The Portland daily press., 1882-11-15
THANKSGIVING.
The Markets Preparing Tor the Holidays

Although it is still over fortnight to
Thanksgiving the markets are preparing for
the festal day and already are making arrange
ments for their supplies of meats, poultry and
| game The fruit stores are no whit behind,
and the signs indicate that Portland will be
we'll provided with good things ON the 80. A
reporter for the PRESS yesterday took a look
at the situation and CLEANED the following
facts:
There will be about the average supply of
poultry. Young turkeys will command from
p to q cents; the latter figures for the best
Chickens cost from Is to % cents and fowl Is
to 20 cents. Venison is not yet In market but
will be in day or two. A great many weak
en- to bear meat which retals at 20 and 30
cents, and already Winslow & Co., display a
fine fat carcass. Ducks are very nice this sea-
son and sells at % cents, which figure geese
also command. There are some woodcock at
80 cents to $40 pair, and partridge at the
same price.
Cranberries, which are almost as closely asso-
ciated with Thanksgiving as turkey, are of ex-
cellent quality, but higher in price than last
year at this time, the Cape cranberries bring
ing $40 to $12 barrel, and the best Maine
cranberries 81 to SO. Last year good Cape
cranberries could be had at So They retail at
10 and II cents The ounce season has passed
its highest point and the supply in the market
now is lessening, the most popular variety be-
ing the orange ounce, which is bringing just
now $1.00 to $3.50 peck, or $500 to $500 a
bushel. At this season also familiar sight is
the stock Of Almeria, or as they are more COM
monty called, Malaga grapes. The pleasant
green coated products of sunny Spain are now
IN abundance, the crop being large and the
prices moderate The best bring 20 to % cents
pound, or $500 to Sc 90 barrel. The ma
tive grapes are also good and abundant, hold
ing their own well with foreign competitors,
the Catawbas being most plentiful just now at
10 and 10 cents per pound. The Delawares are
exhausted, and comparatively new variety,
the Niagara, is coming into favorable notice.
There is considerable quantity of apples
handled at the market during the season. They
are ranging from $500 to $3.50. Aspinwall
bananas command $3.50 to $500 bunch, or
from 30 to go cents dozen. New figs retail
for % cents pound. The Florida crop of or
anges is good. The Bishop brand will COM
mand about $500. while put up in sizes they
will obtain from 40 to 70 cents dozen. Pears
are not very good but fair Duchesse and Be- ne
d'Aujon will realize 50 to rs cents dozen.
For those who wish a more solid, or light
dinner, than poultry or game, there is beef
with its first cuts at 80 cents, fair at % cents
and ordinary at % cents. headquarters of
lamb are is % cents. Elegant legs of mutton
Is cents Spareribs of pork 10 cents. Extra
Boston celery is 20 cents, and Maine IL TO Is
cents
Fish is in scarce supply, but very nice. In
the market we find cod, paddock, mackerel,
halibut, cunners, smelts and eels Cod is Z
cents, paddock the same, halibut Is, maekerel
ID, cunners 20 cents dozen, smelts Is cents
pound, cells 10 cents pound, oysters 80 and So
cents quart, scollops 40 cents quart, lob
sters 10 cents pound, fnnan haddie IL cents
mound.