National Republican., 1885-08-26
THE LOCAL MARK ETS.
Prices of Produce for Housekecpers
Merchants, and Shippers.

Prices of Produce for Housokeepers,
Merchants, and Shippers.
There is good supply of vegetables and
fruits on the market. The demand is slow,
with prices fair. Butter is steady. Fruits
are in abundance, with forced sales. Fish is
of the best quality and holds good prices,
with fair demand. Game finds small sales;
prices are high. Poultry finds good
market; supply good and prices fair. Meats
are in good condition; prices steady; de-
mand very good.
Retail Prices-Ccnter Market.
BuTTER.-i3est prints, 40 cents per pound; best
creamery, 80 cents fresh New York, 30 10 IS
cents; roll, % to 80 cents. Eggs lS to 20 cents
per dozen. Cheese, Is to 20 cents.
PoULTRY.-Springc chickens, 70 cents to 81 per
pair fowls 10 cents 70 81 ,25 per pair; squads so
cents per pair; ducklings, IS cents to 81 .25 per
pair. domestic duck, p cents per pound; tur-
GAME.-Green turtle. IS cents per pound;
frogs 81 per dozen; Woodcock, sl.25 per pair.
VEGETABLEs-potatoes. 20 cents per peck;
sweet potatoes 45 to 80 cents per peck; lettuce,
3 to 5 cents head; cabbage, 8 to cents per
head; onions, so cents per peck; oranges, 25 to
40 cents per dozen; green peas, % TO 80 cents
eens ysS 6 RSs Per peSk
string beans, go to 30 cents per peck; lemons,
40 cents per dozen; new beeis, to cents
per bunch egg plants. to cent gents apiece;
10 to 20 centsa pound dried cherries, 20 cents
pound: soup beans, 10 to 12c quart; lima
beans, 10 to 20 cents n quartz carrots, cents a
bunch; hominy, cents quart; cymlings, 10
cents per doz: radishes to cts bunch; Gu
cumbers 8 to 10 cents doz green corn, 10 to 10
cents dozen cauliiiowers, 10 to 25 cents apiece;
string beans 20 to 80 cents peck; sauerkraut,
% cents per gallon.
FIsH.-Boilng rock, 10 cents per pound
baiibut, 20 cents per pound; white perch, % to
| 40 cents per bunch; .pickerel, 10 cents per
| Spanish, 25 cents per pound fresh mackerel,
| 10 to 20 cents apiece founders and Goldfish. 10
cents a pound; sheepshead, 10 and % cents Il
| pound sturgeon 10 cents a pound; lobsters is
cents per pound; crabs, 25 cents per dozen so.t
crabs, 81 per dozen; clans, 10 cents per dozsn;
| fresh salmon, 30 cents per pound; salt water
taylors, l2I9 cents per pound salmon trout, 10
| cents per pound; spots, 40 cents per pound; hog
fish, % to 40 cents Il bunch; pompinos, 30 cents
n pound. Smoked and salted iish-,Smoked
salmon, 20 cents per pound; salted salmon, 10
cents per pound: smoked mackerel. to :
cents apiece dried herring 20 to % cents per
! dozen; cells, 10 to 30 cents per pound Scotch
herring, 10 cents per dozen; smoked haddock,
per pound salt shnd, i2I3 cents per pound No.
| l mackerel, 10 to 20 cents apiece.
| FRulTs-Prunes, 10 cents pound; pickles, 8
to II cents DOZEN preserves 10 cents Per
nanas, 25 to 20 cents per dozen; pineapples, ID
TO 2j cents apiece; plums, 10 to 20c?ntsa quart
peaches, 40 to 90 cents per peck apples, 80 to
| 40 cents per peck; watermelons, to 80 cent.
each; cantaloupes, 3 to 10 cents each; grapes
8 to 10 cents per pound; damsons, 40 to 60 cents
| peck; pears, 40 cents to 81 peck.
| MEATs,-Best roast beef, 10 to 20 cents pei
pound; tenderioln steak 20 to 25 cents; sirloin
20 cents round steak, 10 cents chuck roast
1879 cents; corned beef, to 1213 cents; lamb, Il
to 20 cents; mutton, 10 TO Is cents; muttor
| chops, 10 TO 30 cents veal, IL to 20 cents; yea
chops, 10 TO 20 cents; veal outlets, 20cents; souI
meats, : to 10 cents.