New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-18
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.

CHEApNEss OF NORTH RIVER sHAD-soUTHERN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BRoTLERs.
North River shad were little late reaching marEet
tbts wear. but when they did come they made ther
presence felt Scarcely ever before were uese uo-
ncous FISH so cheap in the middle OF April as tiey
are this year. North River roe shad can be had
for AZ cents and the bucks for % cents This great
fall in the price of the most highly prized OF all INC
sprinc fishes is due to the unprecedented
receipts OF shad from the Delaware River.
Five hundred barrels Of shad from the Del
aware were received at Fulton Market Oh
Thursday Delaware roe shad sold for 25 cents, ana
to most people a Delaware sllad, If not SO choHe
as its brother in the North River, is plenty good
enough Shad roes cost Is cents each yesterday
and as for shad from Southern waters, they could
hardly be given away. This influx Of shsd and the
fine weather had an effect the prices OF all other
kinds of fish. Striped bass sold for 10 Genus
pound yesterday, smelts for 20 cents, Diuensh 10
cents salmon 80 cents, weakfsh II 1-2 cents, whi1e
perch 10 cents, green turtle 20 cents, nostilsh ~
cents, halibut IS cents, haddock cents, Nhshsh
25 cents, live cod 10 cents founders 10 Genus eels
Is cents, Holsters 10 12 cents sheepshead 10 cents
and plckcrel IS cents q pound. Long Island brook
trout cost 81 a pound, brook trout from Canada 90
cents and salmon trout 10 cents pound. scaIopS
are worth 81 a gallon, shrimp 40 Genus quart POM
PIANO 80 cents "a pound, whitehall % cents pound
hard crabs 10 cents and soft crabs cents each
Only two more weeks remain for the consumption
of the oyster TO be popular but the prices nave not
changed Smoked herring worth cents each,
dry cod 10 cents smoked haddock IL 1-2 cents and
smoked salmon and mackerel % cents pound.
The quality Of the strawberries reaching the city
from tho South is greatly improved, splendid
berries from South Carolina selling for 40 and so
cents quart.
Despite the damage done by frost Southern vege-
2ha Aaala
and are Of fine quality. String beans cost 90 cents
quart, colossal asparagus 40 TO 90 cents a BUNCH
prime 65 cents and tips So to 40 cents a bunch
Florida cabbage 10 cents head new carrots 20 cents
a bunch celery root, TO 10 cents; cucumbers, 81 10
to So dozen; artichokes % cents each; Brussels
sprouts, 90 cents pound; new Havana potatoes
81 so peck; spinach 8 cents quart; tomatoes, 20
cents q quart summer squash, four for % cents I;
rhubarb 10 cents bunch; radishes, to ) cents a
bunch; Bermuda onions, 20 cents quart, and red
onions 10 cents; oyster plant, 81 Dozen parsnips
90 cents dozen; shallots, 60 10 rs cents quart;
kale, 81 barrel; turnips and cents quart;
watercress, 10 cents quart eggplant 10 to % cents
each mint, cents bunch, and hesh mushrooms
90 cents pound.
The genuine philadelphia broilers In the market
now selling at So pair. There is no installing them,
yellow as bntte and tender as parrdges. BY their
color re purchaser can easily tell the winter broilers,
Matched in incubators and raised under glass, from
those that Matched out In the natural way ana grow
up IN the open air. The winter bird is deadwite In
color while the spring broiler ~ as yellow as the
most highly cOlored Western creamery butter Cap0ns
cents pound dearer than last week, costing 80
cents pound yesterday.
The pineapple is about two weeks late this year
and the few shipments made TO market brought very high
prices. lit fifteen years." said commission merchant,
since received S35 TO $40 a hundred for pneappleS
ut this OF the year. and almost ten years since
pines late coming here In moderate Quantities.
1t will be the latter part Of April or the beginning Of
May before we have them In good shape, and then,
am afraid everybody will make market and slaughter
prices. The crop Is O good one, and the quality
writes shipper will be excellent"
The best fresh-aid Long Island eggs selling at
the rate OF fourteen for quarter; Western eggs are
had for the same price, AS stated in last Saturday s
Tribune the retail dealers asking more for their
eggs than the wholesale price justi1es.
Cranberries are getting scarce, and inquiries coming
from the West for them cannot be filed By Eastern
merchants One dollar a peck is the ruling price in
this city.
Mediterranean steamers bringing in the sourish
oranges Of Sicily and Spain In great numbers, and
they are selling at good prices but the Florida crop Is
stiI far from exhausted The Frnlt Trade Journal"
says on this subject
1T now looks as though Florida orange shipping
will continue up to May. Up to last Saturday 624 ,O00
boxes arrived In NewYorl exclusive Of those shipped
here for interior points against boxes for the
same period of last year, when the season was at am
end. From now each week will show lighter re-
ceipts It is surprising to know that the crop reached
some $500 900 boxes, despite the fact that last De-
ceInber about 100000 the estimate From
present reports TIE estimates for next seasons yield
are placed at 1000 900 to 100000 boxes, with the
former figures from the most conservative sources"