New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-28
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PRICES IN THE MARKETS.

oIhRtIlb VI flSH-PRICES GENERALLY HIGHER
THAN LAST wEEK-sPRING yEGETABLEs
The housekeeper will find very little comfort in
studying the prices of provisions for this week The
extreme cold and the stormy weather have had tho
natural effect in seriously diminishing the supply of
fish in Fulton Market. and prices are very much
higher. There are scarcely any habut in the stalls,
and cod are cents pound higher than last week.
But as fish bite better after storms. tho fishermen
expect q successful run" between this time and
tho beginning of Lent. A few Southern shad ara
the market and sell at 81 25 each. Market cod is
10 cents and stoak cod 10 cents pound.
White halbut Is selling for 25 cents pound. had
dock cents large bass 80 cents pan bass 20 cents
dressed cells 20 conts i've Obs tiers 20 cents frozen
salmon 10 cents. founders IL cents, tom-cods
cents. blacklish 10 cents. fro5h mackerel 10 TO 20
cen Is, Spanish mackcrel 80 CeDts. sheepshead 20
cents, white perch from Is TO 10 conts smelts Is
cents, red snappers Is cents, large bluehsh ~
cents. and native herring 9 cents pound. AZ.
OF tho above are saltwater fishes In fresh-water
fishes tho difference In price from week to week -
not so subject to change. Southern black bass soil
cents yellow perch 10 cents, small green pickerel
cents, fresh caught cisco ~ cents. frozen cisco
10 cents, wal-eyed pike - cents, green turtl 20
cents o pOuni, Southern terrapin SIS dozen,
diamond-back terrapin $45 dozen Shell fish
also high and scarce. ScallOps arc 80 cents quart,
Blue Pointoysters 81 hundred. Saddlerocks. S3 so
"a
Bays. ~ 90 and Feeports 81 hundred. Hard
crabs sell for SO hundred. and soft crabs vi 20 a
dozen. Smoked haddock are quoted at ! 5cents. aud
smoked salmon % cents pound
Meats are from TO cents pound dearer than
they were n week ago. but there seems to DO
no reason to expect q meat famine or extraordi-
narily high prices, simply because tho supply which
the butchers from Chicago and the West
may, be reduced for short time. The retail and
in tho market. The best porterhouse steak
is worth from % 10 80 cents apOund.
choice cuts X cents. srloln l8 TO 20
cents chuck roast Ii to 10 cents round steak 10 10
meat to 10 cents, suet 30 cents. c0rned beef to
II cents, beef enderloin 40 to rs cents beef KID
cents, and smoked boof 10 to 20 cents a
pound. headquarters of spring lamb are
worth from ii to 10 cents pound. fore,
quarters 10 to 10 cents. foroQuarters OF mutton
and % cents headquarters - to ii cents shoulders
of mutton cents, mutton chops 20 cents. ana fore
quarters of Canada lamb u cents HEADQUARTERS
quarters II TO IA cents shoulders OF veal 10 cents
breast of veal to 10 cents, veal cut,
let's % to 30 cents yoaI chops - 10 *
cents roasting pork ID to Is cents pound. polk
tonderlOins 6 TO 10 cents. cOrned pork IA to 10
cents. and fT,sh pig lOius lG cents. Roastingpig
are So 80 to So each. Smoked and picked hams
bring Is ana 10 cents a pound. Cincinnati hams
- ccDts. shoulders II cents, sausages 10 cents
smoked s,usages II cents, Bologna slussges Ia
cents pigs tongues ~ cents, bacon ~ to Is cents
dried English bacon % to II cents, homeless bacon
) cents ipe cents. head-cheese II cents, and
homeless shoulders ) cents pound. Leaf-lard Is
Ia cents Swcethread5 are sold at Sl 90 TO S3 %
dozen, and oxtails 81 q dozen.
Tho effect of tho heavy holiday drain upon the
poultry supplies of the market continues to DO seen
IN tho high prices Common fowls whose flesh the
farmer grows weary OF command nearly as high
price in tho city markets as game The Hebrew
population Of the city buy vast quantity OF
poultry in the course of o week. Common
ducks are 20 TO % cents pound, geese III to Is
cents fowls Is to 90 cents turkeYs 20 TO 22 cents,
chickens 20 TO % cents Philadelp hia spring
i. liart IN
pair, red heads 81 - to 81 80 n pair, canvas
back ducks 81 30 to 81 Is pair quail 81 70
Dozen prairie hens 81 % pair. taILe pigeons p
dozen English snipe 81 so to So rs. partrdges
81 90 TO 81 70 pair rabbits 40 TO 80 cents PAIR.
squads S3 30 dozen. wild pigeons 81 20 to 81 %
dozen. and capoDs 33 to 80 cents a pound,
Vegetables are in great demand IN the market, and
each week brings more signs of the coming spring
FLORIDA tomatoes and cucumbers are selling at re-
tail in Washington Market, the former for 80 cents
quart and the cucumbers for 30 to 40 cents apiece
| The tomatoes are of poor quality. however. anu
| the cucumbers small These are not the
only fOrerun ners OF the great change that occurs
| i'm the market every year. California articfokes
| are replacing the ones brought from France. They
| have a ready sale at % cents apiece once during
| the week Broadway frut-dealer exposed for sale
some hot house strawberries. They are sold at the
pxorb,tant price Of 20 cents apiece and $40 quart
Peaches from New-Jersey lighthouses are selling Tor
So and 81 each. But these prices place the fruit
beyond the reach of any except wealthy lnVaiIds:
| Fresh vcgeta bles from the Bermudas are displayed
| IN tho windows Of retail-market man uptown, In
great profusi9n. The beetsare 90 centsa Dozen as
| paragus 81 bunch. potatoes ~ a peck,
J string -beans 20 cents a bunch, toma-
/ toas a 81 quart, cucumbers 80 cents
| each and eggplant 80 cents a bunch L.
These fresh vegetables are bought mainly by res
| taurant and hotel keepers uptown. In Washington
| Market cabbages are selling for 10 70 20 cents q
head, bccts from to 8 cents bunch. red peppers
9 cents bunch potatoes 20 to so cents half peck.
celery 10 to 20 cents bunch, lettuce o
to 10 cents bunch, spinach 90
berries ID to 20 cents quart, sweet potatoes 90
| cents peck. radishes 10 to 10 cents bunch and
| onions from 40 to go cents half peck. :,
| The prices of butter and eggs gradually
decline from week to week. Butter which was
| made during the summer season and has been held
| In icehouscs is being sold in great quantities.
This kind of butter which makes good eating
article is sold for % cents pOnnd. For fresh but
ter of tho fancy brands high prices are aekod, as
| fresh butter is scarce. Fancy Egn butter is AZ to
ter 80 to 35 conts Eggs are from 20 to 80 cents
| dozen. Imported swiss cheese Is ~ cents q
pound, imported Edam cheeses ST. each, pineapple
cheese 81 to 81 20. and English dairy cheese ~
| Hothouse mushrooms arc 50 quart. dried mush-
| rooms are 70 cents quar-. walnuts are 10 cents
pound, flberts 10 cents, almonds 20 cents. trenc9
prunes to 20 cents Turkish prunes 10 cents. and
raislns 10 to 10 cents pound. oranges are ~ 10
| 80 cents dozen. bananas 10 10 40 cents dozen,
pears 90 cents to 81 dozen. table apples Sl peck,
| Delaware grapes 10 to 70 cents pound, COncOru
These are the prices that arc quoted in Washing
ton and Fulton Markets What tho retail dealers who
are scattered throughout the city uptown ask de-
ponds altogether the fancy OF the dealer In the
| markets downtown sharp competition secures rea-
sonable rates.
| MENU
Chicken Soup.
| Boiled Salmon. Shrimp Sauce
Oyster Pattes.
| Roast Goose Mashed Potatoes Turnp' Apple Sauce
| blaw.
Lobster Salad.
Hard