New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-06
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
GERMAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND FIslI-A FINE
DISPLAY OF GAME.

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DISPLAY OF GAME.
One Of the curious features Of tho provision mar
kets lust now is the supply of imported cabbages.
| Last fall so great was the crop of this vegetable
! throughout Long Island and New-Jerscy that the
farmers had great difficulty in selling them at one
cent a head Yet all that time the foreign product
was being brought to this city by tirst-clas5 deal
| crs They come from Germany mostly and are SUI
pcrior in size and flavor to the native cabbages.
The heads are more solid also. At present American
cabJagcs are worth 10 cents n head, while the
German variety bring % cents In the line
of other vegetables the usual winter varie-
Ties are abundant at the usual mdwlnter
prices. Beets can be bought for 20 cents half
peck caulihower % and 30 cents EACH cucumbers
% cents each carrots 10 cents a halfpeck, white
potatoes 80 cents q peck, and sweet potatoes 20
cents a peck French artichOkes are worth 80
cents each dried okra 10 cents quart, egg plants
80 cents each fresh hot-hOuse tomatoes rs cents
quart, and viii eand Russian turnips 3Ocentsapeck.
Bunches of seasoning herbs, such as thyme, sage
sweet marjOram, summer sayory, parsley ana leeks
cost > cents each while table celery sells for 10
cents bunch, soup celery cents bunch, chic
cory cents a bunch cranberries 10 cents quart,
hOrse-radsh roots and 10 cents EACH and lettuce
. and 7 cents head. Garlic brings 10 cents
bunch. Green peppers can be had for cents each.
and white onions are worth and 10 cents
a quart. marrow squash ID and 20 cents
each, radishcs 10 cents bunch, black
radshes cents each, and red peppers
cents a buncn. Spinach from tho South costs 20
cents a haf-peck. watercresS 10 cents a guar
parsnips 20 cents dozen, and Brussels sprouts 20
cents q1art;, Hot:house mushrooms are in great
favor and sell for 10 cents pound Oyster plants
are worth - cents bunch.
In Fulton Market the dealers stand shyenng be-
fore slabs full OF frozen fish to testify to the truth
atra aart nnt hat thpph has mn
their supplies. Fish are scarce aud high. Market
cod, haddOck and cisco cost 10 cents q pound.
White habut and striped bass sell for % cents a
pound. Blackfsh, fresh mac terel, live Holsters,
large white perch, sea bass and fresh-cauGht salmon
trout are cents; white groupers fiqkes and blue
fish bring IL cents pound. Canada slnelts cost
10 cents and wEngland green smelts 10 and 20
cents a pound. spanish mackerel can be
caught salmon 10 cents dressed cells 20 cents,
red snapper Is cents, and sheepshead 70
cents pound, Lake ,pickeTel and frozen
whIteGsh bring Is cents and black bass and frozen
tcrrapn are $50 dozen. CTayfish cost So Il
all the way from 80 cents to SO hundred. White
bait worth 80 cents, goldfish tongues 10 cents,
and smoked salmon % cents pound, while hard
crabs fetch So hundred and soft crabs 70 cents
dozen. There no imported fish ever brought to
this city for eating purposes except few English
turbot or sole, and these to fill special orders;
Washington Market has been well stocked, since
the cold weather set in, with every variety of
game. 1t is well worth visit to see the deni2ens
Ot the forest ana the MlluS STARK anu ueau
on the racks of the city butchers. There are big
Canadian haIes hat cost 40 cents pair, opossums
for the delectation of the Thompson |
st. citizen at 0 cents each, and yenison |
and black bear steaks which the butcher will carve
out from the at your pleasure for 20 and %
cents pound respectively. Glossy wild turkeys |
may he had for % cents u pound; wOOdcOck al |
though forbidden by law, are sold under other |
names for 81 pair; quail have come down to 81 30
and 81 70 a dozen, and canvaSback ducks to S3 q |
PAIR. Of the other varieties of ducks the redhead |
brings 81 30, the mallard and black-duck 81, blue
winged teal 50 cents, wOOd-duck 70 cents, and |
wdgeon 80 cents pair.
Turkeys and chickens cost anywhere from ~ !
cents to % cents pound. There is much differ
euce in the quality of Bucks County turkey, |
which has been fed by hand, kept in coop, and not
allowed to harden his muscles by exercise, then |
carefully dTy-pcked, and n sCTawny State turkey |
which has had to scratch gravel for livelihood and
is covered with pin feathers after he is picked, as
there is in the widely different price asked for the
two varieties. CapOns 30 and 80 cents pound, |
geese 20 cents, and roasting chickens Is cents a !
pound.
Fine fancy Elgin creamery butter now sells for
As cents a pound, and eggs arc up =" 10 "Huts a
dozen.
The prices of meats have not changed since the |
quotations given in last sundays TRIBUNE. Fancy !
pieces of pork, such sweotbTcads which worth
So and $6 dozen, are much sought after.
MENU.
Cream Of Rice Soup
Smells, fried.
Filct OF Eeef Ia Iolandase. Mashed Potatoes.
Spinach Celery.
Partridge Pie.
Lettuce NgyOluase.
Chocolate Whips. CAKE
Fruit.
Coffee.