New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-07
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GROWING scARcET

rpr-rrs AND VEGETABLES GROWING sCARCER--
BUTCHERS BUSY AND POULTERERs HAPPY
One by one the summer features OF the markets
slip away. Little is now to DO seen OF the iresh
vegetables that for weeks have been piled upon the
ander4 stands in such profusion and still less OF
the golden fruit and melons that gladdened the eye
and made the mouth of the passer-by to water Inc
C hlly nights of October have made the leaves Oh
the cabbage and spinach look blue ana nave SUZUKI
a serious blow at the flavor of the peacH ana the
near. With the scarceness have come dearer prices
and lack of interest the part of the housekeep-
ers. Yesterday among the vegetables that are
most favored il was observed that green corn sOid
for % cents a dozen, table celery for 10 cents
bunch, spi mach for 20 cents peck, cabbsges Tor
and 10 cents head. and caulihOwers for 70 cents
a head Irish potatoes being % cents peck sweet
potatOes 40 cents peck, lima beans 80 cents
peck. tomatoes s cents quart, marrow squasnes
10 and II cents each. aud green peppers lO cents
Dozen Red onions sold for 20 cents, yellow onions
for 20 cents, and white onions for 30 cents peck.
W lille oyster and egg plants could be had Tor lO
cents each tuInips for 10 cents peck, lettuce lor
4 cents head and Cranberries for 10 cents quart.
The rams have developed sudden supply OF mush-
rooms which picked wild in the fields and swamps
of NewsJersey are brought to this market and
sold for 20 cents quart. They are in great de-
mand for the high-priced restaurants. The rains
have also had the effect of making the gardeners
gather their crops of tomatoes, which have been
heavy this year.
is the hardy Rareripes from the orchards OF New
Jersey They command from 81 90 TO " 90 a
basket. There are no Crawfords III the market
few Snocks from the north bern part o. TINS state
bring ~ rs and 81 a basket The cold rains have
damaged all classes of fruit except grapes. Tho
supply OF these was never more abundant nor the
fruit of better quality Ten pound baskets OF Con-
cords cost only 80 cents; the little purple Dea-
wares be had for cents; lOkays Tor ~ cents;
hOt-hOuse Tor 81, and Malagas lOt 20 Ceu's POuhu
The California varieties of grapes are COnsldcTcl
almost equal TO the best hOt-house ones
and, being 90 cents pound pound cheaper hpTd.
sops are worth 90 and 20 cents peck basket,
while Bartlett pears bring from ~ % TO % oV
basket, secAcls II 20 DasheI,aau PiG,a P % JG
! 81 30 q basket according To quallty. noou taIu2
apples NAV b, had for 20 and 80 cents 4 Dashels
and from 81 to S6 a barrel WITH the advance OF
the season and the growing scarcity OF 0Jher lIulJs
apples are becoming an important feature OF the
| market. The quality OF the trult reaching mere
NV is cgnsidcrcd by the dealers first class In two
| moro weeks apples will probably DO as cheap as
they will be until another crop, aud those VINO are
wise would DO well 10 buy them now for winter
keeping or earning purposes. Goou cooAiTs apps
en- be had for 81 barrel. lheIe arc
few red bananas TO be seen, but the yellow
ones abundant and cheap. Fine yellow DanInls
sold Yesterday for 25 cents dOZ n, and best InIa
MAINTAIN, for 90 aud so cents a dozen Black wal
nuts are worth cents itbertS 10 cents ana shGIed
almonds 30 cents pound Turkish pTunes sell lot
The provision dealers are showing marked activ-
ity Ile racks in tho remnant OF the Ola wash
iugton M9rEct that still stands fairly groah
beneath their weight. This activity IN
cludes the stalls Of the poullcrers, aud
those who deal ia wild fowl aud game. Fresh
Killed wild ducks are arriving The httlO blue
winged teal sell for ~ pair, malarIs for 20 cents
and wood ducks for 80 cents pair Ihrrr are no
wild turkeys yet IN market. A few squirrels thal
were bruughtiu during the last of the week were
sold Tor the cxtTayagaut price Of 81 90 par. Tame
pigeons bc had Tor 81 = aud -. Lngilsh sh!ps
Tor -. Wild pigeons for mo same grass pi"NeT Ios
50 and : Z, and fresh pCver tursi 90 Dozen Iah9
! squads fat'cncI in Philadelphia bring -. ana reeu
! birds ~ 80 doom, wOOdcock 81 90 partIl"Ee
81 ~ and pr1irIe hen and grouse II 90
and 81 20 n pair. Saddles OF NeulSon are
worth - and 30 cents pound. MlHCuEIt
I there are no villa turkeys good barnYaid tuI"cyS
may be found m the markets by those VINO LOOK Ipr
them. 1ury sell for - C0uis pound, Wnlie DUCKS
| aud geese bring j. and % cents dry,plcA13
chicken, 20 and - cents, scalicd cucE"u. II ana
/ 20 cents, aud common 1--we fowl 10 and Is c-nts
/ pound. ,....,-
MAY uc bought Tor p cents -irioin and choice Gl,
! for Is aud 20 cents. chuck roast Tor II ana II
/ cents round steak for 10 and - cents, ana sret,
] soup meat and -t"wiug pieces TOR , ana ~ cents
/ pound. Spring lamb has become memory Oh In5
| spring and early summer. From the 0V-pouhutIS
now sold, ioroquIrers can ue had Tor II cents Hui
! headquarters Tor - cents a pound Ault'h 70,
| quarters cost 10 cents hlndquaNerS u aIn J
! cent? shoulders II rcuts aud nation chops lba
! IN crptsa ouud Veal outlets sell for - aud %
cent? shoulder, for . auu Ia cuuts, breast OF veal
Tor 10 cents IONS auI lcgs for Is c'n's iulGHld-
ters o and II GEMS aud headquarters iof 10 cents
There wns no new feature in the fsh market llst
! week beyond the arrival If some red snapper
| which reraIled M Is ccu.s a pound. ~ Oh
| butter fresh from tie country dairLca brings ~
| cents pound, aud gss 53 cents d DOZEN
MENU.
! Cream OF Rice Soup.
| Rolled iiU. "a. Stuce Idrtare
| Ereagt OF Veal, stuffed. Mashed potatoes stfDg