New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-14
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
FISH FOOD FOR LENTEN TABLEs-swANs FKoNi
cURRITCCK SOUND.

CURRITCCk SOUND.
TIL. asb market has absorbed nearly all tIfc lu0c'
~ the public this week The eastern Gnu Va ~
- the headquarters of the fish supplies oil t''p
o'' .no,;, has bcen crowded since Monday VIII
d, ,ragons and grocers' and butchers carts com
In, from vay north Of the Harlem III uat "'''
,ncoguita. the Annexed District, from p'OoN'9 -
VILLA msburg and East New \ Ofk ana o'cf "'0 -"
road from Newark and tlro outlying jersey SUI
- this great city They all come to fuIuoh '''.No'
,rhe-c they meet the fishing smachs iresh i'oc" ''
tho ocean. Prices have been held pretty wen Wy,
90 ,v tho retaller, for there Is not an aDuIIua"V
,nnnIx ~ Ash Frozen stock has been largely ura"h
ON 10 all out orders. ,o
Among the features OF the market ul' "' 49,,
hceu the first arrival Of Chinook salmon H'e"''
nri,ed 0sh from the Columbia RIVER 4"eS "'0 ~
called because they first begin theH Fun ny -,
trearns Of the far Northwest when inc warm CIA',
wind NJ the Indians begins to blow from the faoi"'
tov ara large and chunky, dark along the Ds'A anu
Id and cost rs cents pound Long Ilaud shets
from, the inles OF the south shore are also among 'o
now things to be seen. Ihey BRING i@''', pm
moreover 80 cents pound, OF ABOUT ~ ec"V7 ''''
,han smets from Canada. Extra large ana ha4u1''uo
North Carolina roe shsd are to he had for - eacI
while ordinary bucks from further south SCH iW 80
CENTS Vast quantities Of these 'haf ana ~cA hs"
mr. A. the latter are better known IN the North, strPcu
bass are being caught now in the m@fShJ Hle'' Va
Roanoke sound sent across the Iahu % -'Viioih "N
thon shipped to Northern cities by steamer. lHcse
rockfsh are pretty well grown In the southern Hu
tudes but a large number OF them only nan sIo"H
we're caught In the Hudson by Local fishermen thus
week. They sell for 80 cents pound In Fulton
Market Live cod arc great demand but al scarce
and cost IL IL cents pound. These hsh are OeIus
caught now mainly along the coast from The Delaware
capes to QuOddy Head, MaInA The smacks all nave
we'll, In their bottoms IN which the cod ao placed a.
soon A. caught When they reach Fulton Market they
.N.-1.. NFrtfE
anchored IN the slip and thus kept alive until they
are brought out for sale. Live cod, haddock and
herring are sold IN enormous quantities during this
Lenten season, being demanded by "help7 whose
religious scrupcs forbid their p6rtaking OF meat
Iiaddock costs cents pound and frozen herring )
cents one or two large schOOn,rs reached tho
market this week from Nova 10th carrying big
carsoes Of salt herring which sold readily at ~ and
80 a barrel. Another noteworthy FISH In the market
Is the frozen salmon trout at IL cents pound These
fish caught along the lakes In great quantities and
frozen by patent process. 50 well and
cheapy Is the work done that FISH are often
brought into this harbr, shipped By rail to
Buffalo, whore they are frozen By this patent
process, and then shipped back here and sold as
cheaply the fish frozen here. Frozen whtefsh. Il,
cents a pound. IL another lake fish that popular
They caught by fishermen who cut holes In the
Ice TO get at them. Other fish worthy Of mention To
DO had n the market weakhslI, at IL l.! cents a
pound white perch Il IL cents fOsttsh 10 cents
halbut, Is cents, pollock cents, blackish, l. l2
cents, founders, II IL cents; bass, 10 cents
eels Is cents Holsters Ia cents she phead, 20 cents
pickerel 10 cents yellow perch, 10 cents black bass,
10 cents muslaonge, Is cents red snapper, is cents
pompano, 20 cents, and whitehall 20 cents Green
turtle sells for 20 cents pound and diamond back
terra pin for $50 a dozen. scallops are ~ gal
lon soft clans. $50 hundred, and prawns, - a
gallon. smoked herring costs q cents pOand smoked
haddock i.l2 cents; smoked salmon, -, and
smoked mackerel 20 cents Il pound .
Cygnct>, or young swans weighing from - To ID
pounds, are oheTcl or sac ms Nceh by gdt' ucuiS
Ihcy come fiOm swan Island Virginia, ana CufFitu'S
sound Fancy Ie,taurants ana swell hotels uptown
buy them, at 81 % each. squads are 50 dozen.
Philadelphia brollers are worth II - pair Guinea
fowls ~ % pair. CapDns sell for % cents pound
Almost all the turkeys sold now are thought rom
cold storage, wherc they have been lying for sew,
for sale in fine condition Poultry dealers say that
| turkeys killed now are scarcely 1T for i01d. tt.
Here are Of the prccs asked In lHooMyn
within the lmitN Of the Heights bermuda onions, -
cent, "A pound bermuda boots 10 cents quart irish
potatoes % 30 a barrel Florida OdatOe,, 70 cents
quart Baldwin apples, S6 barrel; grecnings - %
a barrel; sweet potatoes. 80 cents peck; Florida
string beans, 30 cents halimcd'urc, cabbages, ~
and II 20 dozen; 'quashcs. - cents "a pound
! 20 cents quart, turnips. 30 cent, bushcl, sind
docks, % 30 "a box OF hity oranges, - % u ~ d
| case. holding from 100 to POO oranges.
! Prices Of eggs have fallen somewhat in the last
| week. from 80 cents dozen 10 80 cents retail
They will probably fall a good deal more - the'
|
| Monday owing to heavy receipts. 40 lined OF
ice house egg, are now on The market. \ trade
circular, speaking this subj ect Yesterday, SAID
| Receipts today, i,G33 bbls.: last siN days ~,
| Oo4 previous SIN day, ll.is0. The excessive re
ccpts Today were surprise to most OF the trade anC
| lc markct has slump.d heavily closing weak and
unsettled. Tradt at recent pliCeS has been sufficient
| 10 keep the market fairly well cleaned up, on
basis OF receipts averaging about 1000 bbls. per day
and a, advices OF stock coming forward on commission
| nave been moderate receivers have not generally
anticipated 80 rapid a. i""ryasc, and have lo,h,d
! for only gradual fedo' On IN prices. But II
| appears that the comparatively light commission
invoices have resi- kcd from tn fact tit collect ors
| have been selling (lclr goods on track, and
| large pat Of these have been bought by operators
| here the arrival, have incrcasd innch more thau
| eA pecte On Change the first sale was made O
| 100 cases new laid at 10 2c., and the second, oil
| 30 cases, at 1Jc., but anerwaid there were fro
offers To sell at 9c. without takers and tie feeling
closed weak and unsettled. Since Change buyer
have positively refused tO pay 100. for anything. and
while few sales have been made at l. Bic. II is
very difficult do much bushes, above II l2o., and
The bulk OF stock be bought at the latter price
! lest southern, asid3 from few fancy Nasnvllies
arr freely offered at lsc.'