New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
HOLIDAY PRICES IN THE MARKET.
GAME AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VEGETABLES
DISAPPEARING.


There is a Thanksgiving boom," well developed
already but growing daily around Washington Market
The cold, crisp weather OF the last week has added
to the Joy of the maIketmen and the public and the
latter are laying in the best OF everything Tor the
holiday larder Next after turkeys, which. OF course,
are the ruling passion of tho public, the prices OF
the different kinds Of game more frequently interest
the great of consumers. Washington Market,
though additionally retail market, yet does an
enormous wholesale trade and many country mer-
chants and dealers from suburban towns get their
supplies from this great reservoir of provisions, and
fol- their benefit the wholesale prices OF nearly all
kinds of game win be found below. During the early
part of the week quail were plentiful and prime lots
only brought 90 per dozen. on Thursday, however,
the supply succumbIng somewhat to the demand, the
price went to sc %, at which It has remained since,
inferior birds bringing only 81 dozen. Ia trdges.
said a game dealer, In good demand, State birds
costing so cents and 81 and Western 40 to oo cents
Prime woodcock be had at rs cents and 81 pair
The popular fancy for grouse grows greater every
year, and they are snapped up by eager buyers as
soon as they appear in the market, so that there Is
any surplus
Dry undrawn grouse bring 81 and 81 25 pair D.;
and dry drawn birds from 90 cents to 81 IL. Eng
lish snipe sell for 81 IS to So per dozen providing
they freSh and fresh golden pover cost the Same
as English snipc. Canv ducks arc 80 and "a
a pair redhcads 81 so to 81, and teal go and 90
cents pair These birds, especially the Chesapeake
canvasbacks are much sought after and are IN Light
supply which accounts for the steep figures on them
Mallards are to he had at 80 and 90 cents per pair
Michigan and Minnesota venson has been costing
little more every day for ten days, and yesterday IL
sold at ii and II cents for short saddles while the
purchaser Of whole deer can get 1t for 10 and ii
cents a pound Good to prime undrawn rabbits cost
80 and 40 cents pair and the drawn ones 80 cents
which are regarded as pretty dear for rabbits but
they are extremely Just now. Doc birds cost
80 cents EACH reed birds 81 so a dozen and black
birds so cents dozen English pheasants are
worth 81 a pair. Wild turkeys fetch 90 to 20 cents
a pound and wild mogul geese 40 cents pound
Wild pigeons are 81 so dozen, squirrels % cents
a brace, and an occasional opossum or coon can be
had for so cents and 81 so each, respectively. All
tho above figures are wholesale prices
For housekeepers who may want to know the re-
tail prices Of provisions the following figures were
those which ruled in the ctys greatest market yes
terday, but they will doubtless rise considerably be-
tween now and the end Of the week: Porterhouse
steak sold for 90 and % cents pound, sirlon steak
Is and and chuck steak 10 to ID GEMS Lolns
of mutton II IL to IA cents, legs IL and IL
cents, racks 10 and IL cents, and shoulders, and
were I6 cents each saddles - cents and shoulders
and breasts 3 to g cents. Hams brought 10 to 10
cents a pound. shoulders and ribs OF PORK cents
and smoked beef 10 cents.
The prices of bacon low because OF tho In,
readily at 10 10 cents pound. turkeys IS to %
cents. ducks rs to 90 cents and geese the same as
ducks Woodchucks, It may be said In passing, are
20 cents each. but The demand and supply alike for
this animal are uncertain. Cinnamon call for them
occasionally
The Summer vegetables have disappeared and In
their pAc, the hardy annuaS' OF the winter are to
be seen CabbagcS, owing 10 unusually heavy snip
ments from the South, abundant and sell for
10 cents a head. Potatoes are 10 cents bushe!
parsley that sold last March for 30 cents bunch is
now cents turnips 80 cents peck onions 90 TO
- cents a peck, pumpkins 10 TO 20 cents each, and
sweet potatoes 20 80 cents peck The best sweet
potatoes just coming from Delaware. Beets
30 cents peck
EGGS are Sc ling al 90 TO 80 cents dGLen, accord
Ing 10 age. over 10000 barrels OF eggs day are
shipped to this market Butter costs from 20 to so
cents pound.
At the fish stands halibut sells for Is cents
pound, HOLSTERS at 16 cents, frozen biuefsh for Ia
cents stnpad bass 10 cents, ami whcllSh IL cents
nn,ind Sc .llnns worth 30 cents q quart