New-York tribune., 1891-03-07
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
FRESH EGGS PLENTIFuL-NEW VEGETABLES
FROM THE SOUTH-FLoMDA ORANGLH

/ FROM THE sOUTH-TLoRDA ORANGLs.
One Of the best things about the markets at present
Is the uniform excellence Of the eggs coming III H"
the country. In talk with one OF the oin'iai es7
examiners Of the Mercantile Exchange one udS .''''
week. the Tribune reporter learned tlat never Do''o
was the percentage of spoiled eggs so low why 10
(, almost impossible TO buy bad ess in tins Guy "
| uro,bIvn sad the examiner. of course there arc
always many cracked eggs, but they are not pau.
think this good result I, due to the improved ethot
of packing eggs nowadays The wholesale price OF
egg, Is abOut Il cents, which means about ~ OF %
cents dozen at retail.
Tile Old and the new. the incoming and the out
going scasons7 said &. ". lhrlg, Of Fulton Market
pontng to the splendid large white stalks of Charles
ton celery dispaJc alongside some dngy buheeS oi
the same plant from Rochester THAT contrast SHOWS
the condition of the vegetable market better than words
can teil IT, We all looking to the south no" lOt
new things Here Strawberries at 30 ana Do cents
d quart from Florida; carrots. 10 cents bunch'
new Florida cabbage u and 20 cents head; Charles
ton celery - cents 4 bunch, green peas, - cents
Aalfpeck kac 20 cents peck; string beans 80 cents
a quart and lettuce 10 cent, head Those arc a few
Of tho contributions arriving from the south
Colossal Charleston asparagus can be had for al 70
bunch; prime asparagus kings al, ana tips 30 cents
! A bunch French artIchokcs - cents each; beetS,
10 cents a bunch Brussels sproats. 20 cents quart,
domestic and foreign winter cabbage 10 cents head;
dollhouse cauGowcrs 80 and 80 cents head; cicoTy,
10 cents head chivcs, cents bunch cranbcrrie''
10 and 20 cents quart dandelion. - cents quart
cucumbers, 10 to 90 cents each; eggplant 20 10 %
cents each garlic Is cents bunch; herbs, cents
| bunch: frOsh mushrooms 30 cents podnd fesh
ohra 90 cents hundred dried okra. 30 cents pound
/ Hernuda onions 20 cents quart. domestic onions,
10 cents a quart mint, 10 cents n bunch; oyster
plant 10 cents ! bunch, parsulps, 20 cents dozen
peppcrs 80 cents dOzcn sweet potatoes, % cents "a
neck Ifsh potatoes 30 and 10 cents peck radlshes
10 cents bunch; rdubarb, 10 cents bunch sAal'
lotes. 30 couts a quart; soup vegetables, D cents
bunch; spinach % cents peck; sOrrcl. 20 cents
/ Quart: squash 10 70 20 cents olch; tomatoes 30
. cents a quart; turnp, 20 and - cents peek, new
cc.ay root, 10 ccG,, and summer squash, 70 cents
| each.
This week Will bc the last opportunity for
time for the public to enjoy Columbia River
salmon. The laws OF Oregon and Washington protect
ti,1 after March l. OF the last to arrive were
f,r ,als in Fulton Market yesterday at 50 cents a
pound.
Fish OK all kinds are scarce this week and prices
higher Especially Is this true of green turtle, the
supply Of which from Florida and Jamaica waters is
almost exhausted. They cost 20 cents pound yes
te,,,av Bass are worth 80 cents pound: snclt' 20
cents weaksa, 10 cents white perch. 10 cents frost
I,h 10 cents; lalibut, ~ cents; haddock cents; !;
cod IL cents; backi.sh, Il cents; herring, cents,
Gomdcs 10 cents eels. lo cents. witesh, Is cents
pclere III ceuts salmon trout 10 cents black bass.
cents ard wiitoOalt - cents. ocallOps cost 52
gallon aud prawns tho same, being 30 cents a gallon
higher than seven days ago. soft clans sell for 80
cents a hundred. hard crabs for cents each.
The great scarcity in the supply Of butter has put
the retail price Of that necessary article Of consumption
at 40 and % pound for fancy brands OF Westein
creamery, while the c0mm0nost held over butter
some OF il two years Old-oosts 80 and 40 cents
pound.
Heavier receipts OF live calves nearly 1000 II them
coming IN one day this week. have weakened tho price
| OF spring lambs and whole BE- had Tor
$40 and $lI willie bndquaIters cost $3 30 aud fore
quarters - so.
Baltimore broers at 81 20 pair and golden pover
at S3 80 dozen among the new things TO DO
| OF tho city.
The prices and quality OF this seasons crop Of
Florida Oranges have been highly satisfactory TO the
growers in tie Everglades states and "a .,o consuming
public In this city. Estimates OF the p, sent Florida
| crop vary widely. Ii il placed hJh :. 100000
| boxes by some. which world be over 100000 boxes
In Of the largo crop of last year. Most os,i
! mates however are much lower, the Florida Fruit.
Exchange predicting that the total crop Will be- about
! 1,1UO.OOO boxes. though the pIIVIlllug opinion In
Florida Is that the crop viii far exceed this estimate.
All authOritic, agreed to The excellent quality
OF the orange, thar being marketed from ihis
| season. NcWl Ork and Boston buyers say they have
never known tho frli 10 be 50 huc. FlOffa oranges
always command good prices ana the failure of negsly
every other hind Of tlut ts haa tended t. raise
the prices -iGelflny ABOVE what they were last
an cnterprsug Boston drm in 1886, has proved -
successful that large expectations have been made
cvcry year. Tho bcst Indian and Halifax River
oranges cost from 80 to ~ 90 a box.