New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
FLORIDA STRAWBERRIES AND DELAWARE sHAD
SOUTHERN VEGETABLES-APPLES
N LIVERPOOL.

FLORIDA STRAWBElRE rs AND DELh"hhh ShhD
SOUTHERN vEGETABLEs-APPLES
IN LIVERPOOL.
Broadway fruit stores tempt passers-by with displays
OF Florida Strawberries at IS to 81 % a quart The
berries are grown in the open air and are poor and
creeuish-white in color. and the alleged quart boxes
look as If they might by heaping up hold a pint. still
this show of strawberries is welcome as a sign that
genial summer skies with theii abundance are coming
back again.
Yet another Of the unfailing harbingers Of %spiiDgtime
is the appearance of some splendid specimens of shad
caught in tie Delaware River and some caught on
Perth Amboy. one Of the Delaware roc-shad weighed
GLE pounds and sold for - so. Fishermen are get
ting their nets in order TO catch the first run In TINS
liarbor and up the North River. They predict the
finest and latest shad in years for TINS season. II
those caught SO far are any indication Of what is COM
ing. North Carolina rOes cost 81, DUCKS 10 Genus
Lobster, are scarce, because Of the inability Of the New
ENGLAND and Nova Scotia fishermen TO catch them In
the rough weather experienced along the coast ior
several weeks. They bring Is cents a pound at retail
in Fulton Market. oregon salmon cost 30 cents a
hound, striped bass 20 and 30 cents, Canada smeits
j. cents and Long Island smelts - cents, red-snapper
is cents, founders 10 cents, whitefish 10 cents, biuefsh
Ii cents. shcephead 20 cents, salmon trout 10 cents,
pompauo 20 cents, and halibut IS cents a pound.
shad roe costs 80 cents a pair. frogs legs 20 cents d
pounG. smoked herring 80 cents a dozen, sca-ops al
a gallon, soft clans 40 cents a hundred, praWns 81 oo
a gallon, shrimps Il 80 a gallon, SMOKED Aaodoch
10 cents a pound, smoked salmon % cents a pound,
dry cod 10 cents a pound, ana haru cFaos % 'cl's d
dozen.
Prominent grocery houses Of this city are now re-
ceiving from Florida n fine quality of euava Jelly
in glass. 1t is expected that the american VIII be-
come more known than has been the case HERETOFORE
and NAV entirely replace the Cuban article, the sale
of winch in the old fashioned c~hipboXeS has been 100
slow lately 20 suit merchants. Fine samples OF
guava Jelly put up in large tumblers are to be had
coming from the island of Martinique.
From the South are coming asparagus. cabbage,
string beans, green peas and a great quantity Of kale
and spinach. Yesterdays Norfolk steamer brought
1000 barrels Of hale and 100 barrels Of spinach,
while there were about ! 900 barrels received by rail
outside the Cape Charles shipments. Florida and
savannah are supplying string beans at 81 and 50 a
crate and retail at 40 cents a quart Green peas are
from the same places and sell al SO a crate or 80
cents n quart. There are few choice crates 10 be had
as vet, however. New Florida cabbages bring %
cents q head, and asparagus 81 a bundle. The new
crop Of onions from Havana and bermuda cost 20
cents q quart. Key West tomatoes sell for
90 cents a peck, and Boston cucumbers 20
cents each. dollhouse tomatoes are worth 20 cents
q pound new Cuban potatoes 80 cents a small
measure. The prices of winter vegetables are about
the same as when last quoted. Carrots cost o cents
a bunch. Brussels sprouts 90 cents a quart, radishes
10 cents a bunch, egg plants 10 and 10 cents each,
rhubarb IL cents a bunch, bects D cents a bunch, fresh
mushrooms 81 "a pound, turnips 80 cents a peck,
caulinowcrs 10 10 30 cents "a head, celery 10 20 II
cents a bunch. lettuce 80 cents TO 81 % a dozen
heads, sweet potatoes 20 cents a half peck, Squashes
10 10 20 cents each, parsnips 20 cents a dozen and
domestic potatoes 20 cents a half peck, or from 81
to IS 30 i barrel. Despite the new tariff on potatoes
importatiOns Of this staple Of life into this country
continue heavy, chiefly from Canada, Scotland, nnd the
West Indies. For instance, OF thursdays receipts
in this city, 3,o1f barrels were domestic, while there
were imported 1908 sacks from Glasgow and IS
barrels from Havana. There Is not much difference
in the prices asked by retail merchants be
tween the domestic and foreign potatoes. The
new crop Of Cuban and Bermudas, however.
brings about tw.ce as mncl as anything else in the
market. or from ~ 10 ~ 80 a barrel.
In the line Of canned fruit No. . cans Of straw.
berries, that Is. cans holding somewhat less than two
pounds. cost 30 cents; No. ) cans of ounces, 81 cents:
damsOn pIums, % cents pineapplcS and apricOts, 30
cents; peaches. 30 cents; Bartlett pears, 80 cents; No.
3 white cherries, 3S cents, and No. , egg pluns and
green cages, 30 cents. Two quart jars Of olives cost
81 20.
The receipts Of eggs are at the rate Of nearly %, 600
barrels a week. The wholesale price Is about Ii
cents, while they sell at retail from % 10 30 cents a
retail. They are - much higher than the product OF
the hen because Of their scarcity and their greater
e richness"
The price Of butter keeps we'll up, and fancy prints
cost 30 and 80 cents a pound.
a Liverpool dealer, writing under date OF February
Z, sayt regarding the apple market in that city
-Yhe arrivals Of apples this week wero 1905 barrels