New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-19
PRICES ~ THE MARKETS.
STORMY WEATHER KEEP UP THE PRICE OF FISH
-LUxURIEs FOR THE RICH


-TXURIES FOR THE RICH.
The clustering weather OF the past week has kept
the prices Of fish up to top-notch, AID the snow.
storm Of yesterday viii be apt 10 send them SIN
higher within the next few days. About TINS une'
II, the weather predictions IN the OLD almaha's
would say. look out for slad These popular though
bony denzens OF the deep supposed TO be
due In the North River on st. Paricks Day, ana
go orally for week or ten days previous TO 'hht
anniversary the had fishermen have their nets strung
along the shadows Of the harbor and set on inc SUES
of the Hudson. This year, however. so much sho"
and running in the Hudson that II mas O'c''
impossible to set ont the nets. +. q. Blackford
who knows more about food fishes and their habits
than most men in thi, country looked at his scrap
book and informed Tribune reporter yesterday that
the earliest shad record barring some freaks that
appeared In January last year. to appear In TINS
harbor in 1889, when Thomas smack caught
TWO six FOUNDERS March II. The first shad caught
I'm the Hudson I'm le-2 nettcd on March II III
1888 the first caught ON April . In lsoo, on
APRIL g. and In 1856 on ylarch 3D. Just now the
shad Consumed By New Workers come chiefly from
the waters OF Pamlico and Mbemarle Sound, North
Carolina The bucks sell for 30 cents and the rocs
for -. Shad from the savannah River al waters
further South 10 had for 30 and ID cents respect
lively. small shad roes cost - cents and largo
ones 50.
one Of the features Of the fish market this week
has been green or fresh blueiish, the first Of the
season which weigh about six pounds each. and sell
AZ i cents a pOu Il. They were caught on North
Carolina, the smack taking her cargo into Norfok,
whence the FISH were shipped By the Old Dominion
Lima steamers 10 New York They are very palatabe.
Another noteworthy thing In Fulton Market this week
has been tho arrival OF several carloads OF PACING
haIibut from Seattle. They fortunate TO reach
the market Just the Eastern fish had about been
cloaned up. The Pacific fish have not SO fine
flavor rs those caught In Eastern waters The Seattle
consignment was readily Sold however at the prevailing
| ntes-20 cents pound. The fish weighed eighteen
to twenty pounds each.
Southern shcp,head cost 10 cents pord; striped
bass, 20 TO 80 cents pound black bass,
rs to 20 cents; market coo, cents steak cod,
To- and live cod. l. Il cents dressed ecls Il cents
founders 10 ~ II - cents nukes. 10 cents,
large fresh mackcrel 80 and small ones Is cents;
haddock u to cents hcrri'g cents, live Holsters,
- cents pOmpanO, 40 cents pichere, - cents
red snapper. Il - to i cents; frozen salmon
20 10 - cents; smells 20 10 80 cents small SEA
ba,>. Is c,ats sole. IL IL cents; skate,
Il IL cents frozen salmon trout 10 cents; tom
Gods 10 cents: weakish, Is cents; whitehall, -
90 + white perch. 10 and 20 cents and wall
eyed pike 20 cents pound.
crab meat is worth 40 cents.a pound; crawfsh,
S3 a hundred hard crabs. 81 30 hundred; oyster
crabs. ~ % a quart small prawns. 40 and large
| ones 30 cent, quart; small ~caopS 30 and largo
one, - Il quart shrmps, 40 cents a quart
green turtle, - cents pound. bloater herring.
3 cents each smoked haddock. 10 cents u pound:
smoked lnackcrcl, 20 cents; smoked salt salmon,
20 cents, and salt cod. cents pound.
The price Of Gigs Is somewhat higher also this
wcck dAircy due to the bad weather. Hens will
not lay with snow on the ground the dealers say.
In Fulton Market yesterday eggs were selling at -
| cent, "A dozen; uptown ut - and - cents Ducks
eggs cost 40 cc Is II dozen. Egin creamery butter
Is worth 30 cents pound Domestic cheese costs
II cents ana English dairy cheese 20 cents pound.
Coast line st~lmers bringing In regular con
ments Of Strawberries now which sell at retail In
the fruit stores for 30 I'D - cents a quart box
shorcakc" has appeared ia the rct aurants and the
only trouble find the berries 10 the mass OF cake
Dealers are apprehenslve lest III cold wave. which
reached far south, will seriously arcct the supply OF
straw berries.
Fruits and berries shipped from southern France
TO London. thence to this city, are exposed FOR sale
By downtown dealer The plan Is an experiment
II /, intended to fId New Workers will pay fancy
price, for luXurcs which LondOners enjoy. There
were crntcs u fine white caulfowcrs. much better
and larger than aly which arc raised I'm Florida ut
this time of the year. They will retail for about 40
and 30 cents each. Then there were great punches
OF rhu6ar5 which discounts ANYTHING which has
yet appeared In the market There were punches
| Of asparagis the stalk, ot which were foot Ions
and over. Iis will sell for about - small bunch
There some nice chioory and lettuce also
mushrooms. extra large ana the. French arllchokrs
aud celery filled other crates There ~iH small lo OF
knlc, too which /, Vegetable little known 5 IN IN,
the same as asiaIngu,. lhItc roots come ia shuI
basket and sell for - cent co Ga'ne al for anc s
cnst weeks. but arrived IN perfect condition. la
/ addition these products of The south OF France
we're hothousc pncappes, larger than ever scen
hcrcabous before. they retail for ~ each, ana were
| GROWN In the the suburbs Of London.
| Florida stri.g beans are scarce and high. bringing
| 40 cents Il quart Green peas are 20 cent, quart
New white mrrips are cents bnnch, old tni'lp
| are . cents "A quart Russian rulnhagis sell two
| for cents. New top bcets from bermuda are 10
| cents IA dozen. -ter plant sells two hunches FOR
! % cents. llorscrdlsh roots are IL cots each.
Jcru- alcm arlichoke, II cents quart some I'm
ported French artchpkcs in the market, aud
hcy bring % cents each. New rhubarb Of god Size
| /, 10 cents a bunch. Now Havana potatoes are -
cents for quarts and Florida sweet potatoes
30 cents for TWO quarts. liOthOu>c tomatoes are ID
| cents "A pound d southern tomatoes - cents
! uIlart. Boston dollhouse CucumDcrs cost 20 ana
! 10 cents cnch, dollhouse dandeiJnS are 10 cents
a quart. Nice fresh spinach /, coming IN ftum Nlr
| glnia now and sells for 30 cents hall peck New
| florida cabbageS from 10 to 20 cents each.