New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-26
THANKSGIVING PRICES.
WHAT THINGS ARE IN THE MAEKET AND
WHAT THEY COST.

WHAT THEY COST.
,RrypANCE AND CHEAPNESS OF FooD-TORhhiS
As pREsExrs-fsEovIsIoSs. vEGE-
TABLES AND FISH.
rp,,on and Washington Markets were thronged yes
.rday with people who stocking their laiuer' lor
~. Tb,,tsrivInr Day dinner. Never before III inc
eef Of the Oldest inhabitants OF the marKetS-aiu
some of these venerable ones have been IN anu o'iN
The markets for than half a ccntury-haS 'neio
heen such an abundance OF good things 10 NC n'u VI
so many people anxious to buy them a. Is lho o's0
ris year IL Is n custom which Is growing yearly
more popular especially among the marge'meh' u
show esteem and appreciation by sending ones iilciu'
&, large fat turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner. ~
Tribune reporter in Fulton Market yesterday cou"'N
Two dozen baskets on The floor waiting to be de'ero
each containing a big turkey with card aliacncuy No
its leg, reading about as follows: 10 MT. 'ii"N'
:, az North Rver.st with the compliments Of Mr
brown Our sales Of turkeys will reach fully lo'o0o
this season." said dealer, 3" and they arc 'io M
we ever had. Tile best birds are those thao na'0
kept up in coops for about month ana leu on MN ,"
and cornmcal. They yellow as Duttcr ",'''
their fat lust like that you see hanging tneFo W
the legs, That is the way they used to treat thenh
IN Rhode Island and Rhode Island turkeys got haio
which caused all good turkeys TO be eaileu H"'
Island birds, though as a matter OF iact Vio' ,
we're closer to Rhode Island than they arc nov" i
one can easily get turkey raised in liiho'S uuc' ~
name Of Rhode Island turkey. But You VIII not DC
lo-er for they are fed and fttened IN the hWue lsi"
way We are selling and shipping hundreds OF id'
tnrheys by express TO country towns In the ncehOor
INC states This looks little like sending cotiS ~
Newcastle but New York City IS the great distributing
point. you Sec For tho poor people the immense sup
plies that have been waiting in the cold storage ware
houses come in handy now. as they mako '"''P
| but first class Thanksgiving feast
ls-, afternoon
At % cents a pound. Many people have fancy ior
Wild turkeys and they were TO be had also AT - ceht'
pound some Of the turkeys hanging on inc Da'ccr
stalls weighed ~ high as twenty pounds but uie tur
key that was considered the best was one ha''Hc' iaS'
winter and weighing about twelve 20 hftcHh pouuuS'
TURKEYS from tho West and those from storage ware
houses sold for from - to 20 cents pound iran
tcrrles to make sauce "a essential an accompani-
| mont of the turkey n the stuiins cost 20 cents
auart As compared with former years, IhahltsElNHH
ncc this year arc reasonable. Boston geese can 10
had for 90 and 90 cents pound domestic DUCKS Ior
| Is to 80 cents and fowls for II to 20 cents l"'
host roasting chickens bring c5 cents. AMI spring
| c,,c,cr. % and 10 cents pound Quail sell for ~
| a dozen. canvasbaCk ducks 90 pair. English snlp'
| ~ dozen woodcock Fl - n pair, rcedbrds III - a
| DOZEN venison - cents pound partrldGeS - 'o
| grou-o 81 % a pair. and wild pigeons - dozen
A, the well stocked stands OF the vegetable dealers
| in Fulton Market caulihowers were "ihs Sc'V'''''
| a IN a
rr p-an, 10 10 90 cents cach celery 10 10 80 cents
| a bnnch chlvcs cents bunch cncinhcrs . l" -
ccrts coch Boston lettuce cents head. garlic ~
| orrs n bunch horseradish 10 to Is cents pound
radshrs cents bunch. Irish potatoes 20 cents nan
neck sweet potatoes 90 cents a hIt pe'N' pu'np""'
| 10 10 % cent, each. mushrooms ~ cents p'"'''
ovs,er pIant 30 cents bunch. parSnip' 20 CENTS i
dozen peppers Is cents dozen DRIED oHra ~ '',o
| mound fresh mushrooms 81 % a pound pens ~
fresh
| ,,., o,io,s 40 cents and red aud yellow onions ~
! cents quart -, -. ,s,,
than the pontrymen. and their prices snow n' I'''
hocause they are supplying An enormous
900 port.rhouso steaks and rossts cost 20 cents
| nound. nib roast. IA cents slron STEAK ~ ""'
ma hone steak Is cents: nat bone s'caA 20 cents
| go, r,nn beef 10 cents help roast IL cents eH
., ,.of cents nllet ~ beef. GO cents plate eorhen
,rccf 7 cent?: r7mp oorned beef IL to 10 cent. -.
| tails 10 cents tcsf liver. cents ana pcc' N'u
| - ,o,o cents Veal chops sell FOR 90 cents
no,na. ,o,n o, veal 20 cents leg Of veal Il cents
br-ast Of veal 12i cents; veal Outlets 30 'e',,
An ., veal "a cents: fllct Of veal, % cents cali
hood 90 cents. cars liver. 20 cents; calls fcct !,
rrnts swectbrcads. 10 cents pair hluluar,c,s, ~,
mutton u 10 i6 cents pound foelIarer r TN
Wv ccni rack mutton u cents; English saddle o.
mutton. 60 to 30 cents leg OF mutton In hons ~
c.nts English mutton chops. 20 cents shguld.r o
mutton 10 cents mutton kidneys, GEMS n'i ~
Lana al
rcnts saddle Of lamb 90 cents leg Of lamb 10 cent?
shoulder OF lamb II cents. breast Of lamb anu !,
crnts loln chops 81 lanh, 20 10 - cents ana Ihnt
,ries @ cents a pound Ham can be had FOR 1o ccni
mound bacon Il cents loin OF pork. II cents Sal
pork l2 cents Harding pork, IA cents can iaN' II
cents saulagcs. Is cents pound -
Long Island eggs are 80 and 40 cents dozen. But
| tor Is IS To- 80 cents pound
In the lsh market bluchSh ara selling at 10 ana J.
cents a pound salmon o. 10 30 cents inackerei' i,
IN IA cents STRIPED bass. ls 90 20 cents smelts. -
| ~ o. cents wcalf.h II cents white perch. 10 cent,
spanish mackcrl. 30 cents gren turtle, ID TO =
|
| maddox "a II IL cents: klncish. 30 cents cod
| fish TO io cents blackish 10 cents houhder'' u
cccl- porgtcs - cents sea bass. 90 cents erl', !
cents: holsters. II - cents, sheepShcad 90 70 -
| cent, frogs legs 80 cents, whltehsh, 10 cents
nlckercl Il cents salmon trout le = 10 - cents
| canada brook trout. cents black bass, 10 To y
cents pOmpano 30 cents. and red snapper 10 I'd -
cents. ., ,,--,. -.,,,,.,.
oysters cost from - cents To - hundred Scsl"p'
%, cents a quart: soft clans 30 cents dohch
| nrawus ri so n gallon: whitehall. % 10 30 cents
hound smoked herring. 80 cents dozen hatu ri'os
30 cents dozen. and smoked macLefc'' 20 'c"''
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