New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-04
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
TROUT AT ONE DOLLAR A PoUND-soUIhhnN

TROUT AT ONE JULIAN ~ ANO-'-0
PRODUCTS FOR LENTEN FAsTERS.
Although the flowers have disappeared rom Vne non
section of Fulton Market, nearly all the Oeau'llui
io,io. 30 trout which served to attract so many
roonIe to Fish Commissioner Blackfords trout eA
btit,on on April still remain and whether s"lniiis
in their tanks of fresh water or lying on te oeu "a
moss on the marble slabs they are daily tnc io'" "
a admirlng ewes Of hundreds OF visitors 10 inc ha'o
Those whose admiration for the spcckled' HoV'leu anu
r,,pbov-tinted natives of the woodland broohS anu
Lrcedinc ponds led them to purchase for the Iaolc
id ~ a mound for live Long Island brook trout anu
On and 20 cents for the dead ones from OHiaulai
roams The Long Island kind are claSSed Us cuiV'-
yotod that Is TO say they have been fed on liver anu
are comparatively tame
Among the other new things in the market are Ger
man carp from New-York State streams costing 10
cents pound. That these fish can DC h"a III Uno
nbIc markets Is due entirely to the faithful Work
dono nv the Fish Commission In stocking the waters
f this country with the fry Prices Of other ish nave
NOT fallen with the exception OF 1--we co., since Lc'
mt off a big part of the demand The rough "e''nor
+, suu against cheapness. Striped bass cost 20 cents
mound Yesterday smets, 25 cents salmon w cehV9
yrcaTdsh Is cents; white perch, 10 cents; spanish
naclere % cents shad 40 TO 90 cents green tui'e'
90 cents; frostfsh 10 cents; halbut, 20 cents hu
docl cents: kinghsh. 30 cents; goldfish 10 cents
noocx 10 cents sea bass, Is cents; ees, 10 Genus
ohsters 10 to IA cents pickere ID cents bEich DasS'
10 cents; red snapper IA cents, and pohpaho' -
cents scalops are cheap at I'll gallon, Dut pra"hS
cost so cents quart. Whlteoat sells lor - oenU'
nouud: smoked herring, cents each; smoked salmon
and smoked mackerel, % cents pound and smoked
baddock IL IL cents a pound; dry cod is worth 10
cents q hound and hard crabs cents each.
81 have lust returned from trip SOUTH" SAID
r. ~ Ibrp the Fulton Market vegetable dealer, and
found the truckers along the coast from charleston
IN Jacksonville in better shape than ever before New
% Iant for fhO
supply of vegetables already at hand in the South
l. abundant and we will get the fulness thereof within
tan days or two weeks. Thousands Of barrels Of
spendid celery are bound North from South Carolina
and green peas of excellent quality from Florida and
savannah can be had in this market from 40 to 80
cents peck"
Mr. Ihrig falling into the spirit Of tile market, has
prepared fine exhibition Of Southern products decked
Off with laurel plated palm leaves, ngnum vitae,
swamp cedar and other Southern evergreens. trag-
ments Of Shells relics of the attack on Fort Sumter
nearly thirty years ago, lend interest to the display
In the list Of Southern vegetables are found colossal
asparagus selling for 70 cents bunch, While primes
and tipsp cost GO aud % cents bunch respectively
egg plants worth 10 to 80 cents each; new bee,s, 10
cents a quart; celery, 10 cents bunch caulfOwer,
GO cents each carrots 10 cents bunch; cabbage, D
10 10 cents a head string beans, 10 cents quart
kale 20 cents o peck; Bermuda onions, 10 cents a
quart peppers, 30 cents dozen Sonth Carolina sweet
POTATOES, 20 cents halfpeck; Irish pOaoes ~ ana
% cents a halfpeck; tomatoes, 20 to 40
| cents quart; radishes to y cents
bunch, and lettuce, and 10 cents head.
Artlchokes cost 40 cents peek; lima beans 20 cents
a quart brussels sprouts Is cents quart; chcoIy,
10 cents chives, cents; cucumbers 10 and 20 cents
each the latter price for the hohouse product; fresh
| mushrooms, 40 cents to 81 pound; mint cents a
lunch rhubarb, 10 cents bunch; shalloes, 80 cents
a bunch; soup vegetables, 10 cents bunch spinach,
! % cents Il peck turnlps, 10 and 10 cents peck;
watercress 10 cents quart; squash 10 cents each;
! and sorrel, 20 cents u peek
Strawberries cost from 20 10 so and 40 cents quart
Table apples sell for III peck. The season for straw
! berics Is somewhat later than usual.
/ This Is the last month of the season In which Wild
ducks are permitted be sold In this state. Canvas
hacks are worth 20 pair this week and brant -
par Frozen stock has replaced fresh-kl!lcd poultry
la great extent. Next week some ducklngs are eX-
pected In the market.
As religious scruples NJ longer check the demand
for cuts, steaks aud chops butchers are begin
ming to feel light hearted again. spring lambs
brinr ~ and $40 by the carcass and 10 80 for
bind1narers and ~ so for forequarers. POrerhouse
steak IS worth 25 cents pound prime rib roast. 20
cents: pOrterhOuse roast % cents; slroln steak 20
cents; uundbone steak Is cents latbone steak. 20
cents: fresh rmp beef. Is cents helpTOnst ii cents
leg OF beef cents let. 90 cents plate corned o
cents rump corned, 10 cents oxtaiis 10 cents heat