The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-07-10
HINTS FOR HouseKEEPERs.
what the Marketmen Have TO Offer
the Washington PmhIic.


better grown, and are perceptibly lower in
price. Green corn is arriving in large
! quantities, and delicious, juicy roasting
ears" may be had for 20 cents a dozen-a
| fall of 10 cents since last week Bright,
solid, dark purple egg plants vary in price
according to size. They are from 10 to 30
cents apiece. Some have been held over
| until they are wilted and are 10 cents
| apiece; but in this condition, With the pos
sible approach of cholera they are not
| good at any price. Firm, solid white
| heads of outdoor cauliliower are 10 and
| 20 cents head. Maryland cucumbers
crisp and tender are 20 and % cents
| dozen. Large, fine deep red, solid
Branch tomatoes are $l25 a peck
| Tomatoes from the South are not so good
and are 81 peck
| Asparagus is becoming scarce, and but
few withcred punches were in market
| his morning at sand 10 cents n bunch.
| Rutabaga turnips, of good size, are 8
| cents bunch. Delicate heads of care
| fully grown lettuce vary from to 10
| cents head. Maryland squash or Gym
lings are plentiful at 20 cents a dozen.
| Beats are cents q bunch. Bunch
onions of good growth are cents
| bunch. Bermuda onions are so cents u
| peck. Early Rose potatoes, slowly but OK
| cellently grown. continue at 30 and 40
| centsa peck. Old potatoes hold their own
at 25 cents q peck while firm, solid heads
| of Maryland cabbage are $ and 10 cents
| head, the same as last week String beans
and peas continue at 80 cents peck each.
| Spinach is in excellent condition at %
and 80 cents peck. Parsley is cents
mint ) cents, and thyme and sage are
| cent bunch.
FISH.
The invoices of salt water fish which ar
| rived on the steamer Wakefield to day
were in much larger quantities than last
week. Among the Potomac River fish
that were carefully packed in boxes and
barrels in crushed ice were salt water tai
Tors, shepherd, spats, pompinos, hog fish
and white perch, most of which were of
| good size and in excellent condition. The
season for the Kennebec salmon has been
a most extraordinarily successful one, and
the catch of those fish surpass that for
many seasons past. They are in fine con-
dition and are 20 cents a pound. bunch
containing about eight or ten spats may
be had for 40 cents. Pompinos are sold
by weight and are 30 cents pound, while
hog fish are disposed of by the dozen at
81 q bunch. Salmon trout continue the
same at 10 cents pound.
Sheephead are Is and 20 cents pound.
Halibut, as ever, is 20 cents and boiling
rock 10 and 20 cents u pound. Bunches
of white perch of good size vary from %
to 40 cents bunch. Goldfish and founders
are 10 cents pound while fresh mackerel.
which are in abundance, vary from 10 20 20
cents apiece. Spanish mackerel continues
at 20 cents a pound. Sea bass, that some
what resemble i'll appearance the black
bass, are 10 cents pound. Sturgeon is be-
coming scarce aru the price has risen to 10
cents o POUND. Saltwater tailors are al
ways in demand at 12l cents pound. Soft
crabs continue high at 70 and 81 q dozen.
Hard shell crabs are % cents, while clans
are 10cents dozen. HOLSTERS are delicious
in a salad; they are 10 cents a pound,
while turtle soup is as good as medicine
turtle is 124 cents pound
MEATS.
Spring lamb, although about the same
in prce, from 10 to 20 cents pound, is
not in so good a condition as last week
During excessively warm days great care
has to be taken in the. handling of meats
which should not be out of the ice-boX
longer than possible, which care many,
ifnot all, the butchers in the Centre Mar
ketcnn be complimented on exercising.
Lamb chops are used to great extent in
hotels and restaurants, and continue the
same at 10 and 20 cents pound. Veal is
in good condition and is plentiful; the
price ofyeal varies with the market The
price this week is the same as last week,
which is from IL to 20 cents pound
Veal chops Is and 90 cents, while the
outlets, which are us tender and delicious
as venison are 25 cents a pound.
The demand for tender porter-houso
steaks continues, at 20 and % cents q
pound Sirloin steaks are preferable to
some. at 20 cents, and round steaks are 10
cents q pound. Roast beef is the same at
10 and 20 cents, and chuck roast, as ever,
is l2l cents pound. No change is al
nounced in the quotations of smoked and
salt meats.
FRUITS.
The fruiterers stalls have been especi
ally tempting for the last week with theil
unusual varieties of delicious fruits
Great, cool watermelons, with their dark
green rind and red, ripe juicy meat per
forated with black seed, are carefully cut
by the vendors and placed in conspicuous
positions on their stalls. A good glance
at this luxurious fruit is no less indispen
sable on hot day than the interiorofanice
house. With the warm weather the mel
ons are reaching little closer to homo
The price, which is from % to so cents
alI.,,, "a course varies according to thu
size of the fruit. Canteloupes continue
scarce, and the prices remain high at 90 t.
40 cents apiece
Sugar-loaf pineapple, sliced with Florid,
oranges, with plenty of pulyerized sugar
makes delicious after-dinner dessert
higher scented than the other varietie
and the price is but trifle higher. TIL
prices vary according to size, from 10 t
80 cents apiece. Though the strawberr,
; season has virtually passed, a few crate
Of the berries of small size were noticea
: BILE in the market this morning. Th
price, however, is not dear, ut 10 cents
box. Raspberries, black and red, are i
cents quart. Huckleberries are also i
cents quart. Gooseberries, for cooking
are 10 cents, while blackberries are an(
10 cents quart. New currents are l0anC
Is cents Il quart Peaches are also reach
, ing nearer home. A large quantity cam
in this morning from Maryland, but wer
small, shrimpled-up cling-stones, an,
= were far inferior to the large, mellow anC
luxurious far-oH Georgia peach. TIL
price varies from 81 to 81. 80 a peck.
. Bartlett pears, from California, rosy ant
golden, mellow and juicy, wrapped il
; tissue papers are % cents box. Cali
L fornia plums, dark purple and red, ar
also % cents box, while the bright-red
clear and juicy wild goose plums from
North Carolina are Is cents box. Apri
, cots retain the old gold and delicate tin
i, which makes them tempting at % cents
. box. Marilla cherries continue at 5 and
: cents quart. Florida oranges continu
: at 20 ana 40 cents, and lemons at % cent
! dozen. June apples in good eatin
!. condition, are 40 cents peck.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
The exceedingly hot spell does not agre
: with the handling of butter, which, if no
. placed in an ice-chest at once, will becom
? soft and disagreeable for handling. Tn
, butter on the table has been converte,
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