New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-20
PRICES IN THE MARKETS.
BUTCHERS AND PROVISION DEALERS RELIEVED
OF THE FEARS OF 4 STRIKE FAMINE
CALIFORNIA FRUIT.

OF THE FEARS OF 4 STRIKE FAMINE
CALIFORNIA FRUIT.
Butchers and provision dealers OF THIS Guy anu
Brooklyn, who anioxus about the ehec@ OF
the great railrod strike their business tnat III
alarm over an expected famine they advanced thelr
prices were somewhat treasured yesterday b the I'M
proved condition OF affairs at Buffalo and put ther
pr, back again convinced that loaded trains would
be coming through all right by Monday. Ottnan Co..
Of Fulton Market which is really branch estaonShmen.
Of Eistmans Company, was an exception 10 lne sehc'
rnIe prcyaiNng "We had 5000 carca,ses OF beef IN
our refrigerator boxes" said Mr.. Quinn, the super
intendent OF the Ottmans, ana therefore, wiz"
assured that the freight blockade would be broken
had no occa sion 30 put up piccs. All We ola wac 10
h, sband our resources and that our supply ID
this city did not run out. This We did by cutting
down our shipments abroad. We could ho' MI our
chartered space the Auranla. But We got uhi7y
car loads OF cattle through over the Central iast ghe
and will get thirty more today 80 we can aHo'u "
feel good
Iere are the retail prices OF meats prevailing YES
tcrdav. Prime rib roast. II cents pound; porter
horse roast % cents; pDrterhouse steak ID cei'''
.,rlon steak 81 cents round bone STEAK, Is Genus
Nat bonc steak 81 cents; fresh rmp beef' 10 ce's'
help roast beef IL cents: lex beef cents met o'
80 cents: pla.e cornei beef . cents: rump corT'd
beet Il cents: on tails 10 cents; beef vei' w c'''
heef Kidneys u ceris veal chops - cents ioln VEAL
~ c,.nts. log veal 20 cents breast veal, ID cents
,ou,d,r veal Il cents: veal outlet. % cents rib ved''
-, cents. fbt veal, - cents: calls head 40 cents
cos ycrs 80 cents: calls feet 10 cents pound ana
sweetbreads, - cents PAIR.
HInd-ouartcr Of mutton sells for i cents pounu
fore onarter l. cents, rackquarter mutton. - cents
English saddle mutton, "A cents leg mu''on, 10
cents: rack chops, mutton, "A cents; Enshsh cnopS
mutton os cents: shoulder mutton 10 cents mutton
kidneys cents hind-quarer spring ainD' "a ce"''
foreauartcr 20 cents rack lamb CHOPS, rs 'ei' S'0
die lamb % cents leg Lamb, - cents shouuer i'o'
1912 cents; breast lamb. l. IL cents loin chops
lamb - cents ham, Is cents; Bacon 10 GEMS
smoked beef, IL cents; smoked tongue IL 'eh0
oln pork Il cents salt pork, L. cents lardihS porA'
"A cents can lard II cents, and sausages IL cents
Under the new game laws Of the state several kinds
OF game are to be found In market two weeks earhs
hi, year than last, the close season Oh par'ruseS
grouse woOdcock, venson and reed-oras eAp'ii"s "n
August Is. Partrldges in Fulton Market yesterday
were selling mt - % a pair; grouse for - pair
woodcock for ~ 80 pair and venlson for - ara ~
cents a pound There have been no reed'DIus Se''
but supply Is expected early next week.
The hot weather. as was natural had the effect OF
making butter strong, say the dealers III thlS he'es'
sary o. life Dealers were asking 20 cents a pouhi
this week for the best quality of Western dairy butter
state dairy butter sells for about - cents pouhu
and the p,nts from Philadelphia for 10 cents pound
There is such large stock of butter held IN storage
warehouses In this city that httle thnS Ahc
freight blockade for "A month two would scarcely
have any appreciable effect upon 1t. Not with ths
superNcated al pervadng, melting atmosphere M
August which pays havoc with the retail butter
trade Much OF the creamery butter arriving here
after long Journeys from the West has been found
sour Eggs generally sympNthizc with butter; when
one goes up the other follows and one fails Win INC
other Long Island and New Jersey eggs cost - aud
20 cents dozen, and Western egg are worth 20 ana
30 cents a dozen. according 10 size and freshness
New English dairy cheese is worth 20 cents pound,
and domestic full cream cheese retaIls al ii cents
pound.
The melon season Is at It's height, but like all fruit
for nm official opinion from the United states Govern
ment has decided that watermelon Is rut-priccs are
AWAY ahead OF last year Miskmdons and canta-
quality and can be bot cht all tile way from cents
each 10 81 30 dozen. but me, large Watermelon
ward over 100000 worth OF fruit week. large Call
fornia peaches AT the Broadway fruit stores bringing
high 10 81 II dozen. Purple prunes from the same
state cost 20 cents dozen, nectalines 80 ana ~
cents n dozen, ana plulnS 70 and 40 cents dozen.
\ this week priced a basket Of fruit IN Broad
way fruit and told he could get II for SS %:
He demurred the price and went into a retail
market not far distant, selected singy and paid Tor
Just the quantity and kind OF iruit which the
store basket held and got 1t for u. The only thing
! did not get" said he 10 tribune reporter ""a'
l5,cent basket and few peach tree leaves"
South and North Carolina apple are selling for ~
and 10 cents dozen. Bartlett pears worth ~
pound lemons are 20 a dozen and Rodi oranges
al a dozen. Tohay and muscael grapes from cali
forna cost 80 cents pound green Niagaras 25 cents
pound and Concords 30 To 30 cents for Il lO-pound
basket
Rareripc peaches from Delaware can be had for
81 and 81 80 basket and the first Of the Jersey crop
the beautiful early CrawfordS and clings from the
Paciic slope.