New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-02
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
DELAWARE RIVER SHAD-LAsT MONTH FOR WILD
DUCKs-vEGETABLES AND Fruit

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DUCKs-yEGETABLEs AND FRUIT.
Though somewhat cast in the shade By the mag
nGcence Of the trout display. the tfronSs WIN
Fulton Market yesterday could not heip ooSo''''o
placard lying on pile Df plump ana en'e''"s ~"
North River snad." There was always an ii'ci9o'0
group about this stand. gazing adml1ngy NJ t"'
,ilvery heap. he placard does not state INC cAao'
truth" said Mr. Backfold who II "a suchler lor GA
aCtncss in everything, for those Shad were c'ue''
AZ Bay SIDE y J just south Of SANDY II OK Whelc'
Il shad Is not Justly entitled TO be called NOfth RIVER
until he Is caught within the Hook. Ihe Norm h'e'''
however are fully due, and will be here withlh uuS
or So" While there were no North Rivers therc
were a fine lot Of Delaware Rivers exposed for sale
vc,civ and al prices that indicated that this tooth
some d.h Will be ~ cheap cheaper this year imam
ever Delaware River rOe-shad could be had ior
50 cents and the bucks for 40 cents whhe rue
from North Carolina Drought only 10 cc'i'S anu p "
from the same southern waters sold for 80 cents
1t Is not improbable that inc alad can De h'u pei0Io
This month expire, vi % cents each.
Fine weather always brings cheap prices IN 'h9
FISH business ard a lean purse goes IA long way III
Iulfon Market nowadays. Large bass sold yesterday
for 20 cents Il pound, medium II and pan size l. l.
cents; large fresh bluefsh cost 20 cents Pouhd ;
live cod TO- steak cod . and market cod Genus !,
dressed ees cents; founders, 10 to IL l.. cents
ladlock cents; herring cents; haibut, ~ cents
live lJb,tcis 10 10 II cents Anu 94' V''9' -"
ccnts: pompan0, - cents; pickerel, rs cents; red
snapper ~ cents: Western salmon, 80 to 30 cents +,
sheepshoad, - cents; green smelts, 10 cents, ana
large smeits 20 cents tOmcCds, 10 cents; welkisi,
- cents whitehall, % cents; large white perch
70 and small 10 cents, and wall-eyed Pike, Is
cents.
cod tongues are worth % cents pound and crab
meat 40 cents; crawlish, s:j a nndred hard crabs,
~ n hundred oyster crabs, - 30 quart; prawIs,
80 cent, a quart scallOps, n cents quart; shad
RE- 20 cents a pair, and green turtle, 20 cents IA
pound.
some retail stores I'm this city and Brooklyn sell
eggs now at nineteen for quarter This IS pretty
cheap and the freshness of the eggs, perhaps, Is not
guaranteed though at this Of the year nearly
all egg, FOR sale are comparatively wholesome.
great many Western eggs coming I'm and are selling
at about thirteen flr Il quarter .Fresh-lald Long
Island eggs fetch 20 cents dozen. Ducks eggs
sent in from the neighborng country cost "a cents
a DOZEN while southern ducks egss cost 20 ana 80
cent, dozen.
Th, +, - last month in which it Will be lawful
10 expose Wild ducks for sale In this state, aud those
who delight ln ruddy and canvasbacks had better i'm
prove the opportunity. Prices for Wild fowl are
not HIGH IL these things ~. CanvLbackS sell now
for ~ "A pair; redLeads for 81 90 brant, 81 %
mallard, II 80 mddy ducks, II 80; brOadbilla IL
widgeons II teal ~. and black ducks, II 20 There
are three kinds Of birds much sought after remaining
golden plovcr and English snipe. They each fetch
~ 30 a dozen. Pigeons cost - - dozen and Plia-
dclpha squads ~ dozen. English pheasants cost
- pair.
Little Philadelphia broilers, hatcned out in IN
cubators and weighing about one and hail pounds
each. cost - a pair. They more delicate than
SQUAD. Inladcphia chickens iJr roasting sell for -
cents a pound. capons are 81 cents pounc ana
capon outlets 80 cents Rhode Island geese NAV be
had for - cents "a pound Ehodr Island ducks. IS
cents and Rhode Island turkeys, - cent?.
Cuban plantalns sell for 30 and 90 cents a dozen.
Tlh, fruit closely resembles the banana speaking ol
it, Tie Fruit Trade Journal says:
There l. "A fruit which l. destined 10 become very
popular the people become acquainted with
IT, II Is the plantain Roasted planains sold at the
street corners would cause nclels 10 jump ont OF
the pockets Of tired, hungry pedestrians quicker thin
hot tamales besides being easier and ncater 10 eat
Dried thu pLlu,ain keep for years. II makes hour
that Yields delightful biscuit and royal bread To the
native Spanard the fesh fruit takes the place OF po-
tato and tie droI meal better than nee The fruit
could De sliced and dried by fruit dryers like those
used I'm California and shipped everywhere. /; only
needs 10 De known to BE- appreciated ~ thoroughly as
tho~e other gs Of the tropics. bananas chocolate and
Cpod.'
FOrcdunrters 81 spring lamb can now be had from
~ 20 ~ - EACH and headquarters nom - 80 10 -
each funuArters of winter lamb cost II cents pound
and headquarters IL cents saddles aro from 10 20 II
cents a pound rio chop. - cents pound ana lolu
chops Il 10 20 cents Veal outlets sell for = cents
pound Oln rua~ts. l. cents, hes, Ii cents ana iOi
quarters - Il cents.