New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-14
PRICES N THE MARKETS.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS COSTLY DIAMOND BACK TERRA.
PIN-HIGH PmCFs FOR POULTRY.
The marketmen and fruit sellers have been
doing lively business during the past days. in
patton Christmas week has been
the demand for Newtown pppns for shipment 10 Europe
Persons having friends across the water ,end
them better holiday gilt tuan barrel Of thi, fine fruit
which costs from - 80 the market Besides those
which itts hundreds Of ba rcs are sent
90 fruit dealers IN London and Paris who sell
them at about $50 barrel. IN RETURN
this country ia getting supply Of mistctoc bougs and
berries, English hlbert and Yarmouth boaters for it,
Christmas. Handsome baskets holding over q peck OF
different kinds of fruit. decorated green leaves In
which tiny bottlo of champagne Il hidden.
worth -. dishonest frUtseliers put cotton IN
the bottom Of the basket and thus manage
to wlndlc the buyer Lady apples cost ~ cents quart
almost their weight IN silver Lache nuts from China
worth - cents pound they are Ike preserved
cherries and grow Inside she'll Ike almond she'll
Black ITnmburg grapes sell For ~ - q pound. Pecan
nuts are - cents quart wanuts IL cents,
nlborts II cents. buttcrnut. 10 cents spanish
che stnuts-whlch arc useful for dressing IN
the Christmas turkcy-2O cents. and tx,
Ia aud +, cont pound. Pineapple, cost - aud 80
well stocked with oranges those the Wcst inias
selling for - cents" Florida oranges for % crutsand tho
pruncs arc 10 ccnts and rn,ns cents pound Grocn.
lug applies - aud ~ oon Dnrlaud selected pears Tor
frWt Pfcsc c peI,hr', pears, -inwbefrcA, chcrrirs
ctc In pint bottles. put np m Hcrntns, are WORTH ~
bottle, Two pound boxes ni giaNa jelly uum the Vest
Indie. can b. had for ~ u box,
Southern tomators 40 cents pound ara
III played IN the windows Of broadway
fruit stores. Florida cucunbrrS cost - cents
each hol-hOu,e lettuce O. cents head and crauD.rries
and high ~ - cent, quart spanish onions
20 cents quart table celery - cents bunch, and
dollhouse mushrooms ara - 30 pound slIrrkaut IL
cents quart. amt picked onions - cents, and string
beans, picked - cents quart. Picked cacnmbers sell
Tor 10 cents Dozen ana pcked beets NJ and 10 cents
each
Dlamond-bsck terrap!n bring high prices stll In
Fulton Market, selling FOR $50 "A dozen. willis
Southern terrapn cheap ~l2 dozen.
The diamond backs come frOa the mets and mirshes OF
the Chesapeake Bay and, Ike back ducks from
ayrc de Grace the alone OF That sheet OF
gives them added value IN the eyes OF epl-
curcs-nOt 10 mt niiOn market MSn. POmp9nd
from the Gulf b" had ut sixty cents,
Rhode Island smells bring 20 and Canada smelis
10 cents chicken habut 30 cents sd Holsters =
pound few shad have reached the market from
salmon worth - cers pound. kcIRebec salmon 20
cents live cod aud 10 cents white bait 40 frogs
cents. fresh Eaekcrel ! cents and founders II
cents q pound.
The prices quoted last Sunday TRBrNE poultry
and game altered during tho week By O-InOr
hOVrl the poultry dressed and packed especially
for the Christmas market VIII be- on hand and fancy
price, will be lin 10 prevail again. higher II anything than
before Thanks giving. IN the grocery stores canned
rhcs and turkey sells for 90 cents canned tongue 30
cents aud canned ham 30 cents q ppunl.
,ent pound and new laid country eggs arc Il cents