New-York tribune., 1892-03-26
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
SPRING LAMB SCARCE AND DEAR-soUTHERN
TRAwBERRIEs-CHINOOK SALMON.

| SPRING LAMB SCARCE AND DEAR-SoUTiIEKN
sTRAwBERRIEs-CHINOOK SALMON.
There Is always great demand for spring lamb on
St Parck's Day to grace the tables at the numerous
| festa occasions in honor Of reand's patron SAINT
The result is that the market is always pretty bare o
spring lamb for ten days two weeks thereafter anu
prices rule high They cost now by the carcass Sio 10
$40 at retail many butchers refusing TO cut the animal
up headquarters sell for 81 30 and fcreluaitelS iO'
| 81 so when cut up.
| The recent cold weather in the South undoubtedly
| did much damage TO the rpenng crop Of strawberries
| in The States of Georgia and Florida, from which this
city draws lis chief supplies at this season. but 1t Is
doubtful II the dealers have not put more on tie price
OF berries than the weather reports Justify olrawberres
cost 80 and 75 cents quart box vet while al this
season wear they selling for about onchalf
| those figures
The arrivals OF vegetables from the South are be
coming fresher and abundant with every nt omng
steamer Of the coast lines. The best celery now comes
from Louisiana by the Morgan Line steamers. II costs
10 cents root. New potatoes from Bermuda sell Tor
| 30 cents and II peck. New Florida cablagcs are
worth 10 cents a head. and old stock and : cents
fresh green peas Florida cost IL % peck; string
beans, % cents quart: Florida carrots 10 cents a
bunch. and imported French carrots 20 cents dozen
asparagus from Florida sells for 81 80 bunch. and
smaller Carolina asparagus IL and 81 so: Boston hot
house cucumbcrs worth 10 and 30 cents each ripe
tomatoes from the South fetch 20 cents quart, ana
h0thouse tomatoes from New England 80 cents pound
lettuce can be had from Florida. Louisiana and sontl
Carolina for aud cents head breakfast radishes'
cost and cents bunch; Norfolk spinach. 40 cents
a peck green peppers. so cents dozen rhnhmrb'
three buDches for 20 cents: new bcets 10 cents a
bunch Bermuda onions. ID cents quart, new turnlps,
10 cents bunch egg plants. 50 10 40 cents each new
top onions. . cents bunch: cauiinowers imported
from France 20 ana 40 cents each. and Long Island
dollhouse mushrooms III a pound.
sweetbIeads are fine: ;hcy cost from 81
TO SG Il dozen. Lamb tongues. already cooked. are
30 cents dozen. Lamb Kidneys 40 cents dozen.
Fresh calves tongues are 81 % dozen. Calves
brains are 30 cents dozen Calves feet are 30 cents
a set Calves heads are 80 cents each. Calves has
lets cost 30 cents also.
CIDER made from rIsset apples is sold around Wash
ington Market at - cents for five gallon keg Plenty
of good apples are sale ut the fruit store. and the
prices they fetch not unreasonable. Grccnings sell
at - 80 to 80 barrel: Kings. 80 Northern spies
~ 75 and NewtOwn pppins. 50 barrel. Badwins
range from 81 to a. 80 barrel. Good bright Indian
River oranges bring from 80 t. 80 cents Dozen
Cheaper Florida oranges are from 30 - 80 cents II
Dozen Navel oranges grow scarcer and higher each
week. Extra fine ones are iiOm al 10 I'll 80 a dozch
and smaller naves 60 and - cents doLen some
large grapefruit from Florida retail al 20 cents each.
or three for 80 cents. Smaller sizes range from to
are "a 80 pound.
The fine weather VIII undoubtedly cause sharp de
cline in the price OF eggs, which VII! not he una
ccptable Il people who observe religious dict during
Lent Fresh-ald Long Islands cost now 20 cents a
dozen.
Darlingtons Philadelphia butter sells for 75 cent
"A pound, Elcin creamery 80 cents ana western
cIeameiies - tO - cents.
Catawba grapes are somewhat dcarer. a I'VE p'uhu
lasket costing 40 cents now. Thee grapes have been
kept In airght compartments throughout the wlhtF'
and they will not appear In the market long Mniagas
likewise are on their last legs. and VIII rrJtaby moi
last through the month of April. Good MaAgas scl
for from. 80 70 cents pound. some nice Havana
pncapplcs are coming il now. They arrive grccIl ana
are artifciay hpcncd. They s,ll fer from - t. -
cents each CJcOaruts are coming from the West
Indies and sell f)r and 10 cents each. leiO"
Cuban bananas IL and 70 cents a dozen IL VIII
be about a month before the pink bananas begin t.
in freely.
shad are being caught as far north as the james
River now and II l. Oniy question Of few DAYS b.
fore some will bc found in the nets already spread
about the h. Dor. Meantime. good weather has 10"
eled the general range OF Dices VI hsii Jah'a NV!
roc shad sell for - cents cach ana HE bu'Hs l' 80
cents Roe slIad from further south ar WORTH %
cents and the bucks 30 cents shad roe are - ana
30 cents a pair. 6leeh biuciish inH N".'h ,dipi''
waters worth IL cents u pound. f.IApahD eau Ov
had now for % cent, pound. and rcd ,nApper' ~
IA and l. cents. Chinook salmon from The tOuhbii
River bring 40 cents II pound. and frozen salmon ."
cents. -hecpshead from Il - 1, - cents I;
pound Rhode Island smells are from 20 10 - ceL'a
a pound and Long Island smets, large aud hll oI
roe are 80 cents "a pound. Frozen smeits IRON Nova
scotia are IL IL cents pound sole are 10 cents Il
,ound and Skate are 10 cents "A pound. Frozen col
Is q cents a pound Whole hSer cod are from 10 10
~ l-2 cents 8 pound and cod steaks are ID cents
Mound Frozen ees nre II cents pound FlJnndcF'
rom of ihe Long Island coast nice and bring
about 10 cents pound. Lar:c frozen mathcrel ar;
25 cents each. and small ones are cents each hnd
dock is 6 cents a pound. and chicken hnlibnt is l.
cents a pound. Portland Holsters arc much cheaper
nd Is and cents q pound.
last week they were 20 cents pound. salmon trout
are 10 cents pound. tOmcods arc 10 cents pound
wenkiish are cents a pOurd. whitehall Is 20 cents
n pound and white perch are 10 cents pound.