New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-27
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SOUTH AMERICAN FRuITs-ruE STRAWBERRY
CRoP-GANsEvOORr MARKET
Close by the Fulton Market il an establishment
kept By Brazilian who caters TO the patriotic ap-
petltes of South Americans aud the natives Of tho
West Indies In this store can be found all manner
of strange and fruits Of the tropics sold Just
as they are pIucked from the trees and vines.
There are fruta bombas. sort Of cross between
a watermelon and bOmbshell which cost % cents
each, green cOcoanuts that sell for 10 cents each
drilichinuts from China costing II cents a dozen,
and Havana sweet potatoes or boniatos az cents
pound Those who are fond of chIrinoyas, OF rs tho
sailors term them custlrd apples" can ind them
there at 10 and - cents each. and can also get
such other decaces a. sapadilloes at 30 cents
and 81 Dozen red manages for % cents each.
plantains from 40 to - cents a dozen. yanls ana
fresh tamarinds az 10 cents a pound, chayotes,
yucas and malangas at I'D cents
pound and apple bananas at 80 cents a dozen.
Brazil nuts just they grow, with haltdozen
nuts in one she'll can be had for - cents pound.
dwarf cocoanuts or palm nuts for 10 cents dozen,
sweet lemons at 80 cents, and Mandarin oranges 20
and 80 cents a dozen.
MY customers said the proprietor yesterday.
ARE South Americans Cubans mostly. People
born IN colder cmes never buy Of me except as
thew want the fruits for curOsities'
Carolina but this fruit Is not shown the market
IN such profusion nor OF such good quality as was
the case this time last year, owing 70 the lateness
of the season. 1t is not until the market gardens
about Norfolk begin to send their products that
berries of good size can be had for a reasonable
prlce. The best sell now at go cents quart
few hot-house peaches were sold By fancy fruiS
dealers last week at - cents and 81 each. Many
fru1t merchants have lately visited the peach or
cbards OF Delaware and report the crop prospect.
for the coming season to be good.
The fish markets had their usual abundance and
variety last week. POrge. were TO be had among
the new varieties At 3 cents pound. Fresh blue
fish cost Is cents cod and 10 cents, haddock 6
cents. founders and grouper 10 cents and white
perch smelts and red snapper 10 cents pound.
Fresh mackere sold for and - cents.
according to size, and sheep.hea1 for II cents,
green pickerel - cents. pOmna-o n cents. South
ern black bass 20 cents. and :. arlsh mackcre 30
cents a mound Some new smoked Nova Scotia sal
mon brought go cents, wIile tlesh-caught Oregon
chlnOOk- could be had for 30 cents pound. Long
Island brook trout sold for 70 and - cents. and
Cana la trout for 40 and 80 cents a pound. 6reen
turtle was worth 20 cents pound, Southern terra
pin Sl2 and dlamOnd-back terrapin $50 a dozen.
iraviish -yere 81 80 hundred frogs legs 20 cents
a pound soft-shell crabs 80 dozen, hard crabs 81
a hundred and whitcbaIt 40 cents pound
Gansevoort Market has recently become the cen
ire Of the vegetable trade of the city Long before
daylight market-wagOns from Long Island. Vest
chester and Jersey rolling through the streets
on tneir way to this place. Before the majority OF
the residents have eaten their breakfast the farm
ars have sold their stock aud Ourueylng back -
their homes As yet these cOnveyances do not BRING
green peas string beans Dut tbey carry large
q lantities of salads and root vegetables. Long
island spinach can he had for 10 cents A peck anu
sorrel for ) cents quart. string beans aud green
peas are worth 81 a peek. ~,
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