New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-16
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
EpICURCs WHO HUNT FOR DAINrIEs-"POB" VEAL
-sTRAWBERRIEs AT DOLLAE Bon.

STRAWBERRIES AT A DOLLAR BOX.
Touscleepcrs bent on supplying the family tables,
fathers of families intent on the same necessary
Grand restaurant and hotel keepers and purSers OF
ocean steamships form the bulk OF the travel that
drifts daily through the clean paseageways OF the
new Fulton Market. Among these crowds, how
ever. there are probably half-hundrcd kcen-eycd
persons who devot" day or two in each week to a
thorough examination of what the market contains,
whose occupations are different from those men
toned They cpicnTcs in search of dalnties ana
tidbts that escape the notice of the average par
chaser. Theirs are familiar faces to the markotmen
They must have the best Of everything or nothing
at all. The Long Island clans that are heaped upon
the sea-eirt shores in windows by the spring
tides are passed by IN silence hy these gOurmandS
They do not eat swimmers" they tell the clam
sellers. They turn away from the Oregon salmon
which are now arriving at the rate OF 1000 pounds
Il day for il is dog salmon and inferior i'll flavor
to the salmon of the Atlantic coast. This "dog
salmon brings 10 cents pound when sold by the
choice cut.
These fastdous persons at present are selecting
hard crabs at - hundred, diamond back terrapln
at $40 u dozen, Long Island smells at % cents
pound and whitehall at 80 cents pound. They
can also get shad from tho James River Tor 90 cents
and 81 each, white halibut % cents pound, sco-
lOpS ~ 4 gallon. ana NcWlOulualu luIUOC Nv"
Holsters at Is cents pound. These prices are high
for the kinds of fish scarce. Mexican pompano
cost 10 cents, Spanish mackcrel 80 cents, and
black bass from Northern streams % cents pound.
Dressed .rl5 are worth 20 cents and c1dhSh .
and . cents pound. Craytsh are 20 30 a hun
dred, shrimp and prawns ~ 90 gallon, ana SolG
crabs 81 30 q dozen. Mr.. Blacktord has IN his tank
two live Holsters of unusual SIZE caught IN tho deep
water. They weigh fully eighteen pounds each
There was slight show OF vigilance on the part
Of the meat inspectors during the week, and some
" Dol" veal was seized i'll the neighhorhood OF Six
tieth-st II tho inspectors had seized nearly one
half of the veal within the last two weeks that has
been exposed foT sao in large quantity IN Mashlng-
ton Market they would have destroyed much
&" bob veal. 1t is a shame that much ~ the call
meat in Washington Market now is allowed 10 be
sold in the city. Bob" veal is sold at almost any
price. "
present Wtstcrn-dresscd beef is SAID to be nurlng
their business. The chef attraction outside OF the
fish markets lies in the prices and stock of the voge-
table men. Florida tomatoes of good quality can
he bad at 20 cents quart asparagus IRON thar's-
ton brings 90 and - cents bundle. Florida en-
cumbers 20 cents each, radishcs 10 cents bunch,
and dandeliOns r cents quart. Table celery costs
20 and - cents a bunch caulfow"rs 70 cents each,
and Okra 10 cents hundred. barrel or good pO-
tatOes costs only 81.
More strawberries are coming from Florida, aud it
is possible To get quart box of good fruit Tor 81
some can even be had for 81 box. Yellow ba-
nanas arc scarce, and cost ~ cents dozen, Nan
darn oranges 40 ceuts dozen. Havana Dlnoapples
90 cents each and California pears 70 cents and
81 dozen. Malaga grapes are gong out OF favor,
and sell for 30 cents pound.
People caro- little for game now, and canyaSback
ducks bring only 81 80 ana 80 pair, brandt ~ IS,
mallard aud black ducks 81, and teal aud wood
ducks 70 cents u paIr Tame squads are worth
IS 30 dozen, wild turkeys 95 cents a pound,
squirrels % cents pair. grass plOvcr - 30, and
fresh plOvcr 50 20 n dozen NcwEngland poultry
IL the dearest thing the racks of the pOulterers
Turkeys and chickens raised there are 20 and %
cents u pound. Capons cost 30 and 30 cents u
pound. PHI iadelphia bTOllers are worth 30 and 10
conts, city dressed brorr7 20 cents, roasting chick
eng 20 cente and Western fowls from Is to IL
cents pound.
Fresh Long Island and Ncw-Jersey eggs are sell
ing for 20 cents dozen Bntter can be- had for 80,
30 and 80 cents pound. RoqurGOrt cheese is
worth 40 cents, imported Swiss 20 cents, old En-
Qiish 22 cents frontage de Bre % cents Vermont
Bage cheese 20 cents and fancy cream cheese rs
cents q pound. Neufchatel cheese costs cents n
roll.