New-York tribune., 1891-05-23
PRICES IN TIE MARKETS..

BLAcKBERRIEs IN THE FRUIT'sroREs-ohN"rN En-
FISH, VEGETABLES AND BUTTER
Among the new things at the nut stores
This week have been blackberries from tne -" 'V"V
They sell for 25 cents quart box
nes,icm,ehe salmon can be bought in Fulton Market
for 40 cents a pound. Kennebec River salmon coS''
90 and 75 cents. -. ,,,,,
10 monster turtle. weighing 800 pounds, which was
cauoht off the harbor of Galveston and brought 10
tlIs CITY on Mallory steamer. These big uur''e'
are gold 10 hotel men. They cost 80 cents Po"""
The prices OF nearly ell fish are low this week
Striped bass sell for 10 cents pounu DiueH," "
10 cents pound, large roe shad 90 GEMS eao" "i,
bncks 25 cents large fresh macfere 30 cents each
and small mackerel 90 cents weaknsh io oen'' q
pound, white perch 10 cents, spanish n'acneiei ~ - -
ccnts chicken haIbut Is cents, piece hallDuV 10
cents haddock cents, Long Island cultivated orooh
trout 81 and wild brook trout 80 cents Long lsi,"a
kingfsh 20 cents, market cod cents s'eaA oou
cents and live cod 10 cents. sea bass lo cents ceis
Is cents Holsters 10 cents plckerel IL IL oe"oS
and pompano 90 cents. smelts ale somewhat higher
selling for a5 cents pound. soft clans are worth
40 cents dozen, prawns 81 80 Dozen "h'eoai'
o5 cents pound smoked blOater herring cents eaeh'
smoked mackerel and smoked salmon % cents
pound boneless dry cod 10 cents pound iaru craoo
So a hundred, extra large soft crabs II dozen,
MEDIUM size soft crabs so cents dozen' anu
shad (Which Is getting out OF seas"n) "O 'o"''
pair. ,,
Every week there Is sharp reduction In vege'aDes'
but not until midsummer. when the fields and truck
gardens Of New-Jersey and Long Island begin to yied
their funess will they be within reach OF every oouy
The Norfolk gardens now being drawn on 10 some
extent but the bu Of the vegetables consumed III rhs
city sill come from the States Of Georgia ana Sout
Carolina southern cucumbers selling Tor lo cents
each. hothouse cucumbers at 20 cents pound egg
ulonts are IS and 25 cents each, new cabbage from
Florida and Georgia cents each artichokes are III
cents each, new beets 10 cents bunch, Fiorua uo-
matoes 80 cents a quart and hothouse tomatoes 80
cents pound Long Island asparagus 10, 20 ana ~
cents a bunch string beans 20 cents q quart, green
meas IS cents peck Bermuda onions 10 cents quart
cauleover 90 and 25 cents head, chives 10 cents
bunch GARLIC 13 cents bunch, horseradlsh root ~
cents a pound, lettuce so cents dozen heads mint
cents bunch oyster plant 10 cents bunch' peppers
s cents each sweet potatoes cents quart ana bary
Rose winter potatoes the same Florida ne" poVaVos
IA cents quart, radishes cent bunch, rhubaro
cents q bunch spinach % cents peck, squash and
10 cents each turnps cents quart and watercress
10 cents quart.
To the great satisfaction Of consumers In this city
there has been sharp decline IN the prce Oh Duer
brands of Western creamery can now DC h1u
at retail for 20 cents pound. RAPID changes IN tle
butter market quite frequent, said an autnorls
on the subject, "but the decline this ume oeaVs ai
prcyIous records At the close OF last week there were
slight evidences OF the market giving way ana some
decline was predicted for this week. but NOBODY ooAcu
for the bottom to drop out so completely as hdS Oeen
h oose The fact that the offerings were largely OF
hay butter or only slightly unged with grass ana
not cot out Of the way would come into competition
with fresh lots of better quality contnoued largely
the sudden slump decline of 10 3 cents occurred
daily in the wholesale price until we are now 10 cents
below the figures quoted week ago. The chlei
causes OF the unprecedented decline are ound IN the
largely increased supplies from all sections East ana
west and the fact that the high prices current lately
had curtsiled the consumption so much that 1t was
utterly impossible TO use the goods NeighboTng mar
Ies were drawing supplies direct and the town
trade which ALWAYS important factor, hao ceaseo
entirely Now that the food has come ana ony soHe ~
there are few who would wish IL otherwise MANY oi
the retailers are cutting their prices to % &
With the lower prices in the markets we looK Ior
beter market and fesher stock OF butter next weeH
Srs wterries are selling for 13 and 20 cents quart
Table apples cost 70 cents peck. -. -
sSaddocks or grape fruit sell for !5 cents h54 56
81 e5 dozen. Single shaddocks cos, cost as much ~
cents when particularly fine and large. an o,,,
Fresh mushrooms are worth ~ ana oo oen'S