New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-25
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.

FISH MORE PLENTIFUL-THE fhiOH' w
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Va,, l;ttla chan0e ia TO be noted in market Ploe'
from fhe quotations given in last Sunday iHiD
tyNE. There Is slight improvement III 'no On
brilliant figures that have peen uein"
heretofore. but it is scarcely PeIoop"o'
The bright weather of the past week mas gwen INC
fishermen a chance to get to Their nslihR sio"uuo'
and the simply of fish in Fulton Market Is raVuci
mora pleutiful. The Lenten demand, however
still keeps the prices up. Striped bass "eighins
from twenty to forty pounds have been caugh' -
the course of the past week IN the hudson hlVer Ill
the vicinity of CrOton Landing lhey SCH "'
o. cents pound. Very large and choice
smells are taken on the south side of Long Island ana
hiring % cents a pound in the market. Smells from
Maine and the Eastern coast fisheries are Is CENTS
Market cod are cents steak cod 10 and live cod IL
cents n pound Haddock are cents pound, white
balbut 25 cents dressed cells 20 CENTS
boiled HOLSTERS 10 cents, and frozen salmon
45 cents a pound. Founders are 12l2 cents, fresh
mackerel 10 cents and Spanish mackerel 80 cents
n pound Sheepshead are 20 cents. large whlte
perch IS cents and red snapper 20 cents pound
Southern shad continue to arrive in good numbers
The bucks sell for 70 cents and the roes at ~ eac
Large bluefsh are 8 cents, Nova Scotia herring
cents. and rayfsh cents pound. Southern black
bass are % cents, fresh-caught salmon trout 10
cents fresh-caught white fish % cents, yellow pcrch
10 cents and small green pickcrel IL cents
pound. Large lake pickerel are 10 cents 1Iesn-
caught cisco II cents frozen cisco 10 cents ana
wall-eyed pike IS cents a pound. Green turtle Is
90 cents a pound and Southern teTapin are TlS
dozen. Diamond.back terrapin are $50 dozen.
Crayfish are So 90 a hundred, scollops 81 80 gal
Ion. hard crabs SO hundred, soft crabs ~ % a
dozen. smoked haddock 10 cents and smoked salmon
% cents pound.
| Apprehensions of q meat famine recently existed
on the strength of reports that snow storms on the
Western plains, which are tho great cattle reser-
voirs of this country. had killed OIL many housalus
| of cattle. These fears have been allaycu, as my
statements have been authoritatively contTadlctcd
by ranchmen and cattle raisers III the west Every
year large b number agcIv OF OF tbS o% Weather. Tns
wear the percentage of loss has not been any greater
than heretofore. The annual loss OF cattle DT this
cause is estimated at started SF cent order sg
| TO affect the market and usually succeed TO
limited extent Thsyear, as usual the price OF otf
| viii not continue so any great length OF time.
| Porerhouse steak is 80 cents pound slrioin
steak 20 cents, round steak Is cents fo ore3
cents and srloin roast % cents pound. C0rneu
beef is IA and cents. while stewing pieces bring
II and II cents pound.
Spring lamb is in the market. but is so scarce az
vet that butchers do not sell less than Whole car
| cass The price asked ID $40, Sl2 ana SIf eacn.
These lambs about month od am are knoMn -,
hot house lambs by the butchers. They are raised
| in warm stables where the sun shines upon thcn
through glass roofs The raising OF these lambs SHOWS
the extraordinary pains taken py moss WI" Srppy
this CITY with food to cater 10 the tastidlOus tastes
| of those who are willing and able 10 pay lor II,
| Green peas are coming from Florida TO ear WIN
these early lambs. They sell for 81 % n hai-peck
| and mint from the same tropical State can be had
| for 10 cents a bunch , r.. ,,o;r
P0ulterers still demand exorbitant prices for their
poultry. Turkeys are 20 cents pound, scaiu go
| chickens % and 20 cents. dTy-pickcd chickens 20
| and 80 cents and fowls 10 and 20 cents pOund,
| cents a nound Capons are 80 10 80 cents a Mound
| and Young chickens for broiling II ana 81 oo
| pair o-o, ,, .bo Gun,
nlv If game has been limited 20 variety and the
prices of the kinds of game that are soiu nave ilSIi
| IN consequences Canvas-back ducks are ~ 90 anu
| 81 \ mar mallards 81; redhcad3, 81 70; teal, 70
cents and 81; and common ducks 80 and 90 cents
| nair Wild pigeons worth 81 40 dozen, tame
SQUADS, So 80 and SO; tame pigeons, " 20 ana
A large consignment Of Florida strawoerTie1s ar,
rived last week and the pIice OF that dedce si
But the berries were OF poor qualty, Dehg sla s III
size and not more than hall ripe: @ f"r R
| dozen California pears some of which weigh fuily
two pounds, are worth from 80 to 40 cents
each each wb Rana rrapes 20 and 40 cents pound
Malaga grapes 80 and 40 cents ana Cataw ga gIappS
IL cents pound. handsome basket Oh lruIt G i
tanning APPLES oranges bananas and grapes, weigh
| ing pounds can be bought for 81 20 Drled cur
! rants are 5 cents a pound cltron ~ cents, new
dates 10 cents raisns 10 cents and Pruues III ana
20 cents a pound. Oranges may be bought from
10 TO rs cents, and lemons from 10 to ~ cents
dozen. 10000, r.
| last week except q few kinds from the south
Southern asparagus is selling at 81 bunch retail
The wholesale price is 50 a dozen punches; Inns
gives the retailer profit Of 33i2 per cent. Inc saw
ING that would result from buying yegetabi es
NV wholesale is a subject that should be
Carefully examined by thrifty housekeepeTs. he
| retail nroit ON many vegetables Is as much az 90
Der cent Turnlps are 40 cents peck. cranberrieS
| 30 cents a quart cabbages 10 end 20 cents head
| Iettncs o aud 10 cents head, celery 10 and ~
| cents bunch, spinach 20 cents peck and parsley
| 8 cents a bunch. ~
At one time during the week fresh jersey eggs
| sold down as low as 81 cents a dozen. Yesterday
| thew were 80 cents The price of this COMMONLY
fiuctuates very nearly much as that OF stocks.
| The market price 10 entirely dependent upon the
| supply The supply is largely regulated by the
| state of the country roads 49,. w,
Fresh country butter could be bought in Wash
| inoton Market yesterday for 80 cents pound.
. | Bntter OF a similar quality sold uptown Tor Az
| cents Really good brands of butter are scarce,
| while the cheap and inferior kinds are ABUNDANT
| Cooking butter is ~ and 70 cents.