New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-20
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
VARIETY OF FRUITS-MEDITERRANEAN
ORANGEs-EGYPTIAN ONIONS.

ORANGES-EGIPIIAN ONlONS
watermelons, wld-eoose plums peaches, black rasp-
berries, gOoseberreS and whortleberries have been
added to strawberries and cherries and other tempting
fits displayed by the fancystore dealers. The Della
ware peach growers expect enormous crop this year
and altogether the outlook is bright for such an abund
ance Of good fruit this summer as VIII compensate Tor
the scarcity experienced last summer. 1t IS highly
improbable that California peaches will be as con-
spicuous this season they last summer. when
they mOnOpolzcd the market in the East. Water
melons coming from Florida and southern Georgia and
sell for 10 cents and 81 each. The acreage planted In
watsrmelOns in the south this year has been unpece
denied in fact several railroads have prepared for the
transportation Of the melon crop 70 market By giving
out large orders for cars. WldgoOse plums cost
20 cents quart blacl raspbeuies are selling for Is
cents quart, gOJscbeules for 70 cents and whorte
berries for Is cents The raspberres are specially
welcome, strawberries have become dearer and OF
inferior quality within tho last days. The dash
ing rains have filed the berries with grit and sand.
Good quart boxes strawberries cost % 10 80 cents.
Cherries arc plentiful at and 10 cents pound. The
Florida orange has closed with total shipment
OF 100000 boxes, Of which NewYork City received
10000 boxes, over Onethird Of the total Sanguine
estimates place next years crop at 100000 boxes.
The sweet Floridan product will be replaced by
the smaller sOurish orange Of the Mediterranean
fruit belt. Many people prefer this sour fruit but
In this country the Florida orange Is far more popular
Commenting on the difference in taste shown by the
British and American public in the matter Of oranges,
an authority says:
The great difference between the demands of the
fruit trade in England and America cannot 10 better
Illustrated than In the market that exists for sicily
and Valencia oranges in America. In spite Of very
great scarcity Of oranges IA the former market Sicily
oranges selling about 81 a box with fair de-
maHd only. On the contrary, Valolcas selling
high a. ~ per case. Common sour Malaga oranges
which could be sod all In America bfin gng
from - to - case The reason for this IL that
Valencia and Malaga oranges are popular While sicily 5
fruit i, not This is exactly the reverse OF the de
mauds OF the American market.
The fishermen of Seabrght are busy looking after
the ruins Of their homes and providing shelter for tier
families who burned ont in the disastrous con-
fagration at that place Consequently the schools Of
bluefsh which running In great nu,Dbers OFF tho
NewJersey coast this week have been undsturbed and
their price in the market has been oents pound
Had all the fishermen been out this splendid food hs
would doubtless have been low as cents a pound
this week. During the hot days enormous quantities
of Little Neck CLANS were consumed by the public
They cost So 80 and IS cents a hundred soft clame
sell for 40 cents a hundred The prices Of other fish
do not differ greatly what they sold at last week
striped bass brings 20 cents pound, salmon 30 cents
mackere 20 cents, wealsiish 10 cents spanish mack
ere 20 cents. green turtle u cents halibu IA TO IL
| cents haddock cents Goldfish : cents, Blacklist
founders, pOrCleS, bass ana Holsters ~ cents,
sheepshead cents. ees Il cents Long Island brook
trout 81 snapper Il cents and pOnIpanO - cents
PIawns cost 40 cents quart hard crabs cents each,
| and soft CRIBS 10 cents and II 20 dozen.
The shipments Of Egyptian onions 10 this market
have about ceasel Speaking Of tho losses suffered
by handlsrs Of THIS African vegetable, The Fruit
| Trade Journal
| Among the experienced Egyptian onion spectators
in the past 10 viii be expected fact that those ui
lucky enough % buy for future delivery OF this foreign
product hive met more than a usual fate this year
American houses, fortunately, are not hedviy eTestc
having been iar-sighed enough to contract for go0d
condition in Liverpool" for all transient shipments.
English firms are boWaillne ther luck IN llaVihs u
shoulder the greatest losses over made in the history
/ of the trade Eagemess 10 make carly shipments
/ from Frypt led 10 forwarding large lots of onions
In TOO green a state, with the expected consequence
| iha such landed i'm nearly worthless condu ton.
Thousands of bags containing l12 pounds 10 the bag
s0h at l. cents 10 % cents per bag Lots" OF 2V0
10 500 bags sold for l. for The lot IL j. stated
that 100000 will not tie losses for one week
while this state Of Affairs prevailed in Liverpool Lon