acid. but sell at 81 to ~ 30 "A box,
merely ~ a novel V. 1t is now the height OF the
season for figs and dates. The best new layer hes
are 20 cents pound. The old drum and bag figs,
which were separate. not being pressed in LAYERS
are no longer imported They were always an IN
feror Grade being packed from the ere refuse OF ts
the last years stock. The finest dates come on .
stem and are 80 TO 10 cents pound. Sott-Sknned
Barbary dates are - cents pound. faed dates
are 20 cents and golden dates o cents. There Is
beside these varieties u candied date, which brings
a fancy price when imported
MENU.
Vermicclli SOM.
Salmon. IIOllandnise Sauce
Swectbreads and Peas
Saddle Of Mutton Currant Jelly Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes. Turnips. Onions
Br;sed I'geOns with spinach.
Chicken salad.
Ncnfchatcl Cheese. Milk WATERS Toasted.
Chocolate Ice. Marble Cake.
Apples, Nuts, Rasins, BonBons.
Coffee