New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-23
HOME INTER ESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.

FISH FOR THANKSGIVING DINNERs-TURKEYs OF
MANY SIZES AND CONDITIONS.
There is hotel uptown wherein the noble
American game OF draw poker fascinatcs its deyotecs
nightly from the time that the electric light bursts forth
In evening until the put In the morning.
That hotel is the largest retail purchaser OF salt
mackorc in this country They buy IL for
their pokcr-playIng patrons After sitting up all night
when all else fails to stir the sluggish appetite for break
fast the drowsy gamblers fall back salt mackerel
Private families might take lesson from the gamblers
with profit and pleasure to themselves barrel of the
finest quality extra mess costs $50; while kit
tanning twenty pounds be had for 81 barrel OF
No. | sells for $2j, OF No. 2. an ordinary
quality, for 3d. and OF No for $40. The
fish market presents dclicacles for the
Thanksgiving dinner which, accepting the figures put
them by Commissioner Blackboard, of Fulton Market the
recognized authority, can be had ut very high prices.
Diamond-back terrapin and green turtle are two
standbys for Thanksgiving. Diamond backs mp to
Ti5 dozen, while green turtle costs % cents pound.
Green turtle soup in the English style De had in two
quart cans for 81 30 the American plan, which in
cludes bits Of shell, for 81 The Eastern fishermen
generally make for the shore and spend their Thankgv
ing ut home and the wise merchants of Fulton Market
put up the price beforehand because their supply is thus
or Chicken habut is worth 30 cents frozen halibut
% cents fresh North Carolina bluesh Is cents and
frozen bIucdsh cents and Columbia salmon 40 cents
Massachusetts, salmon, novelty. sells at ~ pound
Fresh Pensacola pOmpano sell for 80 cents whtchsh
cents dressed ees Is cents, kingsh, shecpshead and
striped bass 20 cents, live boiled lob
sters IL cents, ami smclts and red snapper
cents Frogs legs arc 80 cents pound hard crabs
So "A hundred whitehall 40 cents pound, crayfsh SO
hundred prawns and scallops 81 80 gallon and Goldfish
tongues cents pound The prices Of oysters remain
unchanged Nothing but the freezing over OF the beds
from which they raked varies their N the
buyer. They from SO to 80 cents hundred
the thing of all others the housekeeper who scOurs
the markets for her Thanksgiving dinner will keep
sharp lookout for will be the turkey. Those who go
early and desire it will find wild turkeys that
have from Kentucky for this market. They
sell for 30 cents pound but Will PROBABLY 20 to
II before Thanks giving unless fresh consignment
penshes the market. There will be turkeys from
New England and the Middle states OF all sizes and
conditions with and without feathers, drawn and
drawn. These birds fattened on meal, scraps Of
meat curl and corn. shrewd purchaser will find out
before he or she buys just what weight Of food
still remains in the crop, and make the poutrym de
duct accordingly. The canny poulterer gathers many
"nckcls" from the sale Of meal and corn II he does
big business about Thanksgiving time. The average
weight of gobbcrs is fifteen pounds. and Of hens nine
pounds but gobbcr weighing twenty nine pounds made
the record for Washington Market this For the
chicken pie stcwng chickens he had at
20 and % cents pound Capons cost 80 cents large
roasting chickens % and % cents Jersey chickens IL
and 20 cents and Western chickens l6 cents pound
Ducks are % cents, and domestic geese % cents
pound.
There is an endless variety of game TO be had-wild
geese for 81 p each Maryland canyasbacks $3 30 and
Norfolk canVashacks ~ 30 each, tasting
of the wild celery of the Chesapeake
on which they feed. Other kinds OF
wild ducks 70 cents to 81 Is each Squirrels 20
cents and rabbits 30 cents pair WoodcOck cost ~ %
brace SQUADS ~ Do "a dozen robins ~ dozen Saddles
of venison are % cents pound and Canada spruce
grouse 81 % pair. Wild pigeons are 81 90 dozen,
reed birds 70 and ~ % Dozen imported pleas
ants 80 pair and quail ~ 30 a dozen.
OF meats and provisions are about aS last
stated in THE TRIBUNE OF course there many prices
ON the article, these depending altogether ON the
quality The reporter some poorly dressed women
In the market buying salsages from sidewalk Nthdrf
The price paid cents pound The regular quoted
prices for sausage and - cents, hut these poor
women inquiry turned out tn bc the wives OF Williams
burg taOrs who seeking only the cheapest food found
stale and unhealthy rausages at cents
fresh country butter stamped win the
monogram uf Tho maker and the date of It's churnlng
cost 10 cents in Fulton Market Long Island eggs are
worth 30 cents u dozen and state eggs 80 cents
Mushrooms cost ~ quart, celery 10 cents u hnh'l,
crlnhtrrcS 20 cents quart lettuce cents h'hd ana
wntcrcTraHr4 10 cents quart, string beans
sell ~ - half peck, green okth
90 cents u hundred, dollhouse cucun.
hrrs - cents enrh, Fronch nrlchhulH hfo 30 hnd
80 cents cnrh. sweet pOlnuua 20 cents peck ~ ana ~
u barrel. Fancy prices VIII prevail tha week for every
thing ia the market line.