New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
A LARGE SUPPLY OF GAME-No CHANGE N PRICE


LARGE SUPPLY OF GAAlE--NO CHANGE ~ PRICES
OF MEAT-FORsIGS FRUU
All the varieties Of fish quoted AT about the
same prices as last week. Live Goldfish is 10 cents
q pound. white halibut cents. aud medium sized
striped bass - cents Dressed cells are u cents.
Holsters 10 cent?; frozen salmon is 40 cents. and
frozen Spanish nack,rcl 30 cents. Founders are
10 cents, cusk cents, blacsish - cents, fresh
mlckcrel cents. -heepshead % cents, white perch
Is cents sea bass 20 cent? and bluelsh - cents.
Black bass from the north are 10 cents, salmon
trout - cents and wh.teish from the great lakes
10 cents. Small green plcNerei are j cents. ana
wall-eyed pike . cents Green turtle are : cents
apouud; Southern telupin 3 rs dozen. and choice
OlamCu nd backed tcrr1plu from Inc CheSdpcahe 0.D
dozen. shrimp from Charleston are SD cents
quart sc0icps ~ 90 gallon and oy steers 20 cents
10 t3 % hundred. Hard crabs are 50 % q hundred
aud frozen loft crabs - dozen. Smoked had
dock. better know at tie at us Flnuau hadde,'
Is . cents pound. Smoked salmon IS 20 cents.
There Is no change IN the price OF beef or other
meats. and dealers anticipate hlm stroI market
till after the holidays
The supply OF poultry is fully equal to the de-
maud and prices are generally low. The best state
chickens are / TO 30 cents pound, Pniladelphla
chickens % cents state fowls les 30 20 cents, and
Philadelphia fowls - to - cents Boston geese are
20 10 - cents ducks 30 10 - cents state turkeys
% 10 - cents and Philadelphia turkeys Is cents.
Game Is now IN prime flavor aud condition. As
soon rs the first colo weather yes the via 10Y"
from the rivers and marshes 30 JhaU theE are OF
necessity compelled to live upon vegetables and
GRASSES rather than fish diet, tner Desh Is I'M
Canvas-bacs ducks. red-head and black-head or
brOad-bIlled ducks are brought 81 market from the
celery marshes of the Potomac 10 taYTe Gle Grace
and from the great lakes OF the " est. The birds
from the lakes are mingled with taVfe ue Grace
birds and both are sold together without distinction
at the same price. The Western duck of these
species poor and tavOrles9, not at an as me or
a- good As lake uallard or teal he CanN back
usd-hrad and brOal-biIl. when shot in the VITA
celery region are al delicious m flavor though the
frrts LAT F.r aI. O.
h.gE as tde canvas. back duck. he canVds-Odck
d. NOT diver but only stretches its neck down as
far as 1t can reach to eat the blancned stalks Of
the celery. The uroad-blu ana lhe reu-heal H4Ne
dow and eat the plant near the root. lew Gays
feeding tsn viii ruin the flavor OF either species
OF these b rds Susquehauua OF chesapeake duck
can only be selected from it, plebel2n Western
cousins Toy It's clearly appearance. he BIRDS sAoC
at the South are carefully washed ana neatly
packed, while the Western spOrtsmen tshlp their
duck In a careless, s0veuly ld-ll0n CanVas-oaSA
duck - pair, Ied-he3d ~ -, ana broad OILS
OF blaCk-Leads ~ to ? 1 -, Mallard GUck are u,
and blue-wuged teal 81. NOOdcOcK are 81 10
~ 80 a pair. IeuOw-legged snlpe are 80 cents
each. golden pOveT - q dozen. ard grass p!oyer -
cents each PlOver are scarce; the best birds IN
this market are shot on Long Island ana II NeW-i
Jersey. English sulpe are - 20 uo]el. Juan
are still scarce. though arriving more lIeeiy III
market than last week. The best qu3il are - a
dozen. Gorgeous plnma5ed Lrgush pDeasants 10y
steamer from LONDON are s. 3 each. hey are chIe1y
in demand at specially elaborate dinners Ottoidu'
from rance are now sold IN orr markets packed Dy
the nan dozen N SHALL BOXES. Ill5 L4ll9 -il't1L
bird Is generally ranked by eplcures ~ TIE most
delicious or game birds. Immense quantities OF
ortoaus are yearly pcSled Ht the island Of cyprus
Tor the European market. OrtOaus ordHdVe are
- 80 dozen AirLluia ran birl-. or TIE delicate
~oTa OF the south. arc 81 80 a dozen. Large rail-
birds OF mud-henS, displayed more Tor ornament
th1n g3,tIUuOuiC value. are sold a. any price Iuey
Will bv.ug TINS bird has an extremely coarse u'uY
flavor ParJrid yes are So cents too pair, and grouse
or pralrc-hen 50 cents tO ~ Nrnlson Is now
arriving I'm market freely and sells -rom - cents 10
20 cents pound.
The best saltess Philadelphia butter Is sold only
at % few hr,t-cass uptown grocery stores, am dt
e > cents 10 81 @ pound. Light salt butter, the
philadelphia butter of the markets. Is 10 cents Il
81 cents. and Western dairy SO Co 80 cents. tres
state eggs are 33 cent, dozen, and jersey and
Long Leland eggs 81 cents Ilcre Is 10 change IN
the price of fail vegcta lies. The supply OF produce
Is bountlful and prices are generally low.
Foreign fruits now begin 20 crowd the market as
the native fruits are growing scarce. 4 few sweet
Florida oranges Of ~ early variety are sold AT 90
TO q cents q dozen. Must of he fruit which low
cones trou Jamaica and Florida is sour and hayor
less. Mandarin oranges from the groves Of New
Orleans are 70 cents To 81 n dozen. hed bananas
FROM BaracOa are 10 10 80 cents dozen, ana
yellow bananas 80 TO 40 cents. Lemons are i 20
81 cents q dOZeu. POmsgraLates from spain are -
cents to ~ so n dozen. There are q Jew lorlda
Qomeuanates in market. IOAav grapes are , -
o five pound box. Muscat grapes are 3 90 q box,
and Malaga grapes are 20 cents pound Easter
Beurre pears from California are % cents " 4I a
dozen, and Beur8 Cldlrge1u 81 % Dozen