New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-27
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO TEMPT APrETITEs
JADED BY THE HOT WEATHER.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO TEMPT APfETTES
JADED BY THE HOT WEATHER.
The display of fruits and vegetables offered for sale
In the markets and shops is an changing piano.
Articles appear In small quantities, grow plehu
full and then grad Tally disappear, 80 each week sees
different exhibition the stands. Luscious cherI1es
and watermelons now sale in increasing quaint
ties and at decreasing prices. The season for straw
berries is the wane although considerable quantities
are still arriving from tho Hudson River section and
from Central New-York. They are not so large as
those which were offered two weeks ago, but some OF
them taste good, while others little watery. New
cooking apples being received now, the price being
40 cents half peck Asparagus is still delicious, tips
bringing 10 cents bunch, prime % cents and the
colossal variety 40 cents. Lima beans are high now,
fetching 81 peek but string beans are 10 cents
quart. Beets are cents bunch.
Blackberrles promise TO be plentiful and are now
quoted at 20 cents quart. Strawberries are selling
at from 10 to 15 cents a box and raspberr1es are
becoming cheaper, 10 and is cents box being asked
for them. Huckleberries at Is and 10 cents
quart. New Long Island cabbages are selling for .
cents head and caunhower, which is good, although
nearing the end of its season, Is quoted at 10 cents
head. Southern cucumbers plentiful and tOoti-
some their price being from 10 cents apiece. HoE
house cucumbers bring cents apiece. Elephants
are from 10 to % cents each and green corn Is at %
cents a dozen ears. Head lettuce brings q Genus
head while romalne lettuce is worth 5 cents.
Watermeons have started in cheap and were offered
Yesterday at 80 cents each The crop will be abundant
and prices are likely to fall TO 20 and 25 cents apiece
Red and yellow onions are selling at cents quart
while the white and Bermuda varieties bring cents
more Long Island champion peas are in prime con-
dton and bring 40 cents q peck. There was con-
siderable break in the potato market on Thursday after
noon late and yesterday morning. On Wednesday
Southern potatoes, chiefly Early Rose were quoted at
as q barrel. Wholesale shipments were heavy, how
ever and the price began TO drop until 1t reached
SO 90 barrel. At this figure orders to buy were so
plentiful that reaction set in, and the price moved
upward. spinach quoted yesterday at 10 cents
half peck squashes at 10 cents each, Southern toma-
toes at 20 cents quart, Russia turnips ut 20 cents
peck and whitc turnips at so cents peck
Bluefsh are not displayed In the markets In such
numbers as they will be after while, and the price
is 10 cents pound. This will be reduced To about
cents after time. Little Neck clans bring so, 10
and rs cents hundred. Soft clans sell for 40 cents
hundred The prices Of other fish do not differ
greatly from what they sold at last week. Striped
bass brings 30 cents pound, salmon % to 80 cents
ackerel % cents, weaksh 10 cents Spanish mackere
IL l2 to 10 cents, green turtle Is cents, habut Ia
10 10 cents, paddock cents Goldfish cents black
fish, founders and p0rges 10 cents, shcepshead 20
cents ees IS cents, Long Island brook trout gu red
snapper 10 cents and rampano rs cents. Prawns
cost 40 cents q quart, hard crabs cents each, and
soft crabs rs cents and 81 40 a dozen.