New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
TIE PRICES or PROFESSIONS.

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| FOR POULTRY AND GAME-THE SUPPLY or
FISH.
Probably the most attractive feature Of Washing.
ton Market at this OF the year is the booths
of the vegetable venders which are piled high jus.
now with fresh green things The localities
whence these vegetables are procured have
tended northward from the tropical regions Of
Florida and Bermuda to the temperate atmosphere
Of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. great
| quantity of vegetables is coming from the gardens
! about Norfolk Notwithstanding the abundance the
retail dealers still charge customers unreasonable
| and fancy prices. medlum-sized bunch of as
| psragus costs 90 cents aquart OF tomatoes 80
| cents three cucumbers can be had for % cents
and quart OF string beans for Is cents. Green
peas sell for 80 cents peck lettuce brings 10 cents
head, six punches of radishes are worth 70 cents,
| new potatoes 30 Ger Is d half peck, and Bermuda
onions ID cents quart. Egg plant, are 10 and 20
cents each, and watercress IS 10 cents a quart.
Last years butter beans are 10 cents quart, sweet
potatoes 70 cents peck and cranberries ~ cents
| quart
sudden scarcity. They bring 40 and 80 cents
box. In about six weeks the peach season will reg
ularly open with arrivals of that fruit from Florida.
Some dollhouse peaches can be bought now fOr 9L
each.
There has been also sudden rise In the price Of
poultry, owing to the scant supply. Geese have
become practically extinct in the market. At this
time they are declared out of from the fact
that their time is all taken up on the farms IN
either laying, setting or being plucked. Other ysr-
cites of fOw Is from to . cents pound deater
than they were a month ago. Capons are 40 cents
pound, and puets the same. A month ago pull
lets sold for % cents pOund. Philadelphia roast
ing chickens 40 cents pound-lO cents a
pound higher than rney were month ago Pbila-
delphia brOllers sell for 50 pair, or 81 more
than they brought six weeks ago. And so on
throughout the entire list Domestic ducks are 2S
cents aud domestic turkeys % and 80 cents
pound. Philadelphia fowls are 20 cents and
scalded fowls % cents pound.
While poultry has gone up so HIGH Wild fowls
have become both cheaper and higher There 70
very little variety IN tins ne' hoTeVdT L as geese
mallards ont of season. comparison OF tie
prices last week Of what remain with the prices
month ago will prove interesting. English snipe
we're selling then tor 81 dozen; now they bring
81 80. Flowers we're then 81 dozen; they can he
had now for 81 so. Brandt ducks sold then for 20
be bought thirty days ago for 80 cents each and
now they bring 81. Wppd ducks have remained &C
80 cents each, while redheads have gore up from
cents to 50 cents each Within the month Phlla-
dephIa squads have come Ia. They sell Tor % %
dozen Wild pigeons were 81 90 dozen one
month ago and now they are selling for % and
tame pigeons for 81 % In Washin gtOn Market.
The supplies of fish during the last week have
Teen large and the prices are consequently hlgnY
satisfactory to everybody-the fishermen. the retail
aud the consumers There have been unusually
large hauls oil shad ia the bay; these fish are also
running ia the Connecticut River and are being
brought from there 20 this market Roe shad from
that stream bring 81 80 each and the bucks cents.
being tie highest price paid Big hauls OF founders
in the shad nets have brought down the price or
this hOmey but useful lisa TO cents pound.
Fresh-caught salmon can be purchased now fol- the
triflng sum OF $l5 each, while whltebait are sell
ing for 90 cents pound This IS the last month IN
which the eucculent oyster will figure In the list or
fish food. The demand for them IS not great at pres
eat; BluePoints are TDIth 81 Saddier roc ~.
dred
All the other kinds of fish are abundant and are
hall hnF ia
worth 22 cents, haddock cents, sea bass Is and
% cents, and market cod and IL cents pound.
Dressed cells may had for IS cents, live Holsters
for Il cents, frozen salmon for 30 cents blHcknsh
Tor cents, and weakfsh for 10 cents pound.
Fresh mackerel bring from 10 to 20 cents, Spanish
mac kerel go cents pom anos 10 cents. kngiish
and sheePsheads 20 cents and bite perch 10 andl5
cents pound. Long Island sIneits are worth 10
cents; redsnappers 20 cents. and herfngs 8 centsa
be inundated on the domestic altar by thousands.
the demand keeping their price slightly above the
reach of moderately lweathy housekeepers. They
bring 81 pound. Southern black bass are worth
: ; cents fresh-caught salmon troIt Is cents. aud
small green pickerel Is cents pound. Green tur-
tie is Is cents pound and terrapin from ~ to f2i
u dozen. Frogs legs, which are much sought after
by epicureans. are worth 20 cents pound. Shad
rOes are 25 cents apalr, and hard crabs - 90 hum
dred; Shrimp are 81 % a gallgp, cray hsh - ooa
hundred and prawns 81 so gallon.
An UGLY black African turtle is among the curl
osltes of Folton Market. 1t is much smaller thS1
the regular South American turtles which are sold
in the arket and 1t attracts "a great deal OF aten-
tvn FROM visitors.
There seems no immediate prospect of the prices
of beef OF mutton becoming cheaper. The prices
quoted last Sunday remained unchanged during
the week. HEADQUARTERS of spring lauib may lpe
purchased for 81, and the foIequarters for 81 80
each.
Creamery butter is worth 3J cents pound.
Eggs are % cents dozen.
MENU.
Potato Soup
Broied shad, Maitre d'Hotel Sauce CucumOerS
Chicken FritterS.
Rib Roast OF Beef Stuffed Potatoes. Spinach.
SQUAD, roasted. Jelly.
Lettuce MayOnnalSe.
Cheese. Crackers.
Amber Pudding. Brandy Peaches. Lady Cake.
Fruit
Coffee.