New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.


PLENTY or FIsH-BEEP HIGHER IN PRICE AND
BUTTER LOwER-THE SUPPLY oy VEGETABLES
AND FRUIT.
The pleasant weather Of the past week has filed
the markets with an abundance OF excellent fish.
number OF smacks arrived in port well laden with
fresh mackerel. which presented good average of
large fish. Shad are now arriving from the Con-
necticut River; fine large roe fish are 20 cents
pound. male fish 10 cents. North River roc shad are
ID cents, male shad 12i2 cents. Fresh mackere are
lO to % cents according TO size. Goldfish Is cents
haddock 5 cents halibut 20 cents striped bass 10
to 20 cents and eels 5 cents. Frcsh-caught salmon
is ~. FlOundeTs are cents, tOlncOds cents,
blackiish 10 cents, ponpanO % cents, shct pShead
% cents, and red snapper Is cents. Herring are d
cents lampreyeels 10 cents, and smets 10 cents
Live brook trout are 81 30 pound, Long Island
cultivated trout 81. wild trout 80 cents and Canada
frozen fish 30 cents Small green pickerel are 10
cents and wall-eyed pike l2l2 cents. Green turtle
is Is cents pound, Southern terrapin 81 dozen
clans ~ % hundred opened Little Neck
clans go cents, scolOps y a gallon hard crabs 81
hundred, and Holsters - cents pound Oysters
10 cents to - 30 a hundred Frogs legs the
first of the season. offered for IS cents pound.
They very large and fine. averaging four pounds
to the dozen saddles. 10 IS estimated that more
frogs legs are consumed III New York CITY dur
ing the season than in Paris.
There has been an advance Ot about cents n
pound in the retail price of beef. Prime rib rOasts
now sold at the unprecedented prlce OF ~ cents
a pound Siroln roasts are 2o cents, chuck roasts
2s cents, siroin steaks "a cents stew beef II to
cents corned rump Is cents, plate and brsket II
cents liver 10 cents, and suet 10 cents. Mutton Is
1912 cents by the carcass. fOrequarters OF mutton
II cents, hindquarters rs cents and lOin and
legs 6 cents Racks of mutton II to 20 cents.
RACKS of winter lamb 20 cents. Spring lamb is
$50 to SO for the fOrequarter, and - to 81 Tor the
hindquarter, the difference IN price depending on
the quality and weight of the lamb. The best milk
veal Is to 20 cents for the hlndquarter and 10 to
II cents for the foreQuarter Racks OF veal are ] 3
cents llet of veal 80 cents veal outlets 30 cents
legs 22 cents and lons 30 cents. Sweetbreads are
~ to 81 dozen lCaives heads 30 10 Do cents each
and liYers 60 cents apiece.
Butter is considerably lower in price. California
grass butter is n novelty which Is offered at 10
cents a p Ound. Satless Philadelphia butter Is -
cents. light salt butter 3S cents creamery butter is
80 cents, State dairy 33 to 30 cents, and Western
dairy % to 30 cents. Fine roll butter Is 80 cents
and old butter % cents.
This week closes the season for all wild dncks. |
Canvasback ducks are - 70 pair, redhcads 81 |
to 81 -, maards - cents, black duck 70 cents to
~. teal duck 70 cents 10 81 and wdgeOns 10 TO 30
cents. Wild pigeons are - 30 dozen, tame pig |
cons - %. SQUADS 50, grass plover - a., golden
snipe are 81 % to - 90 and frozen % 10 70 cents
philadelphia brolling chickens are y TO " - |
weight are II - TO -. Fowls are - 10 20 cents
pound capOns 30 to 80 cents, turkeys % cents |
geese 20 to % cents, and ducks 20 TO p cents
The accidental delay of "a steamer made vegetables |
scarce at Fulton Market yesterday. Asparagus |
from Delaware and Virginia Is - cents u bunch |
Southern asparagus % cents. Green peas from |
North Carolina % cents half peck, and from |
Savannah 10 cents. They are arriving in market in |
excellent condition, and are expected from as far
north as Norfolk next week. String beans are now
coming from Savannah, and are go cents half peck
Florida beans 10 cents. Tomatoes are 10 To -
cents quart egg plants - to 20 cents each,
spinach - cents half peck, watercress 10 cents
quart, parsley to cents Il bunch. tarragon ID
cents, and mint to 10 cents Corn salad Is 10
cents n quart sOrrel 80 cents half peek lettuce
to 10 cents head, sweet potatoes 90 cents hall
peck Bermuda onions 10 cents a quart imported |
turnips 20 cents half peck, and rhubarb 10 cents
n bunPl. Mushrooms
tains, green and ripe are 10 TO 70 cents "a dozen.
Strawberries are higher and are scarce at present
Fine baskets 80 cents each. The Florida orange
is over and only few stray rusty lots OF the
fruit remain in market. The best oranges now |
offered for sale the oval oranges from Messina |
and Catania; they are 40 to 70 cents dozen or |
70 to ~ a box. which contains from 100 TO 200 |
oranges Valencia oranges which are usually the |
best fruit sent from the Mediterranean, are unac-
countably poor this season. They 40 to 90 cents
a dozen. There are fine Jamaica oranges offered at
30 to 70 cents dozen. and Palermo and Naples
oranges % to 80 cents dozen or T3 TO a box
holding 200 oranges. Yellow Aspinwall bananas
bananas; or % to 10 cents 4 dozen. Red bananas |
are 81 so to SO 80 a bunch holding so to so ba- |
fruit in Fulton Market 90 cents to 81 % a |
dozen. This fruit is coming into general use. both
a tome taken before breakfast and salad served |
with game. Mangos are 90 to 10 cents dozen,
green cOcOahuts from Nassau 10 cents each; sour
sOps. which the CTeOes consider delicious sOak ked IN
wine, are - to &C cents each; custard apples 1C
cents and sugar apples 10 cents. Ia.
Vana red pineappleS, which are very sweet
and excellent for table use, are 10 to, %
cents each Strawberry pneapples, slightly acid Iii
flavor but the first Of the season are 10 TO 20 cents
Green ginger Is lj cents pound, and new taina-
rind 10 cents.
Mock Turtle Soup
Boiled salmon, shrimp sauce
Sweet Breads Larded Green Peas.
Saddle Of Lamb, Mint Sauce.
New Potatoes Asparagus.
Game
Mayounaise of Chicken salad.